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I flashed a rom without voodo lagfix disabled so it messed everything so I reflashed the rom and it worked fine at first, everytime it turned off i had to re-flash a rom, so I decided to odin so it would work nomal and after the odin the phone boots then ges to black screen and only the touch buttons light up. I cant even get into recovery mode, only download. The phone just plays a little circle when trying to boot now. Also before I odined I formated the internal memory through setting-sd.. does that make a difference? Someone please help im terrified its a gonner..
Next time, these types of threads belong in Q&A.
Here's the fix I found in the BIonix thread. You were close by trying to use Odin, but you may want to try it in this order
"Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? 2 Fixes to Help You Out.
So you forgot to disable the voodoo lagfix before you flashed a new rom and now you're getting an error, similar to the one posted below. Even Odin won't allow you to flash back to stock. Well, pay close attention and with some luck, you'll be good as rain...or something like that.
Fix 1:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine! BAM!
Fix 2: (use only if you know how to use adb commands)
1. Place the 'disable-lagfix' file in your sdk>tools directory
2. Get into clockwork recovery like you normally would
3. Follow these adb commands to push the 'disable-lagfix' file to you sdcard>voodoo
adb push disable-lagfix /sdcard/voodoo
4. File should now be on your sdcard in your voodoo folder.
5. Reboot phone and with luck, you should hear Linda the robot telling you your file system is being converted back to rfs.
6. Because your system directory has already been wiped, you'll still get a black screen when you reboot, but your file system is back to rfs. Just pull the battery, and reflash whatever rom you want. Then reboot again."
Any of the above files can be found in the Vibrant bible thread.
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111
Uhhh
I did the steps to step 14 and during the proccess the phone turned off and no buttons or anything will work?? ...what do I do?
beckhamsoccerman said:
I did the steps to step 14 and during the proccess the phone turned off and no buttons or anything will work?? ...what do I do?
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try this
cross your toes cuz this takes almost all your fingers to do!
start odin
plug in your usb
take the sim+ battery + storage out of your phone
with battery out plug in the usb while holding both volume keys
with the volume keys held down put the battery back in should put you back into DL mode hopefully.
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try this
start odin
plug in your usb
take the sim+ battery + storage out of your phone
with battery out plug in the usb while holding both volume keys
with the volume keys held down put the battery back in should put you back into DL mode hopefully.
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Does it work's ?
My Vibrant is still beside Samsung ... but I aspect, that they will refuse to repair a Vibrant out of US.... >> no words about this one -- international company and they refuse to fix a broken Mobile, because is not from the local market >> IT'S A MOBILE!!! If I received it broken back ( but must pay for nothing , I need to reached the DL Mode. This is the only one, what I haven't try... (Recovery Mode not reachable) DL-Mode - no luck till now
All you need to do is odin stock and if you get the black screen install the last kernel you were running, this happened to me back when I first got my phone using voodoo ocv4, you didn't brick so no worries.
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xavyi said:
All you need to do is odin stock and if you get the black screen install the last kernel you were running, this happened to me back when I first got my phone using voodoo ocv4, you didn't brick so no
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He's not talking about a soft brick if I understand correctly.
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Please post questions in the Q&A sub-forum instead of the development sub-forum. This thread has been moved.
Thank you
P.S. I hope you get the issues worked out.
Try the following: Get an odin version of voodoo*** (if you can't find one, it's not too hard to create one, let me know if you need help figuring out how to make one), then flash it. Hopefully from there you can get to the recovery, then adb push the disable lagfix file, then reboot the phone with the disable lagfix file in it until it tells you it's completed, then reodin to a working ROM.
***It's important that you odin in a working VOODOO kernel.
Ok i now Odined True 2.1 stock and it works however every time the phone turns off a little circle just keeps spinning there. and i cant do anything i try putting it into recovery but it goes straight to Download mode.
And it also says usb connected when it's not connected to anything..
I had the same issue with Voodoo, I fixed it flashing Eugenes Froyo that doesn't brick then back to Stock 2.1, Worked wonderfully. Its usually the fix for people that Soft Brick from Voodoo.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558
Do those steps then flash back to Stock 2.1 afterwards with Odin. Hope this helps.
