Hello I'm currently rooted and running stock ui, but I can't get my clockwork recovery working. I installed rom manager and used the latest clockwork recovery, but every time I do the "reinstall package" it keeps giving me the error and aborted message. So please If anyone knows what I can do to get this working so I can flash roms, please help me out.
are you on 2.1 or 2.2 stock?
if you'r on 2.2, follow this guide to make CMW recovery work on froyo:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925400
Now I have another problem. I got it to work, tried putting a rom on and it didn't work. But now I can't even boot in recovery when I hold down volume up and volume down and pressing power button. It keeps just rebooting to vibrant every time. Any suggestions?
I had the same problem with clockwork recovery not working. It's a problem with stock 2.2. I found a fix for it by downloading SGS Kernel Flasher from the market and downloading TeamWhiskey's Ka7 Kernel. Use SGS to backup your current Kernel then flash the Ka7 Kernel. After reboot clockwork recovery works like it should and you can flash away.
LoGiK915 said:
I had the same problem with clockwork recovery not working. It's a problem with stock 2.2. I found a fix for it by downloading SGS Kernel Flasher from the market and downloading TeamWhiskey's Ka7 Kernel. Use SGS to backup your current Kernel then flash the Ka7 Kernel. After reboot clockwork recovery works like it should and you can flash away.
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I can't boot up my phone, now its just going through a bootloop. Don't know any other way to boot in recovery than volume/up/down and power. Is there another method cause I can't use my phone at all now
This happened to me on 2 vibrants. Both after trying to go CM7. Can't get to download mode. Also can not go to battery charge display. Holding the buttons down used to work but no longer. If powered on battery power get a continual vibrant screen reboot. If connected to power just get the little round icon in the center without going all the to the battery charging icon.
UPDATE: downloaded samsung kies, held only vol up and down with usb connected while inserting battery, got yellow download mode. downloading tmo stock and PIT now. Will update if I have a functioning phone again. Only thing that sux is I will have to root and network unlock all over again as I am on ATT.
Use the files listed here but the instructions below:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
1) Installed Odin.
2) Took battery out, SIM out and SDcard out.
3) put battery back in....leave phone off.
4) Start Odin using administrative
5) Now here is where I'm different: Hold down Volume up & down at the same time, don't press power.
6) While holding down the volume buttons together, plug the USB (already plugged into computer) into the Phone (Vibrant in my case). Should automatically go into Download mode, no fancy timing here.
7) Select your PIT and PDA (TAR) files
8) Click start....should immediately jump past cache.rfs
9) Leave it all alone until you get the green pass in Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099533&page=13
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Hello everyone. I have a question about the current state of my Vibrant. Coming from a G1, I just upgraded to the Vibrant and have been loving since. I rooted my device, installed Clockwork Recovery, and flashed a new Rom. I decided to switch back to the stock rom but now when I turn on my Vibrant, it just sits at the Vibrant Samsung boot screen... Here are the steps I did up until this point:
1. Starting from the Stock T-Mobile rom, I applied Root update zip but booting into Recovery Mode (Holding down the volume Up/Down buttons and then pressing the Power button).
2. Installed Clockwork Recovery, and then did a Nandroid Backup.
3. Using Clockwork, I installed Eugene's Vibrant7 rom (I left create ROM Backup and Wipe Data options checked)
4. Vibrant7 rom flashed successfully but decided to switch back. So I used Clockwork to boot into manual recovery mode, selected Nandroid and then Restore
After it finished the Restore, it now sits at the Vibrant Samsung boot screen everytime I power it up... I'm thinking I should have not have used the Nandroid Restore to revert back to the stock ROM (unless I'm totally mistaken, I never used Clockwork Recovery before and have flash roms before with my G1).
At this point, could I just reflash back to the stock firmwire using ODIN (Directions from this thread [ROM] OFFICIAL T-Mo Vibrant JFD ODIN/Nandroid Backup Images 7/29/10 (Tested/Working) in the Vibrant/Android Development section). Would that take care of my problem or is my phone currently 'bricked' or SOL?
Thanks in advance for any help or clarification
yeah just odin back to stock... Read the directions carefully
this exact same thing is happening to me. I have tried to follow the instructions to odin. but when I hold volume down and power it just keeps rebooting to the vibrant page. but if I hold volume up and down and power I can get into recovery but non of the options fix my problem. Am I screwed or am I doing something wrong.
i'm having the same problem...stuck on boot screen
i'm on the bell network, are there instructions on how to use odin to fix my phone?
