So I was flashing my phone with odin and I really messed up and accidentally flashed it with the captivate software not the fascinate software the phone would try to turn on and would show the att loading screen and just kept looping to that screen. I tried to put it back in download mode and it wouldnt work so I read that I should let the battery completely die and try again. I did that and now the phone will not power on at all the screen stays black no matter what key combination I press. I tried holding vol+, vol-, and power; I tried vol- and power, i tried both with the cable plugged in before and after a battery pull, and tried them both without it being plugged in before and after a battery pull. the phone is generating some sort of heat so i know the charger is plugged in properly, (i tested the charger with a samsung infuse and it charges fine so i know the charging cable is working properly). So my question is how do i get it back into download mode so I can flash the proper stock software with odin? all help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! thank you in advance!
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So I was flashing my phone with odin and I really messed up
Not positive, I've only used Heimdall to change the boot logo, but its good reading and likely has your answers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746
How To Recover Your Fascinate From Any Brick, And Rooting Methods
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thank you! im willing to do the work and research and figure it out!! i use a mac so i am familiar with Heimdall! Ill try what it says, Ill post my results. thanks again for your direction and willing to help a newbie
So I carefully read that post, I'm using a fully charged battery from my friends epic phone, I can't get the phone into download mode and what is ever more strange is that when I press the power button when the phone is NOT plugged into a usb port the phone will show the "att world phone" splash screen, and it will loop boot that image over and over. However, whenever I plug it into a usb cable hooked up to a laptop the phone will go back to a blank black screen and stay that way. Then I will push any key seuqence and I can't get the phone into download mode for the life of me anyone know another way to get into download mode on a samsung fascinate accidentally flashed with a samsung captivate firmware? Once again all help is greatly appreciated
Actually I realized the microusb cable I was using didnt come with the fascinate and the port on the fascinate is oddly shaped so the cable I was using wasnt truly connected, so what happens now with a solid connection to a microusb cable the phone goes to the black screen and will stay that way regardless of what key combinations I hold down. I can even pull the battery and put it back in all while being plugged into the computer and the screen stays black however, when I unplug the phone from the microusb cable the phone will immediately show the "att world phone" splash screen, and continue to loop boot back to that splash screen. Its very strange, someone please help
The usb pinouts are fascinate specific, are you using the stock samsung cable?
Find the download mode jig. Normal download mode methods won't work for you anymore that you're on att firmware. If you're lucky, you can fix it.
Well, let's review........so far you flashed captivate software onto your fascinate, then you thought putting the battery from the epic in your phone might help......I think the next step is definitely to see if putting a hard shell case for the vibrant on your phone will help. May as well cover the entire galaxy s line.
On a serious note, listen to imnuts' advice. It's your only chance.
^ lol you're in good hands good luck
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The usb pinouts are fascinate specific, are you using the stock samsung cable?
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Micro USB is Micro USB unless specified by the manufacturer. Might wanna do some research before you make your fourth post on this forum with false information.
Ouch. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551 fifth time the charm??? Just trying to help...tho if I'm not positive, might oughtta wait on someone who is.
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Ouch. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551 fifth time the charm??? Just trying to help...tho if I'm not positive, might oughtta wait on someone who is.
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That's for putting the phone into download mode, not usage of the Micro USB cable. Yes, the port on the phone side has a specific pinout, but the cable itself doesn't.
Love this site, info abounds... Just saw a thread about manually jumping the pins w/a series of resistors. Common sense, but I'd trust the soldering better than my fingers lol. On a lighter note, I think it was only 3 bad ideas... w/ imnuts and shark, he is in good hands.
hey landshark68, i used the battery from my friends epic because the battery from my fascinate would not charge in my fascinate no matter what, so I had to use another battery to even get the phone to do anything, I'm sure you make a lot of friends assuming that everyone is less intelligent than you
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hey landshark68, i used the battery from my friends epic because the battery from my fascinate would not charge in my fascinate no matter what, so I had to use another battery to even get the phone to do anything, I'm sure you make a lot of friends assuming that everyone is less intelligent than you
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It was a joke about piecing things together from all the different galaxy s phones.
lol sorry man, its just frustrating that i havent been able to use my phone and it makes me sad sorry to take it out on you
Did you try this to get in download mode: " If you can't get into download mode with your phone plugged into your PC, unplug usb from PC and plug it into the wall outlet, and try to put it into download mode there. When It goes into download mode, unplug usb from adapter, plug it into PC and put it into download mode, This does work."
