I was trying to flash my phone into a gingerbread rom and it failed. Now my phone wont even turn on. I tried to get into download mode. Nothing, read alot of threads and all they tell me is to open odin and it will fix it by reflashing to an oem stock rom. The only problem the phone doesnt respond to anything I do. Can you help me.
Email me at [email protected] thats the best way to get a hold of me. thanks
jshealey said:
I was trying to flash my phone into a gingerbread rom and it failed. Now my phone wont even turn on. I tried to get into download mode. Nothing, read alot of threads and all they tell me is to open odin and it will fix it by reflashing to an oem stock rom. The only problem the phone doesnt respond to anything I do. Can you help me.
Email me at [email protected] thats the best way to get a hold of me. thanks
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Are you getting into download mode with the battery pulled(ie...pull battery and hold vol. down, yellow triangle should appear)? If so, try redownloading the samsung drivers. If that don't work, try another computer to make sure its not a usb issue. also make sure your using the stock usb cable that came with your phone.
ya i have tried 4 computer is the household and still not yellow triangle...err....someone told me try and make
You can try to put it in download mode away from the computer by keeping the battery in, pressing and holding the volume down button, and plugging it into a wall socket.
If the phone powers on and goes into download mode, unplug it and go over to your computer without turning the phone off. Plug it into your USB port and remove the battery.
From there you should be able to run Odin and flash back to stock.
Not sure if it will work for you... but it's worth a shot.
what i have heard i hard bricked the phone. I can get the phone even to turn on. I have tried the usb jig but i couldnt get it to work so i ordered one on line and should be here tommarow. I believe that I flashed with my sd card in would that cause this to happen?
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hello,
i have tried to change the rom that was on my vibrant through odin but at the beggining i couldnot get to the download mode through the buttons method and i found a way to go the download mode by using adb reboot download command and i have finally get the download mode but while i was trying to change the rom, i pull the usb cable and it showed an image of a phone and pc connected by dots and a yield sign in between. so now i can't go to niether download mode nor recovery mode and i have tried all the ways to go the download mode.
so please is there anyone that can help me to fix my phone
Sounds like you need a jig to get to download mode and then to flash jfd to get back to stock again then try flashing your rom
egc-r2+voodoo jl4+jl4 modem
moon12reda said:
hello,
i have tried to change the rom that was on my vibrant through odin but at the beggining i couldnot get to the download mode through the buttons method and i found a way to go the download mode by using adb reboot download command and i have finally get the download mode but while i was trying to change the rom, i pull the usb cable and it showed an image of a phone and pc connected by dots and a yield sign in between. so now i can't go to niether download mode nor recovery mode and i have tried all the ways to go the download mode.
so please is there anyone that can help me to fix my phone
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That' not a big deal dude, you don't need a jig, just do us all a favor and re-edit your post without using caps - cause it's pretty f***** annoying.
Remove battery>plug USB cable in PC and in phone>hold down Vol up and Vol down together>putt battery back in>should go in to DL mode, once there, let go of the volume buttons, unplug USB from phone, open ODIN, plug USB back in, ODIN should pick it up -good to go again.
Happened to me lots of times.
If above pattern doesn't work, try the same thing, but hold down on/off button as well, along with Volumes. One way or the other has to work....
willsnews said:
Sounds like you need a jig to get to download mode and then to flash jfd to get back to stock again then try flashing your rom
egc-r2+voodoo jl4+jl4 modem
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thank you dear friend but i don't have any idea what are these things and how to do it
Duce HD2 said:
That' not a big deal dude, you don't need a jig, just do us all a favor and re-edit your post without using caps - cause it's pretty f***** annoying.
Remove battery>plug USB cable in PC and in phone>hold down Vol up and Vol down together>putt battery back in>should go in to DL mode, once there, let go of the volume buttons, unplug USB from phone, open ODIN, plug USB back in, ODIN should pick it up -good to go again.
Happened to me lots of times.
If above pattern doesn't work, try the same thing, but hold down on/off button as well, along with Volumes. One way or the other has to work....
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dear friend i have tried both ways many times and i could not get to download mode and all what i see is an image of phone and computer connected with dots.
so if you have any other solution please let me know.
thanks again..............
