i flashed stock froyo and my phone will not turn on.
already tried the battery pull,combo buttons (download and recovery)
what happened: i flashed back to stock froyo and all loaded successfully with odin.
as it started to reboot the screen went blank.
any ideas?
HELP!!!!
Usb jig if u cant get into dl mode.
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Check what you odin'ed...see if it contained sbl.bin.
and what were you flashing from??
Try flashing stock eclair 2.1. And then upgrade your rom from there.
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THANKS for all of your suggestion. i tried all of the above an no luck.
So you've already tried the USB jig to access DL mode like @movieaddict suggested and still can't? Thats odd..... What kinda life are you getting out of the phone? Does it turn on at all? How about plugging the USB into the PC or a charger.... anything? spindles or the battery charging icon?
- If the phone is completely dead as in your getting NO life at all then it is in fact HARD BRICKED. I have heard about a JTAG fix for HARD BRICKED Vibrants and I assume its similar to the XBOX360 deal that most of us have probably done in the past, but I have not personally on the Vibrant. I know there is a youtube video/tutorial. Unfortunately thats pretty much all I know about that. I would suggest a google search or search the Q&A threads here for something like:
"Samsung, Vibrant, hard, bricked, jtag"
Good luck!
I would not recommend trying jtag yourself, as you have to rub away a section of the motherboard to access certain solder points and it requires a very expensive jtagging device. If it is truly bricked you can send it to these guys and they will jtag it and bring it back to life for you.
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=778
Already have you on the right page there. It's the second one on that list.
I agree with the above post. Its probably not something everyone should attempt. Although I think most will realize that when you see all that is involved. Here is the thread that I first heard about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13981538#post13981538
I'm sure if you PM @connexion2005 would be more than willing to help you out as well. Good luck!
smali26 said:
i flashed stock froyo and my phone will not turn on.
already tried the battery pull,combo buttons (download and recovery)
what happened: i flashed back to stock froyo and all loaded successfully with odin.
as it started to reboot the screen went blank.
any ideas?
HELP!!!!
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So your phone isn't responding at all? Try holding power and volume +. You might get a screen with orange text on it. This worked for me.
From there you can get to download mode by plugging the phone in and using the three finger method.
kawika said:
so you've already tried the usb jig to access dl mode like @movieaddict suggested and still can't? Thats odd..... What kinda life are you getting out of the phone? Does it turn on at all? How about plugging the usb into the pc or a charger.... Anything? Spindles or the battery charging icon?
- if the phone is completely dead as in your getting no life at all then it is in fact hard bricked. I have heard about a jtag fix for hard bricked vibrants and i assume its similar to the xbox360 deal that most of us have probably done in the past, but i have not personally on the vibrant. I know there is a youtube video/tutorial. Unfortunately thats pretty much all i know about that. I would suggest a google search or search the q&a threads here for something like:
"samsung, vibrant, hard, bricked, jtag"
good luck!
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no life at all. I have tried holding tHe button for 30 sec. Still not result. also tried the battery on another person vibrant and it worked.
smali26 said:
no life at all. I have tried holding tHe button for 30 sec. Still not result. also tried the battery on another person vibrant and it worked.
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may i ask what did you flash and what rom was on your phone before. Knowing what was flashed and where you were coming from may probably help us better to understand what is happening.
try press volume down and up button hold it and plug data cable connected to ur computer. That will let u boot to download mode. Try and let me kw how it went.
Same thing happened to me, I was able to fix by the following post...
1. Start AIO toolbox
2. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
4. Plug USB cable into Phone.
5. Plug USB cable into PC.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
The idea is to get ODIN to see your phone again.
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I was flashing my Vibrant back to the stock ROM using ODIN, and I had the re-partition checked off... and I think this is what killed my vibrant. If I click the power button it doesn't do anything. It has a full battery and even with it on the charger... still nothing. I can't see anything on the screen. What are my options to fix my Vibrant?
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I was flashing my Vibrant back to the stock ROM using ODIN, and I had the re-partition checked off... and I think this is what killed my vibrant. If I click the power button it doesn't do anything. It has a full battery and even with it on the charger... still nothing. I can't see anything on the screen. What are my options to fix my Vibrant?