it doesnt go into download mode no matter what ive tried all different key combinations used for any galaxy phone and it just loops the "att world phone" splash screen, has anyone else ever accidentally flashed a phone with the wrong model's software before? or am i the only one that is that silly lol
Imnuts is right. And Landshark, while sarcastic, is both right AND funny. Google captivate download jig, (evidently this works for all galaxy s models) read some, go to radio shack, get a (or some more likely) resistor(s), make sure they add up to 301 kohm (again, verify w/ xda post on building a jig, going on what I read last night) and hope you didn't flash yourself a mini att billboard.
or buy one on amazon. 9.99 search galaxy dongle jig. Good luck, since you get some boot activity, it looks like there is some hope.
There is a good chance the download mode jig will work for you based on what you have said. However, it is your ONLY option and last resort at this point if the other download mode methods have failed.
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Hi all, i am running the latest version of Bionix i went to hit the reboot option and accidentally selected the download mode button. I pulled the battery out before it fully shutdown, me being impatient. When i put the battery back in the phone immodestly turned on and tried to boot, and stays on the vibrant screen for about 2-3 seconds then shuts off and try's to boot back up again on its own. Also when plugged in it continues to boot loop, it never shows that it is charging, only the battery with the loading circle, then ****s off and repeats.
I am not new to modding, and i am not new to getting my phone into recovery or download mode. The problem is the phone does not respond to the hardware keys, and i am positive that it used to be able to reach download mode via keys, i do not have a hardware locked vibrant.
I guess my question lies in the realm of another way to reset the phone, maybe via shorting pins or something? Does anyone know of an alternate method that does not rely on keys or software to reset the phone?
Thanks in advanced!
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I have been in similar circumstance. Have you tried the battery methods to get into dl mode?
Remove battery and connection to computer.
plug phone back into computer
Hold volume up and down
Insert battery while holding buttons
That should work because it will put you in dl mode before it has a chance to boot loop
You might have to have odin up and running before you do the battery pull
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You might have to have odin up and running before you do the battery pull
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Good point !!!
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I have been in similar circumstance. Have you tried the battery methods to get into dl mode?
Remove battery and connection to computer.
plug phone back into computer
Hold volume up and down
Insert battery while holding buttons
That should work because it will put you in dl mode before it has a chance to boot loop
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You might have to have odin up and running before you do the battery pull
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Thanks for the responses i haven't heard of this method. I will defiantly try when i get home in about 2 hours and report back.
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A jig
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Please explain.
A jig is a mod'ed usb device that will basically force your vibrant into download mode. Just use the method mentioned earlier....ie
Have odin up and running.
Pull battery
plug in cable
hold vol up and down
put battery in
should get you into download mode. Sometimes it took a few tries with Odin already loaded to successfully do it, but you shouldn't have any issues.
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Thanks for the responses i haven't heard of this method. I will defiantly try when i get home in about 2 hours and report back.
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Keep us posted, I follow your twitter so send a post if it works or doesnt, and Ill come on here and try to help you out if it doesnt. I have had similar soft brick issues so many times now it gets to a point where you just play with it till you recover.
Point being there is lots of ways to overcome this.
Hey man Ive been in a similiar situation as well.... this has been the ONLY way that has worked, not even the above mentioned methods.
Phone not plugged in at all yet. Battery pull for 10 seconds, put back in, BEFORE plugging in phone, hold volume up button (if this doesnt work try both volume buttons, sorry been out of the Vibrant for a while for my NS) while plugging phone in (still holding volume up button), hold till it throws into DL mode.
Hope that helps man!
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A jig is a mod'ed usb device that will basically force your vibrant into download mode. Just use the method mentioned earlier....ie
Have odin up and running.
Pull battery
plug in cable
hold vol up and down
put battery in
should get you into download mode. Sometimes it took a few tries with Odin already loaded to successfully do it, but you shouldn't have any issues.
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Thanks for the info, i may look into getting/making a jig. I would be nice to have around.
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Keep us posted, I follow your twitter so send a post if it works or doesnt, and Ill come on here and try to help you out if it doesnt. I have had similar soft brick issues so many times now it gets to a point where you just play with it till you recover.
