I am currently flashing a PDA file to my vibrant and it is stuck on dbdata.rfs with a bright orange/yellow screen, is it possible to stop the flash by removing the battery or pulling the usb cord?
I would just leave it for a while although if it is stuck i would recommend not pulling the battery that's why the phone states DO NOT TURN OFF. I think you would be ok pulling the usb cord. after you've done that make sure you download the same rom from a different source maybe you have a bad file or something. then try flashing again. what rom are you trying to flash?
Yup do not unplug for at least 20 min if it did not take then pull usb cord and see if it remains in download. See if you can get into recovery if you can then reboot. Check the rom download and make sure it is not bad try re-downloding the rom. Then try again.
If it is locked then and stuck on a frozen screen then pull battery and then try to get into download and redo with new download. Also make sure you are using a later version of Odin
DAKIDD236 said:
I am currently flashing a PDA file to my vibrant and it is stuck on dbdata.rfs with a bright orange/yellow screen, is it possible to stop the flash by removing the battery or pulling the usb cord?
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I've had this happen to me before and it freaked me the **** out. I ended up battery pulling and I got reaaaaly freaked out when I couldn't get back into recovery mode. I got back to download mode just fine, though.
YMMV. Don't take that as gospel.
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I was trying to install the stock rom via rom manager and once I got past the galaxy logo after the reboot from recovery when it was applying the update Im stuck with a black screen and the 4 bottons just stay lit up. I tried to flash the stock rom via odin from this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ but when I put in my device I dont think odin recogonizes the device. The ID:COM box stays empty and when I press start it just says threads complete ( succeeded: 0 / failed:0 ) can anyone please help with how to resolve this issue.
Are the proper Samsung drivers installed? You have to get your phone into download mode, if Odin doesn't detect your phone.. unplug the cable and replug it. Does it detect it there?
I googled samsung usb drivers and downloaded it forget the website and I tried to unplug and plug back in but nothing.
It should be this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929&highlight=Samsung
installing
first get your phone into download mode. Is adb working? if so power on phone and open adb and type:
adb shell
su
reboot download
once in download mode unhook phone from laptop and
1. Open Odin and set PIT & PDA
2. attach phone back to laptop/pc
3. you should then be able to enter a com port
4. hit start and reflash
I never downloaded adb is it too late for my situation?
superevo89 said:
I never downloaded adb is it too late for my situation?
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You don't need ADB to use Odin. You need to get INTO download mode as I mentioned in my previous post.
Download mode appears a yellow android digging on your screen.
I am in download mode and the box in odin ID:COM is still empty multiple tries and nothing
superevo89 said:
I am in download mode and the box in odin ID:COM is still empty multiple tries and nothing
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Then you need to uninstall the drivers you installed to the ones I've linked. The ones I link are the ones that 100.00% works, it works fine for me. Download respective to your OS x86 or x64. Then restart.
FINALLY odin sees it
superevo89 said:
FINALLY odin sees it
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Did you reinstall the drivers with the ones I linked or did something spectacular happen?
I guess I clicked the wrong download link but it was from the one you linked but right now its at cache.rfs for the past 2 minutes it that normal or is something wrong
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I guess I clicked the wrong download link but it was from the one you linked but right now its at cache.rfs for the past 2 minutes it that normal or is something wrong
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Be patient for a little while. Mines only took <1 minute though. What I changed was that.. I would open Odin and pre-set all the files that I'm going to use in Odin and THEN i plugged in my phone then once it was detected by Odin I would just press start.
If i didn't do that, it would be stuck and I'd panic but I pulled out the battery and rewent into download mode. There should be a progress bar that comes up on your phone when it starts. Screen shouldn't turn black.
its still at cache.rfs and nothing changed on my phone still shows the same download screen
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its still at cache.rfs and nothing changed on my phone still shows the same download screen
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Give it 10-15 minutes just incase. If it is still stuck, pull the cable out then battery out (pull battery door first). Then redo the process but put the .tar files etc that you're putting before you plug the phone in.
did as you said and nwo I see the progress bar on my phone.