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What were you flashing to stock from?
Can you enter download mode?
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HELP IM SO WORRY HAS SAME PROBLEM OR WORSE
I upgraded to froyo 2.2 using Kies mini, and follow each step, till it finish of donwloading the oficial download from their server, in the tutorial says to wait for it to reboot but never did. what could happend? now im not able to power on, put in download mode, etc cause its acting like its dead, not even the usb im so scared caus ei just bought it on ebay HELLPPPPP PLEASE.
letor69 said:
HELP IM SO WORRY HAS SAME PROBLEM OR WORSE
I upgraded to froyo 2.2 using Kies mini, and follow each step, till it finish of donwloading the oficial download from their server, in the tutorial says to wait for it to reboot but never did. what could happend? now im not able to power on, put in download mode, etc cause its acting like its dead, not even the usb im so scared caus ei just bought it on ebay HELLPPPPP PLEASE.
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Following these guide: http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Samsu...-upgrade-to-Android-2-2-Froyo-now/td-p/678871
Here are a couple of things to try. There are videos out there on utube also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
No I can't enter Download mode. I have no power at all.
nomadrider123 said:
Here are a couple of things to try. There are videos out there on utube also.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
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Have you tried a simple
pull the battery
put the battery back after a few second
start ODIN
connect USB to PC, but not to phone
hold the volume +/- key
connect USB to phone while holding vol +/- keys
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9LYLoK1Qog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNts11IBZ8Y
I click the power button nothing happens. I plug in the usb, nothing happens.
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I click the power button nothing happens. I plug in the usb, nothing happens.
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Have you tried both at the same time?
pull the battery
put the battery back after a few seconds
start ODIN
connect USB to PC, but not to phone
hold the volume +/- key
connect USB to phone while holding vol +/- keys
nomadrider123 said:
Have you tried both at the same time?
pull the battery
put the battery back after a few seconds
start ODIN
connect USB to PC, but not to phone
hold the volume +/- key
connect USB to phone while holding vol +/- keys
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SAME AS ME heeeeeeelllpppp
not a single button is working, either JIG i have it, what can i do?
Sorry to disappoint you; it seems that you are out of luck. I was flashing my Vibrant in the similar situation like yours and my phone has never turned on again since then (6 weeks). I live in Thailand and have been searching both English and Thai version for a solution. None comes up so far. The only way the USB jig will help is your phone can be powered up. I have tried that myself. You can look for the confirmation elsewhere in this forum. Any way if you can find a diy solution, please let me know and I will post it here if I can find one myself. Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
I am wait on this line here on your link.
More methods coming soon
do you have insurance with tmobile?
i bricked mine before i had a good understanding of the whole rom flashing concept and i could get a downloading screen but i didnt know what to do so they replaced it with no problem.
call and ask all they can do is say no.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
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they bro, i appreciate that your trying to help the guy but read.
the title states its a "HARD BRICK" meaning it will not turn on. If the OP has enough sense to name the thread its a HARD brick, then i'm sure he knows what a hard brick is. All solutions your leading to cannot be done AT ALL. The phone is a paperweight, you cant do anything but 2 things:
@OP
Do one of these 2 things:
1) build a JIG costs around 10$ a bit more or a bit less. but no over than 15$
(search JIG for vibrant on youtube by mobiletechvideos)
2) Send it to tmobile.
I hard bricked my phone 4 days ago.
I called them, and their sending in a replacement, and i send them mine and im done.
It cost me 10$ for shipping and handling but thats it.
Timz917 said:
I was flashing my Vibrant back to the stock ROM using ODIN, and I had the re-partition checked off... and I think this is what killed my vibrant. If I click the power button it doesn't do anything. It has a full battery and even with it on the charger... still nothing. I can't see anything on the screen. What are my options to fix my Vibrant?