Thanks ill try when I get home. Ive done the froyo to true 2.1 steps and I still can't restart or it screws everything up and I have to re-odin
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Thanks ill try when I get home. Ive done the froyo to true 2.1 steps and I still can't restart or it screws everything up and I have to re-odin
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Hey so that trick did bring your phone alive again? did i understand the OP correctly? the phone was completely dead, no power no nothing right? im not sure about why the usb port would be doing that.
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Hey so that trick did bring your phone alive again? did i understand the OP correctly? the phone was completely dead, no power no nothing right? im not sure about why the usb port would be doing that.
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Yeah for a little it was completely broke. I held volume buttons for like 2 minutes straight and it finally went into download mode. I've just got a rom flashed right now and im too scared to turn it off to see if it will work. Every time I do it, i get the little circle thing like its plugged in but it does nothing. Ill just leave it on till I find a solution.. No matter what thing I odin it doesnt fix the circle of death
Hmm. That's strange. Did you check repartition after flashing back from froyo?
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Yea I did. No results. It's my buddies vibrant it's not even mine
Was trying to flash new rom from boot recovery and keep getting stuck in a boot loop that takes me from samsung vibrant screen to boot recovery, no matter what i do i cant get out of boot recovery. Im new to the game so there might be a way to fix it and get the rom on it or get the stock flashed again but all i really need is anyway to get the phone working again ASAP
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease help, im phoneless and my vibrant is stuck in recovery mode.... someone with experience please help me!!!
you need to odin. sounds like you didnt disable a lag fix or something but its no problem if you just odin back to stock, preferrably jfd and just do-over.
theres some tricks in the link to my sig and the odin thread is on the first page of this board. so it wont be hard to find. if any i am up for another hour. pm me!
We will need more info. What exactly did you do?
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Yeah go ahead and use the following Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771111
Download Odin and Official T-Mo Vibrant JFD firmware. Once done open up Odin on your PC. I would do a battery pull first then when your done plug the phone into your PC and iniciate the 3 button combo to get into download mode. Then just put your 512 pit file and your JFD rom into pda. Then flash away.
What recovery are you in 2e,3e,voodoo ? If you had a backup you can restore. First you have to locate the backup or the original rom zip. Look through sdcard and find them. If you had rom manager, look in cwm backups, you might find nandroid backups there. You'll have to install original zip or backup. Original if on sacard should'nt be hard to find. Be patient and don't do anything drastic !
Nero+DoW *vibrant*
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
thank me later
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http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
thank me later
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soo im gonna try and do that, but when im trying to use the power and volume keys to get to the digging android i cant do it...... am i doing something wrong....
i just want my phone back....
k, when it is plugged in the only thing it shows or that i can get is the battery, but an empty battery not anything with green in it, and its like frozen on that screen...?
only time i can get it to do anything else is unplugged it will go into recovery mode and i can do anything there but nothing changes anything soooo im super confused now.... am i going to need a new phone.....that could be a problem seeing as i am broke as a joke.......
thanks in advance for the help
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We will need more info. What exactly did you do?
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i rooted the phone, downloded titanium back up and rom manager, tried to flash the sonofskywalker rom that is on rom manager, after multiple tries where the phone would just reboot to the way it was "stock" then i tried to flash it by going through the sd card i beleive and now it stuck in recovery mode and will only boot thru to the samsung vibrant screen then goes back to recovery, or when it is plugged in it just shows the battery sign but the battery sign doesnt say charging it is just frozen on that screen.
merchomini said:
soo im gonna try and do that, but when im trying to use the power and volume keys to get to the digging android i cant do it...... am i doing something wrong....
i just want my phone back....
k, when it is plugged in the only thing it shows or that i can get is the battery, but an empty battery not anything with green in it, and its like frozen on that screen...?
only time i can get it to do anything else is unplugged it will go into recovery mode and i can do anything there but nothing changes anything soooo im super confused now.... am i going to need a new phone.....that could be a problem seeing as i am broke as a joke.......
thanks in advance for the help
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1st you need to calm down. You may not understand the steps if you panic.
The instruction in the link is good. If not, watch this video also...it's the same thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ
If did it correctly and cannot get into download mode, that's a different story. I had the same problem as you and ODIN it back with JFD fixes it. I got mine fixed from the thread below and watching youtube.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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1st you need to calm down. You may not understand the steps if you panic.
The instruction in the link is good. If not, watch this video also...it's the same thing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnY7P14JSWQ
If did it correctly and cannot get into download mode, that's a different story. I had the same problem as you and ODIN it back with JFD fixes it. I got mine fixed from the thread below and watching youtube.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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ok, calming down now, haha.
