Was trying to flash new rom from boot recovery and keep getting stuck in a boot loop that takes me from samsung vibrant screen to boot recovery, no matter what i do i cant get out of boot recovery. Im new to the game so there might be a way to fix it and get the rom on it or get the stock flashed again but all i really need is anyway to get the phone working again ASAP
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help, im phoneless and my vibrant is stuck in recovery mode.... someone with experience please help me!!!
you need to odin. sounds like you didnt disable a lag fix or something but its no problem if you just odin back to stock, preferrably jfd and just do-over.
theres some tricks in the link to my sig and the odin thread is on the first page of this board. so it wont be hard to find. if any i am up for another hour. pm me!
We will need more info. What exactly did you do?
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Yeah go ahead and use the following Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111
Download Odin and Official T-Mo Vibrant JFD firmware. Once done open up Odin on your PC. I would do a battery pull first then when your done plug the phone into your PC and iniciate the 3 button combo to get into download mode. Then just put your 512 pit file and your JFD rom into pda. Then flash away.
What recovery are you in 2e,3e,voodoo ? If you had a backup you can restore. First you have to locate the backup or the original rom zip. Look through sdcard and find them. If you had rom manager, look in cwm backups, you might find nandroid backups there. You'll have to install original zip or backup. Original if on sacard should'nt be hard to find. Be patient and don't do anything drastic !
Nero+DoW *vibrant*
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
thank me later
bobbbb said:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
thank me later
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soo im gonna try and do that, but when im trying to use the power and volume keys to get to the digging android i cant do it...... am i doing something wrong....
i just want my phone back....
k, when it is plugged in the only thing it shows or that i can get is the battery, but an empty battery not anything with green in it, and its like frozen on that screen...?
only time i can get it to do anything else is unplugged it will go into recovery mode and i can do anything there but nothing changes anything soooo im super confused now.... am i going to need a new phone.....that could be a problem seeing as i am broke as a joke.......
thanks in advance for the help
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i rooted the phone, downloded titanium back up and rom manager, tried to flash the sonofskywalker rom that is on rom manager, after multiple tries where the phone would just reboot to the way it was "stock" then i tried to flash it by going through the sd card i beleive and now it stuck in recovery mode and will only boot thru to the samsung vibrant screen then goes back to recovery, or when it is plugged in it just shows the battery sign but the battery sign doesnt say charging it is just frozen on that screen.
merchomini said:
soo im gonna try and do that, but when im trying to use the power and volume keys to get to the digging android i cant do it...... am i doing something wrong....
i just want my phone back....
k, when it is plugged in the only thing it shows or that i can get is the battery, but an empty battery not anything with green in it, and its like frozen on that screen...?
only time i can get it to do anything else is unplugged it will go into recovery mode and i can do anything there but nothing changes anything soooo im super confused now.... am i going to need a new phone.....that could be a problem seeing as i am broke as a joke.......
thanks in advance for the help
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1st you need to calm down. You may not understand the steps if you panic.
The instruction in the link is good. If not, watch this video also...it's the same thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ
If did it correctly and cannot get into download mode, that's a different story. I had the same problem as you and ODIN it back with JFD fixes it. I got mine fixed from the thread below and watching youtube.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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kobesabi said:
1st you need to calm down. You may not understand the steps if you panic.
The instruction in the link is good. If not, watch this video also...it's the same thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ
If did it correctly and cannot get into download mode, that's a different story. I had the same problem as you and ODIN it back with JFD fixes it. I got mine fixed from the thread below and watching youtube.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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ok, calming down now, haha.
I have odinn downladed and the the other files it says i need, the only problem is i can not get it into download mode.........
Iv done it the same way he is doing it in the video and it will either take me to the recovery page or just recycle the battery screen back to me.....
try this:
Take everything out of the phone
Plug the USB into your pc
Hold ONLY the volume keys down (keep them held)
Plug the USB into your phone
Put the battery back in should be download mode
Let go of the volume keys
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try this:
Take everything out of the phone
Plug the USB into your pc
Hold ONLY the volume keys down (keep them held)
Plug the USB into your phone
Put the battery back in should be download mode
Let go of the volume keys
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so when i do that it just brings up the big charging battery and it has the little sun dial in the middle that usually indicates loading, but it just stays stuck on that screen. Thats why im so confused it wont go past that screen.
