Well, I'm attempting to root my friend's t'mobile vibrant, but I've come across an issue with using Odin.
A little info on his phone:
It's the latest rendition of the t mobile vibrant. Complete with a front camera.
I've rooted vibrants before with relative ease, but this one comes stock with froyo, and not eclair like previous ones.
Not a problem, I thought. That's what Odin is for! (right?) Anyway, I follow the instructions on how to use Odin. Get phone into download mode, boot up odin with the pit and tar files. Anyway Odin tells me the process "Passes".
I've seen in videos that after this happens, the phone is supposed to install/boot/whatever, but this one doesn't do that. Instead it shows me a screen with a loading icon in the middle and every few seconds a battery icon will appear behind it. So I've tried waiting it out, but my friend starting getting impatient after what seemed to be 30 minutes. So, he suggested I disconnect it from the pc, so I did.
The phone turns off completely but it loops at the Vibrant screen. I'm still able to get to Download mode, so I'm not completely screwed. I've tried different versions of Odin but they all give me the battery icon screen. Can anyone help me out?
EDIT: Well I found out the battery loading screen is actually telling me the phone is charging. I really don't know what else I could be doing wrong
Sounds to me like you are using the SGS 4G, or Vibrant 4G, where as this forum is for the Vibrant 3G model. If that is the case, you should look for your Odin image here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1068 , link to the SGS 4G Forums. Good Luck, hope this helps.
Oh wow. I didn't even know there was a seperate forum for it. My bad.
Thanks so much, Br1ck'd. I think I got it from here.
Groovy, good luck.
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So,
I downloaded Bionix 1.8 and Flashed through Clockwork. Only after I disable Voodoo of course. After getting all my settings back the way I like it, played a few games, checked a couple emails I placed my phone on the charger. After the phone was completely charged an hour later.
I decided to boot into clockwork and delete my battery usage stats and rebooted. After it rebooted I unplugged the charger and BOOTLOOP.
It shows the vibrant screen and then Snow like a tv. Except there is other colors in the snow. Not many though. Then the vibrant screen and the snow. Your getting the picture, over and over like this even after pull the plug....plugging the charger. I've even tryed going into download mode. I think. It just keeps booting...
So,
Do I have a paper weight?
Will this thing work anymore?
I dont understand what could of happened, IVe done this plenty of times.
Does anyone know what I should try?
Hopefully this is the right thread and someone can help.
Thanks,
Dave
Did I post in the wrong sections, or does anyone have any ideas as to why this would occur? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
If you're unable to see if you're in download mode, install adb (inside the Android sdk) then follow the guides on how to reboot into download mode. From there install a stock ROM from Odin (maybe JI6 if you want to). Once it's working, feel free to reflash with Bionix 1.8 or any other ROM flavor of your choosing.
Directions on how to use adb and Odin are in the Vibrant Directory "Bible" on the dev sub-forum.
edit: linkage
edit2: You can also use Droid Explorer to access adb
dsellers2 said:
So,
I downloaded Bionix 1.8 and Flashed through Clockwork. Only after I disable Voodoo of course. After getting all my settings back the way I like it, played a few games, checked a couple emails I placed my phone on the charger. After the phone was completely charged an hour later.
I decided to boot into clockwork and delete my battery usage stats and rebooted. After it rebooted I unplugged the charger and BOOTLOOP.
It shows the vibrant screen and then Snow like a tv. Except there is other colors in the snow. Not many though. Then the vibrant screen and the snow. Your getting the picture, over and over like this even after pull the plug....plugging the charger. I've even tryed going into download mode. I think. It just keeps booting...
So,
Do I have a paper weight?
Will this thing work anymore?
I dont understand what could of happened, IVe done this plenty of times.
Does anyone know what I should try?
Hopefully this is the right thread and someone can help.
Thanks,
Dave
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Hi.. I know you posted a couple months ago but I'm in the same boat and was wondering if you were able to get out of this. Any help would be much appreciated!! =(
Thanks,
Adrienne
First off this is my first post, and I gotta thank everyone cause I've been able to do some cool stuff with my phone and without the support of the community and the vast knowledge some of the guys (and gals) have on xda, I would be just another average consumer. And I'm still learning.
So a few days ago I tried to update my rooted Vibrant (with the lag fix) through Tmobile, like a noob, without unrooting my phone and everything was going great until the phone rebooted and got stuck on the "Samsung" startup screen.
