i was rooting to get the gingerbread 2.3 rom but forgot to disable the voodoo thing. and now its just frozen blinking on the startup Vibrant Samsung screen! im trying to use Odin to flash it but my computer doesnt seem to be reading it, i held down the volume buttons and its now in the downloading screen but nothing is happening. someone please help me!!!
Try placing all the files on odin before you hook up the vibrant to the computer in download mode. It should work.
Also you are not bricked if you can get into download mode.
i cant do anything on the odin, the phone doesnt connect. its like my computer isnt reading it at all. the odin is clear from anything, its blank. all the screen does when it says downloading is just stay on that screen on the phone. =(
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i cant do anything on the odin, the phone doesnt connect. its like my computer isnt reading it at all. the odin is clear from anything, its blank. all the screen does when it says downloading is just stay on that screen on the phone. =(
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What I might try to do first is take a step back into familiar territory. First listen for the familiar connection sound just by having your phone on. Do a checklist. Do you have the correct samsung drivers so your computer will recognize your phone in the first place? If you do, then try opening odin, putting your phone into download mode, and seeing if you get that familiar connection sound. Sometimes, you just need to unplug the phone and plug it back in. Once you see the yellow com port light up with a number, you should be good to go. If none of that seems to work, no matter how hard you try, try little variations like taking your sim and sd card out, and just putting the battery in, etc. Sometimes is the dumbest things that work, and sometimes you don't even realize you're skipping a step. I do it all the time. If you can get odin to recognize the yellow com #, you should be in business. At that point you would just need to flash the stock rom.
You might be having the issue because Axura and Bionix roms don't play nicely together, especially if you go from the former to the later. You'll run into gremlins like your market issue. You can always try a factory reset for kicks and see if maybe it's something that simple without having to go through all of this. Good luck!
ok i just tried all that, NOTHING works! i know the sound it makes when u connect to the pc but it did nothing. when i hold the power button and the volume it shows a battery that looks drained. i left it to charge for about an hour and still shows the grey battery across the screen. what kind of samsung drivers do i need i already tried downloading a couple but they just lead to some computer scan crap and wana charge me. im kinda new to this so i need as much help as i can get. thanks.
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So here's a peculiar incident:
I have a CDMA TP with a stock ROM and a few basic apps I gathered from these forums and others. I've had it for less than a week.
Tonite, I went to check my text messages. Suddenly, the screen went black and the phone stopped responding. After pressing the power button and fiddling with the keys, I pulled out the stylus and did a soft reset. No response. Confused by this, I tried again, but still nothing. I removed the battery, and turned the phone back on. It froze at the "Touch Pro" screen with the rom/radio/etc info at the bottom. After repeating this a few times I decided to do a hard reset. So, I turn the device on and perform the hard reset. By this point the TP is only turning on SOME TIMES, and I have to take the battery out and put it back in often just to get it to start successfully. So, I finally get the device to boot up and it starts to configure WinMo. Suddenly, while configuring, it freezes. Now I try to turn it back on, and nothing happens.
Basically the device is stuck like this, shifting between not turning on at all and turning on but freezing at the "Touch Pro" screen.
So, my question is, what the heck is going on here? Has anyone else had this problem, or does this sound familiar to anyone? Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
p.s. Yes, the battery is fully charged.
kameisama said:
So here's a peculiar incident:
I have a CDMA TP with a stock ROM and a few basic apps I gathered from these forums and others. I've had it for less than a week.
Tonite, I went to check my text messages. Suddenly, the screen went black and the phone stopped responding. After pressing the power button and fiddling with the keys, I pulled out the stylus and did a soft reset. No response. Confused by this, I tried again, but still nothing. I removed the battery, and turned the phone back on. It froze at the "Touch Pro" screen with the rom/radio/etc info at the bottom. After repeating this a few times I decided to do a hard reset. So, I turn the device on and perform the hard reset. By this point the TP is only turning on SOME TIMES, and I have to take the battery out and put it back in often just to get it to start successfully. So, I finally get the device to boot up and it starts to configure WinMo. Suddenly, while configuring, it freezes. Now I try to turn it back on, and nothing happens.
Basically the device is stuck like this, shifting between not turning on at all and turning on but freezing at the "Touch Pro" screen.
So, my question is, what the heck is going on here? Has anyone else had this problem, or does this sound familiar to anyone? Any help would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
p.s. Yes, the battery is fully charged.
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Time to take it in and get a new one.....
Same problem here phone started b not coming out of lock mode. Backlight is on but no display on screen (if i tilt the screen left and right i can see light coming from behind) did about 6 hard resets and still same problem. also power button works whenever it wants to. this phone sucks @ss, i want my mogul back. on a second note my replacement will be here on wednesday.