There is a guy on Team Whiskey's site that sells JIGs for like $5 if you can't make one yourself. There is also a guide on making them in my Noob Guide (signature). I would like to TW's site, but it's down right now.
Think that's your only bet right now.
I've been there plenty of times where you're at. You CAN get into DL mode using the hardware buttons, you just have try different ways. I NEVER had a problem (from where you're at) getting there, you have to make sure you (critical part) pull battery out, then plug usb back in phone, press both volumes down together, as you keep holding them, put the battery back in. It should go into DL mode. Try a variety of ways, but always pull the battery out then back in while holding a combination of buttons down. USB has to be plugged in as well for it to work.
This is my second vibrant so far, and was always able to get it there....yours works the same.
Hi, I am having a serious problem
My vibrant was working and i was flashing the firmware T959UVKA7 using odin 1.3
once the update was done and it odin said passed
the phone is not turning on at all, act like there is no battery
tried to plug it to wall charger not even responding, its like dead, no power at all
i even tried to remove the battery for 5 min, add it again and plugged the jig
nothing is happenning, tried every combination of keys, even connect it to computer usb with no battery then plugged the battery, nothing, the phone is completely dead
Please let me know if there is any way i can make it to work again? or i totally bricked it?
Sami
Did you try and get into download mode? Connect usb to computer. Hold both up down buttons then plug in usb
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jrod33084 said:
Did you try and get into download mode? Connect usb to computer. Hold both up down buttons then plug in usb
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Thanks for the reply, well i tried all.. the problem is my phone isnt even turn on... its acts like there is no battery, even if i plug it to the wall charger it doesnt turn on or give me the battery status icon that is charging
its completely black screen, even the button light dont turn on, nothing turns on and the battery is fully charged
any idea? anyone know how i can fix it?? does that means i ruined my phone forever or is it fixable???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737 this will make it more clear
bartek25 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737 this will make it more clear
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Yes read that
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samiriad said:
Hi, I am having a serious problem
My vibrant was working and i was flashing the firmware T959UVKA7 using odin 1.3
once the update was done and it odin said passed
the phone is not turning on at all, act like there is no battery
tried to plug it to wall charger not even responding, its like dead, no power at all
i even tried to remove the battery for 5 min, add it again and plugged the jig
nothing is happenning, tried every combination of keys, even connect it to computer usb with no battery then plugged the battery, nothing, the phone is completely dead
Please let me know if there is any way i can make it to work again? or i totally bricked it?
Sami
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Which firmware (kernel only or complete)? Link?
Which OS were you from before odin up the KA7?
I ran into similar problem. I was from Stock Froyo Kies, then odin over the supercurio stock+kernel KA7. It got black screen ...for a good 5-10 min. I was going to pull out battery but I heard some mumble jumble in the background telling me that it's converting (voodoo ext4) so I left it alone. If you pulled out too early during the conversion before it finish doing voodoo...I'm not sure what happened to that unless your odin KA7 does not have odin. Do you see any light, sound, or splash screen at all?
When you flash, did you have "repartition" checked or not?
Anyway, have you try the 2 button download mode? Mine was silent dead black screen too at one point from last few days with few variation difference caused by different tinkering mistakes. I just took off battery, sim, sd and kill odin. Reput them all back and fire up odin. Hold down both the + and - with 2 fingers, then hook in USB from pc to phone. It should put it to download mode and you can reodin whatever...depends what it can do.
same situation here.
i came from T959UVJFD then i flashed T959UVKA7 (.tar.md5 file from samfirmware.com) using odin3 v1.70
odin says it was finished. but it doesnt turn on anymore. i cannot even go to download mode.
PLEASE HELP!
any kind of button combo doest work
try downloading odin3v 1.85 and using this method to put in to download mode
1. pull the battery,
2. put it back in;
3. then, with the phone still off, plug your usb into the computer,
4. turn on odin3,
5. hold the center of the volume buttons,
6. plug the usb to the phone while holding the volume botton
orginally found in this my posting
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1471231
I know I'm posting this on multiple threads, but Im desperate! I'm having the exact issue as OP, am hoping a suggestion from someone helps. Right now my hope is hanging on the comments from people here claiming "it is REALLY difficult to brick this phone".
