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Hi everyone, i need ur help please. I have a t-mobile vibrant (sgh-t959). I tried the CM on it. After installing the su kernel, it bricked. Now it keeps rebooting with the samsung galaxy s gt-I9000 screen (the vibrant screen no longer comes up). I can't even get to download mode by pressing vol up + vol down + pwr buttons. Please help me. I m kinda desperate ...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836815&page=6
Although I didn't have the exact same problem, I had a very similar problem. The above link will give you more details about the problem I was having and how I solved it (thanks to click1's suggestion).
I could not get into download mode no matter what sequence of keys I pressed and my phone hanged on the "samsung vibrant" screen. IF your phone is detected by Odin or the computer when you plug it in (doesn't have to be in download mode and your computer doesn't have to be able to show you the usb drives - just as long as there is a confirmation that a usb was connected is enough), then Android SDK will help you force the phone into download mode.
If this doesn't work, your next bet is to physically make a JIG for it:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
From what I have read, this last one physically forces the phone to go into download mode by using the 5th pin on the MicroUSB key.
I know how you feel - I just got my fixed last night and my problem seemed very unique, I wish I could offer more help but I hope these will work for you.
Thank you very much. It finally came back to life. Feel so much better now!
downnload mode, I hold both volume buttons in and connect the usb and it I get into download mode everytime
rickyx said:
Thank you very much. It finally came back to life. Feel so much better now!
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No problem, I'm glad that solved your problem. I'll see if I can put this solution on the Noob guide so others can see it easily before they resort to making a JIG.
osugsxr said:
downnload mode, I hold both volume buttons in and connect the usb and it I get into download mode everytime
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the newer vibrants are hardware locked so you can't get into download mode that way. This is why you have to use the SDK to do it.
FriendlyCanadian said:
No problem, I'm glad that solved your problem. I'll see if I can put this solution on the Noob guide so others can see it easily before they resort to making a JIG.
the newer vibrants are hardware locked so you can't get into download mode that way. This is why you have to use the SDK to do it.
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Does this mean if the sdk will not recognize that the device is connected then i have to make this JIG Thing? because my phone is stuck at the connect phone to pc screen.
raziel26 said:
Does this mean if the sdk will not recognize that the device is connected then i have to make this JIG Thing? because my phone is stuck at the connect phone to pc screen.
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Yes, make it or buy one. I know who sells them for a VERY reasonable price. If you're interested Pm me for more info.
okay found a solution for now, my issue was related to ROM manager with the SD card, kept getting wrong MD5 Sum!! Really pissed me off about this since I was running through ODIN correctly,
Solution...
Updated the rom with Eugene froyo!! This brought me out of boot looping and now I have a rom on my phone so I can go back to the basics of flashing I hope, I am going to give it a try to see what happens
raziel26 said:
Does this mean if the sdk will not recognize that the device is connected then i have to make this JIG Thing? because my phone is stuck at the connect phone to pc screen.
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No...being the noob that I am, I'm constantly finding new ways to brick my phone. So tonight, I bricked it with the phone to PC screen. ADB can't detect it and neither can odin. This is FIXABLE, I tried the method here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=771247
Method 3 worked for me. Even if you have a hardware locked phone, I think there is a method around this which involves taking the battery out and putting it back in but I don't remember where I read this in the forums....I know I did read it though, you have to search to find it. Try these before you resort to making the JIG.
Possibly i did the most stupid thing in my life.
I accidentaly started to odinflash a p1000 firmware on my s2 i recognized it at the do not turn off sign no process has been done nothing has been flashed i pulled off the cable. And the download mode was still on. I wanted to restart download mode so i used the 3 button combo. The screen went blank and didnt turned on again.
The reason i tried to flash this **** cause i work with phobes and i handle loads of firmware. What can i do? Its not my phone tbh .
Please any idea?
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Get a usb jig and try that if you can't get into download mode normally.
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If you can't get into download mode the usual way, jig is maybe a 5% chance of working (I'm probably being generous). JTAG repair - cheaper option or Samsung service center/authorised repairer - probably more expensive option unless they don't notice it's been messed with thru some miracle.
Definitely try a jig tho & while you're waiting for the jig to arrive you might as well put it on charge overnight & leave it alone, then try getting into download mode the usual way again.
if your phone gets detected on system? if so try the following adb command va commandline
"adb reboot download".
Thanks i hope obe of the methods will work. I tought jig is 100% percent stuff you serious i have 5% chane that it will work?
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Did you try hooking your phone up to your PC & trying some ADB commands as Bala suggested ?