Point being there is lots of ways to overcome this.
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Hey man Ive been in a similiar situation as well.... this has been the ONLY way that has worked, not even the above mentioned methods.
Phone not plugged in at all yet. Battery pull for 10 seconds, put back in, BEFORE plugging in phone, hold volume up button (if this doesnt work try both volume buttons, sorry been out of the Vibrant for a while for my NS) while plugging phone in (still holding volume up button), hold till it throws into DL mode.
Hope that helps man!
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I've tried that method, it used to work for me. This soft brick is different than any other I've encountered. The phone has never automatically tried to boot when i put the battery into it, it makes things harder. But thanks and ill give it ago again.
No such luck with the battery method, it still just boot loops. I tried at least 2 dozen times.Anyone want to tell me how to get my hands on a jig?
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No such luck with the battery method, it still just boot loops. I tried at least 2 dozen times.Anyone want to tell me how to get my hands on a jig?
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I think that method with the battery is just referred to as a jig by some people.
I would try the battery method with odin ready to go and without, and sometimes it takes a couple tries.
Also just try holding all the buttons while unplugged, for a long time, then on one of the boot loops as soon as you see anything flicker in the screen release the power button, then try all buttons, then just volume buttons. Sometimes playing with it like that just kinda forces it.
Does odin see it in com port? Do you have correct drivers installed to use odin? Sdk installed as well?
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Also try different combos of being plugged in and not. And recovery or download mode. Recovery will be just as useful as dl mode.
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I think that method with the battery is just referred to as a jig by some people.
I would try the battery method with odin ready to go and without, and sometimes it takes a couple tries.
Also just try holding all the buttons while unplugged, for a long time, then on one of the boot loops as soon as you see anything flicker in the screen release the power button, then try all buttons, then just volume buttons. Sometimes playing with it like that just kinda forces it.
Does odin see it in com port? Do you have correct drivers installed to use odin? Sdk installed as well?
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A jig is THIS, it shorts out pins in the micro usb port forcing it to download mode. I am positive i have the correct drivers and the sdk installed right. This isn't the first time I've been soft bricked and i am very familiar with DL mode and Recovery, and how to reach them traditionally. This soft brick is different though for what ever reason. I am going to have to try this jig, and if that doesn't work, i think ill have to read up about the jtag pins on it, if anyone has more information on jtaging a Galaxy S please post!
Did you ever end up trying the jig? I'm having the exact same problem you were. Thanks
I hard bricked a vibrant by trying to flash a rom on a low battery. Battery died in the middle of rebooting thus killing my vibrant with no way of recovery (seriously, charged the battery and the phone still wouldn't turn on... at all). Anyway, while trying to fix it, I actually made a jig. It's a lot easier than it sounds. You basically cut the plug that goes into your phone off of the cord down to where you can see all of the wires. Once you do that you break off the plastic shell that covers the plug. You then use a 301k resistor (I couldn't find that exact one so I bought 3 x 100k resistors and a 1k resistor then twisted them together).. plug the usb side into your phone then touch the opposing ends of the resistor onto wires 4 and 5 and it should go into download mode. You don't necessarily have to solder the resistor to the wires but you can. It makes it a bit easier considering you can't touch the wire part of the resistor or the static will mess up the voltage. Otherwise, Amazon sells jigs for a few bucks.
I wanted to post the url for the site that I found useful in making a jig but because I'm a "junior user" I can't. So if you search for "usb jig" on amazon there are a few; if you want to make one google "how to unbrick samsung vibrant" there is an article on factoidz called "How to unbrick your samsung vibrant/galaxy s" which I found to be the most useful.
Hope this helps!
I bought a jig off ebay and it worked like a charm! Worth its weight in gold! I now have a working phone again after being phoneless for 5 days.
Failed to replace stock recovery now get only there.
Hi, similar situation please help.
From stock 2.1 I rooted with King root Chinese zip then to go for a new ROM I renamed a cwm zip in update.zip and I read replacing stock recovery..... and saw this cwm just a couples of times, as it revert to stock recovery and doesn't switch on anymore, show grey battery logo fixed when charging, and now after removing the battery for long it goes in stock recovery se2 , cleaned cache and data but nothing change.
Is there please a solution without PC?
