Hi, I am having a serious problem
My vibrant was working and i was flashing the firmware T959UVKA7 using odin 1.3
once the update was done and it odin said passed
the phone is not turning on at all, act like there is no battery
tried to plug it to wall charger not even responding, its like dead, no power at all
i even tried to remove the battery for 5 min, add it again and plugged the jig
nothing is happenning, tried every combination of keys, even connect it to computer usb with no battery then plugged the battery, nothing, the phone is completely dead
Please let me know if there is any way i can make it to work again? or i totally bricked it?
Sami
Did you try and get into download mode? Connect usb to computer. Hold both up down buttons then plug in usb
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Did you try and get into download mode? Connect usb to computer. Hold both up down buttons then plug in usb
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Thanks for the reply, well i tried all.. the problem is my phone isnt even turn on... its acts like there is no battery, even if i plug it to the wall charger it doesnt turn on or give me the battery status icon that is charging
its completely black screen, even the button light dont turn on, nothing turns on and the battery is fully charged
any idea? anyone know how i can fix it?? does that means i ruined my phone forever or is it fixable???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737 this will make it more clear
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737 this will make it more clear
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Yes read that
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samiriad said:
Hi, I am having a serious problem
My vibrant was working and i was flashing the firmware T959UVKA7 using odin 1.3
once the update was done and it odin said passed
the phone is not turning on at all, act like there is no battery
tried to plug it to wall charger not even responding, its like dead, no power at all
i even tried to remove the battery for 5 min, add it again and plugged the jig
nothing is happenning, tried every combination of keys, even connect it to computer usb with no battery then plugged the battery, nothing, the phone is completely dead
Please let me know if there is any way i can make it to work again? or i totally bricked it?
Sami
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Which firmware (kernel only or complete)? Link?
Which OS were you from before odin up the KA7?
I ran into similar problem. I was from Stock Froyo Kies, then odin over the supercurio stock+kernel KA7. It got black screen ...for a good 5-10 min. I was going to pull out battery but I heard some mumble jumble in the background telling me that it's converting (voodoo ext4) so I left it alone. If you pulled out too early during the conversion before it finish doing voodoo...I'm not sure what happened to that unless your odin KA7 does not have odin. Do you see any light, sound, or splash screen at all?
When you flash, did you have "repartition" checked or not?
Anyway, have you try the 2 button download mode? Mine was silent dead black screen too at one point from last few days with few variation difference caused by different tinkering mistakes. I just took off battery, sim, sd and kill odin. Reput them all back and fire up odin. Hold down both the + and - with 2 fingers, then hook in USB from pc to phone. It should put it to download mode and you can reodin whatever...depends what it can do.
same situation here.
i came from T959UVJFD then i flashed T959UVKA7 (.tar.md5 file from samfirmware.com) using odin3 v1.70
odin says it was finished. but it doesnt turn on anymore. i cannot even go to download mode.
PLEASE HELP!
any kind of button combo doest work
try downloading odin3v 1.85 and using this method to put in to download mode
1. pull the battery,
2. put it back in;
3. then, with the phone still off, plug your usb into the computer,
4. turn on odin3,
5. hold the center of the volume buttons,
6. plug the usb to the phone while holding the volume botton
orginally found in this my posting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471231
I know I'm posting this on multiple threads, but Im desperate! I'm having the exact issue as OP, am hoping a suggestion from someone helps. Right now my hope is hanging on the comments from people here claiming "it is REALLY difficult to brick this phone".
I was "downgrading" from ICS Passion with GB bootloader, down to stock. The "downgrade" to 2.1 worked fine. Then I used Kies to upgrade to Froyo, and after the install it shutdown, and now the phone doesn't respond to any key. Tried a different battery as well, to eliminate a probably battery issue. No good.
Tried different combos to get to recover/download modes: Vol UP + Power, Vol Down + Power, Vol Up+Vol Down+Power, and Insert Cable+ Vol UP+Vol Down - nothing yet. Used ODIN 1.85 with suggestion from canyon789, and that didn't work either.
Any ideas? Please help.
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I know I'm posting this on multiple threads, but Im desperate! I'm having the exact issue as OP, am hoping a suggestion from someone helps. Right now my hope is hanging on the comments from people here claiming "it is REALLY difficult to brick this phone".
I was "downgrading" from ICS Passion with GB bootloader, down to stock. The "downgrade" to 2.1 worked fine. Then I used Kies to upgrade to Froyo, and after the install it shutdown, and now the phone doesn't respond to any key. Tried a different battery as well, to eliminate a probably battery issue. No good.
