Okay, I managed to soft-brick my vibrant flashing EDT's 2.2.1 RC1.
I've never used Odin before, but have spent hours learning what I can, downloaded everything, followed all instructions, Odin failed.
When I tried again, I can't get into download mode. I'm stuck with a screen that looks like: Phone--!--PC (That's the phone icon--Yellow triangle with ! inside--icon of a PC.
What can I do to save the phone, or is it trashed?
Odin to stock jfd.
Had that too it's fine
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It wasn't connecting to Odin, but I tried again and it is now, even without it showing as being in download mode.
Edit: Okay, Thank you. I don't know why it didn't connect after it failed before, but I'm unbricked and back to stock.
Now, to root it and install stuff without The Wife noticing.
That screen that shows the phone and pc does work for download mode. I had this awhile back.
jRi0T68 said:
Okay, I managed to soft-brick my vibrant flashing EDT's 2.2.1 RC1.
I've never used Odin before, but have spent hours learning what I can, downloaded everything, followed all instructions, Odin failed.
When I tried again, I can't get into download mode. I'm stuck with a screen that looks like: Phone--!--PC (That's the phone icon--Yellow triangle with ! inside--icon of a PC.
What can I do to save the phone, or is it trashed?
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Did you come from a rom with voodoo enabled?
Use Heimdall
Install Heimdall on your PC http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1196
Connect phone to PC after installing Heimdall
use Heimdall command
heimdall close-pc-screen
It may get you out of pc--!--phone
NOTE: I had better luck on Linux then on PC with close-pc-screen
I came from Bionix 1.2, voodoo enabled, and at the time, the op didn't say to disable voodoo. I was so tired from working 60+ hours last week that I didn't think to question voodoo, as I'd been flashing TW roms with voodoo enabled and no issues.
Regardless, it all got solved. Just for a short time odin wouldn't recognize my phone and I thought it was due to this error. It ended up working fine.
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i was running frankin twiz(9/20) and kk kernel. tried to revert back to stock phone.. did a backup with clockwork, deleted user data and cache and now my phone just force closes android and i can't get it to load anything or make it where my phone is usable..help.. cant get into adb mode, cant get drivers to install, what else can i do? if i put a update.zip on an external sd will it be able to install the rom once im in recovery mode? Thanks for any input
Can you get into Download Mode?
Were you running a lag-fix?
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i was running vodoo lag fix..no i cant get into download mode, only recovery mode
in recovery mode it says error, cannot find update.zip file.
Did you happen to dis-able the Voodoo lag-fix before flashing the stock ROM?
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no i did not, and now i do not know anything i can do..
That's a tough one, the maker of Bionix said you would greatly regret not disabling vodoo before flashing.. voodoo sounded like something I don't ever want to mess with for that reason alone, so I never will. sry I can't help, maybe download mode on odin and load fresh factory rom
im in download mode on the device and i have odin opened, how do i flash the stock rom now? also how do i get odin to find my device? thanks
Tlowery88 said:
im in download mode on the device and i have odin opened, how do i flash the stock rom now? also how do i get odin to find my device? thanks
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To get odin to find your device in download mode you simply need the proper drivers installed. Be sure to plug in the device in download mode and let Windows detect the download interface properly before you run Odin. I'd also strongly advise you use Odin3 v1.3 (found in Dev section...also a link to this in the Vibrant Bible post) instead of Odin3 v1.0.
In the Bionix 1.3 thread, instructions for dealing with the "oops I forgot to deal with disabling Voodoo" screw up are in the first post, right after "Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? Then This Fix is For You." It's a bit involved, but I've made this mistake myself last week (I misspelled the disable-lagfix of all things), and the method worked as advertised.