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HOW ABOIUT LEAVE PHONE CHARGING FOR 10 GO IN TO DARK ROOM SHUT OFF LIGHT PRESS POWER BUTTON AND SEE IF BACK LIGHT OF SCREEN LIGHTS UP, IF SO I TOLD YOU SO I HAD THE SAME BUT MY VIBRANT WORKS AGAIN UNLIKE YOURS p
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they bro, i appreciate that your trying to help the guy but read.
the title states its a "HARD BRICK" meaning it will not turn on. If the OP has enough sense to name the thread its a HARD brick, then i'm sure he knows what a hard brick is. All solutions your leading to cannot be done AT ALL. The phone is a paperweight, you cant do anything but 2 things:
@OP
Do one of these 2 things:
1) build a JIG costs around 10$ a bit more or a bit less. but no over than 15$
(search JIG for vibrant on youtube by mobiletechvideos)
2) Send it to tmobile.
I hard bricked my phone 4 days ago.
I called them, and their sending in a replacement, and i send them mine and im done.
It cost me 10$ for shipping and handling but thats it.
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Your first option is out because I have tried that. The only option left is the second one. since I live in Thailand, I have to ship the phone to my friend in Los Angeles to have him replace it for me. It is costly, but at least I will get a phone to work.
It seems to me that this issue is a special case that doesn't happen very often. Only the chosen ones will get into trouble like this when making an error here and there while flashing rom.
I had an IPhone 3G before and, of course, I made mistakes while updating it with all kinds of firmware, but the hardware never fails on me no matter what I did.
Thanks all who try to help.
xriderx66 said:
they bro, i appreciate that your trying to help the guy but read.
the title states its a "HARD BRICK" meaning it will not turn on. If the OP has enough sense to name the thread its a HARD brick, then i'm sure he knows what a hard brick is. All solutions your leading to cannot be done AT ALL. The phone is a paperweight, you cant do anything but 2 things:
@OP
Do one of these 2 things:
1) build a JIG costs around 10$ a bit more or a bit less. but no over than 15$
(search JIG for vibrant on youtube by mobiletechvideos)
2) Send it to tmobile.
I hard bricked my phone 4 days ago.
I called them, and their sending in a replacement, and i send them mine and im done.
It cost me 10$ for shipping and handling but thats it.
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Just because he put hard bricked in the title means little. It was his first post. He very well could be a aviid user. All I could go by is he said he hit power and nothing happend thats about all he said over and over. No battery pull 3 button try. So what I did was try to help thats it. I did not suggest anything to make matters worse. A lot of ppl thought their phones were "hard bricked" but they got it to come out of it. Just because your more of a wiz then most ppl here. I would appreciate if you would get off my back a bit for I was just trying to help.
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Just because he put hard bricked in the title means little. It was his first post. He very well could be a aviid user. All I could go by is he said he hit power and nothing happend thats about all he said over and over. No battery pull 3 button try. So what I did was try to help thats it. I did not suggest anything to make matters worse. A lot of ppl thought their phones were "hard bricked" but they got it to come out of it. Just because your more of a wiz then most ppl here. I would appreciate if you would get off my back a bit for I was just trying to help.
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I'm not getting on your back, why is it you think so?
Most of the users as i've encountered don't have the sense to name their threads appropriately, the OP on this one specifically named it HARD BRICKED, so instead of telling him to do all these instructions, you could've asked 1 thing "when you plug your usb, or wall charger, does it show any lights? or Are there any symbols on the screen? any lights glowing?"
Those 2 questions could've saved him, and you time.
Trust me i'm a beginner as well, i just know how to get out of these because i've been with this problem a few times. Alot of people here know more than me, specifically s15.. idk his full name.
Hi,
So, I've flashed many ROMs on my vibrant and other smart phones but today was the first time I had a problem. I flashed cyanogen and I think it bricked my vibrant. It won't turn on, won't go into any mode, even the buttons won't light up, I've tried all the button holding tricks btw. When plugged in, and the battery is in, the only thing I can get is the little loading star as if it's about to show the battery charging but it never does. Other than that, I'm pretty sure it is bricked. I want to know what I should do now? I don't know anything about fixing bricked phones, I read a lot of topics but I'm still confused. Would something like a jig off of ebay fix it? Thanks for any help. Also, know of any repair shops that could fix something like this? Please let me know. I live in tampa bay fl if that matters.