I was "downgrading" from ICS Passion with GB bootloader, down to stock. The "downgrade" to 2.1 worked fine. Then I used Kies to upgrade to Froyo, and after the install it shutdown, and now the phone doesn't respond to any key. Tried a different battery as well, to eliminate a probably battery issue. No good.
Tried different combos to get to recover/download modes: Vol UP + Power, Vol Down + Power, Vol Up+Vol Down+Power, and Insert Cable+ Vol UP+Vol Down - nothing yet. Used ODIN 1.85 with suggestion from canyon789, and that didn't work either.
Any ideas? Please help.
meascom said:
I know I'm posting this on multiple threads, but Im desperate! I'm having the exact issue as OP, am hoping a suggestion from someone helps. Right now my hope is hanging on the comments from people here claiming "it is REALLY difficult to brick this phone".
I was "downgrading" from ICS Passion with GB bootloader, down to stock. The "downgrade" to 2.1 worked fine. Then I used Kies to upgrade to Froyo, and after the install it shutdown, and now the phone doesn't respond to any key. Tried a different battery as well, to eliminate a probably battery issue. No good.
Tried different combos to get to recover/download modes: Vol UP + Power, Vol Down + Power, Vol Up+Vol Down+Power, and Insert Cable+ Vol UP+Vol Down - nothing yet. Used ODIN 1.85 with suggestion from canyon789, and that didn't work either.
Any ideas? Please help.
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If your willing to wait the approx. week, call up Samsung tell them that you were updating through Kies and then your phone would no longer turn on, you've tried different batteries and tried different cables and still nothing, she/he will try to help you get into recovery mode, just go along with it, she will then help you get everything you need to send it to Samsung's nearest repair center. Sent mine in last thursday, they replaced the PBA (logic board) and are sending it now. Should be here in 2 days :]
meascom said:
I know I'm posting this on multiple threads, but Im desperate! I'm having the exact issue as OP, am hoping a suggestion from someone helps. Right now my hope is hanging on the comments from people here claiming "it is REALLY difficult to brick this phone".
I was "downgrading" from ICS Passion with GB bootloader, down to stock. The "downgrade" to 2.1 worked fine. Then I used Kies to upgrade to Froyo, and after the install it shutdown, and now the phone doesn't respond to any key. Tried a different battery as well, to eliminate a probably battery issue. No good.
Tried different combos to get to recover/download modes: Vol UP + Power, Vol Down + Power, Vol Up+Vol Down+Power, and Insert Cable+ Vol UP+Vol Down - nothing yet. Used ODIN 1.85 with suggestion from canyon789, and that didn't work either.
Any ideas? Please help.
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Did you try the exact no-boot steps from the Guide linked to above?
I tried everything else, only the exact sequence worked.
Battery out, phone plugged in, Odin running: press center of volume keys,
insert battery.
cashmundy said:
Did you try the exact no-boot steps from the Guide linked to above?
I tried everything else, only the exact sequence worked.
Battery out, phone plugged in, Odin running: press center of volume keys,
insert battery.
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Yes tried the exact same steps, no luck. Ordered a jig finally and hoping that will get me out of this mess
I hope the jig works for you. So much for "unbrickable". I will be sure never to Odin anything but the JFD file. Good luck.
work perfect for me thanks
meascom said:
Yes tried the exact same steps, no luck. Ordered a jig finally and hoping that will get me out of this mess
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his is not going to help at all, you damage the bootloader you as happened to me, but in my case it did ODIN, Mini Kies did.
The only thing you can try and see if you have some success is to do two things:
* Easy way: pay for you to get a JTAG on the phone and reinstall the bootloader. (Actually that's what you Damage to flash it)
* Terse: Vibrant Unbrickable do MOD
(but must be done by someone who is skilled in welding and electronics, as this takes a lot of risk, as is jumping two pins that control the processor of the phone)
note that the device is already damaged, you try to repair it, if you do not succeed, At Vibrant Ebay sell broken, win one for 53.66 at auction. and attempting to repair Give you a MOD.
