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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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McHeiSty said:
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.
jumaaneface said:
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.
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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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
I had tried to update my phone via Kies and the computer blue screened. Now the phone is stuck on the ODIN Mode screen with a picture of my phone on the left, a yellow triangle in the middle, and a computer on the right. Taking the battery out does nothing, restarting does nothing, restarting while holding down the volume buttons does nothing. No matter what, it always comes back to this screen.
When I plug the device into my windows based PC and open ODIN, ODIN does not see my phone. When I plug it into my linux computer and run lsusb, it does not list my phone in the output, so the computer definitely isn't recognizing that my phone is plugged in. A couple of weeks ago, I had this problem while trying to back up the phone, so I'm not sure if it's related to the botched upgrade or not.
Does anyone have any tips or advice here? I'd really love to be able to use my phone again. I am using the cable that came with the phone. I have the same results with other cables, as well....
I'm happy to provide more information if needed. Just tell me what you need to know.
That screen is a form of download mode. You should be able to flash stock or stock plus root from there.
When I plug the device into my windows based PC and open ODIN, ODIN does not see my phone.
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If this statement reflects what you actually did, then it suggests the wrong order. You must first open oden on the desktop, and then connect the phone to the computer in download mode.
Try that first.
Next you could try putting the phone into download mode with the battery pulled out. Open Odin on the desktop, then with the battery out, hold down the vol- button while plugging in the usb cable.
Thanks for your response.
So I went ahead and cleared out everything and then reinstalled the USB drivers. Opened ODIN, connected USB to computer, took battery out of phone, put battery back in, held down volume buttons and inserted the cord. The screen immediately loaded up the one I spoke of in my first post. Odin still did not recognize that I had my phone plugged in.
So then I installed Kies and went to the firmware restoration item under the tools menu. Entered my model and serial number and put my phone into recovery mode according to the instructions there, but the "Start Upgrade" button was grayed out and never became clickable.
One thing I did notice while doing this (On yet another new computer) is that when I plug in the phone, I get a "USB Device Not Recognized" error in Windows. I'm not sure if this is a result of it being in download mode or not, but I thought it worth mentioning. I did attempt to blow out my mini USB on the phone for good measure, but had the same result, even with another cord.
On ur Windows pc, did u try different usb ports ? And don't use a usb hub.
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Yes, multiple ports on multiple PCs.
The port was working fine yesterday when the Kies update failed.
Have u tried using a Jig to get ur phone into download mode ??
(See my signature link below. There r links there on how to make a jig and/or where to buy one)
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First of all make sure that your PC isnt running Kies in the background - Use Tsk Manager to kill Kies process
Then Plug In your Phone
Enter Download Mode by holding both volume buttons and powerbutton till the Boot Screen Appears.Let the power button go when you see the boot screen but keep holding the volume buttons.
In no time you'll be in Download mode
Then go to odin and check if your computer recognises it. Odin willl show you (Com:x) X - Any Number
Then you can easily flash stock rom or a custom recovery..
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First of all make sure that your PC isnt running Kies in the background - Use Tsk Manager to kill Kies process
Then Plug In your Phone
Enter Download Mode by holding both volume buttons and powerbutton till the Boot Screen Appears.Let the power button go when you see the boot screen but keep holding the volume buttons.
In no time you'll be in Download mode
Then go to odin and check if your computer recognises it. Odin willl show you (Com:x) X - Any Number
Then you can easily flash stock rom or a custom recovery..
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I have already made sure Kies is not running (And have tried this on a computer without Kies installed) and according to creepyncrawly in the second post here, the screen that I'm seeing IS download mode.
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Have u tried using a Jig to get ur phone into download mode ??
(See my signature link below. There r links there on how to make a jig and/or where to buy one)
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Again, according to creepyncrawly, this screen is a form of download mode. I am IN download mode already.
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I had tried to update my phone via Kies and the computer blue screened. Now the phone is stuck on the ODIN Mode screen with a picture of my phone on the left, a yellow triangle in the middle, and a computer on the right. Taking the battery out does nothing, restarting does nothing, restarting while holding down the volume buttons does nothing. No matter what, it always comes back to this screen.