Try this,
1. Take out simcard ms and battery
2. Make sure you have the right drivers for your os
3. Open odin
4. Put your battery back in
5. Hold both volume up and volume down, using two fingers,
just to make sure your not missing a button.
6. Slowly... SLOWLY... put the usb into your phone while doing step 4
7. Continue to hold,
8. Should be in dl mode
If your not take out the battery and repeat 4-7. If odin doesn't recognize your phone, try unplugging the usb wire and reconnecting it.
flashed a sgh t959 with a galaxy s i9ooo kernel oops
hi im stuck in manual mode and when i try to boot the screen shows two different galaxys s screens then goes back to manual mode and i cant get into down load mode it just goes back two manual mode was trying to root used wrong file i think im screwed i flash with oden and used i9000xxxhph tar file
Same with me, I think I soft bricked my vibrant, so I tried to restore to stock rom using odin. Odin detects it and runs stock rom just fine, but once it was restarting, the phone would not still boot up and would stay stuck at the vibrant samsung screen. I tried other roms such as froyo no brick, and i9000 stock rom also, would not boot also, just stuck at the samsung screen. What do I do? Odin works through the process fine though......why isnt it fixed?
Daddy_617 said:
Try this,
1. Take out simcard ms and battery
2. Make sure you have the right drivers for your os
3. Open odin
4. Put your battery back in
5. Hold both volume up and volume down, using two fingers,
just to make sure your not missing a button.
6. Slowly... SLOWLY... put the usb into your phone while doing step 4
7. Continue to hold,
8. Should be in dl mode
If your not take out the battery and repeat 4-7. If odin doesn't recognize your phone, try unplugging the usb wire and reconnecting it.
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OMG MAN!!! i love you! this did it for me, i even went and bough AND made a jig but none worked, didnt boot up into dl mode, just stayed stuck at vibrant boot screen, this did it for me, thx man, saved me hours of stress
yes yes yes! your mistake was using the power button! Lol.
FUTURE NOTE: if you upgrade to any gingerbread roms.... new bootloaders are required. If your JIG didnt get you into download mode before...... then it isn't working right. Once your into the the new Bootloaders for gingerbread, the sequence is........ HOLD VOL UP and POWER until you trigger DL mode. No USB required.... DO NOT FLASH NEW BOOTLOADERS WITHOUT A WORKING JIG IN YOUR POSSESION. TEST IT BEFORE YOU FLASH. I had...... an experiance.... lol
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ParaMount33 said:
OMG MAN!!! i love you! this did it for me, i even went and bough AND made a jig but none worked, didnt boot up into dl mode, just stayed stuck at vibrant boot screen, this did it for me, thx man, saved me hours of stress
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I tried all the instruction still stuck on Vibrant logo if i connect cable the Loader pix cums but doesnt load or show me battery image what to do now? also Odin doesnt recognize neither i can go to download mode!!!!!
If you can get in DL mode you are halfway there, next make sure you have correct drivers. Uninstall current drivers and reinstall correct drivers. Odin can be funny sometimes, you might need a new USB cable, try every USB port as well.
You can also use the All In One (AIO) program to get drivers and back to stock. If you are having issues with Odin try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11358713
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hi,
Once i gt a prob restoring. But then I re-flashed the ROM which the nandroid backup was taken and then in CWM selected advance and gave restore data option(as i remember).. (it was not full restore with system..b/c I flashed system separately)
You can go back to stock using ODIN .. as mentioned by Daddy_617 previously.
tc
Also if Odin doesn't work for you try Heimdall. I've seen post where this has worked for others.
Vibrant stuck on "Vibrant Samsung"
Daddy_617 said:
Try this,
1. Take out simcard ms and battery
2. Make sure you have the right drivers for your os
3. Open odin
4. Put your battery back in
5. Hold both volume up and volume down, using two fingers,
just to make sure your not missing a button.
6. Slowly... SLOWLY... put the usb into your phone while doing step 4
7. Continue to hold,
8. Should be in dl mode
If your not take out the battery and repeat 4-7. If odin doesn't recognize your phone, try unplugging the usb wire and reconnecting it.