I have odinn downladed and the the other files it says i need, the only problem is i can not get it into download mode.........
Iv done it the same way he is doing it in the video and it will either take me to the recovery page or just recycle the battery screen back to me.....
try this:
Take everything out of the phone
Plug the USB into your pc
Hold ONLY the volume keys down (keep them held)
Plug the USB into your phone
Put the battery back in should be download mode
Let go of the volume keys
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try this:
Take everything out of the phone
Plug the USB into your pc
Hold ONLY the volume keys down (keep them held)
Plug the USB into your phone
Put the battery back in should be download mode
Let go of the volume keys
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so when i do that it just brings up the big charging battery and it has the little sun dial in the middle that usually indicates loading, but it just stays stuck on that screen. Thats why im so confused it wont go past that screen.
EDIT- and i am leaving the sd card and the sim card out when im doing that correct? although i have tried it both waysss.
And it does the same thing if you hold all three buttons down and let the charging indicator flash 2 times and when it goes out on the third time let go of the power button only?
If it doesn't work with that method you may actually have a hardware locked phone that you need a jig for..
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And it does the same thing if you hold all three buttons down and let the charging indicator flash 2 times and when it goes out on the third time let go of the power button only?
If it doesn't work with that method you may actually have a hardware locked phone that you need a jig for..
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yea it does the same thing, when its plugged in so far nothing will come up but the frozen battery screen......... im not exactly sure what a jig is or how to use it haha but when its plugged in thats what happens, and if it isnt pluggged in it takes me to recovery screen.......
thats really odd because it shouldnt go to the charging screen in the amount of time it takes to bring up download mode.
Your absolutely sure your holding both the volume keys down and putting the battery in with your other hand with it plugged into the phone and pc... because it should skip the charging animation all together.
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thats really odd because it shouldnt go to the charging screen in the amount of time it takes to bring up download mode.
Your absolutely sure your holding both the volume keys down and putting the battery in with your other hand with it plugged into the phone and pc... because it should skip the charging animation all together.
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yep just tried it again, it boots automatically into that battery view..... i tried holding power with it to right after that and the screen will go black and then the little sundial appears and then it goes right back into the frozen battery screen.....
http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=209
You may have to sign up but I think this is gonna be you option unless you can get someone more adept to help out because it shouldn't go to the battery screen.
Let me run thru this on more time lol
everything out of the phone.....
phone plugged into the Computer and plugged into the Phone...(no way possible to be on the charging screen without a battery....just sayin)
holding down both of the volume keys at the same time with your thumb...(not letting go of them for anything)
using your other hand to put the battery back in...(still holding on to those volume keys for dear life...)
and walla...it should be in download mode...
if not I think you may need the link above...
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http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=209
You may have to sign up but I think this is gonna be you option unless you can get someone more adept to help out because it shouldn't go to the battery screen.
Let me run thru this on more time lol
everything out of the phone.....
phone plugged into the Computer and plugged into the Phone...(no way possible to be on the charging screen without a battery....just sayin)
holding down both of the volume keys at the same time with your thumb...(not letting go of them for anything)
using your other hand to put the battery back in...(still holding on to those volume keys for dear life...)
and walla...it should be in download mode...
if not I think you may need the link above...
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im gonna try the link above, i just tried it one last time and no go,
the second i put the battery back in it flashes up the battery sign..
at what point do i need to start talking to tmobile....... maybe i can gt them to say this one is defective and send me a new one???
yea I would say ...
i had flash bootloader for gingerbread my vibrant and something went wrong during flashing but i was able to get into download mode and yesterday i tried to flash to stock through odin and it got stuck at factory rfs so i waited for about 15 minutes and then i disconnected my phone from the computer now my phone wont boot up . just wanted know is there any solution to it or its completely bricked
u need to odin back to stock But since u probably have GB bootloaders u need to do a diff method. Read the op it will tell u the key mapping to get into download mode for GB.
But heres the froyo method
power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper tar file in pit and the .pda file in pda in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
You have to press the volume up button and power to get it into download mode.
Check my post here. It might help you!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
To be frank... bootloaders are dangerous. Does not sound good.
Do you see ANY lights? What about when charging? Anything? Removed the battery for a few hours and try again... nothing? May want to tell T-Mo you had an incident with mini kies, or be honest and get a new phone.