Best of luck!
learning how to use odin was a bit of a challenge, there's a really good youtube video.. this is the link- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ -copy and paste in browser this guides you on how to get back to stock on odin, which is a great place to start fresh.. make sure you have the samsung drivers installed on your computer, helps computer recognize our android
SUPER IMPORTANT!! open odin 1st as administrator, then whith phone (off) hold both up and down volume keys and plug in usb while holding them
thanks everyone for the tips, i got back to the stock rom now. and even got a lesson in using odin to flash in the future
i tried to install a different unlock screen and my phone had a ton of force close i was able to get into download mode and odin open, it reads the phone but it gets stuck at setup connection for ever any ideas on how to bypass that so i can revert to stock
hey guys, please i need alotta help.
i have the samsung vibrant obviously.
this is what my current situation is. im stuck at the phone to computer screen, and the only thing i can do is get into download mode. but when i try to load the stock vibrant rom using odin, it just stops at dont turn off target! the phone does indeed connect to odin so that's not the problem, but when i click start to flash the stock rom, it just stops at dont turn off target! i cant figure out why it wont flash the rom, and i have no idea what to do, please help! :[
this what i did that caused this. i had the oneclicklagfix installed from ryan. i then uninstalled the lagfix because i wanted to flash the bionex 1.3 rom. it seemed like it was flashing all fine, and then it booted up to the phone to comp screen! :[ like i said, i can only get into DL mode, and then odin doesnt do anything. i tried deleting all user data, and cache data. please help me, i dont know what to do! thanks alot!
Make sure you have the drivers for you phone and have the latest version of odin. I know it took me at least 3 to 4 tries with the old version of odin 1.0. The new version 1.3 went through on the first try.
speoples20 said:
Make sure you have the drivers for you phone and have the latest version of odin. I know it took me at least 3 to 4 tries with the old version of odin 1.0. The new version 1.3 went through on the first try.
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I can attest to this. V1.0 kept having issues for me, so I downloaded V1.3 and had no issues. If you install Samsung Kies it should install all the drivers you need on your computer to communicate with your phone. If you still can't get it flashed back to stock try flashing this ROM first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558 and than flashing the stock ROM.
Try using a different USB port. I had the same issue "stuck on do not turn off target" while odin was using com4. When odin switched from com4 to com5 it completed in about 5 minutes.
Ok, I was restoring my phone to stock with odin following these stpes
Disable Voodoo
Odin to eugenes froyo that wont brick
sticks at vibrant screen
tried odining to JFD
odin completes but still hangs at the vibrant screen
I have tried with and with out repartition checked and I am able to enter and exit download mode freely, I have tried 3 differnt versions of odin and 2 different downloads of the pda and pits. Any help would be great.
EDIT, Odin is finishing at the pass stage when the phone attempts to boot Currently flashing the JI6 seeing if it works.
Still not getting anywhere, I have now tried to odin to eugenes froyo, JFD, JI6, all which end the same with out a boot screen, I can get download but no recovery.
From my understanding when you flash eugenes froyo that wont brick the boot animation should change to the international one, mine has not done that so I am starting to wonder if there is an issue with the flashes themself.
How long did you wait after flashing the stock firmware? The first boot usually takes a while after an Odin. Did Odin finish flashing everything to the point that it said restart in blue?
You can find instructions to revert to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
I've gotten myself out of some pretty bad "bricks" with JFD and ODIN... make sure you also use the stock .pit file and you can check repartition, use JFD and should fix you right up.
I have waited for 10-15 minutes after it says restart and then sometimes after it says pass, and I have done to jfd and stock pit.
left phone at boot fell asleep woke up hr or so later still at vibrant screen, still cannot access recovery but can access download mode.
To OP. What custom rom did you run before flashing back to stock? Have you recovered?
iynfynity said:
To OP. What custom rom did you run before flashing back to stock? Have you recovered?
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I was on axura the newest one and did not like it that much tbh had tons of processes starting nonstop and was constantly down to 35m of memory while idle. No I have not recoverd, I have flashed every combo I can think of with ODIN but alas have had no luck.
Currently it is being warrantied out for a free replacement.
ionic7 said:
I was on axura the newest one and did not like it that much tbh had tons of processes starting nonstop and was constantly down to 35m of memory while idle. No I have not recoverd, I have flashed every combo I can think of with ODIN but alas have had no luck.
Currently it is being warrantied out for a free replacement.
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orage
So tired.... I am in the same boat. But I get to flash Eugenes froyo but i have 0 room in app storage. Then When I try to Odin to stock JFD and stock .pit it all goes well untill I get to recovery and it tells me in red text "data wipe failed"
The phone reboots and goes black after the galaxy s animation.
You think samsung will fix it for me? I go the phone in July 2010.