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I tried this but the say thing keeps happening ... really need help
First off i'd like to say im not new to android, im not a dev or anything but i know how to work myself around my phone. But unfortunately i think think i might have possibly semi-bricked my phone. After installing frankin twiz final rom with JAC kernel w/voodoo, i was then informed that the official JI6 update was released. After i disabled the voodoo lag fix I tried odining back to stock vibrant so i can hopefully get the OTA update. It appeared to have flashed correctly. But once i booted up my phone it booted through the samsung vibrant screen then the galaxy screen, then just stayed there for awhile and turned black. I have tried to enter download mode but i believe i have a hardware locked phone(i've tried over and over again but with no avail) so i don't think i can odin flash again. So i have no clue what to do anymore. Please help. thanks.
Can you get into recovery by holding down the +/- buttons and power button? If you can, you can boot into Clockwork recovery and use ADB to see if mount /data works and what file system is formatted.
Also if you can use the buttons to boot into recovery these are the steps you should follow to get into download mode and have ODIN recognize your phone properly.
1.) Unplug your phone from the usb cable
2.) Remove your battery, sdcard, and sim card
3.) Open ODIN
4.) Plug in your usb cable to the phone and computer
5.) Hold down the volume +/- buttons
6.) While still holding the volume buttons insert the battery.
7.) The phone should now be in download mode with the big yellow icon
8.) Odin should recognize that your phone has been connected
9.) Flash the JFD firmware following the instruction in JAC's JFD thread
Thanks silow for the reply, but i've tried that and it failed. Even before i bricked the phone i couldn't access the recovery nor download mode by the hardware button i had to either enter through ROM manager or through terminal. Any other suggestions? thanks again.
If you can't get into recovery using the hardware buttons you should return and exchange your phone because that is consider a defect.
Being unable to get into recovery or download mode when you have a "soft-brick" is dangerous business.
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Hey guys I know this wasn't the right thing to do but it happened....
I was using macnut R10 and was having calling problems, decided to restore a back up which was a bionix 2.1 rom... Because you cant go from a 2.2 rom back to 2.1 rom with a backup because the kernel wont work my phone now will not boot. It loads the both splash screens but gets stuck at the 2nd screen.
I have tried:
1: adb... no devices connected
2: put bionix w/ kernel on the sd card as a update.zip... rebooted the phone holding vol up/down it went into the stock style recovery and gave me the 4 options (reboot/flash update/wipe data/wipe cache) I tried to flash the update.zip and it says:
finding update
opening update
cannot open update (/sdcard/update.zip) no directory/file found
I also wiped data and cache after this and when I reboot (only the first reboot after this is done) on the 2nd splash screen it plays half of the bionix boot sound then cuts it off and just sits...
EDIT: *** just realized why its not finding the update.zip... because I put it on the ext sd card... but either way I cant adb to push it to the internal sd card
3: then I tried to flash back to stock with odin but cannot get into download mode... I plugged the usb in and held vol up/down as I powered on but it just brings me back to the stock recovery instead of download mode
If anyone knows what I can do to either flash a rom/kernel or get into download mode so I can just flash back to stock, I'm all ears for any suggestions
thanks a lot for any suggestions in advance...
Take battery out then plug in usb then hold volume buttons while you place battery back in you should be in download mode hope it helps
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
Try getting into Download mode using the GT-i9000 way, cause I once screwed my phone up and did that, just do a simple search on how to enter download mode the i9000 way
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ahh thank god i think i was holding power when i put the battery in last time... now lets hope odin doesnt freeze lol
Hi all,
Once again, I've hit a wall with my phone. I apologize ahead of time for the length of this post, but i want to be very clear about what happened so I can get it resolved as soon as possible. Also, I have searched for hours to find an answer to this problem, but I've failed to find anything that helps.
Earlier this week I was running Bionix Fusion 1.1 but with all the buzz on the forums about the new 2.2 ROMs I decided to try one. I downloaded Axura 2.0.5 and backed up everything with Titanium Backup and ROM Manager. I then went through ROM Manager to perform the install. This is were I fear I messed something up. I renamed the .zip file from StockKernelAXURA.zip to update.zip (just like when I installed Bionix). Booted into Clockwork (through ROM Manager) and flashed the zip. Everything looked fine during the install, but I'm stuck at the Vibrant load screen.