EDIT- and i am leaving the sd card and the sim card out when im doing that correct? although i have tried it both waysss.
And it does the same thing if you hold all three buttons down and let the charging indicator flash 2 times and when it goes out on the third time let go of the power button only?
If it doesn't work with that method you may actually have a hardware locked phone that you need a jig for..
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And it does the same thing if you hold all three buttons down and let the charging indicator flash 2 times and when it goes out on the third time let go of the power button only?
If it doesn't work with that method you may actually have a hardware locked phone that you need a jig for..
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yea it does the same thing, when its plugged in so far nothing will come up but the frozen battery screen......... im not exactly sure what a jig is or how to use it haha but when its plugged in thats what happens, and if it isnt pluggged in it takes me to recovery screen.......
thats really odd because it shouldnt go to the charging screen in the amount of time it takes to bring up download mode.
Your absolutely sure your holding both the volume keys down and putting the battery in with your other hand with it plugged into the phone and pc... because it should skip the charging animation all together.
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thats really odd because it shouldnt go to the charging screen in the amount of time it takes to bring up download mode.
Your absolutely sure your holding both the volume keys down and putting the battery in with your other hand with it plugged into the phone and pc... because it should skip the charging animation all together.
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yep just tried it again, it boots automatically into that battery view..... i tried holding power with it to right after that and the screen will go black and then the little sundial appears and then it goes right back into the frozen battery screen.....
http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=209
You may have to sign up but I think this is gonna be you option unless you can get someone more adept to help out because it shouldn't go to the battery screen.
Let me run thru this on more time lol
everything out of the phone.....
phone plugged into the Computer and plugged into the Phone...(no way possible to be on the charging screen without a battery....just sayin)
holding down both of the volume keys at the same time with your thumb...(not letting go of them for anything)
using your other hand to put the battery back in...(still holding on to those volume keys for dear life...)
and walla...it should be in download mode...
if not I think you may need the link above...
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http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=209
You may have to sign up but I think this is gonna be you option unless you can get someone more adept to help out because it shouldn't go to the battery screen.
Let me run thru this on more time lol
everything out of the phone.....
phone plugged into the Computer and plugged into the Phone...(no way possible to be on the charging screen without a battery....just sayin)
holding down both of the volume keys at the same time with your thumb...(not letting go of them for anything)
using your other hand to put the battery back in...(still holding on to those volume keys for dear life...)
and walla...it should be in download mode...
if not I think you may need the link above...
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im gonna try the link above, i just tried it one last time and no go,
the second i put the battery back in it flashes up the battery sign..
at what point do i need to start talking to tmobile....... maybe i can gt them to say this one is defective and send me a new one???
yea I would say ...
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Hi tehre, i'm having problems to get the phone into the download mode, i'm hoding the vol down key along with the power button, but the only thing i get is the phone showing Samsug vibrant and restarting over and over again.
Am i doing something wrong? I just downloaded an app from the market called wuick boot, i tried selecting the bootlader option, but same thing, the phone just reboots, and i get back to the phone menu.
Any help will be more than apprecciated.
Thanks in advance!
Is your phone rooted? I had the same issue and resorted to just doing it by using a terminal command on my rooted phone.
If you have a terminal app, just do this:
Code:
>su
#reboot download
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Is your phone rooted? I had the same issue and resorted to just doing it by using a terminal command on my rooted phone.
If you have a terminal app, just do this:
Code:
>su
#reboot download
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I will try that when i get back home, thing is, i'd like to have a way to go into download mode from the phoine it self, just in case if it bticks i can safely get it back to work.