I was able to fix that after reading through the odin3 fix and got the phone up and running again. Decided I didn't need froyo that bad and just reinstalled all my old stuff with Titanium backup.
Then after reading through the forums a little more I got the itch to try 2.2 again, so I was a little smarter this time, undid the lagfix, unrooted the phone and started the update. But once again, frozen at the "Samsung" screen...
Odin to the rescue again. But this time as odin was doing its thing, the power went out in my house, ughhh! Got everything back up and running and when I tried to turn the phone on it goes to a screen I haven't seen before, with a "phone" icon, two dots, a "triangle caution" icon, two dots, and a "computer" icon, and it wont get out of it. It won't connect to my computer so it won't connect to odin.
I'm usually decent at finding the solutions on the forums and I could have sworn I read somewhere about this type of problem, but I guess I'm wording my searches wrong so nothing is coming up.
So how do I get my phone out of this mode? Or is it bricked?
Also does anyone now why the phone would freeze like that after the update? I probably should have just flashed one of the froyo roms, but I figured it would be easier to return if the OS was from Tmobile.
steambrick said:
First off this is my first post, and I gotta thank everyone cause I've been able to do some cool stuff with my phone and without the support of the community and the vast knowledge some of the guys (and gals) have on xda, I would be just another average consumer. And I'm still learning.
So a few days ago I tried to update my rooted Vibrant (with the lag fix) through Tmobile, like a noob, without unrooting my phone and everything was going great until the phone rebooted and got stuck on the "Samsung" startup screen.
I was able to fix that after reading through the odin3 fix and got the phone up and running again. Decided I didn't need froyo that bad and just reinstalled all my old stuff with Titanium backup.
Then after reading through the forums a little more I got the itch to try 2.2 again, so I was a little smarter this time, undid the lagfix, unrooted the phone and started the update. But once again, frozen at the "Samsung" screen...
Odin to the rescue again. But this time as odin was doing its thing, the power went out in my house, ughhh! Got everything back up and running and when I tried to turn the phone on it goes to a screen I haven't seen before, with a "phone" icon, two dots, a "triangle caution" icon, two dots, and a "computer" icon, and it wont get out of it. It won't connect to my computer so it won't connect to odin.
I'm usually decent at finding the solutions on the forums and I could have sworn I read somewhere about this type of problem, but I guess I'm wording my searches wrong so nothing is coming up.
So how do I get my phone out of this mode? Or is it bricked?
Also does anyone now why the phone would freeze like that after the update? I probably should have just flashed one of the froyo roms, but I figured it would be easier to return if the OS was from Tmobile.
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That's nice of ya GreatOne
+1 vote for personalized help...
~SB
Hello all -
My "bricked" situation appears to be unique as I've searched all over and have only found others with at least a phone that has a display.
Scenario:
Had SimplyHoney 4.0 installed (I believe Voodoo Lagfix was enabled). Decided it was time to go back to stock. ODIN'd back to stock (doesn't that wipe any VooDoo?). Re-rooted phone and connected to Kies for giggles to see if it would actually work this time for an "Official" update. (Last time I connected the phone it would not recognize the phone as the appropriate phone for an update) This time it saw it as a Vibrant and proceeded to do the Froyo update. Once it was completed, the Vibrant's screen never turned on.
It feels warm to the touch when you turn on the phone after a few minutes like it typically does, but I can't see anything on the screen.
Did this update do an extreme brick to my phone that it is now a lost cause?
I appreicate any advice you have.
BTW, tried the download button combos that are out here and none of those worked.
When I last had my phone open to fix the GPS contact, I see there is a small battery. Would popping that help reset anything?
It's the same scenario in this video on YouTube - "Video of hard bricked vibrant" by htcpro1212
Sorry can't post links yet.
I had a similar situation with a friends Vibrant this is what I did...pull out battery, plug phone to computer with usb, do the three button combo (volume up down &power) while holding replace battery and that should put phone in recovery mode... hope this helps good luck!
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no point rooting if you're going to update with kies, it wipes root
you could have just used whitehawkx stock 2.2 rom, kies has a history of hard bricks after you've been on a few custom roms
keep trying button combo's (vol + and power with the GB bootloades) but chances are its hard bricked, if it doesnt work phone samsung or t-mobile and say you tried updating with kies and it doesnt do anything now
Pm sent I can fix this for you...
You should always try ODIN back to stock. Its such an Relief.
I'm not sure if this will work in this case or not. When I thought I had bricked my Vibrant, I had a picture looking like a phone-triangle-computer on the screen, so it wasn't blacked out.