Sounds like a soft brick to me (but I'm often wrong lol).
Try this.
1. Take out everything from your phone (SIM card, SD card, Battery).
2. Open ODIN
3. Plug your Vibrant into your computer through USB.
4. Hold Vol up and Vol down and put your battery in while holding them.
That should put your phone into download mode, and then you can flash back to stock.
I love you longcat
ginseng8888 said:
I love you longcat
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Yay. <3
So I'm guessing that your phone works now?
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ginseng8888 said:
Hi,
So, I've flashed many ROMs on my vibrant and other smart phones but today was the first time I had a problem. I flashed cyanogen and I think it bricked my vibrant. It won't turn on, won't go into any mode, even the buttons won't light up, I've tried all the button holding tricks btw. When plugged in, and the battery is in, the only thing I can get is the little loading star as if it's about to show the battery charging but it never does. Other than that, I'm pretty sure it is bricked. I want to know what I should do now? I don't know anything about fixing bricked phones, I read a lot of topics but I'm still confused. Would something like a jig off of ebay fix it? Thanks for any help. Also, know of any repair shops that could fix something like this? Please let me know. I live in tampa bay fl if that matters.
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Yeah CM7 is nothing to mess around with if you dont know what youre getting yourself into. It is the most powerful ROM out there but as of right now it is nowhere close to stable for the Vibrant.
its very stable!! i havent had any probs and it was easy to flash as long as u follow instructions, plus with it being on the rom manager premium its as easy as 123. click flash clockwork 3x, then check off all 3 boxes and press download. any of the nightlies from 8 and under, very stable except for no gps!
I bricked my galaxy note i717 beyond recovery with a regular jig. I've looked into jtag but I haven't found any information whether it's viable for the i717 (i.e. which jtag it's using, which box I would need, where I would need to bring it etc etc.)
So here's my question: Do any of you guys know any more about how to unbrick the phone or details about whether/how to unbrick using jtag?
Maybe I've overlooked something else. Here's how it went down:
I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
Anyway any advice would be highly appreciated.
Did you try return to the store where you boought it? If your phone don't show anything on the screen, there is no way store knows what's going on with your phone unless you tell them the truth
That's exactly what I would do
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if you can get into download mode try reflashing the stock recovery found in the dev section then if you can get that fair try flashing the odin stock rom to see if it will boot
Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
foxbat121 said:
Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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he never said if he tried with the hardware buttons doesn't mean he cant do it if hes been trying the jig
foxbat121 said:
Read his OP. He can't get into the download mode even with a Jig.
I have yet to encounter any one as reckless as OP trying so hard to brick the phone
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Somebody has to be the guinea pig I guess lol. Glad it wasnt me. LOL Only thing worse is the Will it blend guy or the iFix it tear downs lol.
BLOWNCO said:
he never said if he tried with the hardware buttons doesn't mean he cant do it if hes been trying the jig
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If jig won't work, I'm pretty sure hardware button won't work either. It goes without saying that he probably already tried everything he could find.
edpsx said:
Somebody has to be the guinea pig I guess lol. Glad it wasnt me. LOL Only thing worse is the Will it blend guy or the iFix it tear downs lol.
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That's not guinea pig. He did couple wrong things in a row (wrong ROM, god know what he is doing with abd and then unplug the phone in the middle of flashing or something). If I'd make a guess, he screwed up the bootloader.
foxbat121 said:
Did you try return to the store where you boought it? If your phone don't show anything on the screen, there is no way store knows what's going on with your phone unless you tell them the truth
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Yeah I thought about doing that - worst case scenario they tell me I voided my warranty and give me the phone back and I can still try finding a jtag solution or do i have to face any other consequences including maybe never getting my phone back?
foxbat121 said:
He did couple wrong things in a row (wrong ROM, god know what he is doing with abd and then unplug the phone in the middle of flashing or something). If I'd make a guess, he screwed up the bootloader.