Thanks.
matiasg85 said:
I will try that when i get back home, thing is, i'd like to have a way to go into download mode from the phoine it self, just in case if it bticks i can safely get it back to work.
Thanks.
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Just so happens I nearly bricked mine last night. Couldn't even get into recovery mode or see the charging icon when I plugged it in. Here's what I did (after much trial and error):
1. Removed SD and SIM card
2. Removed battery
3. plugged the phone into USB
4. held down vol-up and vol-down
5. popped the battery back in while holding vol buttons
...and that got be from looking like I was dead in the water to download mode and a stock ROM flash.
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Just so happens I nearly bricked mine last night. Couldn't even get into recovery mode or see the charging icon when I plugged it in. Here's what I did (after much trial and error):
1. Removed SD and SIM card
2. Removed battery
3. plugged the phone into USB
4. held down vol-up and vol-down
5. popped the battery back in while holding vol buttons
...and that got be from looking like I was dead in the water to download mode and a stock ROM flash.
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Thanks a lot man! Will try that and report back!
It worked!!! Thanks man!
this is awesome.. definitely messed up and had to restore to stock rom.. couldn't get it into downloading mode using the vol down+power method..this method worked! phew!
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It worked!!! Thanks man!
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this is awesome.. definitely messed up and had to restore to stock rom.. couldn't get it into downloading mode using the vol down+power method..this method worked! phew!
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Glad to help. I thought for sure my phone was bricked until I figured this out.
Work for New Vibrant?
Hey guys, I have a new Vibrant, Im guessing its the new batch of Vibrant because I can't use the volume up+down +power to go into recovery or download mode. I just wonder if this also works for my version of Vibrant because I did a lag fix and it bricked me... Therefore if this works, I would be so happy that I will cry. =( I'll try it anyways, but if anyone have a similar device to mine, please let me know I would love to get some info on it. =( I just needs it to be in Download Mode to flash it with ODIN back to stock. =)
By the way, would you mind telling me what stock rom you use? and software to flash it? Thanks a lot! I appreciate all of your help! Im really desperate to get my phone back to work... its been showing up vibrant screen make a start up sound and go blank... so scary...
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Hey guys, I have a new Vibrant, Im guessing its the new batch of Vibrant because I can't use the volume up+down +power to go into recovery or download mode. I just wonder if this also works for my version of Vibrant because I did a lag fix and it bricked me... Therefore if this works, I would be so happy that I will cry. =( I'll try it anyways, but if anyone have a similar device to mine, please let me know I would love to get some info on it. =( I just needs it to be in Download Mode to flash it with ODIN back to stock. =)
By the way, would you mind telling me what stock rom you use? and software to flash it? Thanks a lot! I appreciate all of your help! Im really desperate to get my phone back to work... its been showing up vibrant screen make a start up sound and go blank... so scary...
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Did you remove the sim? Is the phone plugged into a pc via the usb cord? From my experience, the vibrant will only go into download mode if it's plugged to a pc.
I think I also got the new batch of vibrant. Maybe we should get a list of release date and serial of the phone. Maybe we might be able to figure out which phone can or can not use the vol down + power. Mine is 8/13/2010 rs 170-0412
FSY2K said:
Hey guys, I have a new Vibrant, Im guessing its the new batch of Vibrant because I can't use the volume up+down +power to go into recovery or download mode. I just wonder if this also works for my version of Vibrant because I did a lag fix and it bricked me... Therefore if this works, I would be so happy that I will cry. =( I'll try it anyways, but if anyone have a similar device to mine, please let me know I would love to get some info on it. =( I just needs it to be in Download Mode to flash it with ODIN back to stock. =)
By the way, would you mind telling me what stock rom you use? and software to flash it? Thanks a lot! I appreciate all of your help! Im really desperate to get my phone back to work... its been showing up vibrant screen make a start up sound and go blank... so scary...
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Did you remove the sim? Is the phone plugged into a pc via the usb cord? From my experience, the vibrant will only go into download mode if it's plugged to a pc.
