[Q] HELP! Simply Honey 3.3 Bootloop - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey Can someone please help me out? I installed Simply Honey 3.3 yesterday and when i rebooted system it gave me rainbow screen again and again. I don't know what to do the 3Button Combo is not working at all, and i cant seem to get it in download mode to ODIN

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Power your phone down
2. Remove back cover, battery, sim card and sd card.
3. Reinsert battery ONLY, but leave your phone off
4. Open ODIN and load the 512.pit and the JFD.tar (512.PIT goes to PIT and the JFD.tar to PDA)
5. Select repartition and select the check box next to PDA
6. On your phone, press and hold the volume up and down at the same time. Keep them pressed and plug the mini USB into your phone (Please note the USB should be plugged into your PC as well)
7. You will be kicked into download mode AND Odin should show your comm in the first box. This comm will also glow yellow
8. Double check Odin to make sure you have everything loaded correctly
9. Click start

Hey Thanks for replying!!!!! i tried the above and when I hold Vol Up+ Down and insert it goes straight to "VIbrant" boot logo then the rainbow starts again and then it reboots once more... thank you in advanced! if you could help me i would donate some money to you! thank you for helping me

U need to get into down load mode! After that ur problem is solved. maybe u need a usb jig to get into dl mode.
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liljuliod3 said:
Hey Thanks for replying!!!!! i tried the above and when I hold Vol Up+ Down and insert it goes straight to "VIbrant" boot logo then the rainbow starts again and then it reboots once more... thank you in advanced! if you could help me i would donate some money to you! thank you for helping me
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The steps posted above are correct somewhat.
Take battery out. Plug in usb to both phone and computer. Hold both volume keys and then insert battery.
You dont have to odin to stock though. You can flash a stock voodoo kernel via odin, say ka7, when the phone reboots youll be stuck at vibrant screen. Simply hold both volume keys and power until you see sonething on the screen and then releaae power only. This will get you to recovery where you can try flashing again, seems to always work the second time, or flash something else or restore.
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Ohhhh i see! I can just switch my Kernel out but keep the rom and it should stop the Bootloop?

liljuliod3 said:
Ohhhh i see! I can just switch my Kernel out but keep the rom and it should stop the Bootloop?
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No you can switch the kernel to a 2.2 one and get into recovery. Then you can restore or flash a new. Second flash usually takes.
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@ Exploding Boy I keep trying to get it into download mode but as soon as i plug the phone in the usb it goes directly to "Vibrant/Samsung" screen then rainbow, then cycles again. i am running Windows 7 x64 bit and i installed the new drivers then tried it again and still no luck am i screwed? :/

U may need to get a usb jig!
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liljuliod3 said:
@ Exploding Boy I keep trying to get it into download mode but as soon as i plug the phone in the usb it goes directly to "Vibrant/Samsung" screen then rainbow, then cycles again. i am running Windows 7 x64 bit and i installed the new drivers then tried it again and still no luck am i screwed? :/
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Are you pulling the battery? If yes then try the procedure i said but dont plug in and leave the battery in. Hold volume keys and then plug in.
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yes ive pulled the battery out, pluged in while holding up + down - vol keys then plugging it in but it goes directly to the Vibrant screen ive also tried to get ADB to help but no use, do any of you guys know where i could buy a USB Jigs from a xda member because i dont know if i would trust some people on Ebay. thanks for trying to help and i guess im screwed till i get a Jig. and i will donate to both of you for at least suggesting help. thanks though i appreciate people like you guys

i pmed u liljuliod3.

Good news! I ordered my USB Jig and it should arrive sometime this week I hope. I will also make a video of my phone to maybe show some of you what I dealt with, and then hopefully reflash to Odin Stock also for those of you who tried to help i will try to donate money to you thanks again!

im glad i could help, im sorry i couldnt fix ur problem!

the volume buttons then insert battery method worked for me, thanks! You're a lifesaver.