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That's my guess too. I screwed up badly. I would like to blame it on the late hour I did all that but it was just overexcited stupidity -_-
Try your buttons...
Everybody's talking about whether you tried to get into download mode with buttons, but You have not said for sure you tried it.
Hold down down volume button, home button and power button all at the same time. You don't know for sure until you try it.
brojoe11 said:
Everybody's talking about whether you tried to get into download mode with buttons, but You have not said for sure you tried it.
Hold down down volume button, home button and power button all at the same time. You don't know for sure until you try it.
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I'm sorry that I wasn't being very clear on this but I have tried and it didn't work. Thanks though.
cilmeron said:
I'm sorry that I wasn't being very clear on this but I have tried and it didn't work. Thanks though.
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I know on some phones that download mode can still be activated even if the screen isn't working properly and displaying it. I know many infuse users ran into problems and were still able to use Odin to flash stock and fix their phone. Try doing the hardware method of getting into download mode, and even though your screen doesn't show anything, it may still connect to Odin and you could try to flash back to stock.
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U cant brick these phones.use the hardware buttons to get into download mode.
Take battery out and put it back in.hold power vol down and home for 20sec and then press vol up and plug into ur pc with odin running.u should see something on port section.
If that dont work.hold power and both vol. Buttons for 30 sec. Then press vol.up and plug in usb.hope it works.
mintu123 said:
U cant brick these phones.use the hardware buttons to get into download mode.
Take battery out and put it back in.hold power vol down and home for 20sec and then press vol up and plug into ur pc with odin running.u should see something on port section.
If that dont work.hold power and both vol. Buttons for 30 sec. Then press vol.up and plug in usb.hope it works.
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Actually, you can brick it to the point of needing JTAG repairs to restore your device. That being said, it's very very very hard to brick it. You have to do something like flash firmware for a completely wrong device and screw up your bootloaders in the process.
cilmeron said:
I bricked my galaxy note i717 beyond recovery with a regular jig. I've looked into jtag but I haven't found any information whether it's viable for the i717 (i.e. which jtag it's using, which box I would need, where I would need to bring it etc etc.)
So here's my question: Do any of you guys know any more about how to unbrick the phone or details about whether/how to unbrick using jtag?
Maybe I've overlooked something else. Here's how it went down:
I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
Anyway any advice would be highly appreciated.
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I've read some so my suggestion is this:
First make sure that you have the drivers installed for your phone. Then pull the battery wait for a few seconds. press the down button and then the power to go in download mode and hold them pressed for 20s. Now plug in the USB and press the volume up button. If Odin detects it you're good to go! If not... Well it's worth a shot
My theory is that even though the screen is blank, the hardware still boots properly. Just make sure your battery is somewhat charged. And also plug in the USB AFTER you "boot" in download mode.
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I was stupid and tried to flash the phone with firmware for the N7000 because I was overexcited and didn't know that it wasn't an n7000. Now the recovery mode wouldn't let me upgrade (understandable reasons I guess) so I decided to force flash it with odin which also didn't let me upgrade the phone. So I used some method relying on adb. The process took way to long so I unplugged the phone mid-way through it, then replugged it and suddenly the process reported success. So the phone started rebooting just that instead of actually booting up it stayed black. Pressing any of the buttons yields no response - neither vibration nor any screen response. Using the usb jig also yields no response but I'm not entirely sure if there's a jig method that might work - or a key combo that might work - or even a usb method that might work.
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Everything here screams 'you should never attempt to modify your device again.'
What is it with all you smart asses telling him he shouldn't have done it??? What, you never made a mistake in your entire life???
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Why don't you find Adam_Outler in the hardware hacking forum? Send your phone to him and he'll hopefully be able to create an unbrickable mod. Not only will you likely have a fixed phone but it will mean volumes for our community.
Note, you will be without a phone for a bit
I did something stupid to my note too so don't feel too bad. **** happens... I returned my note to att with no problem because my screen was permanently black. Wouldn't do anything download mode,cwm nothin.. Flashed gsm kernel from root so beware the way its layed out u won't know its gsm unless you read it extremely careful. I had read the thread three times and only caught it after i read really slowly post-brick.