When I plug the device into my windows based PC and open ODIN, ODIN does not see my phone. When I plug it into my linux computer and run lsusb, it does not list my phone in the output, so the computer definitely isn't recognizing that my phone is plugged in. A couple of weeks ago, I had this problem while trying to back up the phone, so I'm not sure if it's related to the botched upgrade or not.
Does anyone have any tips or advice here? I'd really love to be able to use my phone again. I am using the cable that came with the phone. I have the same results with other cables, as well....
I'm happy to provide more information if needed. Just tell me what you need to know.
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I tried everything you did, and the only way I got Odin to recognize my phone was use a USB jig to get it into the download mode other people are talking about
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I'm definitely open to making one, but I'm confused since everything I'm reading says that the screen I described IS download mode, just with a different screen. Are you saying that you had the exact same situation as me and a Jig fixed it?
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I'm definitely open to making one, but I'm confused since everything I'm reading says that the screen I described IS download mode, just with a different screen. Are you saying that you had the exact same situation as me and a Jig fixed it?
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You could order one fairly inexpensive. But order it or make it still takes some time. But as several have mentioned, it may help.
Did you try forcing download mode with the battery out as I suggested in the second post?
Yes, I have tried forcing download mode by taking the battery out, holding down Vol and inserting it again. These are also the instructions that Kies gives, but it didn't work there either.
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I'm definitely open to making one, but I'm confused since everything I'm reading says that the screen I described IS download mode, just with a different screen. Are you saying that you had the exact same situation as me and a Jig fixed it?
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My phones update failed and I got the same phone, triangle, computer. I tried different USBs, different USB ports, different computers, tried Odin, nothing worked. As soon as I found my USB jig that was lying around, and plugged it in before I put in the battery, and the regular download mode which I am used to seeing showed up. ODIN recognized the phone and I flashed back to stock ICS rooted I downloaded from XDA.
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My phones update failed and I got the same phone, triangle, computer. I tried different USBs, different USB ports, different computers, tried Odin, nothing worked. As soon as I found my USB jig that was lying around, and plugged it in before I put in the battery, and the regular download mode which I am used to seeing showed up. ODIN recognized the phone and I flashed back to stock ICS rooted I downloaded from XDA.
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Good enough for me. I'll give that a shot tomorrow.
Thanks for your help.
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Yes, I have tried forcing download mode by taking the battery out, holding down Vol and inserting it again. These are also the instructions that Kies gives, but it didn't work there either.
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That's different that what I suggested. Remove the battery and leave it out. If you have to, sit on it so you won't be tempted to put it back in, lol. While holding vol down button, plug in the usb cable. The usb will supply the power. The phone should boot into download mode.
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That's different that what I suggested. Remove the battery and leave it out. If you have to, sit on it so you won't be tempted to put it back in, lol. While holding vol down button, plug in the usb cable. The usb will supply the power. The phone should boot into download mode.
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I guess I misread that. I blame it on my stressful week ending with no phone
So I just did that and boom, download mode as I would expect loaded up first time, no issues after I held down both Volume buttons while plugging it in (Holding down just Vol - didn't do anything). Unfortunately, it still did not show up in Odin (Kies background processes were all killed and USB driver IS installed on this computer and Odin WAS open before I plugged the phone in)
So I unplugged, opened Kies, and was going to try a restore through there since I could finally get download mode working properly. Except when I tried it this time, nothing happened. I held down the vol buttons, plugged it in, got a single vibrate, but nothing showed up on the screen. Unplugged, put the battery in, and it turned on and screen worked. Took out the battery and just plugged it in and the screen worked after vibrating 6 short pulses (It pulled up the screen mentioned in my first post). Unplugged, held down vol buttons and plugged it in, same thing. Blank screen.
Now I'm really at a loss. I'm starting to wonder if there is something wrong with my USB port on the phone itself.
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Now I'm really at a loss. I'm starting to wonder if there is something wrong with my USB port on the phone itself.