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I will try that as soon as I get the phone back. My cousin has it now and he's trying to look for methods to help me fix it too. =( So i will go get the phone soon and try your methods of removing everything. I just wanted to ask you guys to see if you guys had that recovery mode function (volume up _ volume down +power) disabled by T-Mobile. Because if all of you guys have the new batch of Vibrant then most likely mine will have a chance too. =) But thanks for the reply and the tip I will definitely follow all of your instruction and update further about this case. Hopefully it would work with your methods for the new vibrant batch. No one here seem to post much threads about the new batch.
mr2t32 said:
I think I also got the new batch of vibrant. Maybe we should get a list of release date and serial of the phone. Maybe we might be able to figure out which phone can or can not use the vol down + power. Mine is 8/13/2010 rs 170-0412
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Yeah I definitely got the new batch since I cant use that recovery mode function like everyone else here does. I also got mine in August, 8/28/10. I dont have the box and phone to see the serial right now since it was taken to my cousin house to try and figure out a way to get it into download mode. =( But from the looks of it, anything from August is disabled... wonder hows the July one. My brother has a Vibrant from late July, which is July 23, 2010 and his recovery mode isn't disable at all. =(
I had the same problem last night... thought I bricked... my phone was stuck at the vibrant screen.. and my phone is the newer model.... but I still figured out a way to get it to let me send an ADB command.. I posted a guide in the android dev section... let me know if that helps...
renocivik said:
I had the same problem last night... thought I bricked... my phone was stuck at the vibrant screen.. and my phone is the newer model.... but I still figured out a way to get it to let me send an ADB command.. I posted a guide in the android dev section... let me know if that helps...
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What is the subject of that post? Is there a way you can link us to that post? Thanks! =) That would totally help if you can adb it back!
Nevermind I found it, thanks a bunch i will try that method too....
To get in recovery mode i have to hold the power button and the up vol until the vibrant screen comes on and goes out, then you SLIDE and hold both vols when the vibrant screen comes up (for the second time) you SLIDE to the vol down and let go of the power button. I did 5 times in a row to make sure this works. Hope this will help somone
What's the difference between download / recovery modes
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keithrich1990 said:
To get in recovery mode i have to hold the power button and the up vol until the vibrant screen comes on and goes out, then you SLIDE and hold both vols when the vibrant screen comes up (for the second time) you SLIDE to the vol down and let go of the power button. I did 5 times in a row to make sure this works. Hope this will help somone
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worked perfect thanks man you guys are alot of help love this site.
I have another story. I bricked my Vibrant trying to go back to stock using Odin it hung on a step. The brick to where the (Cell Phone ! Computer) comes up. After 30 minutes of panic trying to get my phone to go into download mode. I opened Kies mini, unplugged my USB connector plugged it into a new USB slot then hooked up my Vibrant and re installed the drivers. It found it. But I still couldn't do anything. So then I closed Odin reopened it unplugged and then re plugged my Vibrant back in. It found it on a COM port so then I tried a restore from there and it let me do it. Wow! I am amazed at how hard it is to permanently brick this phone.
My vibrant won't even powerup, i was using odin3 v1.70 and i accidently put the wrong .tar file and it said failed! NOW IT WONT START UP.....help please =\
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dex1701 said:
I had this same thing happen after Odin froze during a flash of the stock Vibrant US firmware. I thought for sure it was dead...no battery charging icon when plugged in, couldn't boot into download mode, no signs of life at all...nothing I did made it do anything. After messing around for an hour and a half I figured out how to get it to boot into download mode:
1. Removed SD and SIM card
2. Removed battery
3. plugged the phone into USB
4. held down vol-up and vol-down
5. popped the battery back in while holding vol buttons
This got me into download mode consistently when my phone looked 100% dead. After that I unplugged it from the computer (still in download mode), fired up Odin, set up my flash files, and plugged it back into the computer. It then showed up in Odin and I was able to re-flash successfully.
Maybe it will work for you guys too. Don't put the SD card or SIM card back in until after you flash, though. I couldn't get mine to flash correctly with the cards installed.