Thanks
I am an idiot and messed up my phone pretty badly. I was trying to restore to stock through Odin and found a one click method that is for the CAPTIVATE. Obviously I didn't notice this until it was too late. Now my phone will only power on with the battery in, and boots to an AT&T world screen but sits there. Nothing happens when I plug in the USB cord whether or not I hold any of the buttons, so I can't get to download mode. I don't have enough experience to tinker with the insides of the phone with a 'jig' or whatever they're called so I don't know what to try next. Is there any hope of this phone ever working again?
Try plugging your USB cord into your wall charger and holding volume down while plugging the other end of the cord into your phone. This seems to have worked for a bunch of people. You can fix this, just hang in there.
And dude, one thread at a time will help us help you.
I made a new thread because it was a different issue, the other one can be deleted. I just tried what you suggested and had no luck. Nothing happens. The phone doesn't come on at all when plugged into the wall, with the battery in or out. The only way I can get it to come on at all is holding down the power button and doing that with either combo of the volume buttons does nothing but boot to this AT&T logo.
After researching it a little bit I don't think there's anyway to access d/l mode without a jig, so I guess I'll order one. I'll probably stop by the VZW store just to see if they'll replace it but I'm sure they won't and it was no doubt my fault anyway.
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After researching it a little bit I don't think there's anyway to access d/l mode without a jig, so I guess I'll order one. I'll probably stop by the VZW store just to see if they'll replace it but I'm sure they won't and it was no doubt my fault anyway.
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Try another USB cord.
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I was in that situation too, until I found out that after I my phone crashed therefore doing a repartition, the volume up key was activating the dl mode instead of down key as before. Don't know why it switched but it worked for me
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Especially if you aren't using an OE cable.
I've always had the best luck with the DI01 Odin package, for what it's worth. Then just let the updates run to get you up to date.
Alrighty, so I've been reading and searching for the last few days, so I'm hoping I avoid asking anything that's been covered ad nauseum, but I haven't been able to find anything that quite fits my situation.
So I've acquired a Verizon Samsung Fascinate from Craigslist that the owner apparently screwed up terribly flashing ROMs to it. I got it for cheap, and was aware of the issues when I got it; just hoping to fix it now. So from what I can gather, he's installed SuperClean 2.9, and it seems to still be on the stock kernel (default recovery is still there). I've been able to flash CWM 3.0.0.8 through ROM Manager, but have learned that v3+ is pretty much useless for the Fascinate due to the different scripting used in the ROMs. I can't, however, seem to find a working flashable version of a prior CWM. If I try to download an older version through ROM Manager, it tells me there was an error downloading the recovery image.
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Okay, so with that background information, the problem is that when I attempt to turn the phone on, I'm presented with the empty battery icon. If I leaved it plugged in by USB long enough, it will eventually bring up download mode. If I leave it for much longer, I'm then able to power up the phone and use it as normal. I can let the battery fully charge, but as soon as I power off the phone, it again believes the battery is dead. Lather, rinse, repeat. Strangely enough, if I plug it into a wall charger, it flashes back and forth rapidly between Charging and Not Charging. From a USB, it will do the same sometimes, but with enough plugging and unplugging, it will eventually charge. I've also tried a new battery and different cables to no avail.
Also, from download mode, my computer (and consequently, Odin) cannot see the device. Windows doesn't even recognize that a device is connected (Windows 7 64-bit, and have tried on another Windows 7 32-bit with both the Samsung drivers, and those installed through the Kies suite). The phone is recognized just fine if I boot into Android and connect it, so it's not cable issue, it's just something particular with download mode. I've been able to acquire a few different ROMs, but they all require CWM 2.6 or earlier due to the scripting. If I can just get perhaps an update.zip for this, to flash through the stock recovery, or another suggestion on how I might revert it back to a usable state?
Thanks!
TLDR: Fascinate running stock kernel and SuperClean 2.9. PC doesn't recognize device in download mode, the only recovery I can get is CWM 3.0.0.8 which I can't use due to scripting issues, and it's not recognizing the battery's charge level. Help getting CWM 2.6 or prior, or other suggestions?
sounds like h2o got into the usb port and shorted it out...Im sure thats not the answer you want to hear, but its all I got. good luck!!