Touch Pro stock rom purchased back in nov when it came out
yeah, i've had the same problem, i found if i hit my phone on the back or side and then batter pull and hit the soft reset while off, not the power button to turn it back on, it comes back on with color on the screen not just blank black screen with backlight, this works mostly every time, but when it doesn't, i just hold the power button down and do battery pull and hit the power button and it works, its like its got a combo of things you have to do before it works.. weird
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I have also had similar problems. I for some reason sometimes have to remove my SD card and boot up without it for some reason. Not all the time, but every once in a blue moon. Not too sure how that affects anything, but you may try that too.
well i started a thread here ***help*** because i kinda have the same problem.
i downloaded some cabs, nothing fancy but i had some problems with a theme i downloaded. when i went to deleted i couldnt..... to make a story short, i took it to the sprint store where they tried to do a master reset/ hard reset and it wont take it. it wont do a thing... they say some important files are missing...
the phone works but not the way it should... the time on the home screen wont show up. and some other small things...
dont know how this happened but i would like to know... im worried about new programs to the phone now. ( getting a new one)
still want to see if i can fix this one.
Mayonesa said:
well i started a thread here ***help*** because i kinda have the same problem.
i downloaded some cabs, nothing fancy but i had some problems with a theme i downloaded. when i went to deleted i couldnt..... to make a story short, i took it to the sprint store where they tried to do a master reset/ hard reset and it wont take it. it wont do a thing... they say some important files are missing...
the phone works but not the way it should... the time on the home screen wont show up. and some other small things...
dont know how this happened but i would like to know... im worried about new programs to the phone now. ( getting a new one)
still want to see if i can fix this one.
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Have you tried re flashing the ROM?
it wasnt HTC's fault for your phone's not booting...thats what happens when u try to mess with the hardware too much and you dont know what your doing
Would you want to sell???
Reboot Brick HTC process
****DOn't take battery out after hard boot***
1.just watch videohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk56olMkCtU and do what they do but dont take battery out. LEAVE phone STUCK on BOOT screen. Nothign else will move or work but you want phone just like that.
2. connect usb cable to active sync. (this may not link up but leave usb connected anyhow) Do not delete phone profile.
3.use rom like Download MightyROM6_Herman.exe avail at: http://www.lilrico.com/Mighty/mightyromblog/?p=454
4 although active sync is still attatched but may not be connecting. It will connect thru usb anyway when you run the rom software. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fV2I2WAFkg4&NR=1
This worked and kept phone from cutting on and off. and restored ROM. don't know about original htc boot. but your phone will work under this rom for now and you can go from there.
hey thanks plain ole dumb, it works now.
man I thought it was over.
thanks again
so i was trying to put music on to my new HD2. ive had it about a good week and a half. the music never showed up on my device using windows media player sync then then Windows mobile Device center wouldnt recognize my phone.. then i tried to reset my phone and then thats when it happened. i cant get into my phone now.. i tried the whole battery out many many times... but no matter what i do it wont show my home screen. the phone boots up i guess.. it shows the tmobile screen...then the windows screen... but when the home screen is supposed to come up it doesnt.. just the wall paper.... and no buttons n screen touching work... i was able to get into the start menu for a bit but now..... nothing. im about to get my hammer and relieve some stress this phone is causing me... someone please help me out.
try a hard reset my friend, turn the phone off, hold both volume buttons down and the press the power button, its tricky to et first time, but it does work, follow the instructions and youre phone will be back to when you first bought it, bad point is u will loose anything you dont have backed up
but all files saved on storage card will be there after the hardreset.
DN41
It doesnt like being synced with windows media player.......
If you havent already hard reset then theres is a fix for you near the end of this thread
Next time your putting your music to your phone, drag n drop is the way to go........
alright guys i think i may be screwed here.
teh phone i got is the HD2 runing widnows mobile "5.2.21869"
now the problems i have is that most of the apps i go in to, teh screen orientation is stuck on landscape and there is nothign i can do to get it back. shaking violently dosen't work for all teh rage fixers out there.
i tryed re-calibrating the G-sensor with no luck. then for a laugh i calibrated it so that the phone though flat was at some obscure angle, then reset to flat, alro with no luck.
i have done the foctory reset located within the operting system with no change, and i have done the manufacture's reset as well (the one where you hold down teh volume buttons and tap the power button).
now i have the firmware update that will most likely fix this but there is a problem (which is where i think im screwed). whenever i plug the phone into my pc, or any other, it simply charges adn will not recognise that i have connected it to a computer. (i have dissabled charging whenever connected to a PC).
so do you have any suggestions guys or am i as screwed as i think i am.
archangelCJ said:
alright guys i think i may be screwed here.
teh phone i got is the HD2 runing widnows mobile "5.2.21869"
now the problems i have is that most of the apps i go in to, teh screen orientation is stuck on landscape and there is nothign i can do to get it back. shaking violently dosen't work for all teh rage fixers out there.
i tryed re-calibrating the G-sensor with no luck. then for a laugh i calibrated it so that the phone though flat was at some obscure angle, then reset to flat, alro with no luck.
i have done the foctory reset located within the operting system with no change, and i have done the manufacture's reset as well (the one where you hold down teh volume buttons and tap the power button).
now i have the firmware update that will most likely fix this but there is a problem (which is where i think im screwed). whenever i plug the phone into my pc, or any other, it simply charges adn will not recognise that i have connected it to a computer. (i have dissabled charging whenever connected to a PC).
so do you have any suggestions guys or am i as screwed as i think i am.