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this worked....mods please lock
thanks
Thanks for the info, I did Odin and the phone end up death too. I will this your method. I am hoping this will work.
this method didnt work.. my vibrant is dead.. help... its not doing anything..
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this worked....mods please lock
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u r a bad ass, thank you soooooooooo much, it just happened to me and now im on my way back to being fixed. thanks bro. ps by the way someone else said to the same thing basically but they said to press power as well, when i tried nothing...but without the power button pressed, worked...hell ya
Did not work at all... Accidentally I flashed my phone with a i9000 firmware tar file and now the phone is dead... can anyone tell me please how to save it? I don't have a phone at all
everyone just needs Download mode. access it whatever way you can same thing as recovery mode its just usually not that simple to get into using the multi-button methods. If all else fails to access download mode buy a team whiskey pre-made USB JIG. I havent purchased one but from the responses it seems like a good buy especially if you find yourself in a spot like most of you are in
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Did not work at all... Accidentally I flashed my phone with a i9000 firmware tar file and now the phone is dead... can anyone tell me please how to save it? I don't have a phone at all
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Define dead do any lights come on at all? Like on the bottom of your phone? If so then it's not that bad. try using the toolbox.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
There is a tutorial of every way to unbrick a vib in the Development section, that should help you out.
Help, when i was flashing with odin i accidentaly un plug the usb cable and now my phone doesnt even turn on, no lights, nothing, could anyone help me?
i was doing a odin flash back to T959UVJFD it failed. now it wont turn on. computer dosent find it push the buttens just died
davidtanis said:
i was doing a odin flash back to T959UVJFD it failed. now it wont turn on. computer dosent find it push the buttens just died
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Pull the sd card, battery and sim card. push the power button a couple times. plug in usb cable. hold volume up+down then put the battery in. that should get you into download mode. you then can restore it with odin
didnt work, still no power, no picture, no vibration
How are you trying to get into download mode?
that happened to me too. i was using odin then the phone shutdown and nver turned back on. u might wanna call tmobile if you have insurance on your phone and tell them to send u a new one.
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rayvil30 said:
How are you trying to get into download mode?
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just trying to get it to do something, and i dont have insurance though t-mobile
hern1989 said:
that happened to me too. i was using odin then the phone shutdown and nver turned back on. u might wanna call tmobile if you have insurance on your phone and tell them to send u a new one.
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You can't give up that quick. Come on man. Took me over 30 minutes one time to get in download mode. Tried different techniques. Try restarting your pc or maybe even a different odin version. Make sure odin is on before trying to get in downloade mode. Best way for me to get in d/l mode is to press both vol. up and down at the same time and then plug usb in. Other techniques are out their also.
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You can't give up that quick. Come on man. Took me over 30 minutes one time to get in download mode. Tried different techniques. Try restarting your pc or maybe even a different odin version. Make sure odin is on before trying to get in downloade mode. Best way for me to get in d/l mode is to press both vol. up and down at the same time and then plug usb in. Other techniques are out their also.
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Not giving up, dont have a job so cant replace my phone if i want to. just not having any luck
You need to let us know which technique you are using to get into d/l mode so we can help you. Have you odined before?
xavenged said:
Pull the sd card, battery and sim card. push the power button a couple times. plug in usb cable. hold volume up+down then put the battery in. that should get you into download mode. you then can restore it with odin
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I got in, restarted my pc and tryed this agian (9th time), thanks
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You need to let us know which technique you are using to get into d/l mode so we can help you. Have you odined before?
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yes i had a behold 2
Thanks everyone for the help, my phone is working again!!!
Definitely the wrong section. Here's a couple tips/ideas though. The easiest way to manually get to Download mode it to:
1. Pop the battery, wait a sec, pop it back it.
2. May be easier to leave the battery cover off, we'll get back to this.
3. Make sure your computer is powered on, and the USB cord is plugged into the computer.
4. Without pressing the power button, hold down, volume up and volume down at the same time (this may be easier without the battery cover. This takes a firm grip sometimes, if this fails that's what you did wrong.
