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Was attempting to flash one of the leaked samsung roms using ODIN. Only way we were able to get phone into download mode as using the ADB command line with ADB Reboot Download.
Odin saw it, we started the process. Seemed to be working, but it got stuck with a black screen for over an hour (when I flashed my Vibrant process to all of 10 minutes). We thought the phone just didn't reset, so we unplugged it and hit the power button...and the dreaded cell phone...!...PC screen came up.
I've tried all manner of trying to get into recovery/download mode with no avail. Again, we tried EVERY combination of button presses to get INTO download mode initially, but only the ADB command line method worked.
Now we cannot get past this screen. Any ideas???
SCREWED!!!! Call TMO and have them send you a new one. Nothing you can do if it is hardware locked.
That's what I was afraid of. That is what he is going to do, glad mine didn't have that happen as that ROM has my Vibrant working like it should (GPS works now!!)
I wonder if having to force download mode via ADB was an indication that this phone would have a problem with flashing anything to it??
Never had a brick as many times as I fooled with my Dash and G1. Guess it was bound to happen sometime.
if the battery pull method won't get you into download mode you're likely screwed...
- Make sure USB cable is connected to PC, but disconnected from phone
- pull battery
- hold down VOL+UP & VOL+DOWN and do not release
- insert battery
- insert USB cable into phone
If after a few seconds download mode appears, release VOL keys...and....you've got download mode...if not, it's safe to say your gonna replace the phone..
If that works, I'd also recommend using Odin3 v1.30 instead of v1.00 that most people use. Available here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790026
Wishing you the best of luck!
Try runnin odin with NO pit or pda file. Ive been at that screen like 100 times, let me kniw what it does
You mean start ODIN and just plug in the phone?
tweak89 said:
You mean start ODIN and just plug in the phone?
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try my steps in this post , works every time for me, to get to download mode ...
i dont know what to do now, i have 2 samsung vib's and i redid one back to stock with odin, then updated it with the kies to the 2.2 i did a factory reset on my other phone and it rebooted into the vibrant screen,,,i try everything to get it to the download screen but it wont go,,,and my computer does not recognise it ....mind you it see's the other phone but not this one.....i dont know what to do now,,,and yes ive tryed every way to get it to the download or recovery screen no go on anything
crose948 said:
i dont know what to do now, i have 2 samsung vib's and i redid one back to stock with odin, then updated it with the kies to the 2.2 i did a factory reset on my other phone and it rebooted into the vibrant screen,,,i try everything to get it to the download screen but it wont go,,,and my computer does not recognise it ....mind you it see's the other phone but not this one.....i dont know what to do now,,,and yes ive tryed every way to get it to the download or recovery screen no go on anything
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Have you tried the hardware jig? That is a guarantee getting it into download mode.
How are you trying to enter download screen? Did you disable voodoo first?
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If it boots on its own without pushing power, take battery out and plug in usb, hold only volume up and down replace battery and should jump right to download. Bricked my phone every way possible, by now I can get out of almost anything.
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phone is stuck on the black screen with white vibrant in middle and samsung at bottom, no matter what i do or how i do it thats were the screen sits....pull batt. plug in remove usb....it does not matter,,,and what is jig.
richtertrevor78 said:
If it boots on its own without pushing power, take battery out and plug in usb, hold only volume up and down replace battery and should jump right to download. Bricked my phone every way possible, by now I can get out of almost anything.
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nope stillgoes right to right to------------------ooooooo hold on rebooting now ,,woot
Hold volume up and volume down plus the power button, after the SECOND time you see the vibrant logo ONLY release the power button before the vibrant logo appears for the third time. Works every time for me
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Are you sure you installed the samsung drivers right?
Rolling with TW's latest beefy beast.
I'm pretty sure if those options didn't work your Vibrant is a hardware locked one. You may want to try the hardware jig as mentioned above. I've fixed my hardware locked vibrant countless times with that little tool
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSaeaAcJHqw
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Are you sure you installed the samsung drivers right?
Rolling with TW's latest beefy beast.
