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Hi tehre, i'm having problems to get the phone into the download mode, i'm hoding the vol down key along with the power button, but the only thing i get is the phone showing Samsug vibrant and restarting over and over again.
Am i doing something wrong? I just downloaded an app from the market called wuick boot, i tried selecting the bootlader option, but same thing, the phone just reboots, and i get back to the phone menu.
Any help will be more than apprecciated.
Thanks in advance!
Is your phone rooted? I had the same issue and resorted to just doing it by using a terminal command on my rooted phone.
If you have a terminal app, just do this:
Code:
>su
#reboot download
dex1701 said:
Is your phone rooted? I had the same issue and resorted to just doing it by using a terminal command on my rooted phone.
If you have a terminal app, just do this:
Code:
>su
#reboot download
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I will try that when i get back home, thing is, i'd like to have a way to go into download mode from the phoine it self, just in case if it bticks i can safely get it back to work.
Thanks.
matiasg85 said:
I will try that when i get back home, thing is, i'd like to have a way to go into download mode from the phoine it self, just in case if it bticks i can safely get it back to work.
Thanks.
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Just so happens I nearly bricked mine last night. Couldn't even get into recovery mode or see the charging icon when I plugged it in. Here's what I did (after much trial and error):
1. Removed SD and SIM card
2. Removed battery
3. plugged the phone into USB
4. held down vol-up and vol-down
5. popped the battery back in while holding vol buttons
...and that got be from looking like I was dead in the water to download mode and a stock ROM flash.
dex1701 said:
Just so happens I nearly bricked mine last night. Couldn't even get into recovery mode or see the charging icon when I plugged it in. Here's what I did (after much trial and error):
1. Removed SD and SIM card
2. Removed battery
3. plugged the phone into USB
4. held down vol-up and vol-down
5. popped the battery back in while holding vol buttons
...and that got be from looking like I was dead in the water to download mode and a stock ROM flash.
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Thanks a lot man! Will try that and report back!
It worked!!! Thanks man!
this is awesome.. definitely messed up and had to restore to stock rom.. couldn't get it into downloading mode using the vol down+power method..this method worked! phew!
matiasg85 said:
It worked!!! Thanks man!
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disturkis4u said:
this is awesome.. definitely messed up and had to restore to stock rom.. couldn't get it into downloading mode using the vol down+power method..this method worked! phew!
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Glad to help. I thought for sure my phone was bricked until I figured this out.
Work for New Vibrant?
Hey guys, I have a new Vibrant, Im guessing its the new batch of Vibrant because I can't use the volume up+down +power to go into recovery or download mode. I just wonder if this also works for my version of Vibrant because I did a lag fix and it bricked me... Therefore if this works, I would be so happy that I will cry. =( I'll try it anyways, but if anyone have a similar device to mine, please let me know I would love to get some info on it. =( I just needs it to be in Download Mode to flash it with ODIN back to stock. =)
By the way, would you mind telling me what stock rom you use? and software to flash it? Thanks a lot! I appreciate all of your help! Im really desperate to get my phone back to work... its been showing up vibrant screen make a start up sound and go blank... so scary...
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Hey guys, I have a new Vibrant, Im guessing its the new batch of Vibrant because I can't use the volume up+down +power to go into recovery or download mode. I just wonder if this also works for my version of Vibrant because I did a lag fix and it bricked me... Therefore if this works, I would be so happy that I will cry. =( I'll try it anyways, but if anyone have a similar device to mine, please let me know I would love to get some info on it. =( I just needs it to be in Download Mode to flash it with ODIN back to stock. =)
By the way, would you mind telling me what stock rom you use? and software to flash it? Thanks a lot! I appreciate all of your help! Im really desperate to get my phone back to work... its been showing up vibrant screen make a start up sound and go blank... so scary...
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Did you remove the sim? Is the phone plugged into a pc via the usb cord? From my experience, the vibrant will only go into download mode if it's plugged to a pc.
I think I also got the new batch of vibrant. Maybe we should get a list of release date and serial of the phone. Maybe we might be able to figure out which phone can or can not use the vol down + power. Mine is 8/13/2010 rs 170-0412
FSY2K said:
Hey guys, I have a new Vibrant, Im guessing its the new batch of Vibrant because I can't use the volume up+down +power to go into recovery or download mode. I just wonder if this also works for my version of Vibrant because I did a lag fix and it bricked me... Therefore if this works, I would be so happy that I will cry. =( I'll try it anyways, but if anyone have a similar device to mine, please let me know I would love to get some info on it. =( I just needs it to be in Download Mode to flash it with ODIN back to stock. =)
By the way, would you mind telling me what stock rom you use? and software to flash it? Thanks a lot! I appreciate all of your help! Im really desperate to get my phone back to work... its been showing up vibrant screen make a start up sound and go blank... so scary...
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pepperbreath said:
Did you remove the sim? Is the phone plugged into a pc via the usb cord? From my experience, the vibrant will only go into download mode if it's plugged to a pc.