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*one question...Did you get into download mode with the battery pulled? Im pretty sure thats the only way it will function correctly.
droidstyle said:
sounds like h2o got into the usb port and shorted it out...Im sure thats not the answer your looking for, but its all I got. good luck!
*one question...Did you get into download mode with the battery pulled? Im pretty sure thats the only way it will function correctly.
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That's a possibility, I guess. I just suspect something else due to the fact that once it DOES finish charging (and it will eventually), it then immediately registers as dead as soon as I cut the power.
So I should be going into download mode without the battery in? Gotcha. I'd read a few different methods, and some had mentioned plugging in with the battery, and some without. So it should be without. Interesting, yeah, nothing happens holding the volume down and plugging it in sans battery.
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That's a possibility, I guess. I just suspect something else due to the fact that once it DOES finish charging (and it will eventually), it then immediately registers as dead as soon as I cut the power.
So I should be going into download mode without the battery in? Gotcha. I'd read a few different methods, and some had mentioned plugging in with the battery, and some without. So it should be without. Interesting, yeah, nothing happens holding the volume down and plugging it in sans battery.
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yes pull battery
plug in usb cable
hold the volume down key(make sure your not pushing both up and down)
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yes pull battery
plug in usb cable
hold the volume down key(make sure your not pushing both up and down)
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Hmm, nope. Two computers, two USB cables, no activity whatsoever without the battery installed.
Try removing the battery, and holding the vol down button when plugging in to the pc..if you can get the phone into download mode, fire up odin and see if you get "com" and a number next to it...if you do you can flash away...my suggestion... odin eb01 and the atlas 2.2 pit just to be safe...you say you can only get to stock recovery but you think its running ef rom...unless your sure that's what its running...voodoo or not?? The eb01 and pit will format everything and get you to a fresh start to put what ever rom/kernel you want without more future problems
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Try removing the battery, and holding the vol down button when plugging in to the pc..if you can get the phone into download mode, fire up odin and see if you get "com" and a number next to it...if you do you can flash away...my suggestion... odin eb01 and the atlas 2.2 pit just to be safe...you say you can only get to stock recovery but you think its running ef rom...unless your sure that's what its running...voodoo or not?? The eb01 and pit will format everything and get you to a fresh start to put what ever rom/kernel you want without more future problems
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Yeah, I just can't get to download mode without the battery installed. With the battery installed and the phone in download mode, the PC won't recognize the device is even attached (hence, no Odin). Odin DOES see it if I boot up the phone into Android, but I can't flash it from there.
I know it's running SC 2.9, but I have no idea how to check if it has Voodoo installed as well. I don't THINK so.
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Yeah, I just can't get to download mode without the battery installed. With the battery installed and the phone in download mode, the PC won't recognize the device is even attached (hence, no Odin). Odin DOES see it if I boot up the phone into Android, but I can't flash it from there.
I know it's running SC 2.9, but I have no idea how to check if it has Voodoo installed as well. I don't THINK so.
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I'm not trying to be a jerk so don't take this the wrong way...but you said you can only get to download with the battery installed?...I think your confusing recovery with download mode. If you can get to download mode it shouldn't matter if the battery is in it or not...you can get to download mode by only 3 methods that I'm aware of...
1: selecting download mode from they power button menu ( if your current rom supports that feature.)
2: removing the battery and holding the down volume button. ...or just removing the battery, plugging into usb in a pc, and then pushing the volume down button.
3: a usb jig that can be made or purchased that will trick the phone into download mode.
there may be another way but those are the methods that I'm aware of. the point is if you can get to the download screen (big yellow triangle with the construction android guy) you should be able to flash with odin...
Again please don't take this the wrong way I just want to make sure that we are on the same page since I'm trying to help and you would be the first I've ever heard of if you really can get to download mode but still can't flash anything
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I'm not trying to be a jerk so don't take this the wrong way...but you said you can only get to download with the battery installed?...I think your confusing recovery with download mode. If you can get to download mode it shouldn't matter if the battery is in it or not...you can get to download mode by only 3 methods that I'm aware of...
1: selecting download mode from they power button menu ( if your current rom supports that feature.)
2: removing the battery and holding the down volume button. ...or just removing the battery, plugging into usb in a pc, and then pushing the volume down button.
3: a usb jig that can be made or purchased that will trick the phone into download mode.
there may be another way but those are the methods that I'm aware of. the point is if you can get to the download screen (big yellow triangle with the construction android guy) you should be able to flash with odin...