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ya it computer see's the other vibrant phone and i was able to revert back to stock with odin,,,this phone it not recognised so i cant flash with odin..
phone wont even let me do a rom flash from rom manager,,it starts to then just gets stuck at the vibrant screen again....wtf,,,well the phone boots up normal but i cant get into the recovery or rom flash,,,,every time i try the phone gets stuck on the samsung load screen,,it takes 3-5 times just to get it to boot right ,,,after that,,im clueless
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ya it computer see's the other vibrant phone and i was able to revert back to stock with odin,,,this phone it not recognised so i cant flash with odin..
phone wont even let me do a rom flash from rom manager,,it starts to then just gets stuck at the vibrant screen again....wtf,,,well the phone boots up normal but i cant get into the recovery or rom flash,,,,every time i try the phone gets stuck on the samsung load screen,,it takes 3-5 times just to get it to boot right ,,,after that,,im clueless
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well after tons of hours and trying every way i came to the concusion that the usb port might be damaged or corroded on the phone, like ive stated before my other vibrant connects perfect to the computer,,and on this phone i can wiggle the cord by the phone and you can hear it connect / disconnect from computer, but it still it not recognized by the comp. and so i dont think the jig would work becuase u would need a good usb connection to begin with,im thinking my gf got some water / snow or somthing in the port corroding the connection, i took a magnafying glass and seams like there is some green corrosion in the port.
nevermind ...........
Also bricked my phone - Will the jig help?
After trying to install Froyo through Kies and failing, after trying to put stock ROM with Odin and again failing, i got the phone to the state that the only thing I get when powering up the phone is the picture of "phone --! -- computer". It is not trying to boot at all.
Will the jig help to get it into download mode? Are their any other ways to bring it to life or it is total brick?
Tnx
marksht said:
After trying to install Froyo through Kies and failing, after trying to put stock ROM with Odin and again failing, i got the phone to the state that the only thing I get when powering up the phone is the picture of "phone --! -- computer". It is not trying to boot at all.
Will the jig help to get it into download mode? Are their any other ways to bring it to life or it is total brick?
Tnx
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I had this same issue trying to install bionix v.. I made a jig and the jig just booted it to the phone ! computer screen... I called tmobile and they sent me a new phone!
marksht said:
After trying to install Froyo through Kies and failing, after trying to put stock ROM with Odin and again failing, i got the phone to the state that the only thing I get when powering up the phone is the picture of "phone --! -- computer". It is not trying to boot at all.
Will the jig help to get it into download mode? Are their any other ways to bring it to life or it is total brick?
Tnx
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Pull everything out of your phone (battery, sim, sdcard)
Open ODIN on your PC and plug the USB into it (PC)
Put the battery back in and hold down both volume e
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Plug the USB into the phone
Should be in Download Mode and you can let go of the volume keys.
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Ok, so now need to build the jig.
Tnx
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Try one more thing... Pull the battery and put it back in so your phone is off...plug in the charger so you get the charging screen...now when you see the charging icon hold in both volume buttons and the power button. You will see the icon flash off and back on then flash off and back on ...now when it flashes off for the third time...let go of the power button only..keep holding the volume keys
see if it will go into download mode that way
i had tried all of these methods and the jig...none of them worked...ervery time the screen turned on, it was the phone ! computer screen....no charging screen, nada..no matter what i did
ok try this too, pull batt,,,plug in charger,,,put batt. in then as soon as it lights up pull batt again,,then put back in fast,,then pull again as soon as it lights up ,do this 4 times and see what happens,,,my phone will get stuck on the samsung screen,and no matter what i do it gets / stays stuck like that untill i do the batt pull reinstall 4 times .then on the 4 th time i leave batt. in and phone boots up normal
so i was reflashing to cm7 #71 last night and i always do a clean install by formating boot system and cache. after i formated the 3 idk why but i let the phone shut off.
now i am stuck at just the vibrant logo. i have tried getting into cwm and download mode with no success. i plugged it in to the computer to see if i can at least access to adb no help there either.
does any body have a solution to this on this?
Um, first question; why do you format /boot? No where in any directions do they tell you to format that as that's where you're kernel is located.
And, if you can't access dl mode with the hardware buttons, why didn't you headed the large red letters telling you not to use CM7 if you can't access dl mode without the hardware buttons?
Have.you tried vol+ vol- and then USB? If you're running gb bootloaders (which you shouldn't be), then I don't know the button combo.
But the only way to recover is by geting into dl mode and Odin back to jfd.
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I always format/ boot. Its a cleaner install and have no problems going from multiple kernel changes. I could get into download using button combo before I flashed. Now I cant
avengethis1 said:
I always format/ boot. Its a cleaner install and have no problems going from multiple kernel changes. I could get into download using button combo before I flashed. Now I cant
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try this always works. take battery out phone, plug in usb to pc and phone hold vol + and -, and insert battery at same time, should put u in download mode.