If you get absolutely no signs of life from the phone at all, it's unlikely the jig will work. But you might as well try one.
when i plug the usb i hear no sound from my pc and i dont know if the phone is turned on or off cause its just blank screen.
in the device manager there is no new device.
i have efs backup
thats all
I think playing around with ADB is going to be a bit difficult to be honest (you'll need to find an ADB tutorial; search for one if you still want to try), so order & jig/wait for it to arrive.
If it doesn't work, either get it JTAG'd or send it in to Samsung.
fulii said:
Possibly i did the most stupid thing in my life.
I accidentaly started to odinflash a p1000 firmware on my s2 i recognized it at the do not turn off sign no process has been done nothing has been flashed i pulled off the cable. And the download mode was still on. I wanted to restart download mode so i used the 3 button combo. The screen went blank and didnt turned on again.
The reason i tried to flash this **** cause i work with phobes and i handle loads of firmware. What can i do? Its not my phone tbh .
Please any idea?
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1.Remove battery reinsert battery and use combo key for download mode(try to download mode of P1000 or try to download mod of Galaxy S2. don't care black screen)
2.connect usb phone and pc
3.see odin if ID com connected(yellow) you can flash Galaxy S2 rom
no nothing helps
you know when u plug something to yout computouer
you her a little "ding" sound
i dont hear that
how is the usb jig is working anyway?
i think i messed up big this time.
if i plug it in to usb the comp dosnt recognizes it but the phone is getting hot aroundd the camera.
only after 10 minutes of plugged in time.
still no idea ?
the service guy will come to us at wednessday soi just ask him to restore bootloader with jig? or what?
Just wondered if you have tried to boot the phone into recovery mode
Pressing and holding the volume up + home + power
Guess you probably have but its not mentioned anywhere so just a thought becasue you can do a factory reset from there if the phone will boot into it.
nothing helps, tomorrow is the day , i hope we can send it back to samsung to repair it ... or the usb jig thats my last hope.
thanks for the answers.
else i have to pay for a 300 euro phone that i have never used ... /cry
Hi. I'm new in android, so I want your help. Please.
So, I was playing MC3 (Modern Combat 3) on my SGP 5.0 and BAAAM!!! It just freezed. Waited about 2 mins till' shuted it with power button. Ok, it shuted down, but when I tried to turn it on this m'fu... didn't response to ANYTHING! Tried to wait 5 mins while holding power button, tried to enter download mode,but NOTHING (._.') . So is it hard bricked or soft bricked and USB jig will help me? Thanks for ur answers.
Sorri for bed englysh me from Lituania
Do you have recovery instaled to factory reset it..or if you dont try this...connect it to usb with all drivers install ..try to turn it on and in command prompt and type "fastboot -w" so if it can send command it will factory reset it.
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Zmogas3000 said:
Hi. I'm new in android, so I want your help. Please.
So, I was playing MC3 (Modern Combat 3) on my SGP 5.0 and BAAAM!!! It just freezed. Waited about 2 mins till' shuted it with power button. Ok, it shuted down, but when I tried to turn it on this m'fu... didn't response to ANYTHING! Tried to wait 5 mins while holding power button, tried to enter download mode,but NOTHING (._.') . So is it hard bricked or soft bricked and USB jig will help me? Thanks for ur answers.
Sorri for bed englysh me from Lituania
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Try Adam Outler's resurrection tool. It's in one of the last dev pages. If you can get into Download mode, you should be able to use Odin or Heimdall to flash the appropriate files to your galaxy player. Be sure to use the int. files. Doing otherwise could be bad.
*BEEP* Guys, I SGP doesn't not respond to ANYTHING... ITS DEAD. It can't go "download mode", it can't be connected to PC via usb or other bull**** because PC doesn't see it. All I have for now is just a piece of plastic box with touchscreen
Zmogas3000 said:
*BEEP* Guys, I SGP doesn't not respond to ANYTHING... ITS DEAD. It can't go "download mode", it can't be connected to PC via usb or other bull**** because PC doesn't see it. All I have for now is just a piece of plastic box with touchscreen
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Could be hardware failure ..if you have waranty return it.
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Zmogas3000 said:
*BEEP* Guys, I SGP doesn't not respond to ANYTHING... ITS DEAD. It can't go "download mode", it can't be connected to PC via usb or other bull**** because PC doesn't see it. All I have for now is just a piece of plastic box with touchscreen
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Plug it into a Linux box. Run the lsusb command and give us the output.
I Don't have linux box
Zmogas3000 said:
I Don't have linux box
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Have you tried putting it into recovery mode?