I hope you will help.
If Mini Kies damaged your phone, call Samsung, tell them that you upgraded with Mini Kies and now it won't turn on and they replace it for free.
xXcybersniperXx said:
If Mini Kies damaged your phone, call Samsung, tell them that you upgraded with Mini Kies and now it won't turn on and they replace it for free.
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This can be another solution, if you carry LUCK and Warranty!!!!!
I was running simply honey 3.8 on my phone and my phone was working fine untill when i tried to flash bootlader for gingerbread i for reason took the usb cable out while it was flashing it now i am stuck on download mode and odin is not able to recognize my device , so basically i cant flash nything now i tried to download samsung drivers many time but no luck
please somebody help me with my phone
hmm.....first of alll WHY DO YOU TAKE IT OUT IT TAKES 6 SECS
anyway did you turn it off.....most likely you will have to do a JTAG reset
yah you half flashed a bootloader? .... the fine print in the bootloader Post is very Clear that it is one of the only true ways to HARD BRICK your vibrant.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990
close odin reopen and attempt to reconnect and flash your Froyo Bootloader. if that don't work you may want to consider a new phone. there aren't any samsung repair centers here in the usa to my knowledge. and your warranty is far gone. Sorry can't help more then that but Bootloaders aren't to be trifled with. Goodluck.
When u do a gingerbread bootloader the method of download mode is very different then froyo so u will have to look that up but its not holding down +,_ volume its something different for gingerbread. But once u figure that out!
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 .pit and .pda file in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers
double post, sorry
DONT TURN THE PHONE OFF, IT WONT COME BACK ON
just keep unplugging and plugging in till it recognises it, try diff usb ports
only way to recovery hard brick is with a jtag, wasnt expensive for me and only took a day but im in the UK
thanks for replying my got turned off when i connect to the charger i get phone exclamation mark and a computer and i was able to get into download mode but my phone is not able to connect to odin
VERY lucky there...next time just don't do that with a 7 second flash.
reinstall the drivers
but i try to do that but it still not connecting my phone
took me 2 hours of trying to get it to connect last time, i was going to give up but tried for a few more min and it got it
late to the game here... can you boot up the phone? I guess not, but if you could, turning off USB debugging, connect to usb, drivers install, then turning debugging back on would have done it i believe.
have you uninstalled, reinstalled the drivers?
have you trid multiple usb ports?
have you removed other usb items and rebooted the pc?
all of these things sound odd but have proven to help.
Hello, i was trying to odin back to stock with my phone as i had done before many times. I think some how i checked re partition by mistake. Any way it didn't write. So then i unchecked but still didn't write stock rom. I disconnected the phone and then it was all bad from there. I got the phone and computer sign. So i tried a method of getting it recovery that had worked for me before witch was to remove battery plug phone into usb and hold up and down volume keys and put battery in. Please someone help!!!!!! With all the great developers onthis site i know someone can help or deliver the bad news that it's nothing i can do. Thanks in advance.....
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Hello, i was trying to odin back to stock with my phone as i had done before many times. I think some how i checked re partition by mistake. Any way it didn't write. So then i unchecked but still didn't write stock rom. I disconnected the phone and then it was all bad from there. I got the phone and computer sign. So i tried a method of getting it recovery that had worked for me before witch was to remove battery plug phone into usb and hold up and down volume keys and put battery in. Please someone help!!!!!! With all the great developers onthis site i know someone can help or deliver the bad news that it's nothing i can do. Thanks in advance.....