I got a "jig" (search the forums or google it.) They cost less than $10 and have saved me several times when I've messed up to get me to download mode so I can use odin.
I was just upgrading my vibrant t959 firmware 2.2 froyo, while upgrading there is a message appears that its failed and there after i remove usb cable and battery after that i was trying to put my phone in Download mode. but My phone Doesn't starts. So would anybody help me what to do, my phone doest start no screens, nothing
Have you tried getting into recovery or download mode? and what exactly were you doing?
Here we go again!!!
OK, looks like another possible Hard bricked scenario using KIES again!!
I'm assuming you were using KIES, because you didn't say anything about ODIN or Heimdall program during what you say was an up grade scenario!!
Ok, first of all, if you plug in the charger, do you see any LED's at the bottom or any signs of life to the phone, IF NOT = Very probable HBrick
Now before you give up, make sure you do every possible senario, to get it to at least turn on in some type of fashion, Whether it be DL mode, Recovery mode, and so on!!
There are different combinations that can get the phone into DL or recovery mode!! Read and research what they are in the Bible, its got everything!!
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=99126
LinK: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
Also make sure you have your tools ready, meaning ODIN 1.71 and up, also Baywolfs AIO program is very good at getting phones into DL mode and reflashing it back to stock JFD, where you can at least rebuild your phone.
Now if everything totally fails to even get an LED or any signs of life to your phone, then either you Trully HBricked, and you have 2 optons.
1st Call TMO and tell them you were just talking on it, PERIOD do not say you were flashing with KIES, or they will immediately tell you its a Samsung problem, and you will be W/O your phone for about 3 +_ weeks, after sending it to Plano,TX where they will attempt to JTAG it.
As long as you just stick with the senario of it just died, Period and it wont turn on Period, I tried pulling the battery back out, and power it on Period, and end with a it does absolutely nothing, it seems totally dead, then they will RMA it for you, if you choose insurance for a month itll only cost ya $5.00 for Overnite shipping, and youll have a new phone in about 24 to 36 hours, TMO is very quick to get out of a replacement if they can pass the buck to Samsung, otherwise, its off to Samsung in Plano,Tx and your screwed for a long time, YOUR CHOICE!!
Or send it to josh at: http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant-jtag-brick-repair/
he does very good turn times, and is very professional.
Just remember, make sure your phones really HBricked, a soft bricked phone turns on in some type of mode, and is then recoverable by YOU!!
If it doesn't do a ****ing thing, NO LIFE to it, then most likely the BL.bin and the SBL.bin files got corrupted and it will not turn on no matter what you do, and that's a HBricked situation, and only JTAGing it will get it to power back on again, short of a burned out CPU or worst = HW failure!!
MOD's We need a sticky about forewarning people about the dangers of using KIES, there's been a rash of HBricked phones lately using this POS from Samsung!!
I was doing just firmware upgrade
HI, During upgrading i have wrong ODIN software which was for t959V that is for samsung galaxy s4g, and i use that odin software and .tar file was correct for vibrant and i start the process thats why i got this, but now my phone doesnt show any screen, i tried hard so many thing to put into Dmode and Rmode but nothing worked out for me, battery is fully charged and even though there is nothing comes on screen, its completly dead. Please Do Me some trick to fix this
Guys, last night I tried to update to 2.3.4 on my Vibrant, and after Odin was finished, the phone turned itself off, and now is nothing but a black screen. No touch lights, no lights on the screen, nothing. I made sure everything was for the Vibrant, so I'm rather unsure of what happened.
I can't get it into download mode, and I can't get it into recovery. Basically, the thing is pretty lifeless right now.
Any help would be appreciated! I really don't want to lose this thing.
Any reactions when u put cable on phone?
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Guys, last night I tried to update to 2.3.4 on my Vibrant, and after Odin was finished, the phone turned itself off, and now is nothing but a black screen. No touch lights, no lights on the screen, nothing. I made sure everything was for the Vibrant, so I'm rather unsure of what happened.
I can't get it into download mode, and I can't get it into recovery. Basically, the thing is pretty lifeless right now.
Any help would be appreciated! I really don't want to lose this thing.
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Are you sure you made sure everything was for the Vibrant? T959 and not the T959v (4g version). We never had an official GB ROM, as our updates stopped at Froyo (JFD). Can you link me to what it was that you flashed via Odin? Did you get it from this section? or This Section?
Let's see what you respond with and then we will have a better chance to diagnose properly.