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I will try that as soon as I get the phone back. My cousin has it now and he's trying to look for methods to help me fix it too. =( So i will go get the phone soon and try your methods of removing everything. I just wanted to ask you guys to see if you guys had that recovery mode function (volume up _ volume down +power) disabled by T-Mobile. Because if all of you guys have the new batch of Vibrant then most likely mine will have a chance too. =) But thanks for the reply and the tip I will definitely follow all of your instruction and update further about this case. Hopefully it would work with your methods for the new vibrant batch. No one here seem to post much threads about the new batch.
mr2t32 said:
I think I also got the new batch of vibrant. Maybe we should get a list of release date and serial of the phone. Maybe we might be able to figure out which phone can or can not use the vol down + power. Mine is 8/13/2010 rs 170-0412
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Yeah I definitely got the new batch since I cant use that recovery mode function like everyone else here does. I also got mine in August, 8/28/10. I dont have the box and phone to see the serial right now since it was taken to my cousin house to try and figure out a way to get it into download mode. =( But from the looks of it, anything from August is disabled... wonder hows the July one. My brother has a Vibrant from late July, which is July 23, 2010 and his recovery mode isn't disable at all. =(
I had the same problem last night... thought I bricked... my phone was stuck at the vibrant screen.. and my phone is the newer model.... but I still figured out a way to get it to let me send an ADB command.. I posted a guide in the android dev section... let me know if that helps...
renocivik said:
I had the same problem last night... thought I bricked... my phone was stuck at the vibrant screen.. and my phone is the newer model.... but I still figured out a way to get it to let me send an ADB command.. I posted a guide in the android dev section... let me know if that helps...
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What is the subject of that post? Is there a way you can link us to that post? Thanks! =) That would totally help if you can adb it back!
Nevermind I found it, thanks a bunch i will try that method too....
To get in recovery mode i have to hold the power button and the up vol until the vibrant screen comes on and goes out, then you SLIDE and hold both vols when the vibrant screen comes up (for the second time) you SLIDE to the vol down and let go of the power button. I did 5 times in a row to make sure this works. Hope this will help somone
What's the difference between download / recovery modes
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keithrich1990 said:
To get in recovery mode i have to hold the power button and the up vol until the vibrant screen comes on and goes out, then you SLIDE and hold both vols when the vibrant screen comes up (for the second time) you SLIDE to the vol down and let go of the power button. I did 5 times in a row to make sure this works. Hope this will help somone
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worked perfect thanks man you guys are alot of help love this site.
I have another story. I bricked my Vibrant trying to go back to stock using Odin it hung on a step. The brick to where the (Cell Phone ! Computer) comes up. After 30 minutes of panic trying to get my phone to go into download mode. I opened Kies mini, unplugged my USB connector plugged it into a new USB slot then hooked up my Vibrant and re installed the drivers. It found it. But I still couldn't do anything. So then I closed Odin reopened it unplugged and then re plugged my Vibrant back in. It found it on a COM port so then I tried a restore from there and it let me do it. Wow! I am amazed at how hard it is to permanently brick this phone.
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 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.
Sent from Samsung Vibrant w/ Nero v3 + Voodoo
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
rayvil30 said:
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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davidtanis said:
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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dandandank said:
Hi,
I am not really savvy with Android and I think I may have possibly bricked my phone. My friend installed 2.9.2 super clean froyo on it for me. I wanted to erase all the data on my phone (giving the phone to my brother) and pressed factory reset.
At first when I tried turning the phone back on it was stuck at the samsung logo. Now it's stuck at a battery sign with a charging image. I tried holding down the volume rockers and rebooting but it doesn't work.
Is my phone dead? Any suggestions on how to undo all of this ...? Many thanks in advance.
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If you would like to get back to stock and start fresh, check out my guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
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dandandank said:
I'm holding down the volume rockers with the usb cable plugged in but it still stays on the battery charging logo and doesn't go to the triangle screen you mentioned in your guide. Am I doing something wrong?
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Is your battery pulled? make sure your only holding the volume down part of the rocker and not pushing both up/down.
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dandandank said:
Aha! got it to download mode. Is your guide possible on a mac or will I need a Windows computer?
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you need a windows pc
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I won't have access to a windows pc until tomorrow. Will check back with progress then. Thanks a bunch!
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Your Welcome!
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dandandank said:
So I'm doing the Odin stuff and I'm stuck at factoryfs.rfs--it's been about 15 minutes. I followed the procedures and did all the installations/downloads. Thoughts?
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it does not sound like the file unzipped properly. try winrar to unzip the stock rom package.
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droidstyle said:
Is your battery pulled? make sure your only holding the volume down part of the rocker and not pushing both up/down.
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Hey there,
I tried looking and going through your guide (and other guides on here) and one of the very first steps is to get into download mode. I've tried all the following:
Taking out battery, plugging in, holding the volume down
Holding the volume down, plugging in, putting in battery
etc...