You could've just as easily flashed a voodoo froyo kernel to get to recovery and flash another Tom.
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[Q] Can't get into the download mode in my TMOUS Vibrant

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...
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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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.

[Q] Bricked Vibrant!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!

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.
jsjdjn said:
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

[Q] How to Fix Bricked SGH-T959 T-mobile

Hello,
I need your help, please. Indeed, I tried my T959 using rooter odin3, the process starts going good, but a step T959 screen displays red. and rest stops like this, then I noticed step: factory ..
and now when I turn on, it displays a black screen. and when I try the combination of buttons (vol up / down and power up and power or flight) it displays a black screen and it will switch off, he continues like that.
I tried all the methods on the forum but with no result
help me please
madagh said:
Hello,
I need your help, please. Indeed, I tried my T959 using rooter odin3, the process starts going good, but a step T959 screen displays red. and rest stops like this, then I noticed step: factory ..
and now when I turn on, it displays a black screen. and when I try the combination of buttons (vol up / down and power up and power or flight) it displays a black screen and it will switch off, he continues like that.
I tried all the methods on the forum but with no result
help me please
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Update Odin to Odin3 1.7
the problem is that my computer does not detect the phone, and even odin 1.7 does not detect them.
thank you help me please
madagh said:
the problem is that my computer does not detect the phone, and even odin 1.7 does not detect them.
thank you help me please
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can u get to download mode?
try another computer and make sure that the drivers are installed properly
oror494 said:
can u get to download mode?
try another computer and make sure that the drivers are installed properly
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I can't get to mode download.
I tried using the other computer, and it is similar, they do not detect T959
madagh said:
I can't get to mode download.
I tried using the other computer, and it is similar, they do not detect T959
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Email me [email protected]
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same problem
i had got same problem how to solve it....?
plz help
i got the same problem,please help me......................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Make sure your phone is off.
If you have stock bootloaders hold volume up and volume down while plugging in your usb cord. If you guys have gingerbread bootloaders hold volume up and press the power button. If those don't work you might need to try a usb jig, www.mobiletechvideos.com sells them for around $5. There are youtube videos showing how to make a usb jig yourself for a couple bucks if you would rather do that.
Ps: this thread is super old. Just search next time, there are plenty of other threads covering this.
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to all facing those odin problems restart your computer and use the usb ports in the back of your computer if you are using those then try a different port ... take the battery out of your phone take the sim card out and micro sd out let sit for 5 min then plug the wire back to the phone without anything no sim/sd or battery then while holding your phone hold both vol up and down buttons then put your battery back in and should be in download mode lemme know good luck :thumbs up: MAKE SURE YOU REPARTION!! and have the right odin files need help PM me

Bricked Phone help

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.
rayvil30 said:
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
davidtanis said:
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!
davidtanis said:
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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[q] help please do i need a new phone

hi guys, new to the board. I think I just distroyed my vibrant. I install Darky 10.2 and decided to try asgard 3.1.2 oden failed and now all I see on the phone is a phone icon and a computer with a explanation mark in the middle. Can someone offer some advise thank you.
Here you go
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php...pps-*-everything&p=11409&viewfull=1#post11409 This should help dont worry your all good have had that over 15 times just follow instuctions
thks Jason, but did not work cannot get into download mode. Juat have 2 small icons a phone and a computer icon .
keep playing with Odin. This can be used as download mode
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Pull out your battery,
Wait a few seconds,,
Put it back in,
Hold Vol. Up and Down at same time (do not press power,)
Plug in a USB cable connected to your computer to your phone (while still holding down the volume keys,)
Hold a few seconds,
You should now be in download mode where you can ODIN a new ROM.
What bootloader do u have gb or froyo
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thks guys, but no luck I guess I really buggered things up.
keep trying, this happens to everyone now and then, it is fully recoverable
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=751210
well guys got lucky I held the volume down button only and replaced the battery and that worked.
cheers
my first soft brick after a year! all i did, was to mess with odin until it recognized my phoned and made the rest, the phone-pc icon worked exactly as an download mode

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