So i accidently managed to start to put samsung captivate software on my phone. It boots up and shows AT&t logo and just blinks every 5 seconds.
I am trying to save it by this article
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
The problem is that i cant get into Download mode. So im stuck. Please help. im an idiot. I cant get into Hboot to....
Ok those instructions are screwy...turn oden on then hold both volume up and volume down and plug vibrant to computer still holding both volumes your phone should automaticaly start in download mode...and oden will recognize your phone as com x ....x representing some random #....from there add the pit and tar files then hit start...good to go
Ps while oden is loading you will see a blue rectangle that says reset or reseting....wait till it is green and says pass.
Pm me if you have any other probs,ill do my best to help you out
Bionix-V 1.3 w/a Splash of Color
Get into recovery like caricj5 said remove the battery then holding volume up and down at the same time plug in the computer to the usb already hooked up to the computer Also use the Odin 1.81 vwesion Then follow these instructions:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Load the JFD rom for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine!
15. Then, root the phone and you can flash your new Rom.
doing this method will get everything back to normal and the phone will work just like it did right out of the box
Thanks guys, i couldnt get it into download mode, around the verge of giving up (10th time) it worked. From there Oden then failed with the packages. Unplugged and replugged the phone and that it worked. now running bionix 1.3.1, funny thing is it still shows that AT&T logo when booting up.
Try reflashing JUST the kernel that came with bionix 1.3.1. I think it's overstock 1.4 and see if the at&t logo still comes up. I'm not sure if a reboot or wiping dalvik will fix that? Somebody correct me, if i'm wrong. Good luck.
EDIT: bionix 1.3.1 came with kb1/voodoo so i guess try flashing overstock 1.4. then if you prefer kb1 download just the kernel and flash back.
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he has to reflash the sbl.bin for the vibrant to get that screen off of there.
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So, I decided to root my phone and put J16ROM Bionix 1.7 OCUV Voodoo J16. I back up my old ROM just in case. After successfully flashing the new rom, I was really happy with how fast my vibrant became w/o lag. However, I forgot to write down contact info and my password from password safe. So, I was kinda glad that I backed up old ROM. I tried to recover my old rom from ROM manager and thats where my phone gave up on me. It was recovering just fine until it hit data session. It has been there since yesterday and has not moved. I turned it off this morning and it automatically turned back on and went into recovery mode.
So, as of right now, I have access to phone recovery boot menu and clockwork recovery menu. I tried doing the same recovery method but it froze on me at the same exact spot. Did I mess up my phone???
Did you disable Voodoo before you tried to go back to stock?
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i would say no, thankfully if you can get to recovery your phone is far from dead, but you should prob flash a stock rom through odin, READ Bionix fix for flashing without disabling voodoo, let me know if you need more info. but you should be alright, remember that your stuff (contacts, etc) are backed up to gmail.
You didn't disable Voodoo before trying to do the restore... did you.
This is the only way to save it now, good luck.
Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? 2 Fixes to Help You Out. So you forgot to disable the voodoo lagfix before you flashed a new rom and now you're getting an erro you'll be good as rain...or something like that Fix 1 1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file. 2. Extract the files. 3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode. 4. load the PIT file in appropriate area. 5. load the .tar file in the PDA area. 6. DO NOT check 're-partition' 7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DO s what's supposed to happen 8. Now, pull your battery. 9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'. 10. Extract the files. 11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode. 12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area. 13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box. 14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine! BAM Fix 2: (use only if you know how to use adb commands) 1. Place the 'disable-lagfix' file in your sdk>tools directory 2. Get into clockwork recovery like you normally would 3. Follow these adb commands to push the 'disable-lagfix' file to you sdcard>voodoo adb push disable-lagfix /sdcard/voodoo 4. File should now be on your sdcard in your voodoo folder. 5. Reboot phone and with luck, you should hear Linda the robot telling you your file system is being con rfs 6. Because your system directory has already been wiped, you'll still get a black screen when you reboot system is back to rfs. Just pull the battery, and reflash whatever rom you want. Then reboot again.
Yea I did not disable Voodoo. I thought I would not need to do that since I am going back to original stock. Can you explain it to me how to get back to stock version and how to disable voodoo from recovery mode? Thanks!
read the first page of Bionix thread, it explains everything.
OP this is posted in the wrong section . Belongs in in Q&A .
sorry.. I was panicing and did not know where to post it obviously. One last question, how to get my phone to download mode.
turn phone off, insert usb , wait for battery to start charging, hold down both volume up and down, press power button until screen goes black, then let go of power button but keep holding vol up and down, you'll then see the yellow digger.
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turn phone off, insert usb , wait for battery to start charging, hold down both volume up and down, press power button until screen goes black, then let go of power button but keep holding vol up and down, you'll then see the yellow digger.