I found one solution that uses Odin to reflash back to factory, which I did and everything was great... but then I re-flashed and tried Axura 2.0.5 again using the same method. Now I can't boot up (still stuck on the Vibrant load screen) and I can't enter Download mode. I've tried all kinds of button and usb plug-in sequences. Nothing! Please, I know someone out there is thinking "Noob... this is a simple fix!" I'm hoping that person reads this and can lend a helping hand.
Thanks in advance!
This always works for me take out battery plug in usb to phone and computer hold down volume keys while holding the volume keys place the battery back in this should take you to download mode if it doesn't your phone may be hardware locked there are methods of making a device to force download mode but try what I said first then if that doesn't work at least you have an idea of what else to look for
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
It worked! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I knew there had to be a way I was missing! I'm flashing back to stock (again) and I'm going to try flashing Axura again... but seeing as the method I used has failed twice so far, any advise? I love how Team Whiskey provided detailed instructions for flashing Bionix Fusion... so shouldn't the same process work for different ROMs? Regardless, now I have another trick up my sleeve.
Thanks again!
Flash it through clockwork in rom manager choose install from sd then go to where it is in your phone click on it that should send you to clockwork recovery then go to install.zip from sd then navigate to whatever folder its in then go to it, it should install you dont have to change the name
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
If your unsure about anything I said dont be afraid to ask if I have the answer I'll help you out
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
willsnews said:
If your unsure about anything I said dont be afraid to ask if I have the answer I'll help you out
My download is working, the only thing is whenever i try to use odin to install a Rom it freezes in download mode. What can i do to restore it?
Please help
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coldflid said:
willsnews said:
If your unsure about anything I said dont be afraid to ask if I have the answer I'll help you out
My download is working, the only thing is whenever i try to use odin to install a Rom it freezes in download mode. What can i do to restore it?
Please help
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I'm assuming you're stuck at cache Just take out your SD card, the large one. I always odin with my sd card out. It gets past that phase where you can get stuck. That will work, and DO NOT rename the {insert rom name here}.zip file to update.zip, just enter clockwork mod recovery and choose install zip from sd card and find it, BUT you NEED to
1. Wipe cache partition
and
2. Wipe DALVIK cache (in advanced menu)
BEFORE installing a rom.
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So rather than start new thread I thought id continue on this one saying that I have the same problem only no matter what I do I can not force any mode at all. My phone is currently stuck stating that it is converting data partition to optimize for ext 4.
I really dont know what to do at this point.
I tried the following steps
1. Download all the files required in the "BOOT CYCLE" section of this post.
2. Remove everything from your phone (SD card, sim, battery).
3. Plug your phone into your computer WITHOUT the battery, as you have already taken it out in the last step.
4. Press and HOLD vol. up and vol. down.
5. As you are HOLDING these buttons, reattach your battery.
6. You should be in Download Mode.
7. Unplug phone from USB
8. Follow steps 4-8 from the "BOOT CYCLE" section.
with no results. It doesnt even give my phone enough time to show the charging indicator it just automaticlaly boots.
OK i got it to go into download mode. i just plugged in the cord and held down the volume rocker.
no recovery mode
I have the same problem I can't get into Recovery mode I have an HTC G2, I was installing a new kernel, then the recovery Mode stop working, Got stuck in HTC Logo.
Any idea how to fix the problem or what's my problem??? i'd already try some tips but nothing works....
try using the vibrant toolbox to flash the new rom
willsnews said:
This always works for me take out battery plug in usb to phone and computer hold down volume keys while holding the volume keys place the battery back in this should take you to download mode if it doesn't your phone may be hardware locked there are methods of making a device to force download mode but try what I said first then if that doesn't work at least you have an idea of what else to look for
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
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Im having the same problem. I restored an old backup, then rebooted and now I cant get past the Vibrant load screen. No download mode, no recovery, nothing. Any ideas?
Camdizzzle said:
Im having the same problem. I restored an old backup, then rebooted and now I cant get past the Vibrant load screen. No download mode, no recovery, nothing. Any ideas?
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You most likely made that backup when voodoo was disabled and now when you restored it, voodoo was enabled. Try booting up in recovery[VOL UP + VOL DOWN + POWER then let go of POWER and keep holding VOL UP + VOL DOWN] and installing a voodoo kernel like overstock.