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After you plug the phone into a usb port on the pc, does a screen pop up on the phone letting u choose from either : charge only, disk drive, or the one u need for update "sync"
If not you might have to download a new windows rom from the hd2 rom section and put it on the sd card
checkout this newbie section on how to
just verify in the settings under phone how what is your rom size
for 512 MB ROM use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=609477
for 1024MB ROM use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653614
There are instructions there on how to do this without using the usb cable, Just flash thru the SD CARD
Good Luck
So I've run into quite an annoying problem- I can't install applications from the market. Last night, I had my phone plugged into my computer and I don't THINK I had the SD mounted, but I've been wrong before. Anyways, I went to disconnect it and instead of dismounting then unplugging, I just unplugged. Since then, if I try to download something, the notification bar will show that the app is downloading, for a second, then it just disappears. My phone is rooted, no custom rom though, and I'm not running Apps2SD. Also, I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 x64 on my computer.
This has happened once before, and I had to tinker with popping my SD card out and rebooting the phone a few different ways before it finally started acting right again. I'm looking for help because 1) I can't remember exactly how I did it and 2) I figured I might as well try to find out if anyone here knows what I could do to fix it.
Thanks in advance.
Galaxy S Showcase stuck at very first screens
Afternoon guys, I did some browsing and searching and cannot seem to find a way to fix this, so here goes:
Samsung Galaxy S i500, Showcase with Cellular South.
It is rooted, with the original ROM/Kernel.
Yesterday, I was attempting to follow the guide on getting ClockWorkMod on it (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860250) and when I finally got the final command to work, the phone rebooted, and has since been doing VERY little.
Power Button = SAMSUNG... No vibrate, No change.
Vol Up/Down + Power = SAMSUNG... No vibrate, word flashes, release power (steps to enter recovery or download), SAMSUNG screen remains. Still no vibrate or anything.
Plug in = Grey battery with "loading" circle with no animation of any kind. It is charging though.
Plug in + Vol for recovery/download mode = still just grey Battery not moving.
In all attempts, I have left it trying for anywhere between 30 mins to 4 hours... I cannot get to anything but those 3 results. (samsung, samsung w/ 1 flash, and grey battery).
If I can get it into Download, I can Odin it, or recovery to reset to factory... but I need to get to one. Any and all help is appreciated.
~*~*~Artilleur~*~*~
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I had similar situation. Could not get past samsung screen. No splash screen.
Download mode. Pull battery, Plug in USB, hold Vol-. Little guy with shovel.
As for getting back to running. Good luck. I got new warrantied phone couldn't figure out how to fix after soft brick.
Hello to all genius mind.
I am writing here, to find a solution for my problem. I will start from beginning, to be as clear as possible.
This summer, during my vacation time, while diving, I found SG J5 in the bottom of the lake (sorry for the person who lost it like that...). Since I never had android smartphone in my hands before, I was wondering, can this device still work, since I have no idea how long it was under water and what can I learn from this process.
After opening it up, cleaning with 96% alcohol and drying it, devices finally showed some signs of life. Actually, almost everything was working, amazing...
Once I got this device running, I started to deal with software. Following some tutorials online, I was on the process to bypass RFP, but could not finish it, since I had other important matter to attend to. After I was back, and turned device on, for some reason, it booted into safe mode. I have been tried again SideSync method, but it was not working, since device did not reacted, after I plugged in to PC. Computer can recognize device and I can even browser the files in it. Weird thing is, that lower volume button stopped responding (I had theory that it could be jammed, once I removed it and cleaned contact, no changes was in the system, still in safe mode, so its not jammed button...), it was working before and all other buttons are working fine. Because of that, I cannot load recovery mode.
OTG method also did not worked, since nothing happen when I plunged usb into phone (safe mode block all external apps). I have tried to flash new ROM, with a help of "Samsung 300K Tool" I can launch download mode, but new ROM did not gave any result either, and RFP blocks all custom ROM's, that could modify system.
ADB do not find the device, since USB Debugging is probably off, and I don't know a way how to activate it from PC. The trick to disconnect WiFi, when it checks info for google account, did not worked either, since its not possible to select a text for sharing it.
After trying all the methods that I could find, I hit the brick wall. Phone works fine, but its completely locked. I am thinking, that new Samsung protection system is designed like this, to force phone in to safe mode after one hard reset and lock all posiblities to byass RFP, not sure though, it could be hardware problem to, but no idea where...
Does anyone here could help me out with this case
THANKS!
Best regards to all,
HG