5. Still without pressing the power button, plug the other end of your USB cord into the phone. It should boot up into Download mode in a matter of seconds. If not, try again, you probably weren't holding the volume buttons properly.
Also, possible reason it stopped, did you put the .tar into PHONE instead of PDA? That will cause it to error midway like what you described. Otherwise I would definitely re-download/install your USB drivers with the one from this site, I find they work better. Also re-download the .tar .pit and even Odin for good measure. Check out the Vibrant Bible, that thread is your friend. Good luck, hope that helps!
EDIT: Guess I was too slow haha. Gratz man.
Best way is to use usb jig.
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I got in, restarted my pc and tryed this agian (9th time), thanks
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no problem. i had the same exact thing happen to me a couple days ago. glad you're up and running again
Its not broken,research how to ODIN look for Eugene no brick files.
Nero v3 ///Mpower
Thread movement should commence soon I hope you get your phone working again if anyone can help it's the people here for sure
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yes i had a behold 2
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Ouch, Surprised you went Samsung again after getting screwed on that one.
Also, there's a Debricking thread stickied in the Vibrant General section you can try referring to next time!
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just trying to get it to do something, and i dont have insurance though t-mobile
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not sure if this is true but i read somewhere on xda that samsung will replace your phone up to three times if you really do brick your phone it will not turn on or load download mode or recovery.
In my experience..Vibrant is very close to unbrickable unless you smash hit...
I odined back to jfd even after flashing a captivate rom...
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I had a rooted vibrant running pretty nicely with all my apps optimized. ive always tried to install lagfix (voodoo, OCLF, UFL,), but none of them would ever work, they would just brick my phone and i would be stuck at the vibrant screen recovery loop.
no problem, i would go to download mode and flash odin...
few months later thought id give it another shot with the updates and such with voodoo...
again same thing... **** didn't work..
back to eugenes that does not brick and i was going to do the whole process again of getting back to the stock ji6.
in the middle of eugnes, there was a com error, dont know why, nothing was moved. the flashed had stopped in the middle.
took out the battery. and nothing. phone does nothing. plug it in, black screen. 3 button combo. black screen. not even the vibrant logo. and no charging screen.
black screen no matter what.
do i need to do the 'jumpstart' jtag method?
Google search it! It says dl odin and stuff just unbricked mine
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stealthj said:
I had a rooted vibrant running pretty nicely with all my apps optimized. ive always tried to install lagfix (voodoo, OCLF, UFL,), but none of them would ever work, they would just brick my phone and i would be stuck at the vibrant screen recovery loop.
no problem, i would go to download mode and flash odin...
few months later thought id give it another shot with the updates and such with voodoo...
again same thing... **** didn't work..
back to eugenes that does not brick and i was going to do the whole process again of getting back to the stock ji6.
in the middle of eugnes, there was a com error, dont know why, nothing was moved. the flashed had stopped in the middle.
took out the battery. and nothing. phone does nothing. plug it in, black screen. 3 button combo. black screen. not even the vibrant logo. and no charging screen.
black screen no matter what.
do i need to do the 'jumpstart' jtag method?
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you should post in Q & A next time. Anywhoo, can you get your phone into download mode?
I can tell you that I've been there, I can say with all certainty that this phone has recovered from the brink of of death so many times I don't even scare anymore. I just flash. You got to be patient I dug around Google and the forma and found the right combo that put me in download mode.
It was power and vol. down. No sim no sd.
I've learned that every phone responds to a different combo. Your phone isn't dead, just Samsung hibernating.
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You seem to know what you are doing when it comes to flashing. All I can suggest is to try the various methods to get into download mode again. Some people have methods that work best for them. For instance, the 3 button combo never works for me. But pulling the battery, putting back in, holding down only the up and down volume keys (NOT POWER) and while holding insert the usb that the other end should already have been plugged into the computer.
but i'd say its safe to assume if you cant get to download mode by any of the methods on this forum, there is no going back.
