Is my phone bricked? - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I was on Project V. I want to experience something new so I gathered all my strength to flash the newest Simply Honey.
I odin back to stock, rooted and installed CWM. I flashed SH though CWM and it said successful.
When I reboot, my phone stuck into a boot loader. The screen is "Powered by SH Talon kernel". The voice keeps saying" Convert data partition. Backup Operation. Restore operation. Voodoo lagfix is now activated." THen my phone reboot automatically and repeat the process all over.
And one more thing, when it first boot up it says samsung galaxy i9000.
Please give me some advice. Any idea would greatly be appreciated.

ANy one plz? I tried but couldn't enter download mode. I meant I never got my phone into download mode using button combo since day 1. However i managed to to into Clockwork mod Recovery v3.0.0.5. How do i go from there?

Had to help a friend with a borked vibrant this weekend. He flashed a gingerbread for the international version... at any rate, to get it into download mode I pulled battery, held down the power button and up button, placed batt in, and boom. Into download I went. Don't know if this will help.... but what the hell... it won't hurt to try..
sorry-- but you do know the traditional way of getting into dl mode, right?
1, pull battery
2, hold down both volume buttons (don't touch power button at all during this process)
3, insert battery
4, with still having the volume buttons pressed, hook it up to a usb (connected to computer)

cmzeunges said:
Had to help a friend with a borked vibrant this weekend. He flashed a gingerbread for the international version... at any rate, to get it into download mode I pulled battery, held down the power button and up button, placed batt in, and boom. Into download I went. Don't know if this will help.... but what the hell... it won't hurt to try..
sorry-- but you do know the traditional way of getting into dl mode, right?
1, pull battery
2, hold down both volume buttons (don't touch power button at all during this process)
3, insert battery
4, with still having the volume buttons pressed, hook it up to a usb (connected to computer)
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Thanks I got it to download mode and odin back to stock. Things are good now

please remember if you want to try simply honey again to wipe cache and dalvikcache after first flashing through cwm before you boot the ROM.

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Stuck at Vibrant Boot Screen

Hello everyone. I have a question about the current state of my Vibrant. Coming from a G1, I just upgraded to the Vibrant and have been loving since. I rooted my device, installed Clockwork Recovery, and flashed a new Rom. I decided to switch back to the stock rom but now when I turn on my Vibrant, it just sits at the Vibrant Samsung boot screen... Here are the steps I did up until this point:
1. Starting from the Stock T-Mobile rom, I applied Root update zip but booting into Recovery Mode (Holding down the volume Up/Down buttons and then pressing the Power button).
2. Installed Clockwork Recovery, and then did a Nandroid Backup.
3. Using Clockwork, I installed Eugene's Vibrant7 rom (I left create ROM Backup and Wipe Data options checked)
4. Vibrant7 rom flashed successfully but decided to switch back. So I used Clockwork to boot into manual recovery mode, selected Nandroid and then Restore
After it finished the Restore, it now sits at the Vibrant Samsung boot screen everytime I power it up... I'm thinking I should have not have used the Nandroid Restore to revert back to the stock ROM (unless I'm totally mistaken, I never used Clockwork Recovery before and have flash roms before with my G1).
At this point, could I just reflash back to the stock firmwire using ODIN (Directions from this thread [ROM] OFFICIAL T-Mo Vibrant JFD ODIN/Nandroid Backup Images 7/29/10 (Tested/Working) in the Vibrant/Android Development section). Would that take care of my problem or is my phone currently 'bricked' or SOL?
Thanks in advance for any help or clarification
yeah just odin back to stock... Read the directions carefully
this exact same thing is happening to me. I have tried to follow the instructions to odin. but when I hold volume down and power it just keeps rebooting to the vibrant page. but if I hold volume up and down and power I can get into recovery but non of the options fix my problem. Am I screwed or am I doing something wrong.
i'm having the same problem...stuck on boot screen
i'm on the bell network, are there instructions on how to use odin to fix my phone?
Try this,
1. Take out simcard ms and battery
2. Make sure you have the right drivers for your os
3. Open odin
4. Put your battery back in
5. Hold both volume up and volume down, using two fingers,
just to make sure your not missing a button.
6. Slowly... SLOWLY... put the usb into your phone while doing step 4
7. Continue to hold,
8. Should be in dl mode
If your not take out the battery and repeat 4-7. If odin doesn't recognize your phone, try unplugging the usb wire and reconnecting it.
flashed a sgh t959 with a galaxy s i9ooo kernel oops
​hi im stuck in manual mode and when i try to boot the screen shows two different galaxys s screens then goes back to manual mode and i cant get into down load mode it just goes back two manual mode was trying to root used wrong file i think im screwed i flash with oden and used i9000xxxhph tar file
Same with me, I think I soft bricked my vibrant, so I tried to restore to stock rom using odin. Odin detects it and runs stock rom just fine, but once it was restarting, the phone would not still boot up and would stay stuck at the vibrant samsung screen. I tried other roms such as froyo no brick, and i9000 stock rom also, would not boot also, just stuck at the samsung screen. What do I do? Odin works through the process fine though......why isnt it fixed?
Daddy_617 said:
Try this,
1. Take out simcard ms and battery
2. Make sure you have the right drivers for your os
3. Open odin
4. Put your battery back in
5. Hold both volume up and volume down, using two fingers,
just to make sure your not missing a button.
6. Slowly... SLOWLY... put the usb into your phone while doing step 4
7. Continue to hold,
8. Should be in dl mode
If your not take out the battery and repeat 4-7. If odin doesn't recognize your phone, try unplugging the usb wire and reconnecting it.
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OMG MAN!!! i love you! this did it for me, i even went and bough AND made a jig but none worked, didnt boot up into dl mode, just stayed stuck at vibrant boot screen, this did it for me, thx man, saved me hours of stress
yes yes yes! your mistake was using the power button! Lol.
FUTURE NOTE: if you upgrade to any gingerbread roms.... new bootloaders are required. If your JIG didnt get you into download mode before...... then it isn't working right. Once your into the the new Bootloaders for gingerbread, the sequence is........ HOLD VOL UP and POWER until you trigger DL mode. No USB required.... DO NOT FLASH NEW BOOTLOADERS WITHOUT A WORKING JIG IN YOUR POSSESION. TEST IT BEFORE YOU FLASH. I had...... an experiance.... lol
Not working
ParaMount33 said:
OMG MAN!!! i love you! this did it for me, i even went and bough AND made a jig but none worked, didnt boot up into dl mode, just stayed stuck at vibrant boot screen, this did it for me, thx man, saved me hours of stress
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I tried all the instruction still stuck on Vibrant logo if i connect cable the Loader pix cums but doesnt load or show me battery image what to do now? also Odin doesnt recognize neither i can go to download mode!!!!!
If you can get in DL mode you are halfway there, next make sure you have correct drivers. Uninstall current drivers and reinstall correct drivers. Odin can be funny sometimes, you might need a new USB cable, try every USB port as well.
You can also use the All In One (AIO) program to get drivers and back to stock. If you are having issues with Odin try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11358713
sent from the depths of helly bean
hi,
Once i gt a prob restoring. But then I re-flashed the ROM which the nandroid backup was taken and then in CWM selected advance and gave restore data option(as i remember).. (it was not full restore with system..b/c I flashed system separately)
You can go back to stock using ODIN .. as mentioned by Daddy_617 previously.
tc
Also if Odin doesn't work for you try Heimdall. I've seen post where this has worked for others.
Vibrant stuck on "Vibrant Samsung"
Daddy_617 said:
Try this,
1. Take out simcard ms and battery
2. Make sure you have the right drivers for your os
3. Open odin
4. Put your battery back in
5. Hold both volume up and volume down, using two fingers,
just to make sure your not missing a button.
6. Slowly... SLOWLY... put the usb into your phone while doing step 4
7. Continue to hold,
8. Should be in dl mode
If your not take out the battery and repeat 4-7. If odin doesn't recognize your phone, try unplugging the usb wire and reconnecting it.
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I tried this but the say thing keeps happening ... really need help