To OP.
have you tried flashing eugenes froyo that doesn't brick? I can't understand why a lot of these bricks are happening right now. Especially when you do flash your phone back to stock.
iynfynity said:
To OP.
have you tried flashing eugenes froyo that doesn't brick? I can't understand why a lot of these bricks are happening right now. Especially when you do flash your phone back to stock.
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Yes read the first post it says what i have flashed.
Charlie Brown said:
orage
So tired.... I am in the same boat. But I get to flash Eugenes froyo but i have 0 room in app storage. Then When I try to Odin to stock JFD and stock .pit it all goes well untill I get to recovery and it tells me in red text "data wipe failed"
The phone reboots and goes black after the galaxy s animation.
You think samsung will fix it for me? I go the phone in July 2010.
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How would I know if samsung will fix it.. I called tmobile said it got bricked while doing JI6 boom problem solved. Their support is not that great though he was having me try to access root by calling it a secert master menu, then asked if i tethered my comp to it but his definition of tether was syncing files I was just playing dumb and letting him ask me his questions
ionic7 said:
How would I know if samsung will fix it.. I called tmobile said it got bricked while doing JI6 boom problem solved. Their support is not that great though he was having me try to access root by calling it a secert master menu, then asked if i tethered my comp to it but his definition of tether was syncing files I was just playing dumb and letting him ask me his questions
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Rooting your device and flashing custom roms onto it voids your warranty from t-mobile. You are wasting your time trying to see if they will help, This is NOT in their job description. They might laugh at you.
@OP Try flashing to a TRUE stock firmware, I personally would not flash from a custom rom to another custom rom, does that make sense? You should go back to t-mobiles legit 2.1. There is a link in the Bible here under the Dev forum. But, The link is broken. So Ive uploaded it here http://www.mediafire.com/?8kw71bx06an0vwg
Don't give up on odin yet, try things like changing your usb ports on the computer, this has worked for me. I also have a video tutorial using odin, it might be of some help to you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10207377&postcount=1
Good luck!
ionic7 said:
Yes read the first post it says what i have flashed.
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try that again.
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Im having the same issue with, "Data Wipe Failed" and have 0.00 space in Application storage but my phone reboots into eugenes 2.2 perfectly fine and works, but the application storage seems to be empty still...very frustrating.
cvibe88 said:
Rooting your device and flashing custom roms onto it voids your warranty from t-mobile. You are wasting your time trying to see if they will help, This is NOT in their job description. They might laugh at you.
@OP Try flashing to a TRUE stock firmware, I personally would not flash from a custom rom to another custom rom, does that make sense? You should go back to t-mobiles legit 2.1. There is a link in the Bible here under the Dev forum. But, The link is broken. So Ive uploaded it here http://www.mediafire.com/?8kw71bx06an0vwg
Don't give up on odin yet, try things like changing your usb ports on the computer, this has worked for me. I also have a video tutorial using odin, it might be of some help to you. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10207377&postcount=1
Good luck!
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have changed usb cord, port, computer, have flashed jfd ji6 froyo that wont brick, 512 pit,513 pit,and they have not laughed at me in anyway they are sending my new phone now and a g2 to try out soo either way I have something soon. I also was going from axura to stock to a custom rom not from one to the other and I do know how to use odin, I know what I am doing just need help figuring this one out has to be something im missing or its just not gonna work. 50 odins and nothing kinda says it all.
I am in the same boat.. tried ODIN + stock ROM from various sources, nothing seems to work.. am I out of luck ??
So, I tried to load Gingerbread and now all I hear now is Linda's annoying voice before it goes to a Kernel Panic.
I have tried using ODIN and Heimdall with no success.
Heimdall just returns a "fail" after about 4 seconds.
Odin3 1.7 returns a "SetupConnection..." and never proceeds.
Some notes to add as I feel these will answer most initial questions.
I am in Download mode (android character digging)
I made sure I had the drivers that came with Heimdall installed when tryign heimdall, and when using ODIN I had the Samsung Galaxy S drivers installed.
I have tried this on multiple computers with the same results.
First w/ a Windows 7 64-bit and the second was a Windows XP 32-bit
Any ideas why it is hanging up?
Any ideas what to try next?