Again please don't take this the wrong way I just want to make sure that we are on the same page since I'm trying to help and you would be the first I've ever heard of if you really can get to download mode but still can't flash anything
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Not taken the wrong way, it's always good to double check to make sure we're on the same page.
If you're not supposed to be able to enter download mode with the battery installed, then that might mean that something is more seriously wrong with the device, because I can certainly enter download mode (yellow triangle -- downloading... do not turn off target) with the battery installed, and only with the battery installed. I'm definitely aware of the difference in recovery and download, don't worry, though I am new to SGS modification (had a Droid previously).
So yes, right now, my phone is plugged into my PC via USB, with the battery installed, and showing download mode. The computer recognizes nothing, though. I might have to disassemble this thing and just see if anything looks amiss with the battery connectors inside.
Heh, just noticed, looks like this thing has water damage after all. Pretty sure the attached image shows the water indicators, right?
Getting into download with the battery in is not strange or mean something is broken, also I did not know that those little stickers were water markers...mine however look the same as yours?? Have you tried putting the phone and battery separately into a container of white rice for a day or 2?? its supposed to remove all extra water that may be present.
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When I'm on cm7 my pc doesn't see my phone but odin will still work...I'm using vista home edition using the samsung drivers...but I know some folks have had to use the generic samsung drivers or the ones used for the nexus s...but that's more for people on an mtd build...at this point I'm really just thinking out loud...maybe it will spark something to try..?
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those water mark indicators look normal. I believe they turn blue when wet.
I didn't see anyone mention this, if I missed it I'm sorry, but I've heard that Odin does not play well with any usb cable other than the stock one that came with the phone. I don't know how to tell the difference, but that may be something to look into.
I have used a Blackberry Usb cable and Odin saw my phone....
I have 7 64bit and the Samsung drivers work fine.
You said that when you connect the usb as a drive in the rom it works?
Also a trick that once worked for me is take a small peice of paper and fold it a few times to clean out the GUNK in the usb port on the phone.
it will come out looking black!
then pop the battery
plug the phone in to the usb
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then see if odin shows it.
Silly question i also thought while typing: Are you using a usb 2.0? I know that is a silly question but maybe try a different port, or a powered usb hub....Just some ideas good luck!
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Getting into download with the battery in is not strange or mean something is broken, also I did not know that those little stickers were water markers...mine however look the same as yours?? Have you tried putting the phone and battery separately into a container of white rice for a day or 2?? its supposed to remove all extra water that may be present.
As a side note
When I'm on cm7 my pc doesn't see my phone but odin will still work...I'm using vista home edition using the samsung drivers...but I know some folks have had to use the generic samsung drivers or the ones used for the nexus s...but that's more for people on an mtd build...at this point I'm really just thinking out loud...maybe it will spark something to try..?
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Yup, those are water markers, but I've recently learned through some google-fu that they look that way when they're GOOD. I just assumed red Xs meant bad.
I've tried the generic Samsung drivers, haven't attempted the Nexus S drivers, though.
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Gotcha. Thanks for that, good to know.
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I didn't see anyone mention this, if I missed it I'm sorry, but I've heard that Odin does not play well with any usb cable other than the stock one that came with the phone. I don't know how to tell the difference, but that may be something to look into.
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I have heard that there are differences in cables, and I've tried two, but neither are Samsung. I've ordered one off of Amazon that claims to be OEM, but I'm not exactly confident that's what I'll get. Will be worth trying for sure.
xwhofarted said:
I have used a Blackberry Usb cable and Odin saw my phone....
I have 7 64bit and the Samsung drivers work fine.
You said that when you connect the usb as a drive in the rom it works?
Also a trick that once worked for me is take a small peice of paper and fold it a few times to clean out the GUNK in the usb port on the phone.
it will come out looking black!
then pop the battery
plug the phone in to the usb
and hold volume down button until
then see if odin shows it.
Silly question i also thought while typing: Are you using a usb 2.0? I know that is a silly question but maybe try a different port, or a powered usb hub....Just some ideas good luck!
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Yes, when plugged in through the ROM, it's recognized as a drive, Odin even pops up the yellow box. Download mode, not so much. I'll give the USB cleaning thing a try; I might have some alcohol tips or something around here.