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Do a search for the jig also as a last resort, try checking in the bible I can't remember where that thread is, but it has helped quite a few people..
try two buttons combo up and power or down and power with the usb plug in
This is the absolute surefire way to get your phone into DL mode:
1.) Take out battery, SIM, and Memory card
2.) Connect phone to the computer
3.) Put battery back into phone while holding down up and down vol buttons
If your phone can still get into DL mode this way will do it guaranteed. The jig might also help but as far as I know it really only helps if your phone is hardware locked. If the above steps dont work for you then I'm afraid that the bootloader is gone and you are screwed =/
I saw a jig offered as a for sale item on the Team Whiskey forum. I believe it was around 9 or 10 dollars (maybe less) If you decide to go that route. Good luck!!!!!!!!!
thanks for all the replies everyone.... from what it looks like and to the extent of my knowledge, it looks like the bootloader is gone. my guess is it was flashing the bootloader? while the computer randomely decided to drop the com port?
anyhow, i refuse to let it die and am going to keep trying!
well that was weird. it worked. sim, battery, everything out, i held all 3 buttons, plugged USB and battery and let go of power all at EXACT same time and wallah! download mode. flashed eugenes, flashed UFD, then JI6. rooted, installed busybox, downloaded rom manager. found the backup i made before trying to install lagfix.... vibrant is stuck at 'vibrant' screen now... so flashed again eugenes, UFD, then JI6 again....
working normal again but i want my data from the backup....
advanced restore should i do? NOT restore the boot? only restore the data/system or or other options in clockwork recovery advanded restore? any help would be appreciated. first time trying to actually restore data from a clockwork backup.
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I have had the phone to pc screen before but plugging in the USB and holding the volume buttons arent working this time. Is there any other trick or special way to get around this?
What shows on your screen? R u completely bricked? Do u get a logo?. If u get the computer logo. Plug it in. Let the logo show up. Hold the 3 buttons. As soon as the screen turns black let go of power... let me know how it goes
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i dont know what to do now, i have 2 samsung vib's and i redid one back to stock with odin, then updated it with the kies to the 2.2 i did a factory reset on my other phone and it rebooted into the vibrant screen,,,i try everything to get it to the download screen but it wont go,,,and my computer does not recognise it ....mind you it see's the other phone but not this one.....i dont know what to do now,,,and yes ive tryed every way to get it to the download or recovery screen no go on anything
crose948 said:
i dont know what to do now, i have 2 samsung vib's and i redid one back to stock with odin, then updated it with the kies to the 2.2 i did a factory reset on my other phone and it rebooted into the vibrant screen,,,i try everything to get it to the download screen but it wont go,,,and my computer does not recognise it ....mind you it see's the other phone but not this one.....i dont know what to do now,,,and yes ive tryed every way to get it to the download or recovery screen no go on anything
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Have you tried the hardware jig? That is a guarantee getting it into download mode.
How are you trying to enter download screen? Did you disable voodoo first?
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If it boots on its own without pushing power, take battery out and plug in usb, hold only volume up and down replace battery and should jump right to download. Bricked my phone every way possible, by now I can get out of almost anything.
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phone is stuck on the black screen with white vibrant in middle and samsung at bottom, no matter what i do or how i do it thats were the screen sits....pull batt. plug in remove usb....it does not matter,,,and what is jig.
richtertrevor78 said:
If it boots on its own without pushing power, take battery out and plug in usb, hold only volume up and down replace battery and should jump right to download. Bricked my phone every way possible, by now I can get out of almost anything.
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nope stillgoes right to right to------------------ooooooo hold on rebooting now ,,woot
Hold volume up and volume down plus the power button, after the SECOND time you see the vibrant logo ONLY release the power button before the vibrant logo appears for the third time. Works every time for me
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Are you sure you installed the samsung drivers right?
Rolling with TW's latest beefy beast.