You name it, I tried to access the download mode. Still nothing. It's stuck at the:
phone... /!\ ...computer sign and I can't get to the Android builder "Downloading" screen.
I was only trying to update the phone using the Samsung Kies to 2.3, everything was going fine until there was no progress bar and nothing was happening for 30 minutes.
ANY help would be appreciated, especially if someone knows a trick to getting into download mode because that's a key element
Thanks in advance
King6 said:
Hey there,
I tried looking and going through your guide (and other guides on here) and one of the very first steps is to get into download mode. I've tried all the following:
Taking out battery, plugging in, holding the volume down
Holding the volume down, plugging in, putting in battery
etc...
You name it, I tried to access the download mode. Still nothing. It's stuck at the:
phone... /!\ ...computer sign and I can't get to the Android builder "Downloading" screen.
I was only trying to update the phone using the Samsung Kies to 2.3, everything was going fine until there was no progress bar and nothing was happening for 30 minutes.
ANY help would be appreciated, especially if someone knows a trick to getting into download mode because that's a key element
Thanks in advance
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sounds like you bricked your device. I think there is a dl mode push thru heimdall, but I'm not familiar with it...also there is a jig out there that jumpers the usb port. I'm only familiar with
odin, so this is all the info I have...good luck.
I see stuff about Jigs and stuff but I have no idea on where to start. I see some one posted something about getting it from ebay?
King6 said:
I see stuff about Jigs and stuff but I have no idea on where to start. I see some one posted something about getting it from ebay?
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yea ebay works...try googling "down load mode jig"
droidstyle said:
yea ebay works...try googling "down load mode jig"
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Thanks a lot for your help! I've ordered one now and should be in soon. Need to get this fixed because as bad as it sounds, everything is on that phone and I have no other phone to get me through this. Hopefully this will work!
Thanks again!
King6 said:
Thanks a lot for your help! I've ordered one now and should be in soon. Need to get this fixed because as bad as it sounds, everything is on that phone and I have no other phone to get me through this. Hopefully this will work!
Thanks again!
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your welcome and glad to help...that's what xda is for! GL!!
First post here
Tried to flash CM7 on my s2 and after selecting reboot in the cwm menu, the phone won't go past the samsung galaxy s2 logo. The phone won't go into download or recovery mode using button combo press. I've also tried the one-click unbrick tool, which simply fails.
Not sure what do here.
Download mode should work :/
Taking the battery out -> Put back in -> Plug USB Cable in while holding Volume Down
Here are the 2 threads I link to all the time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432&highlight=stock
cwc3 said:
Download mode should work :/
Taking the battery out -> Put back in -> Plug USB Cable in while holding Volume Down
Here are the 2 threads I link to all the time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432&highlight=stock
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Man. I love how you guys respond to questions and help each other out. In my old forum questions just built up LOL. But I promise as soon as I learn how to do this I'll be right here answering questions to
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cwc3 said:
Download mode should work :/
Taking the battery out -> Put back in -> Plug USB Cable in while holding Volume Down
Here are the 2 threads I link to all the time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1313659
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432&highlight=stock
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Thanks man. Just tried that
It seems that odin will not detect my phone. I'm reinstalling the samsung usb drivers to see if that helps.
I am happy that I am at least able to get the phone into odin download mode. So not all hope is lost I would think.
Anyone have any other suggestions? I'm downloading the android SDK to get to try ABD right now to see if I can connect that way.
Sometimes Odin is picky, and wants to be opened first. Then enter download mode.
cwc3 said:
Sometimes Odin is picky, and wants to be opened first. Then enter download mode.
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OMG, I want to have your children. Thank you so much! It's working now. Will update my progress. Thank you again!
skittles said:
OMG, I want to have your children. Thank you so much! It's working now. Will update my progress. Thank you again!
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Not a problem! Almost impossible to hard brick this phone. And even if you somehow manage to do that, there are ways to get it out (Depending on what you did). So rest assured, and also get use to battery pulls
I had a dream, that someday we will collect all of our bricked phones and build a house...
cwc3 said:
Not a problem! Almost impossible to hard brick this phone. And even if you somehow manage to do that, there are ways to get it out (Depending on what you did). So rest assured, and also get use to battery pulls
I had a dream, that someday we will collect all of our bricked phones and build a house...
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And I'm back to stock Now it's off to try to CM7 on there once more. Lesson here is that you need to double flash cm7 before rebooting.
Will be there to help you build that house...
skittles said:
And I'm back to stock Now it's off to try to CM7 on there once more. Lesson here is that you need to double flash cm7 before rebooting.
Will be there to help you build that house...
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Should've been able to get into CWM to do a second flash even if you accidentally rebooted.
Sometimes CWM from a boot-hung device can be tricky, the following should work:
Hold VolUp + VolDn + Power until the device restarts (will be around 12-15 seconds for the long-hold-power reset)
Once the Samsung screen reappears, let go of Power, keep holding VolUp + VolDn until CWM appears