And yeah, I've been sure to use USB 2.0 on both computers I tried it on.
Thanks everyone for the suggestions, they're all very much appreciated.
I have heard that there are differences in cables, and I've tried two, but neither are Samsung. I've ordered one off of Amazon that claims to be OEM, but I'm not exactly confident that's what I'll get. Will be worth trying for sure.[/QUOTE]
I'm almost positive you need to use the samsung brand cable..at least I've seen warnings of it and never dared to try odin with my old blackberry cable although I still use it for car charging, but that's all...I would venture to say the cable is more than likely the culprit, or possibly a dirty usb connection like a previous post mentioned
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Alright, so I managed to get it booted up again (it's been getting more and more difficult to get it to boot), and I've found an app called "SGS kernel flasher". Any insight as to what kernel I could install that would allow me to flash a permanent custom recovery? My phone info is below:
Hardware Version:
I500.04
Firmware Version
2.2.1
Baseband Version:
S:i500.04 V.EB01
Kernel version:
2.6.32.9
Build number:
SCH-I500.EB01
Hello,
Don't know if this has been asked but I have been looking for it for a while. Cant seem to fine a solution.
I flashed my phone wrong with hemdall now my phone wont turn on. Screen completely black i reboot pulled out the battery everything I can think of can you give me a suggestion. I was thinking about buying a USB Jig.
I'm in the same boat and I bought the Jig. However I think Josh just acts as a middle man on this one and shipping is actually from overseas. But you can find it here. http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-download-mode-jig/ I suggest a little extra shipping cost.
However the other suggestion if that is not working (I think I killed my phone) is to have Josh do a Jtag on the phone. You can find that at http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant-jtag-brick-repair/
Can you get into download mode? Remove battery, plug usb, press up+down vol buttons and insert battery.
hey i having same problem but i could see the vibrant samsung screen but my phone won't pass that and like you say about the usb cable and then plugging the battery i can do that as well but how can i get my phone back and running another rom!!!
Monster809 said:
hey i having same problem but i could see the vibrant samsung screen but my phone won't pass that and like you say about the usb cable and then plugging the battery i can do that as well but how can i get my phone back and running another rom!!!
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If you can see the Vibrant Samsung screen just use Odin to flash back to stock
Kabiigon said:
Hello,
Don't know if this has been asked but I have been looking for it for a while. Cant seem to fine a solution.
I flashed my phone wrong with heimdall now my phone wont turn on. Screen completely black i reboot pulled out the battery everything I can think of can you give me a suggestion. I was thinking about buying a USB Jig.
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The real solution here i doing a JTAG to your phone or make the Unbrickable MOD (It's very dangerous, a person with Welding and electronic skills must do this).
Another thing you can do is buy a broken Screen phone from Ebay (it more cheaply) and change the motherboard!!
My suggestion would be to continue to try to get into Download mode on the phone. My phone was DEAD no life at all plugged into the wall or PC. I kept trying to get it into download mode and magically after hours of failures, ODIN recognized the device! The phone was still DEAD no life at all on the screen but ODIN had recognized that my device WAS indeed connected. So I continued to flash back to stock and as always with a little patience ODIN was there to save me. The phone automatically rebooted after ODIN was done and BOOM! Good2Go
Goodluck!
^^I'm gonna try that and hopefully with some patience it will work. Otherwise I'm also gonna be ordering a jig, they're not that expensive. My problem is the same as the OP's. My vibrant will just not give any signs of life. I was trying to odin to stock from one cosmics ics RC3.1. Wanted to start on a fresh install for AOKP build 25. But then odin decided to fail on modem.bin. then it just hung and phone turned off, haven't been able to turn it on since. I've spent the last two hours trying to put in different combinations and keys and usb attachments to bring any hints of life, but so far nothing. Bootloader update was not checked on odin so I'm pretty confident that its not due to bootloader mismatch but someone correct me if I'm wrong. Sending it back to samsung or tmobile is very far of an option since I've modified the phone to add FFC. If anyone has any advice or hints it would be greatly appreciated. I'm kind of hating myself and flashing now since I was very happy with the rom that I had and how everything was setup. I just wanted to try something new for fun and this went and blew everything up.