I flashed Doc’s ICS v 12 coming from Bionix V (2.2 based). Didn’t really like the rom..wanted to go back so I tried to restore Bionix V from recovery…. The phone was taking really long to restore so I restarted it from recovery. Ever since then, It has been stuck on Samsung Vibrant black screen. The three button combo isn’t taking it to recovery either. Seems like I bricked my phone… Is there anything that can be done to get it to a working state?
Thanks a lot
Oh hey I bricked my phone the other day!
Alright with the research I did, there's a few things to try.
One, take your battery out. Plug in your phone WHILE holding both volume keys and plug in the battery. See if anything comes up.
Two, or try this. This is what unbricked my phone. My phone wasn't responding to attempting to get into download mode. This saved me.
One-Click Unbrick
I read that it's different for everybody, so take this with a grain of salt since I'm sure you've already been successful at it before, but you should only have to hold the Volume Up button to get to the Download mode if you're using the GB bootloader. Take out your battery to ensure the phone is off, put the battery back in, hold the Vol+ button only (no power, or combos), and then connect your phone to the USB cable plugged into your computer. That's all I've ever had to do to get to Download Mode, but like I said mileage seems to vary (by bootloader, I think).
If either that or knoka's suggestion works and you get your phone back, you should always use odin (or heimdall) to get back to back to a pre-ICS state. Using a nandroid/CWR recovery/backup to do it is bad mojo (as you're well aware now), and should only really be used when you're messing around with ROMs of the same flavor (Froyo, GB, ICS).
So I was able to bring the phone to download mode.. I took out sd card and sim card, pressed the volume up key only and plug it into usb port.
My computer isn't recognizing the phone... how can I unbrick it from here on. Do I use odin? Are there any other simpler methods? If no I will use odin ...can anyone direct me to links...I found a bunch but not sure which one i should go with?
First, you cannot restore a 2.2 coming from any GB or ICS ROM. You need to Odin back to 2.1 and then go back to 2.2. Once you flashed ICS you repartitioned the /system from RFS to MTD. This can only be reversed by Odin or Heimdall.
That you can get into DL mode is good. You can uninstall your drivers on your PC, download the toolbox from my signature and reinstall the drivers that way. It also has the pit/tar files and Odin v1.8 included as well. Look at the AIO Toolbox's OP in the Dec section for instructions.
Thanks for the advice. I am downloading your toolbox.
Is there a way I can just flash the same ICS rom I did before. I want to get my phone in working condition for this week if I can as I am busy with a class and have to study for it.... if not then I will suck it up and odin back to 2.1 tonight
another question: after installing aio toolbox. I clicked on flash to stock: checked if the USB debugging is enabled...it said its disabled. How do I enable it when my phone can only be in download mode. thanks
sLiKK said:
Thanks for the advice. I am downloading your toolbox.
Is there a way I can just flash the same ICS rom I did before. I want to get my phone in working condition for this week if I can as I am busy with a class and have to study for it.... if not then I will suck it up and odin back to 2.1 tonight
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At this point it would be better to get it back to 2.1 and then flash something from there. If you need something that works right out of the box, try Moped_Ryder's ROMs. They are 2.2's but if you need something to work completely while you are studying, I would suggest those for now. Then once things calm down for you, then flash an ICS.
sLiKK said:
another question: after installing aio toolbox. I clicked on flash to stock: checked if the USB debugging is enabled...it said its disabled. How do I enable it when my phone can only be in download mode. thanks
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You don't need to have debugging enabled to use Odin. Just make sure the yellow COM button is lit up and you are good to go. Debugging is for Mass Storage Mode, not Download Mode.
awesome...Im back to stock vibrant. I mounted the sd card and the previous app folders are still there. How do I reset/factory wipe to get rid of all that junk. AIO toolbox says to unplug, replug and then click on master clear button on odin..however i am unable to find that button...there is a 'reset' button.... is that the one i need to click?
Thanks.
I would just do that manually on your PC. Just pull off everything and put it on your PC. That way you will still have a copy of anything that you might need. Masterclear will wipe everything and once it is gone, there is no return.
When you are ready to flash a ROM, just pull the CWR from my signature and put it on your internal. Make sure it is the only thing labeled Update.zip and then boot into recovery, scroll down to reinstall packages. It will cycle through and you might have to hit it again. Once it is done, your recovery will go from stock (blue) to CWR (green), then you can flash away.