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ekerbuddyeker said:
What is it with all you smart asses telling him he shouldn't have done it??? What, you never made a mistake in your entire life???
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It's not that, we've all made mistakes, but it's like this guy went out of his way to try to brick the phone. This isn't like "oh crap, I flashed the wrong radio"
He tried to flash a ROM from a different SoC and every fail-safe wouldn't let him do it. I'm surprised at how well the different programs tried to save his phone, then he actually went ADB and forced it onto his phone and then he unplugs during a flash.
It's like he drove his car without paying attention and hit a fence that prevents you from flying off a cliff, then he kept ramming his car into the fence, then took some C4, blew up the fence, drove off the cliff, then started yelling "help, I fell off the cliff"
N3RD420 said:
I did something stupid to my note too so don't feel too bad. **** happens... I returned my note to att with no problem because my screen was permanently black. Wouldn't do anything download mode,cwm nothin.. Flashed gsm kernel from root so beware the way its layed out u won't know its gsm unless you read it extremely careful. I had read the thread three times and only caught it after i read really slowly post-brick.
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I'm confused, is there a CDMA Note? What do you mean "they won't know it's GSM"?
I'm sure this has been asked before and I apologize for asking again if so. (I tried to search but couldn't find the files I need.)
I need to get my Vibrant that is on ICS back to 100% factory.
I know I have to repartition to go back but I can't find the factory Odin and PIT file I need.
Thank you all in advance.
This link might be able to help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319802&highlight=stock+odin
Awesome! Thanks.
New problem. (Small but important.)
I am not able to get into Odin download mode. I have all my drivers installed and when I connect the phone the battery icon pops up but if I do the three button method the screen goes black like it's supposed to be it just reboots and either goes back to the battery or powers on. (I am on ICS Passion V12 if that helps any.)
Any advice? I'm stuck without linking with Odin.
NoName9 said:
New problem. (Small but important.)
I am not able to get into Odin download mode. I have all my drivers installed and when I connect the phone the battery icon pops up but if I do the three button method the screen goes black like it's supposed to be it just reboots and either goes back to the battery or powers on. (I am on ICS Passion V12 if that helps any.)
Any advice? I'm stuck without linking with Odin.
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Cut the phone off, pull the battery out and put it back in. Hold volume up and volume down keys at the same time(do not hold power button) and plug the usb cable in. If you have gingerbread boot loaders then it's really simple, cut the phone off and hold volume up key only then press the power button.
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iTz KeeFy said:
Cut the phone off, pull the battery out and put it back in. Hold volume up and volume down keys at the same time(do not hold power button) and plug the usb cable in. If you have gingerbread boot loaders then it's really simple, cut the phone off and hold volume up key only then press the power button.
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You are my new Hero!:good:
Thanks again.
NoName9 said:
You are my new Hero!:good:
Thanks again.
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Lol no problem, glad I could help.
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It appears I can't catch a break!:crying:
I got the phone restored to 2.1 and it worked flawlessly.
I plugged it up to my pc to upgrade to 2.2 through Kies. I had charged to 100%, it upgraded successfully and said the device would reboot. It never did.
It appears Kies and 2.2 have hard bricked the phone. I don't get a charging indicator and can't get into recovery or download. The phone is completely unresponsive.
I am really starting to hate Samsung.
Yea - there should be a big warning everywhere not to use kies.
If you connect the phone to the pc does it show up in Odin? If so flash away.
Try the battery method again. Also instead of going to 2.1 you may want to try the Froyo KB5 2.2 Heimdall 1-click:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674519
download:
http://www.filereactor.com/zcl1dy7zlxbh/UVKB5_Stock_Heimdall-One-Click.jar.html
I haven't used Odin to get the 2.2 stock since the 1-Click
Moped_Ryder said:
Yea - there should be a big warning everywhere not to use kies.
If you connect the phone to the pc does it show up in Odin? If so flash away.