^^I literally held down the buttons > plugged in the cord > put in the battery > and counted in my head the amount of seconds it took the phone to "normally" boot to where I would "normally" let go of the power button to get into Download mode, lol I know it sounds ridiculous but that's how I did it. It helped that I had my sisters working Vibrant right there, I used her phone to get into download mode and timed the process and used that as a baseline for the timing of trying to get the "DEAD" Vibrant into download mode.
If all else fails a JTAG as mentioned should fix your problem fosho!
Goodluck!
Ye I fixed it. One day I did what I had been doing the whole time and it just decided to work. Got into download mode then went back to stock. Our phone is so freaking weird yet I love the damn thing. It really is unbrickable. To anyone in this situation just never give up.
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I have read similar threads but want to make sure I did not miss anything...
My Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-I777 device seems to be totally dead:
Pressing and holding power button does nothing
Pressing power and Volume Up and Volume down buttons do not get into download mode
Removing the battery and holding power button for a minute to do s oft reset and drain power did not help
Putting the unit in a freezer bag and into the freezer for an hour did not help
Leaving it charging overnight did not help
Using USB Jig method did not work
Here is the sequence of events, as best as I can recall, that led me to this state:
Device was rooted with CWM recovery installed and Android 3.2.4
I then installed FoxHound PsychoMantis 2 custom ROM so I could try ICS (bad idea for a noob)
I ran into the problem "Unfortunately, Samsung keypad has stopped" and device making it really slowwwwwww!!!
I then tried to go back to the stock version using Heimdall 1.3.2 and heimdall-frontend (build from source for my Ubuntu 11.04) and the XXJVU_heimdall.tar.gz heimdall firmware package. At this point the device was fully charged and I was still able to get into recovery mode but was getting "ERROR: Setting up interface failed!" from heimdall-frontend when flashing.
At some point after this I must have turned power off to get out of download mode and then could never turn the device on after.
I ordered a USB jig from Amazon and tried the USB jig method but that did not make any difference to the problem
Is there any thing else for me to try? If not, is Mobile Tech Videos JTAG service my best bet?
Thank for your help and patience with a noob.
What instructions did u follow to do this operation? I think its interesting people think they'll get more help if they put Noob on the page somewhere. "I'm a noob." I'm gonna try that with the IRS next tax year. "Sorry but I can't file this year.". " why not sir?". "Oh. I'm noob at it.". "Oh **** really?! Nmind then its all good. No need to file."
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Make sure your phone not missing its motherboard.
One thing I see wrong is jvu, that's not a firmware for this phone
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USB Jig not working is never a good sign....
Looks like you flashed some i9000 firmware. Depending on how far the flash went, you may be bricked to the point of needing a JTAG repair. I suggest MobileTechVideos, they've had good reviews.
[Solved] Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH-I777 wont turn on
I finally decided to take the device back to AT&T as it was under warranty. It turns out the problem was a dead battery! It was a shocker to find out that this device will not turn on if the batter is dead (or not installed) even if the power is plugged in. Can any one explain how this is possible and why Samsung chose such a questionable design? It seems to means that to troubleshoot a dead phone one must have a working spare batter!
farrukhnajmi said:
I finally decided to take the device back to AT&T as it was under warranty. It turns out the problem was a dead battery! It was a shocker to find out that this device will not turn on if the batter is dead (or not installed) even if the power is plugged in. Can any one explain how this is possible and why Samsung chose such a questionable design? It seems to means that to troubleshoot a dead phone one must have a working spare batter!
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Or a charger nearby...
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I've had some issues if my phone dies I just can't get it back on yet either...
I've found that if I pull the batt plug in the usb put in the batt and go into the 'forced upload mode' (as long as I'm able to still get it that far I can bring it back)
the problem I have is that sometimes it seems like it goes into this mode, and then restarts... after a while i'm able to get it to stay in this mode, and then i believe it is able to charge the battery;
I don't know what the deal is, I tohuhgt that charging while device off was now enabled (I believe before if the device was so dead it couldn't load a kernel it couldn't charge or something like that)
anyway; i thought that was in the kernels maybe it's not maybe i need to use something else, maybe our problems are unrelated -- my best advice ... try to get it into downloader (I have a kindle Fire charger that is 5v 1.8a or so, more than the phone needs but I stick it on there and then fight it off and on for sometimes 2 days...) it's *#$(# annoying I can tell you that -- but it ain't quite bricked ... Good luck broseph.