Read my first post
Maybe your player just fried. (probably not even possible though).
Anyways, were you on stock? OC?
same thing happened to me(but i flashed the wrong thing in odin so it screwed my device up) and i tried the ressurector and everything but now im sending it to this website with jtag repair.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-player-5-0-jtag-brick-repair-service/
azoller1 said:
same thing happened to me(but i flashed the wrong thing in odin so it screwed my device up) and i tried the ressurector and everything but now im sending it to this website with jtag repair.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-player-5-0-jtag-brick-repair-service/
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You send your player to them or they send you a jtag? I also see a review. Was that from you?
well you send it to them and they have a jtag to fix the hard brick and i just sent it today so thats not my review, hope they can fix it in under a week
Hello, so i have a international S3 and have flashed ROMS since I got it. I am running Omega JB V28 with Syiah Kernel 1.7rc. All is fine for over a week. Just right now my phone froze and did not want to wake up, So I held down volume up, menu button, and power button to restart my phone. I accidentally let go too early before I saw the Galaxy s3 logo and now, I cannot start my phone??? I cant even go into recovery mode.... Any suggestions on how to get this to work??? thanks!
Try this:
Take battery out for 5 minutes and place it back in. Then do the required combination to get into recovery. If not try download mode...
If that fails... put the phone on charge and hopefully the battery will show up showing its charging. If not I can give no more advice.
Hope this helped.
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skrapi said:
Try this:
Take battery out for 5 minutes and place it back in. Then do the required combination to get into recovery. If not try download mode...
If that fails... put the phone on charge and hopefully the battery will show up showing its charging. If not I can give no more advice.
Hope this helped.
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Tried all of the above, took battery out, recovery didnt work. Battery out agin and download mode didnt work. Pluged phone in charge and not battery images. Tried recovery and download mode while phone plugged in charger and still nothing happens. It is weird cus I didnt prick my phone or anything, it was fine for a week. Just tried to restart it and let go to early and no this happens :/
As warranty is void you are best to source a USB recovery jig to access download mode before anything else .
jje
niclz said:
Tried all of the above, took battery out, recovery didnt work. Battery out agin and download mode didnt work. Pluged phone in charge and not battery images. Tried recovery and download mode while phone plugged in charger and still nothing happens. It is weird cus I didnt prick my phone or anything, it was fine for a week. Just tried to restart it and let go to early and no this happens :/
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You certainly pricked your S3 by at most flashing a non compatible rom for ur S3 (international) or u just messed up with something during installation,head to samsung customer care.
nhariamine said:
You certainly pricked your S3 by at most flashing a non compatible rom for ur S3 (international) or u just messed up with something during installation,head to samsung customer care.
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my phone has been rooted and flashed Omega ROM since may. The phone was working fine for 2 weeks after flashing the new Omega JB Rom v28 and it just shuts off and not power up now. I heard of people installing wrong ROMS or wrong versions of it then bricking their phons, but my phone was flashed the correct ROMS and was in a working state for 2 weeks since my last flashed ROM, never heard of a phone bricking out of now where after u've just used it... I am stopped and dont know how it happened :/ i ordered a jig and thought that might be my only way out. Anyone know if you can restart ur phone from download mode?
JJEgan said:
As warranty is void you are best to source a USB recovery jig to access download mode before anything else .
jje
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That is pretty much wut I have came down too... i ordered a jig online and hopefully I can get my phone into download mode from there. Any way there is a opstion the just restart your phone in download mode like there is in recovery mode??
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niclz said:
That is pretty much wut I have came down too... i ordered a jig online and hopefully I can get my phone into download mode from there. Any way there is a opstion the just restart your phone in download mode like there is in recovery mode??
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I may be ,isunderstanding what you are asking here but are you asking how to get your device in to download mode by using a button combo like getting in to recovery mode if so:
ODIN/Download Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key Combos: Volume Down + Home
While holding both of them simultaneously press the Power button until the green robot is visible on the screen indicating that handset is in Download mode.
Then press Volume Up to accept the disclaimer
Recovery Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key Combos: Volume Up+ Home
While holding both of them simultaneously press the Power button
carrd said:
I may be ,isunderstanding what you are asking here but are you asking how to get your device in to download mode by using a button combo like getting in to recovery mode if so:
ODIN/Download Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key Combos: Volume Down + Home
While holding both of them simultaneously press the Power button until the green robot is visible on the screen indicating that handset is in Download mode.