If you are going to flash an ICS ROM, see my guide, also in my signature. It will help.
^ Thanks so much for your help and advice. My phone is back to normal ..I was able to flash Bionix V 1.3.1 rom and everything is fine...I wouldnt have my phone in working condition..if it wasn't for your tool and this forum. Thanks.
Hello All,
First, let me say how much I've enjoyed reading this Forum and how much I LOVED my TMobile Samsung Vibrant 3G. While it worked for a long time running Froyo 2.2 with a Bionix Next-Gen V2 ROM, it was fantastic, but lately the microphone had been dying (I sounded more and more muffled no matter what I did). So I flashed up to ICS and installed Chimera to see if that might help. While the phone ran beautifully except for several apps that were rather wonky, I was getting more and more muffled.
So the other day I decided to restore my Nandroid backup, however when I flashed back I got stuck on the Vibrant boot screen. No matter what I do, I can't seem to get to Recovery.
How do I get back to Recovery from this? I have never used Odin, the only time I've ever hooked the phone up to the computer was when I originally flashed from Eclair to Froyo many moons ago. So please let me know if I'm missing something.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!
You made a mistake when you tried to restore a 2.2 based backup from ICS base ROM. Now you must Odin to stock, its not that hard. First you will need to download the Odin program. I'm assuming you have device drivers on your PC but double check. Next you need 2 files, the 512 pit and jfd firmware file. Once you have those files you need to get in download mode.
I will link a thread with files and directions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
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You made a mistake when you tried to restore a 2.2 based backup from ICS base ROM. Now you must Odin to stock, its not that hard. First you will need to download the Odin program. I'm assuming you have device drivers on your PC but double check. Next you need 2 files, the 512 pit and jfd firmware file. Once you have those files you need to get in download mode.
I will link a thread with files and directions. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
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OK I installed Odin and the necessary files and drivers, I plugged in the phone, but when I try to turn it on into Download Mode the Vibrant doesn't respond. There's just the little spinning light in the center of the screen. Odin doesn't recognize the phone either.
Anything else I can do?
Odin won't recognize unless you are in DL mode. I linked a video, I know it says captivate. Don't worry about the mod etc just follow it to get in download mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXMqLpnTPh0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If this won't play just search download mode vibrant on YouTube.
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Odin won't recognize unless you are in DL mode. I linked a video, I know it says captivate. Don't worry about the mod etc just follow it to get in download mode.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXMqLpnTPh0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If this won't play just search download mode vibrant on YouTube.
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OK watched the video, but 2 things:
-when I try to boot into Recovery it gets stuck on the Vibrant Samsung initial splash screen and never moves, even when holding down the 3 buttons;
-this video assumes I can access the phone to install the fix or anything else. I can't, it just stays stuck in the splash screen;
-I tried holding down the 3 buttons and simultaneously plugging in the USB cable, and still nothing but the splash screen;
-is there any way to turn on the device while hooked into the computer so Odin or something else can use the necessary files to turn it on and make it accessible?
Thanks all for your patience and advice, it's much appreciated. I LOVE this little phone and really want to heal her!
Hi,
I think you have tried to go to recovery mode using 3 button combo. But in order to use ODIN device has to be in DOWNLOAD MODE which can be done using following steps
1)start off with phone turned off
2)press down volume up, and volume down at same time, and never let go until you get into download mode. DON'T touch the power button
3) while holding down both volume buttons get your usb cable which is connected to your computer
4)plug in the usb cable into your phone, while you still hold down both up/down volume buttons at same time. Don't touch the power button.
5)As soon as you plug your usb cable into your phone, the phone will instantly go into Download mode.
6)You may now release the volume buttons
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hope this will help you to go on
tc
NOTE: here is a link I found. Just take a look http://www.ithinkdiff.com/how-to-access-download-and-recovery-mode-in-samsung-vibrant/
OK we are trying to get download mode not recovery. Your phone must be off for download mode. If it flashes vibrant screen you have gone to far and something is wrong. I specifically said pay no attention to the mod in video. Regardless I think you might need a jig to get in download mode.
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OK, noob error (smacks head), I kept saying Recovery Mode when what I needed was DL Mode, my sincerest apologies.