Try the battery method again. Also instead of going to 2.1 you may want to try the Froyo KB5 2.2 Heimdall 1-click:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1674519
download:
http://www.filereactor.com/zcl1dy7zlxbh/UVKB5_Stock_Heimdall-One-Click.jar.html
I haven't used Odin to get the 2.2 stock since the 1-Click
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Doesn't show in odin cause I can't get into download mode. :-( I'm afraid it's a hard brick as I get no response at all no matter what I try.
have you tried
1. unplugging the phone
2. pulling the battery
3. plugging it into the computer
4. place the battery back in
5. holding volume up + volume down + power
this is how i got to download mode when my phone wasn't responding
I know you said you tried everything i just want to make sure.
rmelendez3 said:
have you tried
1. unplugging the phone
2. pulling the battery
3. plugging it into the computer
4. place the battery back in
5. holding volume up + volume down + power
this is how i got to download mode when my phone wasn't responding
I know you said you tried everything i just want to make sure.
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Just tried it again. No luck. I guess the phone is trash thanks to Samsung. :-/
Hey there. My phone was unresponsive as well, would not go into download mode, even tried the battery thing..
This link, One-Click Unbrick
Try that and see if it works for you, make SURE you have the latest Java.
My phone wasn't completely black, I had the Phone to PC error, but I could NOT get it to get into download or even see that something was plugged in. It was unresponsive to everything. I tried this program and BAM, I'm back into bootlooping. Shut my phone off, turned on in bootloader and reinstalled everything.
You MAY have to reinstall somethings so you might have to go back to square one, however at least you'll have a working phone.
Kies also bricked my first Galaxy.
Hopefully the One-Click unbrick will work for you! I wish you good luck!
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Just tried it again. No luck. I guess the phone is trash thanks to Samsung. :-/
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Samsung may replace the phone for you, call and tell them it bricked while using kies. For future reference do NOT use kies ever again, it is known to brick devices. If your phone is getting no power at all, then calling Samsung is your only choice and hope they replace it for you. I wish I would have known you were planning to use kies, definitely would have warned you not to. You can look into buying a usb jig for your phone, they are under $5 and maybe could help. You can also make them yourself for around 1 dollar.
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iTz KeeFy said:
Samsung may replace the phone for you, call and tell them it bricked while using kies. For future reference do NOT use kies ever again, it is known to brick devices. If your phone is getting no power at all, then calling Samsung is your only choice and hope they replace it for you. I wish I would have known you were planning to use kies, definitely would have warned you not to. You can look into buying a usb jig for your phone, they are under $5 and maybe could help. You can also make them yourself for around 1 dollar.
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The phone is out of warranty so I'm sure if they'd replace it or charge me to fix it.
The jig thread said it didn't work if you are completely unresponsive.
I'd used Kies on my Wife's Captivate and had no problems so I didn't know it would wonk up my sons Vibrant.
I'll try out the 1 click method and update.
Thanks again for the advice. (My son is using his old Nokia Nuron again so he at least has a phone in the interim.)
NoName9 said:
The phone is out of warranty so I'm sure if they'd replace it or charge me to fix it.
The jig thread said it didn't work if you are completely unresponsive.
I'd used Kies on my Wife's Captivate and had no problems so I didn't know it would wonk up my sons Vibrant.
I'll try out the 1 click method and update.
Thanks again for the advice. (My son is using his old Nokia Nuron again so he at least has a phone in the interim.)
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Yea you could be right about the warranty issue but it was Samsung's program that screwed up your phone. If you haven't called them already, I would call and explain that you would still have a working phone if it wasn't for kies bricking your device. After all, Samsung recommends us to upgrade through kies even tho it has caused more damage than good from my experience. It's worth a try, you never know.
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NoName9 said:
The phone is out of warranty so I'm sure if they'd replace it or charge me to fix it.
The jig thread said it didn't work if you are completely unresponsive.
I'd used Kies on my Wife's Captivate and had no problems so I didn't know it would wonk up my sons Vibrant.
I'll try out the 1 click method and update.
Thanks again for the advice. (My son is using his old Nokia Nuron again so he at least has a phone in the interim.)