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you're only soft bricked, when i've used odin i've had repartion checked everytime and its worked fine (apart from a few freezes but its worked after)
try it by holding the vol buttoms with battery in and plugging usb in
if it doesnt work at first keep unplugging and replugging in and try different usb ports, it once took me 2 hours of doing that before it connected
and it can connect to odin from the phone ! pc screen so keep an eye on odin for it connecting
kyle51 said:
and it can connect to odin from the phone ! pc screen so keep an eye on odin for it connecting
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This is true - more than once I've had different crap interupt the process while ODINing, and ended up with that screen - but ODIN was able to see my phone, so I went through the process as if I had the regular download mode screen, and it worked fine.
thank you!!!!! you are the man. i opened odin up and kept battery in and held buttons and put in usb cable and it worked. no one ever mentioned that odin could see the phone without being in download mode before. i would kiss you if it wasn't for the you being a guy thing. lol
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thank you!!!!! you are the man. i opened odin up and kept battery in and held buttons and put in usb cable and it worked. no one ever mentioned that odin could see the phone without being in download mode before. i would kiss you if it wasn't for the you being a guy thing. lol
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no prob, glad to help
just putting the usb in like that with the battery in only works for me, the other way of pushing the battery in doesnt
so try both ways if there's a next time, it might get moody and not want to work the way you normally do it
the phone ! pc screen's pretty much another version of download mode i think
First off I searched the forums and looked at the thread suggestions as I was posting this but nothing is like what I'm experiencing.
I was in the process of using Odin to flash a ROM to my phone. My phone was in download mode but before I could start anything, my wife said she needed the phone. Now I know it said "do not turn off target" but at this point I had done nothing other than enter download mode. I figured I was safe so I unplugged the phone from the PC, tried to restart the phone, anddddd nothing. Black screen.
When I get home from work I try charging the phone. Not even the charging icon appears. I try plugging it into my computer and it IS recognized but the phone only shows a white screen. And then it reboots. White screen again. It keeps doing this. I have tried all kinds of button combinations and taking out the battery/putting it back in. I took a video of my problem but it appears I can't post links where I am a new user. If you would be so kind as to google "youtube geiger9" you should get to the video pretty quickly.
What can I do about this?
geiger9 said:
First off I searched the forums and looked at the thread suggestions as I was posting this but nothing is like what I'm experiencing.
I was in the process of using Odin to flash a ROM to my phone. My phone was in download mode but before I could start anything, my wife said she needed the phone. Now I know it said "do not turn off target" but at this point I had done nothing other than enter download mode. I figured I was safe so I unplugged the phone from the PC, tried to restart the phone, anddddd nothing. Black screen.
When I get home from work I try charging the phone. Not even the charging icon appears. I try plugging it into my computer and it IS recognized but the phone only shows a white screen. And then it reboots. White screen again. It keeps doing this. I have tried all kinds of button combinations and taking out the battery/putting it back in. I took a video of my problem but it appears I can't post links where I am a new user. If you would be so kind as to google "youtube geiger9" you should get to the video pretty quickly.
What can I do about this?
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I think it's important to note that your phone is a T959P Telus.
Yeah, if you had not tried to odin anything yet it would be safe to unplug
I'm not super familiar with this model but I'll try and offer some help
Will it go into download mode with battery out and then connecting to a charger?
I would try and remove your sd card, sim card (i believe this model has one?) And your battery when connecting up to use odin.
After you have safely made an odin connection you can reinstall your battery
Also, try rebooting your pc with phone usb unplugged,,,
If still fails
try different usb port,,,
If still fails
Try different usb cable,,,
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I think it's important to note that your phone is a T959P Telus.
Yeah, if you had not tried to odin anything yet it would be safe to unplug
I'm not super familiar with this model but I'll try and offer some help
Will it go into download mode with battery out and then connecting to a charger?
I would try and remove your sd card, sim card (i believe this model has one?) And your battery when connecting up to use odin.
After you have safely made an odin connection you can reinstall your battery
Also, try rebooting your pc with phone usb unplugged,,,
If still fails
try different usb port,,,
If still fails
Try different usb cable,,,
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First off thank you for replying.
I tried the steps you suggested but it isn't working. Without the phone plugged in to the computer pushing the vol up/down and power buttons does nothing. I can't seem to enter download mode again no matter what combination of buttons I press.
geiger9 said:
First off thank you for replying.
I tried the steps you suggested but it isn't working. Without the phone plugged in to the computer pushing the vol up/down and power buttons does nothing. I can't seem to enter download mode again no matter what combination of buttons I press.
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Yeah It is only supposed to go into download mode by:: if you remove battery and connect to a charger/usb to it,,, or by having battery in and holding volume down while connecting charger/usb