Then press Volume Up to accept the disclaimer
Recovery Mode
Make sure your device is completely off
Key Combos: Volume Up+ Home
While holding both of them simultaneously press the Power button
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A JIG is a usb end that plugs into your phone and forces it into Download Mode, all you would need to do it plug it in and it 'should' go into Download Mode.
Then hopefully you know what to do from there
skrapi said:
A JIG is a usb end that plugs into your phone and forces it into Download Mode, all you would need to do it plug it in and it 'should' go into Download Mode.
Then hopefully you know what to do from there
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USB jigs are great but most people only order one when they get a problem. I have not had a problem yet but I think its time to order a USB jig just incase
carrd said:
USB jigs are great but most people only order one when they get a problem. I have not had a problem yet but I think its time to order a USB jig just incase
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I actually am familiar on how to go to download moe and recovery mode. The weird thing is that my phone is unresponsive. It doesnt go to download mode or recovery mode at all. With no signs of life. And this happened yesterday morning after i used my phone for like 5 minutes when it was fine. I didnt brick my phone cus I wasnt flashing anything when this happened I just tried to reboot my phone and once the screen turned off it never came back one... kinda wierd and un heard of. But I did order a jig so hopefully it can be forced into download mode and take it from there....
skrapi said:
A JIG is a usb end that plugs into your phone and forces it into Download Mode, all you would need to do it plug it in and it 'should' go into Download Mode.
Then hopefully you know what to do from there
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Im running into the same problem.
I can get to the download screen but unfortunately do not know what to do from there (tried Odin and heimdal but still wont boot)
Just as another note I was able to get to my DL screen by removing battery > installing battery > holding both volume buttons then plugging in usb.
Just in case u cant get to it.
If anyone knowledgable can pm me i would appreciate it (phone is not for this forum) because i do not know what to do after i get the dl screen up apparently.
THANKS!
im having the same problem did the jigg work
You can't get into download mode? Or it won't work at all?
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wont turn on or go into recovery or download mode dosent even show batt on screen when i plug it in
Only thing I can think of is a crap battery that needs replacing.. You could also go to a metro store and ask em to restore it to stock. Almost all of em have the Samsung factory device. If u can get it into download mode I have a thread where I put instructions on how to recover from brick. (After 6 days of trial and error).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952278
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has anybody tried the unbricking usb thing
The jig or the Samsung device?
I havnt used the jig but tons of people have with success. You can make one or buy one off eBay for like $10.
The device I have used before on someone else's phone, AND you can use it to unlock your phone.
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Azrael-09 said:
The jig or the Samsung device?
I havnt used the jig but tons of people have with success. You can make one or buy one off eBay for like $10.
The device I have used before on someone else's phone, AND you can use it to unlock your phone.
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Yes the jig got mine for 4.35 And Im able to use another s3 or any android? Jig should b here Monday hope it works I all ready replaced phone with AT&T and got refeb. Phone if jig don't won't I have insurance on phone or maybe contact Samsung.
I recently got a New Samsung Galaxy S 3 GT-i9300.
tried to install clockwork recovery on it.
i rooted it using MtkDroidtools
i left it for a bit after that and my lil bro played with it and now my phone wont open. any way i can recover it?
thnx.
Zephiroth said:
I recently got a New Samsung Galaxy S 3 GT-i9300.
tried to install clockwork recovery on it.
i rooted it using MtkDroidtools
i left it for a bit after that and my lil bro played with it and now my phone wont open. any way i can recover it?
thnx.
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can you enter recovery mode and download mode?
no i cant. i tried. but when i connect the charger cable it shows the battery charging.. i might be goin at this the wrong way.. all noob here. lol
Zephiroth said:
no i cant. i tried. but when i connect the charger cable it shows the battery charging.. i might be goin at this the wrong way.. all noob here. lol
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if it shows charging, there might be a chance of entering download mode! download mode is VOL. DOWN+HOME+POWER. did you try the same?
when i press n hold that combination the screen lits up but nthn else..
Zephiroth said:
when i press n hold that combination the screen lits up but nthn else..
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then you should try usb jig to enter download mode.
My guess is that you have rooted with a tool not for the I9300 .
MtkDroidtools l;ink says MediaTek Android Smartphone
In which case you may have blown the digitizer chip .
Do you have I9300 ?? or this other non Samsung phone ??
this was the I9300. and it worked without a problem after the root. it died after my bro messed it up. and ill look into a usb jig then.. that is gonna take a while i suppose. thnx for tha help.. :good:
Root using Mtkdroidtools??? Are u kidding me..what phone do u use i9300 or 19300
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