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Just so you know, we recently had another member that hard bricked his phone using kies and was also out of warranty with T-Mobile. He called Samsung and explained THEIR program/software rendered his phone useless. He got a brand new vibrant out of the deal.
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Alright. let us get this straight. I have searched in countless number of forums for solving my issue but I'm NOT able to fix it.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant T959. It currently seems to be "soft-bricked" (I always see a mobile connected to a computer and an exclamation icon in between). So to reset it, I have left almost not stone unturned. But no luck so far
As far as I remember, I happened to land it in trouble while I was trying to flash some secondary bootloader using ODIN.
I also tried the micro-USB JIG method by building a 300k-Ohm USB JIG on my own (using three 100k-Ohm resistors), but even that is not working for me. Whenever I connect my phone to my computer, it starts up and shows those three icons. The same happens when I remove the battery, insert it back and start the phone up again. The same happens for each of the numerous key sequences mentioned online for download/recovery mode. So literally NOTHING is working for me. I also tried OneClick.jar, Heimdall. None of them are making me lucky as the phone is not getting detected.
I believe there has to be a way to reset it somehow (although I seem to have screwed something seriously) but nothing seems to work for me. What can I possibly do now?
Attached images show the micro-USB jig that I made and the icon on my phone I see.
From my experience if you can get that far you don't need a jtag. But you did say that you flash bootloader. So you ether need to get the right combo to get to download mode or you are done with out working bootloader. The only other thing that I can think of would be to do the unbrickable mod.
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Thanks jrongi1 for the reply.
>> So you ether need to get the right combo to get to download mode or you are done with out working bootloader.
I have tried many, many combos for getting the download mode but no luck so far Can you suggest some if you are aware of one?
The only other thing that I can think of would be to do the unbrickable mod.
>> I tried to know about this but I did not understand what this exactly means? I believe this involves some sort of hardware rework. Can you please point me to steps to do this? Are you referring to this procedure? If yes, I don't believe it's a solution since that procedure is just a preventive measure and not a solution (that's what I understand after reading that whole thing out).
Try that.
reboot computer, turn off phone, take out battery, put the battery back, hold volume up and down buttons and then plug in usb.
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This is from N00B_IN_N33D's MIUI guide stickied at the top.
"SOFT" BRICKED WHILE USING ODIN?
If you are getting a "Phone.. ! ..Computer" image (seen above) when booting phone, yes, you are bricked but it is reversible! Just follow these steps...
Make sure you have ODIN OPEN with admin privileges!
1.) Take off your back cover, remove your sim & mirco sd card.
2.) Remove your battery.
Make sure you have the USB plugged into your PC but NOT your phone!
3.) Hold the volume buttons.
4.) Put the battery in.
5.) Put the USB in.
You don't necessarily need the download mode image to be present. As long as you are getting the COM ID to light up yellow in ODIN, just flash back to stock like normal.
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Sometimes the key combo can be a bit precarious and the timing needs to be precise. I know that when I have taken my Vibes back to stock, it takes me more than a few tries to get it right. You've said you have tried the key combos several time, I think you should keep trying them and get your timing right. I would hate for you to screw up your phone when doing the Unbrickable hardware mod, when it could be something as simple as a timing thing.
As the other guys said work with the buttons and only try the unbrickable mod as a last resort.
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Thanks guys for responses.
testomat/Woody, I tried as per your steps almost 8-10 times, but that does not work either
jrongi1,
I do not wish to go for Unbrickable mod either. Anyway, I have contacted a local repairs guy for this issue. He said he can fix this issue using JTAG interface. That costs me 1500INR. That's the only solution I have I guess.
Good luck with the repair I hope that you can get going soon.
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Thank you so much again!
Woody said:
This is from N00B_IN_N33D's MIUI guide stickied at the top.
Sometimes the key combo can be a bit precarious and the timing needs to be precise. I know that when I have taken my Vibes back to stock, it takes me more than a few tries to get it right. You've said you have tried the key combos several time, I think you should keep trying them and get your timing right. I would hate for you to screw up your phone when doing the Unbrickable hardware mod, when it could be something as simple as a timing thing.
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This worked for me.....Many thanks