YAY! thank so much for the help and quick replies my phone is back to life now I feel so much more at ease will be confident the next time I have a accident flashing my phone or doing any kind of modifications.
edit: I think I lost my titanium back up so is my phone still rooted or do I have to re-root
hooray! you're welcome. just be sure to do nandroid backups before you apply hacks, at least now you have the tools to perform flashing with odin so next time it'll be easier
titanium said it couldnt get root permissions I had the OCLF did re flashing the stock rom from odin undo everything the lag fix did?
So, I just got my phone back from Samsung for this issue. Start my newly returned phone up, it's running 2.2. I turn it off, hold volume buttons and plug in my USB cable - I get download mode instantly. I start up Odin 1.7, select the files and click start.
Nothing happens. Hangs up SetupConnection. I unplug the battery, then the USB cable, plug everything back in and I'm back at square one with this ****ing screen.
Last time I tried every single ****ing button combination posted on this website. I know my phone isn't hardware locked because I've never had a problem getting in to Download Mode before. Hell, I'd never had a problem with Odin not working properly before. What the hell is wrong? I have all the proper drivers installed. Why is this happening?
Now, Odin still sees my phone when I plug it in. If I click Start, sometimes it hangs on SetupConnection, sometimes it hangs on Initialization. I've read that you should still be able to flash while on this screen? Is this true? Either way, I think I'm ****ed again. Any help?
Also, I've read that maybe a jig will help get me in to download mode? Where can I buy a jig from?
you can go to stock jfd from that screen, it acts like download mode.
Once on jfd, download mode will work fine.
try the files in my going back to stock... also make sure to remove any other usb components (they can cause odin to hang).
I love you.
Something must be wrong with the files on my desktop, or perhaps the other USB cable I'm using is ****ed.
This is a bit embarrassing. For some reason I can't get root. I can get in to recovery and select reinstall packages, but every time it boots right back in to the OS. Any hints? Never had this issue before.
EDIT: So it looks like I have Superuser installed but since I can't get into Clockwork I can't flash any roms. What's going on? I can't find any other links where people couldn't get in to Clockwork.
EDIT2: Well, I installed ROM Manager and used it to "flash" CWM. Reinstall Packages worked this time it seems. Weird. Anyway, thanks for the help!
Cool, glad you were able to get it all sorted.
Hey guys, I was using odin to flash back to stock. My GPS died and was going to try to get a replacement before I tried the hardware fix.
I went to flash back to stock using ODIN, it got stuck on modem.bin. After reading a bunch on people getting stuck here, it looked like it was safe to unplug and try again. I unplugged and now my phone will not turn on at all. Simply a black screen... no recovery, no download mode, no battery status when plugged in. Nothing.
I need some ideas here!
Thanks!!!
This worked for me in similar situations: Pull the battery, plug-in the usb cable, do the three-finger thing (or two finger or whatever works with your boot-loader) and then put in the battery and hope.
I was running the newest SKANK rom, and woke up this morning with it on the galaxy s screen. I pulled the battery, and tried to reboot, but the power button didnt work. it wouldnt boot into recovery either. I tried using odin, but it keeps hanging at either cache, or modem, and wont go any farther... I could really use some advice.
take it apart
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I was running the newest SKANK rom, and woke up this morning with it on the galaxy s screen. I pulled the battery, and tried to reboot, but the power button didnt work. it wouldnt boot into recovery either. I tried using odin, but it keeps hanging at either cache, or modem, and wont go any farther... I could really use some advice.
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hey bro whats up sorry to here that have u tried taken out your battery sim and micro for 5 minutes then putting back your battery only before this you should restart your computer then using a different usb port connect the usb then hold vol up and down same time hopefully download mode right away then you have to check repartition if your using some older version of odin it does not do it for you make sure you have correct files and you should be good odin will only hang usually due to wrong or mismatch pit and tar .... goto development section look for any of FISHMANs work he has plenty of odin images you can easily odin back to a rooted device and not have to go through all those steps in rerooting before any of my steps just make sure you have repartition checked on yes :good: hopefully that gets you some where :good:
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I was running the newest SKANK rom, and woke up this morning with it on the galaxy s screen. I pulled the battery, and tried to reboot, but the power button didnt work. it wouldnt boot into recovery either. I tried using odin, but it keeps hanging at either cache, or modem, and wont go any farther... I could really use some advice.