Assuming u have a froyo bootloader
1) Power down ur phone
2) hold volume up + volume down then plug ur phone to a PC or laptop....don't let go of two volume buttons...
3) should b in download mode...
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ive tried every combo i can think of. still just sits at vibrant. was able to make a jig that put it into DLM but then was getting reconized at all by my computer even with all the correct drivers..... i think i actually might be outta luck
You could get a JIG which will automaticly put it into download mode. It can be found here http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0053H73JQ/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/188-7446597-2980456
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yea i was able to make one for 2 dollars and it works beautifully just now i cant get the computer to reconize the phone. i have the right drivers loaded but its seeing it as some crazy junk
edit: well got all the drivers working. made a new better jig and was able to get odin to reconize it.
didnt flash though. seemed jammed up. so i took it off of odin which left the phone in the phone to computer screen( PROGRESS) plugged it back into the computer. odin saw it and presto! back up and running on JFD
Ditto
I have done the same thing! Sent you a pm... Let me know what driver config you had to use to get it working.
Thanks!
No down load mode phone stuck in endlless boot loop help i used glitch kernel and miui
Would love to help you. Would also love to know which version of glitch/miui and what you've already done to try and troubleshoot.
We're not mind-readers here.
So when you pull battery and hold volume down, the phone won't go into download mode?
no it wont and im running miui 1.9.2 and glitch 11.1 ive tried to get into recovery and only got boot loop also tried booting regularly and got boot loop and try to go into download mode and only get black screen nothing else odion wont recognize my so i know it isnt in download mode
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no it wont and im running miui 1.9.2 and glitch 11.1 ive tried to get into recovery and only got boot loop also tried booting regularly and got boot loop and try to go into download mode and only get black screen nothing else odion wont recognize my so i know it isnt in download mode
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Remove the battery and then re install it but don't power up, plug in your charger and let it sit...does anything happen?
Idk why but a while back I had an issue like this...I was running cm7 and went to enter recovery via power button menu like you're supposed to, and got a boot loop and no matter what I did that's all it would do, no download mode, no Odin, no recovery..even tried three finger booting to recovery which your not suppressed to, but I remember in my ways of trying to trick it into download mode I found if I pulled the battery and then put it back in and plug it into the wall charger it would try to turn back on (something that happens on cm7, but i'm not sure if this happens on miui) but for some reason after doing that it still boot looped but when I tried entering download mode after that it worked! Was able to Odin back to stock and flash back to cm7..same build I was on before and never had the problem again our figured or how it even happened or why.
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how are you supposed to reinstall tho i have like no menus
You could try what I said, even if you still get a boot loop, then pull the battery and hold down volume while plugging into PC and see if you can get download mode..if you still can get into it you may have to get a USB download jig..just google it, they're a couple bucks or you can make them..if it's your last resort
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ill prob have to do that but its better then no phone thanks a lot for all the information and help
Similar to what the previous post says, take the battery out, plug wall charger in outlet, hold volume down then plug into your phone. If download mode comes up, pull the USB cable out of the wall plug and plug it into your computer. If it doesn't work, try the program Heimdall.
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I ended up having to use the program but It works now thanks for the help
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I was using this topic to try to fix my phone from an earlier issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
I accidentally flashed a CM9 from the i19100 instead of the i777, and when I tried to flash the Siyeah kernal, the phone stopped working. I used the topic I mentioned above and tried to use Odin to flash back to fix it, and now the phone just loops in the AT&T logo if it's not plugged in to the USB, and just flashes the batter icon at me if it is plugged while I try to enter download mode.
I cannot find a solution for this. I tried the Vol Up+Down+Power, which didn't work, and since I can't get it to turn on, nothing else will work. I have no idea how to proceed.
EDIT: Fixed by getting into download mode by holding Vol Down + Power, instead of the three button trick. Might come in handy for others. I had the boot loop on the AT&T splash screen that seems to require a jig most of the time.
Mononon said:
I was using this topic to try to fix my phone from an earlier issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
I accidentally flashed a CM9 from the i19100 instead of the i777, and when I tried to flash the Siyeah kernal, the phone stopped working. I used the topic I mentioned above and tried to use Odin to flash back to fix it, and now the phone just loops in the AT&T logo if it's not plugged in to the USB, and just flashes the batter icon at me if it is plugged while I try to enter download mode.