That may be what happened, but dont know anything about the history of the phone. I have tried over and over to get into recovery mode and it wont go past the Vibrant load screen :/
I am also stuck at the vibrant boot screen.
I was trying to update a rom via CWM on my phone, the phone restarted and is now stuck at the vibrant screen.
I have had trouble connecting my vibrant to the computer before. I am not sure that even if i get my phone into dl mode i might not be able to connect to ODIN.
Please help!!
Hi, so I think I have bricked my Vibrant, here's what happened. I was running Nero Rom with CWM recovery v2 something. I did a NANdroid backup and flashed CM9 ICS build 12, which upgraded my recovery to v5.5.0. I created a NANDROID backup of CM9 because I wanted to boot back into Nero Rom to save my contacts and text messages. When I hit restore, it failed for some reason, and now my phone is stuck at the Vibrant Screen. I cannot get into download mode, and ODIN does not recognize the phone. The 3-botton combo is not working either.
What I think happened is that the updated CWM recovery v5.5 could not restore the backup created with CWM recovery v2 from NERO rom, and that messed up the phone. How do I go about fixing this mess?
Your phone is not brick. Brick when you see a pc, exclamation mark, and phone or simply black. You can try vol up + power.
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Hi, so I think I have bricked my Vibrant, here's what happened. I was running Nero Rom with CWM recovery v2 something. I did a NANdroid backup and flashed CM9 ICS build 12, which upgraded my recovery to v5.5.0. I created a NANDROID backup of CM9 because I wanted to boot back into Nero Rom to save my contacts and text messages. When I hit restore, it failed for some reason, and now my phone is stuck at the Vibrant Screen. I cannot get into download mode, and ODIN does not recognize the phone. The 3-botton combo is not working either.
What I think happened is that the updated CWM recovery v5.5 could not restore the backup created with CWM recovery v2 from NERO rom, and that messed up the phone. How do I go about fixing this mess?
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Youtube Vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nMCBbdAcHU
Here ya go, always helps me when I brick my Vibrant.
Also, when you're in Odin, I have sometimes gotten it to work with the Phone-Exclamation point-Computer sign that shows you've bricked your phone, instead of Download mode, by just changing the USB port of the cable. Try that and see if it works.
All the posts I have read on bricked phone say that if you see anything at all on the screen you aren't bricked and odin will get you back. The procedure is detailed in the sticky thread in Q&A section.
Thank you for the replies. The problem is I can't get into download mode/recovery mode and ODIN is not detecting the phone. I have uploaded two pics to show you what I mean. The Vibrant screen stays on without the backlight keys working, and if I plug in the USB and then power on with volume +/- keys, then I get the circle which does not spin. Here's the link to the pics.
hxxp://imageshack.us/g/52/img20120116165012.jpg/
I would be able to get to stock only if ODIN at least recognized the phone. I think the problem is that the when I tried to restore, it failed due to incompatible recoveries (as mentioned in OP) and then the phone rebooted itself. I think there's no ROM on the phone now, that's why it's not booting.
Any ideas?
Edit: I do not get the screen with the phone-yellow exclamation-pc
Pretty sure you are not bricked. Try these steps:
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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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If you did flash cm9 ics, the three button is different to get recovery. Its vol down, home key,...wait then power. let it loop a coupla times then release. Not the gospel, havent flashed that one but most ics are this way.
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Pretty sure you are not bricked. Try these steps:
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I have tried it many times using various methods/combinations but ID:COM doesn't show the yellow box at all, at any time; problem is ODIN is not recognizing the phone when I plug it in.
Sugartibbs said:
If you did flash cm9 ics, the three button is different to get recovery. Its vol down, home key,...wait then power. let it loop a coupla times then release. Not the gospel, havent flashed that one but most ics are this way.
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I was never able to get to recovery on NERO rom or CM9 with any key press combination. I actually had to get ROM Manager and reboot into recovery from there each time. I think its because I have a hardware locked phone.
I have ordered a USB JIG to see if I can force download mode. I tried the one-click unbrick and that didn't work either.
Edit: I think I have definitely messed up either the partition or boot looder on the phone. Need to figure out how to proceed from there.
Do you have Nexus drivers installed?
Sugartibbs said:
Do you have Nexus drivers installed?
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I don't think so, why would I need the nexus drivers?