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hey i think that i have got a solution for your problem because it also happened with me in my galaxy y and then i did this thing = :fingers-crossed: see i firstly opened odin in the desktop and then take out the battery so once the battery is out connect the usb to the phone and go onto download mode without the baterry then u'll notice in odin that ur phone is connected and then add the battery back and u r done hope it works :fingers-crossed:
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hey i think that i have got a solution for your problem because it also happened with me in my galaxy y and then i did this thing = :fingers-crossed: see i firstly opened odin in the desktop and then take out the battery so once the battery is out connect the usb to the phone and go onto download mode without the baterry then u'll notice in odin that ur phone is connected and then add the battery back and u r done hope it works :fingers-crossed:
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Hi there,
i have same problem with my Galaxy ACE GT-S5839i: i can't get ODIN to detect my phone. Originally, i tried to flash my phone and made a mistake in the process (installed a ROM before i installed CWM). This caused my phone to stop booting. The only thing remaining working is the download mode. But i can't get ODIN to detect. I tried 2 PCs, different USB ports; i tried to install Kies, or just the drivers... nothing makes ODIN detect my phone... I hear my PCs detects the phone when in download mode (it bips) and my PCs both recognized my phone (Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device). On PC uses windows 7 and the other Windows Vista. I ran ODIN v4.38 on both... Would be grateful for any idea what to do...
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canaver said:
Hi there,
i have same problem with my Galaxy ACE GT-S5839i: i can't get ODIN to detect my phone. Originally, i tried to flash my phone and made a mistake in the process (installed a ROM before i installed CWM). This caused my phone to stop booting. The only thing remaining working is the download mode. But i can't get ODIN to detect. I tried 2 PCs, different USB ports; i tried to install Kies, or just the drivers... nothing makes ODIN detect my phone... I hear my PCs detects the phone when in download mode (it bips) and my PCs both recognized my phone (Samsung Mobile USB CDC Composite Device). On PC uses windows 7 and the other Windows Vista. I ran ODIN v4.38 on both... Would be grateful for any idea what to do...
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Actually, it works with ODIN v3.07! Finally!
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canaver said:
Actually, it works with ODIN v3.07! Finally!
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Finally it works with ODIN v3.07!
Special_Kev said:
I had tried to update my phone via Kies and the computer blue screened. Now the phone is stuck on the ODIN Mode screen with a picture of my phone on the left, a yellow triangle in the middle, and a computer on the right. Taking the battery out does nothing, restarting does nothing, restarting while holding down the volume buttons does nothing. No matter what, it always comes back to this screen.
When I plug the device into my windows based PC and open ODIN, ODIN does not see my phone. When I plug it into my linux computer and run lsusb, it does not list my phone in the output, so the computer definitely isn't recognizing that my phone is plugged in. A couple of weeks ago, I had this problem while trying to back up the phone, so I'm not sure if it's related to the botched upgrade or not.
Does anyone have any tips or advice here? I'd really love to be able to use my phone again. I am using the cable that came with the phone. I have the same results with other cables, as well....
I'm happy to provide more information if needed. Just tell me what you need to know.
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I had the same problem with kies on a sprint s2. EXACT same problem. Cord got jerked out in the middle of Odin flash. THE ONLY screen i could get is the one you described.
Also went through the steps with keis, dl firmware, got to the last part but the start button was greyed out. I had to do this several times and finally the start button lit up. Idk why it didn't work before but it finally did. Have you tried doing it more than once?
I wished i could be more help but that was my experience. Maybe it will work for you.
Plz Help if you can,
I have rooted my Verizon Note 2 and unlocked the boot loader and installed mean-bean - it worked awesome and should have stayed with it but everything went so well I wanted to try another ROM. The new ROM failed so I went back to mean-bean by selecting the backup I made on my sd card before I tried another ROM. My phone stuck on the "Samsung Note 2" boot up screen and never moved after mins. I did the "power + volume down + Power" and I get a warning asking me to press the volume up key to download a custom ROM or the volume down key to cancel. When I press the volume down button I get stuck at the Samsung note 2 screen, if I press volume up I get stuck at the downloading screen. When I connect the phone to my computer I can hear a ding in windows 7 64bit but am unable to see the device. I have read some of the forums and have downloaded a stock rom as suggested by several of them and oden 3.07. Oden does not show a com port as the posts suggest and my computer does not see the device. The forums that deal with not seeing your device says to download and install the latest usb drivers. I have re-downloaded the latest Samsung usb drivers and rebooted my computer. The computer still just makes a noise when i plug my phone in but does not see it in oden or in the computer. I have read so many forums and other peeps seem to still see their phone in oden. Maybe my phone is now trashed do I still have a chance or is it done. can anyone help a noob plz?