I cannot find a solution for this. I tried the Vol Up+Down+Power, which didn't work, and since I can't get it to turn on, nothing else will work. I have no idea how to proceed.
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Cant enter download mode while USB is plugged in.
try Vol up, Vol down. Insert USB.
And if that works, next time, try searching more.
Flashing a CM9 from i9100 will not brick your phone, hell it should boot still. but get d/l mode and back to a i777 kernal, then recovery, and flash ROM. i777 ROM
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Cant enter download mode while USB is plugged in.
try Vol up, Vol down. Insert USB.
And if that works, next time, try searching more.
Flashing a CM9 from i9100 will not brick your phone, hell it should boot still. but get d/l mode and back to a i777 kernal, then recovery, and flash ROM. i777 ROM
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It booted, but was giving me a Status 7 error when I tried to flash a nightly (because I didn't realize I had flashed a i9100 rom at the time, figured that out after some searching) so I decided to just use Odin to flash back stock.
And, no luck on the Vol Up+Down then plugging in. Tried with battery and without. With batter, just shows the charged batter screen like it did before. Without battery it just flashes the grey battery icon over and over.
I had a similar issue. to get to download mode use Vol up+down+power with the USB cable plugged in. make sure you hold them down until the download mode appears.
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I had a similar issue. to get to download mode use Vol up+down+power with the USB cable plugged in. make sure you hold them down until the download mode appears.
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Been trying that for hours. Definitely not getting to download mode that way.
Odin still recognizes my phone when I turn it on. If I unplug it, turn it on, then plug it back in, Odin will recognize the phone, though I can't actually enter download mode.
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Been trying that for hours. Definitely not getting to download mode that way.
Odin still recognizes my phone when I turn it on. If I unplug it, turn it on, then plug it back in, Odin will recognize the phone, though I can't actually enter download mode.
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Do you have recovery? do a factory reset inside recovery?
But you got bigger problem if you cant get into download mode. you sure your doing it right? sorry have to ask.
Vol up Vol down, hold both those while inserting USB, hold untill screen pops up.
Or a Jig.
No, no recovery. Splash screen and batter screen. Those are the only things I get to see.
I looked at the jig, but I don't have the supplies to make it off hand (no soldering iron), and no one I could find seemed to have as many problems with this as I was. Most of them just couldn't get into download mode and weren't having looping issues.
Mononon said:
No, no recovery. Splash screen and batter screen. Those are the only things I get to see.
I looked at the jig, but I don't have the supplies to make it off hand (no soldering iron), and no one I could find seemed to have as many problems with this as I was. Most of them just couldn't get into download mode and weren't having looping issues.
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You can get one off eBay for $5 I got one way back in the day its a life save and works on more phones that just Sammy.
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techn said:
You can get one off eBay for $5 I got one way back in the day its a life save and works on more phones that just Sammy.
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Yeah, I guess there's no other solutions. I thought maybe there was just something I couldn't find. I ordered a jig from amazon with overnight shipping. Hopefully it will work.
Try the following;
USB cable plugged into phone and motherboard battery out. Hold volume +/-. Insert battery. Continue holding volume +/- until you either get the battery charging animation or download mode.
If that doesn't get you download mode nothing short of a jig or jtag will..
Goodluck!
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neubauej said:
Try the following;
USB cable plugged into phone and motherboard battery out. Hold volume +/-. Insert battery. Continue holding volume +/- until you either get the battery charging animation or download mode.
If that doesn't get you download mode nothing short of a jig or jtag will..
Goodluck!
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Nope, but thanks for the suggestion. My jig should be here tomorrow.
Alright, I can get into download mode and 3e recovery, but I have no idea what to do from there.
The phone will boot, but idk how to put CM9 back on it and I'm not really getting anything from search.
Mononon said:
Alright, I can get into download mode and 3e recovery, but I have no idea what to do from there.
The phone will boot, but idk how to put CM9 back on it and I'm not really getting anything from search.
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I would flash completely back to stock first.
mattdm said:
I would flash completely back to stock first.
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Yeah, I reflashed stock + root, then flashed a kernal with CWM, then flashed CM9, then Siyah. Now I'm back to where I was, finally.
It turned out that in the beginning, when I was having the bad boot loop problem, I could get into download mode by holding Vol Down + Power, which wasn't mentioned anywhere that I could find. I just did it for kicks while the internet wasn't work and while I was turning my phone on and off.
Anywho, after much work and me learning to use Heimdall, the phone is working. Thanks for all the suggestions everyone!