Tried different combos to get to recover/download modes: Vol UP + Power, Vol Down + Power, Vol Up+Vol Down+Power, and Insert Cable+ Vol UP+Vol Down - nothing yet. Used ODIN 1.85 with suggestion from canyon789, and that didn't work either.
Any ideas? Please help.
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If your willing to wait the approx. week, call up Samsung tell them that you were updating through Kies and then your phone would no longer turn on, you've tried different batteries and tried different cables and still nothing, she/he will try to help you get into recovery mode, just go along with it, she will then help you get everything you need to send it to Samsung's nearest repair center. Sent mine in last thursday, they replaced the PBA (logic board) and are sending it now. Should be here in 2 days :]
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I know I'm posting this on multiple threads, but Im desperate! I'm having the exact issue as OP, am hoping a suggestion from someone helps. Right now my hope is hanging on the comments from people here claiming "it is REALLY difficult to brick this phone".
I was "downgrading" from ICS Passion with GB bootloader, down to stock. The "downgrade" to 2.1 worked fine. Then I used Kies to upgrade to Froyo, and after the install it shutdown, and now the phone doesn't respond to any key. Tried a different battery as well, to eliminate a probably battery issue. No good.
Tried different combos to get to recover/download modes: Vol UP + Power, Vol Down + Power, Vol Up+Vol Down+Power, and Insert Cable+ Vol UP+Vol Down - nothing yet. Used ODIN 1.85 with suggestion from canyon789, and that didn't work either.
Any ideas? Please help.
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Did you try the exact no-boot steps from the Guide linked to above?
I tried everything else, only the exact sequence worked.
Battery out, phone plugged in, Odin running: press center of volume keys,
insert battery.
cashmundy said:
Did you try the exact no-boot steps from the Guide linked to above?
I tried everything else, only the exact sequence worked.
Battery out, phone plugged in, Odin running: press center of volume keys,
insert battery.
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Yes tried the exact same steps, no luck. Ordered a jig finally and hoping that will get me out of this mess
I hope the jig works for you. So much for "unbrickable". I will be sure never to Odin anything but the JFD file. Good luck.
work perfect for me thanks
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Yes tried the exact same steps, no luck. Ordered a jig finally and hoping that will get me out of this mess
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his is not going to help at all, you damage the bootloader you as happened to me, but in my case it did ODIN, Mini Kies did.
The only thing you can try and see if you have some success is to do two things:
* Easy way: pay for you to get a JTAG on the phone and reinstall the bootloader. (Actually that's what you Damage to flash it)
* Terse: Vibrant Unbrickable do MOD
(but must be done by someone who is skilled in welding and electronics, as this takes a lot of risk, as is jumping two pins that control the processor of the phone)
note that the device is already damaged, you try to repair it, if you do not succeed, At Vibrant Ebay sell broken, win one for 53.66 at auction. and attempting to repair Give you a MOD.
I hope you will help.
If Mini Kies damaged your phone, call Samsung, tell them that you upgraded with Mini Kies and now it won't turn on and they replace it for free.
xXcybersniperXx said:
If Mini Kies damaged your phone, call Samsung, tell them that you upgraded with Mini Kies and now it won't turn on and they replace it for free.
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This can be another solution, if you carry LUCK and Warranty!!!!!
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So i rooted the phone and installed froyo rom with clockworkmod recovery or whatever.. the phone was working fine but then i downloaded OCLF and clicked unroot the phone like an idiot. Still worked fine thoughh... i wanted to reroot the phone but then realized i couldnt get into recovery.. so i did a factory reset and now im stuck on a boot screen that says galaxy s gti 9000 and on the bottom it says samsung..
Just ODIN back to stock... and continue to do whatever you want from there...
ODIN: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790026
How to get back to stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=799105
thank youu soooo much i literally love youu!!!
yeah, no problem!
Mine is BRICKED!!! OTA Friday got to 85% and went black. none combo of the Three Button Salute is not working at all. Odin can not see it.
As long as you can get into download mode, your phone is not totally bricked. Vibrants are very very hard to brick. Trust me, I have messed mine up more times than I can count,but managed to fix it. First off, can u tell me what windows version ur using, do u have the Samsung drivers installed, what button combination have u tried to get into download mode. I know you probably tried a ton, bit this will help me narrow down what will and will not work for you.
Jonathan Rubcic
Electrical Engineer
jarubcic said:
As long as you can get into download mode, your phone is not totally bricked. Vibrants are very very hard to brick. Trust me, I have messed mine up more times than I can count,but managed to fix it. First off, can u tell me what windows version ur using, do u have the Samsung drivers installed, what button combination have u tried to get into download mode. I know you probably tried a ton, bit this will help me narrow down what will and will not work for you.