I'm pretty sure if those options didn't work your Vibrant is a hardware locked one. You may want to try the hardware jig as mentioned above. I've fixed my hardware locked vibrant countless times with that little tool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSaeaAcJHqw
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Snozbeary said:
Are you sure you installed the samsung drivers right?
Rolling with TW's latest beefy beast.
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ya it computer see's the other vibrant phone and i was able to revert back to stock with odin,,,this phone it not recognised so i cant flash with odin..
phone wont even let me do a rom flash from rom manager,,it starts to then just gets stuck at the vibrant screen again....wtf,,,well the phone boots up normal but i cant get into the recovery or rom flash,,,,every time i try the phone gets stuck on the samsung load screen,,it takes 3-5 times just to get it to boot right ,,,after that,,im clueless
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ya it computer see's the other vibrant phone and i was able to revert back to stock with odin,,,this phone it not recognised so i cant flash with odin..
phone wont even let me do a rom flash from rom manager,,it starts to then just gets stuck at the vibrant screen again....wtf,,,well the phone boots up normal but i cant get into the recovery or rom flash,,,,every time i try the phone gets stuck on the samsung load screen,,it takes 3-5 times just to get it to boot right ,,,after that,,im clueless
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well after tons of hours and trying every way i came to the concusion that the usb port might be damaged or corroded on the phone, like ive stated before my other vibrant connects perfect to the computer,,and on this phone i can wiggle the cord by the phone and you can hear it connect / disconnect from computer, but it still it not recognized by the comp. and so i dont think the jig would work becuase u would need a good usb connection to begin with,im thinking my gf got some water / snow or somthing in the port corroding the connection, i took a magnafying glass and seams like there is some green corrosion in the port.
nevermind ...........
Also bricked my phone - Will the jig help?
After trying to install Froyo through Kies and failing, after trying to put stock ROM with Odin and again failing, i got the phone to the state that the only thing I get when powering up the phone is the picture of "phone --! -- computer". It is not trying to boot at all.
Will the jig help to get it into download mode? Are their any other ways to bring it to life or it is total brick?
Tnx
marksht said:
After trying to install Froyo through Kies and failing, after trying to put stock ROM with Odin and again failing, i got the phone to the state that the only thing I get when powering up the phone is the picture of "phone --! -- computer". It is not trying to boot at all.
Will the jig help to get it into download mode? Are their any other ways to bring it to life or it is total brick?
Tnx
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I had this same issue trying to install bionix v.. I made a jig and the jig just booted it to the phone ! computer screen... I called tmobile and they sent me a new phone!
marksht said:
After trying to install Froyo through Kies and failing, after trying to put stock ROM with Odin and again failing, i got the phone to the state that the only thing I get when powering up the phone is the picture of "phone --! -- computer". It is not trying to boot at all.
Will the jig help to get it into download mode? Are their any other ways to bring it to life or it is total brick?
Tnx
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Pull everything out of your phone (battery, sim, sdcard)
Open ODIN on your PC and plug the USB into it (PC)
Put the battery back in and hold down both volume e
keys
Plug the USB into the phone
Should be in Download Mode and you can let go of the volume keys.
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Ok, so now need to build the jig.
Tnx
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Try one more thing... Pull the battery and put it back in so your phone is off...plug in the charger so you get the charging screen...now when you see the charging icon hold in both volume buttons and the power button. You will see the icon flash off and back on then flash off and back on ...now when it flashes off for the third time...let go of the power button only..keep holding the volume keys
see if it will go into download mode that way
i had tried all of these methods and the jig...none of them worked...ervery time the screen turned on, it was the phone ! computer screen....no charging screen, nada..no matter what i did
ok try this too, pull batt,,,plug in charger,,,put batt. in then as soon as it lights up pull batt again,,then put back in fast,,then pull again as soon as it lights up ,do this 4 times and see what happens,,,my phone will get stuck on the samsung screen,and no matter what i do it gets / stays stuck like that untill i do the batt pull reinstall 4 times .then on the 4 th time i leave batt. in and phone boots up normal