All input is greatly appreciated and I just want to thank anyone who responds in advance for their advice.
- warden
for odin:
Reinstall the SAMSUNG DRIVERS (it works sometimes)
Use a DIFFERENT version of the ODIN program, this works for most people.
And via Ubuntu you don't need specifics drivers i think. Let me know.
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Why would you hear Linda?
You never got to flash Gingerbread I'm guessing.
Go into download mode and try connecting to Odin. Pull the plug, then battery. Pop it back in and you should see a phone!pc icon. Plug in the USB and maybe Odin will recognize it.
This has worked for me before when Odin wouldn't recognize my device.
1. how do you flash gb or which rom did you flash? the cm7 or beta from whitehawk?
2. what kernel did you flash for cm7?
xriderx66 said:
for odin:
Reinstall the SAMSUNG DRIVERS (it works sometimes)
Use a DIFFERENT version of the ODIN program, this works for most people.
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Tried your suggestion but no difference in results.
guival said:
And via Ubuntu you don't need specifics drivers i think. Let me know.
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I will setup a VM with Ubuntu and give it a shot. Do you have any download links for the software for Ubuntu?
Cito11 said:
Why would you hear Linda?
You never got to flash Gingerbread I'm guessing.
Go into download mode and try connecting to Odin. Pull the plug, then battery. Pop it back in and you should see a phone!pc icon. Plug in the USB and maybe Odin will recognize it.
This has worked for me before when Odin wouldn't recognize my device.
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1. how do you flash gb or which rom did you flash? the cm7 or beta from whitehawk?
2. what kernel did you flash for cm7?
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So, I did install Gingerbread, and I must have messed something up. I was upgrading from Eugene's Unofficial Froyo release. I downloaded the beta from whitehawk, put it on my sdcard, went into recover mode and attempted to install after backing up. After the rainbow screen I got a Kernel Panic screen, waited about 20 minutes just to see what would happen, naturally nothing. I restarted the phone. I get the Vibrant logo, then rainbows, annoying Linda's voice then the Kernel Panic Upload Mode. My assumption is the mistake I made was not having the right kernel, but now its a matter of trying to recover the phone.
Ok, I got it working, really I am not sure how. I was reading on another Galaxy S they use the home button get into download mode. Out of desperation I tried it, while the download mode didn't look any different it responded to ODIN and worked. It could have just been coincidence but whatever it worked. Thanks for all the support and I got Gingerbread in now.
- warden
New drivers and keep trying. It will work eventually
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warden xvx said:
Ok, I got it working, really I am not sure how. I was reading on another Galaxy S they use the home button get into download mode. Out of desperation I tried it, while the download mode didn't look any different it responded to ODIN and worked. It could have just been coincidence but whatever it worked. Thanks for all the support and I got Gingerbread in now.
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Also you may want to try ginger clone R2.
Its fast as gingerbread but stable
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So I had Malice in my vibrant with the GB bootloaders, I was going back to Asgard through Odin in the process my computer (Windows Xp) kick my cellphone out and now it's stock on the phone triangle computer icon. I have gone to download mode and open Odin to try to go back to stock JFD but it always get stuck in setting up connection no progress bar in either of them. I have all the Samsung drivers,etc. is there I was I can get back to either stock or another GB rom,thanks?
I also have tried flashing a Froyo bootloader and Eugene's Froyo that doesn't brick, but nothing seems to help.
did you try running as administrator? or different cable
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yes I tried running as Admin. As for the cable I don't have another one to try it with.
1vanFG said:
So I had Malice in my vibrant with the GB bootloaders, I was going back to Asgard through Odin in the process my computer (Windows Xp) kick my cellphone out and now it's stock on the phone triangle computer icon. I have gone to download mode and open Odin to try to go back to stock JFD but it always get stuck in setting up connection no progress bar in either of them. I have all the Samsung drivers,etc. is there I was I can get back to either stock or another GB rom,thanks?
I also have tried flashing a Froyo bootloader and Eugene's Froyo that doesn't brick, but nothing seems to help.
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install fryoy bootloader from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990 then odin to stock...should work...
So I guess the problem was with my desktop. Since I tried on my friend's laptop (windows 7) and it worked like a charm. Flash Asgard and it works perfectly.