Jonathan Rubcic
Electrical Engineer
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No download mode at all, no charging screen, nothing at all. Black screen! Power with plug in, Power and Vol up, Power and Vol Down, Power and up/Down. No luck. Running vista. I have used odin before with no problems.
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No download mode at all, no charging screen, nothing at all. Black screen! Power with plug in, Power and Vol up, Power and Vol Down, Power and up/Down. No luck. Running vista. I have used odin before with no problems.
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Have Odin open and everything setup on the PC.
Then just take out the battery and make sure your phone isn't connected to the PC yet. Then wait maybe 5 seconds and plug your phone into the USB without the battery in the phone. Then press both volume buttons only and install the battery while holding both volume buttons.
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Beefvvl said:
Have Odin open and everything setup on the PC.
Then just take out the battery and make sure your phone isn't connected to the PC yet. Then wait maybe 5 seconds and plug your phone into the USB without the battery in the phone. Then press both volume buttons only and install the battery while holding both volume buttons.
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Nope nothing.
im having same problem. i was able to go to download mode and did odin using stock recovery. but still didn't work HELP SOMEBODY!!!!!!
IuNlockeM said:
im having same problem. i was able to go to download mode and did odin using stock recovery. but still didn't work HELP SOMEBODY!!!!!!
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Download this and give it a try.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558
i commited the mistake of partitioning the sd card using rom manager.....so then i tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745547
flashed the EU version , then i strggled going into dowload mode again....i finally got into download mode using adb ...and when i was flashing it , it suddendly stopped and then the phone to pc symbol appeared
i dont know what else to do...i've been up all night and the phone is not even mine :'( please help
also my phone seems to be locked ....
Can you get phone into download mode? Install odin and all windows drivers. Take out batt plug up usb hold vol up and down and put in battery. If that doesn't work there is a cable you can but that might force it into download mode
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stephenj37826 said:
Can you get phone into download mode? Install odin and all windows drivers. Take out batt plug up usb hold vol up and down and put in battery. If that doesn't work there is a cable you can but that might force it into download mode
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i"ve tried that but no luck =/
Can you get adb to work?
I had the same thing happen earlier, I was flashing back a stock ROM in Odin, which I have done before, and this time it was doing the cache files and the phone went black and removed from Odin, now this PC-Computer icon is up. Holding down the power-button just blanks for a second then puts back to the phone-pc screen, my phone was hardware locked so the power+volumes does nothing, and the computer won't recognize the phone in adb.
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I had the same thing happen earlier, I was flashing back a stock ROM in Odin, which I have done before, and this time it was doing the cache files and the phone went black and removed from Odin, now this PC-Computer icon is up. Holding down the power-button just blanks for a second then puts back to the phone-pc screen, my phone was hardware locked so the power+volumes does nothing, and the computer won't recognize the phone in adb.
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exactly....we are having the same problem....we cant do anything but watch that damn sign
did you fix it?
sadly mine was that way and I had to get it replaced
nomadrider123 said:
sadly mine was that way and I had to get it replaced
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so i guess if you soft brick a hardware lock vibrant ur out of luck?
so you called tmobile to get a replacement?
El Cipitio said:
so i guess if you soft brick a hardware lock vibrant ur out of luck?
so you called tmobile to get a replacement?
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If you have tried everything twice and nothing worked .Don't mess around with customer services. You need to talk to tech services they got me a replacement
Download Mode trick.. it worked for me.
Ok guys! here you go.... If you feel like you semi-bricked your phone and cannot boot into download mode.. there is a trick that might work for some or it might not doesn't hurt to try, but damn sure worked for me... Make sure phone is connected to computer with ODIN Opened,..
1. Unplug your phone from usb
2. Take out battery (and mini sd and sim)
3. Plug usb back into phone.
4. Hold down up and down volume keys while putting battery back into the phone. IT SHOULD BOOT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE. if not sorry. Sometimes when people flash back and forth the up and down volume keys get reversed... so try volume down and power.. or volume up and power. GOOD LUCK!!!
tee34life said:
Ok guys! here you go.... If you feel like you semi-bricked your phone and cannot boot into download mode.. there is a trick that might work for some or it might not doesn't hurt to try, but damn sure worked for me... Make sure phone is connected to computer with ODIN Opened,..
1. Unplug your phone from usb
2. Take out battery (and mini sd and sim)
3. Plug usb back into phone.
4. Hold down up and down volume keys while putting battery back into the phone. IT SHOULD BOOT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE. if not sorry. Sometimes when people flash back and forth the up and down volume keys get reversed... so try volume down and power.. or volume up and power. GOOD LUCK!!!