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Man.. I feel bad to keep asking questions. My computer won't recognize the phone even though my phone is in download mode.
disconnect usb, open Odin, load .pit and .tar, then reconnect usb, com should appear.
I mean Odin won't recognize my phone even though I was following the step
are you using odin 1.0 or 1.3? 1.0 i remember had issues recognizing the device, 1.3 works flawlessly. also, do you have the usb drivers installed? everything can be found in the Vibrant "Bible".
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are you using odin 1.0 or 1.3? 1.0 i remember had issues recognizing the device, 1.3 works flawlessly. also, do you have the usb drivers installed? everything can be found in the Vibrant "Bible".
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Thanks I am trying it right now with odin 1.3.
i had to install drivers to get odin 1.3 to recognize the phone, sounds like you need to do the same
Yes, install the samsung drivers, then do odin
Seems like 1.3 is doing the trick for me.. Its going!!!
Man.. I can't seem to download truestock 2.1 firmware for vibrant.. Anyone can upload it for me? Thanks.
yeah i noticed a few days ago that the links were dead, i have it in my downloads.......ok, uploading it now, will provide link when done.
Flash Eugene's Froyo that won't Brick... it will repartition your phone and get rid of everything, including bad kernels... then flash back down to JFD...
Or send your phone to me... $20 bucks since it's a brick...
Searching was a mess of incoherent threads (or maybe I don't know how to search correctly).
I am on Bionix V and with voodoo lagfix from Nero V5. I want to Odin back to stock and apply the 2.2 update. I am giving my phone to my dad and he wants it stock as a rock.
I disabled the lagfix via CWM and let it do its thing. When it booted back up, the file structure was different (obviously) and all of my files were "gone"...which I didn't care about since I already backed everything up.
The problem is my PC would NOT see the Vibrant via ADB. In fact, I couldn't even get it to show up as a removable drive. I re-enabled Voodoo, file structure came back, and bam, my PC recognizes it as usual.
What am I doing wrong?
Well if your gonna go back to stock the disable voodoo in cwm , reboot and let it convert back to rfs and boot up. Hold your power button to get the Power options screen and go to Download Mode. Open ODIN, plug your phone into your pc and add the 512.pit to PIT and your .tar flash file to PDA, makes sure repartition is not check and you have a yellow COM port showing and hit Start.
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Well if your gonna go back to stock the disable voodoo in cwm , reboot and let it convert back to rfs and boot up. Hold your power button to get the Power options screen and go to Download Mode. Open ODIN, plug your phone into your pc and add the 512.pit to PIT and your .tar flash file to PDA, makes sure repartition is not check and you have a yellow COM port showing and hit Start.
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So manually placing it in download mode is the missing link?
I always did
adb reboot download
to put in download mode before.
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 was able to put vib into recovery and use aio toolbox to flash back to stock but, after that everything is working except when the phone turns off after a minute or so of no touching is where it get crazy... I push in the power button to turn back on but no go... So what i did was to connect the vib back to usb and it comes on and i can slide the lock and i,m back to home screen and it does the same dam thing when plugged to the usb... After a minute of no touching it goes dark and i try to turn back on but nothing... I disconnect the usb and it turns on and back and forth... What can i do to fix this problem??? Someone said that i need to untethered the phone i don,t know if that,s true but, if you know whats going on please help...
Also thanks nomad for pointing me in the right direction... Jig worked... Got into download mode and got it flashed back to stock but none of my buttons are working to turn the phone back on once it goes off... Any ideal nomad???
You may have not done the complete Odin is all i can think of
If you have stock you can ignore the Eugene's froyo that does not brick, though i do it anyway as it seem to rid the phone of left over data ghosts
Here is the sequence:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Load the JFD rom for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine!
15. Then, root the phone and you can flash your new Rom.
doing this method will everything back to normal and the phone will work just like it did right out of the box
Thanks for reply oka1... First thing is where can i find eugene file...
Go here:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
they have working files, anyone I have sent there had success re-flashing to stock.
Good luck!
what if i loaded the j16 pda instead of the original stock one??? will this fix the hardware lock on vibrant???
it is stuck on boot screen the logos just keep flashing but nothing happens. i cant go to recovery mode or download mode it wont work. i just put ginger clone rom and it messed my phone up plz help THANKS VERY MUCH
Odin back to stock . Pull the battery hold both vol buttons then plug in micro usb to get to Download mode . And most likely user error is what messed up your phone . Tons of people flashed Eugenes GingerClone no problem including myself so its not the rom .
Yes, follow the 1st post pull battery hold vol up/down and then plug in the usb into the phone.
It may have been you did not disable the voodoo lagfix before trying to flash
This procedure will get you back to stock and then you can go from there:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Load the JFD rom for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine!
15. Then, root the phone and you can flash your new Rom.
Doing this method will get everything back to normal and the phone will work just like it did right out of the box