Thanks in advance.
Quick notes:
1: phone only boots to samsung note 2 screen
2: Phone will only go to download mode when I try to go to recovery
3: can hear ding on my computer when I connect but can't find see device
4: Oden does not see device
Try Odin 1.87
Curtis Craig said:
Try Odin 1.87
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I will try that when I get home. all day at work and can't wait to try it. Thank you for the responce.
pacoabq said:
I will try that when I get home. all day at work and can't wait to try it. Thank you for the responce.
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Thank you, but it still did not see the device, or at least the com port did not show anything. I can see it in my device manager though. Any other suggestions?
pacoabq said:
Thank you, but it still did not see the device, or at least the com port did not show anything. I can see it in my device manager though. Any other suggestions?
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Have you been running Odin as admin?
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kintwofan said:
Have you been running Odin as admin?
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yes. I wish had not been though, would have been great to have fixed it. Any other suggestions? Plz
pacoabq said:
Plz Help if you can,
I have rooted my Verizon Note 2 and unlocked the boot loader and installed mean-bean - it worked awesome and should have stayed with it but everything went so well I wanted to try another ROM. The new ROM failed so I went back to mean-bean by selecting the backup I made on my sd card before I tried another ROM. My phone stuck on the "Samsung Note 2" boot up screen and never moved after mins. I did the "power + volume down + Power" and I get a warning asking me to press the volume up key to download a custom ROM or the volume down key to cancel. When I press the volume down button I get stuck at the Samsung note 2 screen, if I press volume up I get stuck at the downloading screen. When I connect the phone to my computer I can hear a ding in windows 7 64bit but am unable to see the device. I have read some of the forums and have downloaded a stock rom as suggested by several of them and oden 3.07. Oden does not show a com port as the posts suggest and my computer does not see the device. The forums that deal with not seeing your device says to download and install the latest usb drivers. I have re-downloaded the latest Samsung usb drivers and rebooted my computer. The computer still just makes a noise when i plug my phone in but does not see it in oden or in the computer. I have read so many forums and other peeps seem to still see their phone in oden. Maybe my phone is now trashed do I still have a chance or is it done. can anyone help a noob plz?
Thanks in advance.
Quick notes:
1: phone only boots to samsung note 2 screen
2: Phone will only go to download mode when I try to go to recovery
3: can hear ding on my computer when I connect but can't find see device
4: Oden does not see device
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easy answer bro hopefully you have windows 7 or windows period. Easy way to do it is to go to your drivers deleted what it shows prob says samsung something stupid like that delete that also click driver files delete also button. then go to my computer and program files delete samsung folder then after you did all the deleteing plug in your phone and wala should work like a charm worked for me let me know!!
zactheandroidmac said:
easy answer bro hopefully you have windows 7 or windows period. Easy way to do it is to go to your drivers deleted what it shows prob says samsung something stupid like that delete that also click driver files delete also button. then go to my computer and program files delete samsung folder then after you did all the deleteing plug in your phone and wala should work like a charm worked for me let me know!!
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Thanks bro, I removed the drivers and still nothing in odins comport. I reinstalled kies and it sees the phone but can't connect to it. My computer sees it in device manager, and i have tried 3 different odin versions. Still the little green android guy with the downloading msg.
Anything esle you can think of?
pacoabq said:
Thanks bro, I removed the drivers and still nothing in odins comport. I reinstalled kies and it sees the phone but can't connect to it. My computer sees it in device manager, and i have tried 3 different odin versions. Still the little green android guy with the downloading msg.
Anything esle you can think of?
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Try a different cord...
Or press volume up (not down) power and home...go into recovery and run your back up (nandroid)...if you dont have a nandroid clean wipe and flash your mean bean
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In your description you said volume down power and home...probably looking at down load mode...your not even close to bricked YET...
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pacoabq said:
I will try that when I get home. all day at work and can't wait to try it. Thank you for the responce.
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Open Odin up on your computer without phone plugged in. Power off the phone then plug it in and boot into download and see if that does anything.