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No luck, currently going through a relentless trial-error process of different usb-battery-sim/sd-volume-power buttons. Just found out insurance which I thought was covered on my phone via Asurion through T-Mobile is only covering one of the phones on my line, yet I bought them both with warranties at the same time... Pretty bummed, Only is looking like paying the deductable fee for a new phone as if lost/stolen.. Hope something pulls through.
Just a small deviation
1. Take out the battery
2. Plug the USB into the phone
3. Plug USB into the PC
4. Hold down the Volume up/down + Power button with one hand
5. Put the battery back in with the other hand
6. Wait for the phone2pc icon to flash 2 times and on the second time when the screen goes black release only the POWER BUTTON
7. When you see the digging Android you can let go of the Volume buttons
That is the only way I could get it to work
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.
Sent from Samsung Vibrant w/ Nero v3 + Voodoo
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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'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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jmcghee1973 said:
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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offdutyninja808 said:
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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I was reflashing my Vibrant to stock using Odin3 v1.3. It seemed that everything went fine. When the reinstall completed, and went to boot up, my phone would not turn back on. No download mode, recovery mode, or regular boot mode screens at all. The battery is working and charged and still nothing.
I was given the really good suggestion of upgrading to Odin 1.7 or 1.8. And follow the plug in, hold, battery in instructions for several hours with no results so far.
Any other suggestions?? Any and all are appreciated.
Maybe one of the files you used was corrupted or was for another Galaxy S variant. I can't think of anything else that could've caused your phone to brick like that.
Have you tried getting into download mode using a different computer?
If it works I suggest re-downloading all the files including ODIN from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
Thanks for the response.
After rereading the other suggestion I got, I think I may not have added the PIT file when I reflashed to stock. That's the only thing I can think of. It won't power on or be recognized by any computer. There is no response from it at all.
I'll keep trying.
I have bricked my vibrant many times playing with different roms. I almost had to build the cable jig. I have found without fail though if your phone will not do anything that there is one easy way to get it back into download mode for another attempt.
1)pull the battery from the phone and make sure the device is not connected to a USB.
2)hold both the volume up + volume down buttons in until the loading screen displays at the end of the steps listed.
3)slide the battery back into place in the phone
4)with the USB cable plugged into the computer, attach it to the vibrant.
5)press the power button
this method has worked 100% of the time for me. The only time i had an issue, i had loaded the wrong bootloader onto the phone from the i9000. In that case, search for the button press combo to get into download mode for the intended phone. (im still have a dsylexic phone - it displays i9000, then vibrant )
Hope this helps, i have found the vibrant to be unbrickable (thankfully, because im learning android with this phone)
Do you get anything at all like the spindles when you plug it into a charger or PC?
Also what are the .pit and .tar files you are using in ODIN? link maybe?
- You need to be able to see either the spindles or the batt charge icon to do the button method if not then you will need to go the usb jig route to get into download mode. Good luck!
No, I get no response from my Vibrant. No spindles or battery charging status. A complete brick.
I'm using the proper PIT and TAR files. The problem (I think) was that I didn't load the PIT file when I ran ODIN. Now, I can't get anything. I have all the proper files to do the ODIN flash now. I just can't get a response from the brick.
I have seen the the usb jig method mentioned. It looks like it may be over my head. I have no idea how to use an iron to make those connections. FML>
I just had the same exact problem. I searched google and found a way out. Pull your battery and replace it. Do not connect the phone to pc. Hold the volume up key only and hit the power key. I did this and my phone went into dl mode. I hope this helps!
Unfortunately you are in a hard brick situation. However, I can fix this using JTAG. PM sent...
Once again you learn something new everyday here at XDA with the help of the community I like the sound of this, I assume its alot like the XBOX360 JTAG deal. Heres a link I found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=753946
Crash1014 said:
I just had the same exact problem. I searched google and found a way out. Pull your battery and replace it. Do not connect the phone to pc. Hold the volume up key only and hit the power key. I did this and my phone went into dl mode. I hope this helps!
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you saved my phone....Thank you!!!
mikka06 said:
you saved my phone....Thank you!!!
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No problem! I thought my phone was dead too. I've learned a lot from XDA and Google!
Thank you, Thi s Works
Crash1014 said:
I just had the same exact problem. I searched google and found a way out. Pull your battery and replace it. Do not connect the phone to pc. Hold the volume up key only and hit the power key. I did this and my phone went into dl mode. I hope this helps!
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thanks this worked, i thought iam dead,
thanks a lot
Crash1014 said:
I just had the same exact problem. I searched google and found a way out. Pull your battery and replace it. Do not connect the phone to pc. Hold the volume up key only and hit the power key. I did this and my phone went into dl mode. I hope this helps!
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thanks.....................