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Well try to get into download mode with the combo, then reinstall your Samsung drivers, try adding nexus drivers too. Idk much about this but skang, soft brick, and Odin problems caught me cause I run the same ROM.
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Was on HellyBean.
Downloaded SlimICS and commons.
Flashed ROM.
ROM didn't take.
CWM Recovery didn't show internal storage, but showed external.
I went into advanced recovery to recover.
(Don't remember exact words)
Recovery says 'error recovering boot partition'
Rebooted itself won't get past "rainbow in my eye" boot screen.
Got into Download mode, tried to odin to jfd, failed at modem.
Try again, screen turns solid blue at modem and hangs.
Try again, screen turns washed out green at modem and hangs.
PC won't recognize phone after that, and phone--!--pc is on screen, but I can still get to download mode.
Tried Heimdall too, phone isn't connecting to flashers.
Maybe ADB can work, but I need help from the community please.
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Was on HellyBean.
Downloaded SlimICS and commons.
Flashed ROM.
ROM didn't take.
CWM Recovery didn't show internal storage, but showed external.
I went into advanced recovery to recover.
(Don't remember exact words)
Recovery says 'error recovering boot partition'
Rebooted itself won't get past "rainbow in my eye" boot screen.
Got into Download mode, tried to odin to jfd, failed at modem.
Try again, screen turns solid blue at modem and hangs.
Try again, screen turns washed out green at modem and hangs.
PC won't recognize phone after that, and phone--!--pc is on screen, but I can still get to download mode.
Tried Heimdall too, phone isn't connecting to flashers.
Maybe ADB can work, but I need help from the community please.
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Well first you shouldn't go from JB back to ICS. Second the rainbow is probably from not having GB bootloaders. Make sure re-partition is checked in Odin and try again. Hope this helps.
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Thanks, rainbow is a adyscorpius GB splash.
I tried Odin 1.7 and it got a bit further in the process, but still flaked.
Now, phone is dead dead. Think I need to make a jig.
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Thanks, rainbow is a adyscorpius GB splash.
I tried Odin 1.7 and it got a bit further in the process, but still flaked.
Now, phone is dead dead. Think I need to make a jig.
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Wow that sucks, if you end up needing a JTAG repair mobiletechvideos.com is awesome. Very professional and very quick service.
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So the phone isn't so dead. If I try to put it into DL mode, the screen doesn't do anything, but it gets warm, not too warm.
All is not lost...
Thanks for heads up on mobiletechvideo.com
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So the phone isn't so dead. If I try to put it into DL mode, the screen doesn't do anything, but it gets warm, not too warm.
All is not lost...
Thanks for heads up on mobiletechvideo.com
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I think you might have a hard brick. I had the something, wouldn't display or do anything but got warm when I plugged into the charger. I never tried a jig though.
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Since your phone is getting warm, even though your not seeing any on screen activity, go ahead and open Odin. Do the button combo for download mode, see if Odin will get com.. may try it a few times.
There doesn't have to be anything on your screen for Odin to be able to see download mode.
Happens all the time. If you can get com then well go from there.
You are a trooper toaster.
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Toast6977 said:
Since your phone is getting warm, even though your not seeing any on screen activity, go ahead and open Odin. Do the button combo for download mode, see if Odin will get com.. may try it a few times.
There doesn't have to be anything on your screen for Odin to be able to see download mode.
Happens all the time. If you can get com then well go from there.
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No com, no nothing's
Broke down and bought SGS 2 and a half rack of Jubelale.
Its been great fun folks, I have had a really fun time here and with my T959.
So are you going to sell the vibrant?
Paranoid, sitting in a deep sweat...
For what, a battery charger?
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For what, a battery charger?
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Parts
Paranoid, sitting in a deep sweat...