I got into DL Mode finally by holding down the Volume buttons (not the Power button), then plugging in the USB cable. The Vibrant promptly went into DL mode. Odin recognized the phone and off we went. It's now back to Stock Eclair (yuck).
So next question: am I rooted or do I have to do that all over again? And if so, what's the fastest way to do it so I can flash to the ROMs I knew and loved?
Lastly, a great big THANK YOU to samsgun357 & haarsh for all your assistance, you guys ROCK! :good:
No you are not rooted after using Odin to go back to stock. Glad you got it buddy! Now use this guide to get root and cwm recovery. Option b is probably what you want
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9375927
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Glad you are successfully ODINed and you are in perfect position to make things BETTER
Still the device is not rooted as samsgun357 said. but no worries it is a simple process to get rooted and go ahead. I will post an video and hope it will also ease up your task
tc and its a pleasure to help you
Happy Flashing :good:
Yep, got it rooted and flashed Cyanogen7, then flashed up to an ICS ROM (started with Chimera but it's a tad wonky so flashed over to Euphoria, we'll see how that goes).
That said, the microphone is still sounding very muffled, so I think it's a hardware issue. I was due for an upgrade anyway so I picked up the Samsung 4G Blaze (nice since the Vibrant I had was the 3G). So right now I'm just having fun exploring Android on the Vibrant while I read up on how to root and improve the Blaze.
I will miss this little phone though, it was light and super fast and agile, perfectly sized, especially compared to the mini-tablets coming out lately like the Samsung SIII and LG L9 or HTC One. I prefer smaller phones, so the Blaze fits the bill right now even though it's heavier than my old Vibrant.
Thanks again for everyone's assistance, VERY much appreciated! :good:
Hey guys,
I'm having the same problem w/ my phone (see img).
I can't get out of the little loading pinwheel.
I've tried all the prescribed methods in this thread.
Thoughts?
Sorry, also, I can't get to DL or the splash page. When I turn the phone on, it goes directly to the spinning pinwheel.
check this thread : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
Gingerbread Bootloaders
Key Maps
For Recovery - Lower Volume Key + Power Button
For Download - Upper Volume Key + Power Button
Froyo Bootloader
Key Maps
For Recovery - Both Volume Keys + Power Button
For Download - Both Volume Keys and Connect USB Cable
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hoss9009 said:
Sorry, also, I can't get to DL or the splash page. When I turn the phone on, it goes directly to the spinning pinwheel.
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Download mode IS what you need to use Odin a get back to stock.
The above post shows the button combo for DL mode and recovery based on which bootloaders you're running (thanks haarsh). If you haven't flashed GB boots, you have froyo boots.
Now make sure you have the correct Odin files and drivers on your PC.
The goal here is to get power to the phone, while holding button combo, from the PC.
Do a battery pull/replace. Plug USB into computer
While holding your button combo (see above) plug the phone in.
Hopefully you see DL mode
Also try pulling battery, plug USB in PC and phone
While holding button combo, pop the battery back in.
This can be tricky sometimes so don't give up.
OK. Let me backup and give you more info.
So sorry...
I rooted, but was unable to download ROM manager from the Store (im assuming bc it was running Froyo).
I was able to get CMW to install via update.zip. Once installed the phone was going directly into recovery when asked (3 button method). It would go into the Anroid recovery, first and then from continually installing CMW, go into CMW.
From there i installed a CM10 nightly.
Install went fine, but no mobile data connection. I went back to CMW and restored the original ROM, rebooted and am stuck w/ the pinwheel.
I can't get into to download mode AT ALL. I've tried the various button methods with no luck.
From what I did, I can assume that 2.1 IS installed on the phone.
Thoughts?
Thank you so much for the help.
Well the issue you have was caused by going back to a 2.1 or 2.2 build from cm10 through cwm. You should have used Odin to get back to stock.
If you can't get in DL mode manually you will need to buy a DL jig. You can get them from www.mobiletechvideos.com also from amazon I think. You can also make one yourself, just search USB download jig, you should find it.
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Well the issue you have was caused by going back to a 2.1 or 2.2 build from cm10 through cwm. You should have used Odin to get back to stock.
If you can't get in DL mode manually you will need to buy a DL jig. You can get them from www.mobiletechvideos.com also from amazon I think. You can also make one yourself, just search USB download jig, you should find it.
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Ok.. nothing at against your advice, but do they really work?
Yes they do. Look them up, I'm sure there are testimonials.
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