[HELP] Cannot reflash stock, weird recovery message

Hello,
Alright, so I tried flashing to the newest firmware and I ticked re-partition in odin (yea stupid me)... Now, I get the following
Code:
-- Movi_check Start..!!
checksum configuration need_checksum[0]
Not need checksum configuration
-- Movi_check already executed!!...
--movi_checking done!...
update media, please wait...
E:Cant mout /dev/block/st110
(invalid argument)
E:copy_dbdata_media:cant mount DBDATA:
copy default media content failed.
Now, I used adb to get into download mode, but now when I used adb reboot download, it sends me to recovery and i get this message...Is there anything i can do to at least get back to stock? Please Help D':
EDIT:
Would it be possible to somehow push the clockwork recovery to the sdcard using adb and use that to restore a nandroid backup?
i am having the exact same problem right now. i tried a adb install of a update.zip for clock work and is saying that i dont have a androidmanifest.xml. also tried straight push and said i dont have permession to put on sd card
Hey man try removing SD card and similar card. Take out battery and have it unplugged from USB.
Put in battery hold volume down and power while plugging in USB.
Worked for me. Flashed jfd then flashed ji6 now running smooth
avengethis1 said:
Hey man try removing SD card and similar card. Take out battery and have it unplugged from USB.
Put in battery hold volume down and power while plugging in USB.
Worked for me. Flashed jfd then flashed ji6 now running smooth
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Can you tell me what you did step by step? I'm doing it but I keep ending up on the screen from my original post...Also, did you get this problem because you checked repartition in odin or did you do something else?
I did have the problem from checking repartition.
1 pulled out everything from the phone (SD card,sim card, battery)
2 put in battery
3 hold down volume - and power button and plug in USB cable
hopefully this will put you in download mode.
4 used odin to flash stock jfd
5 rebooted phone
6 put in download mode through adb
7 used Odin to flash ji6
Last question, when you were doing it, before entering download mode, did you see a battery or vibrant screen?
EDIT:
Ugh...no matter how much I try I can't get into download...maybe my vibrant is hardware locked...
i got both but just played around with button combos till it went to download mode when i plugged in the cable
OK guys. So the trick about getting into Download Mode is to make sure phone is off, hold Power and both Volume buttons, when Vibrant screen shows up, release ONLY the Power button and you'll jump right in there!
.:|Sent from my Super AWESOME Vibrant using XDA App|:.
webmastertroi said:
OK guys. So the trick about getting into Download Mode is to make sure phone is off, hold Power and both Volume buttons, when Vibrant screen shows up, release ONLY the Power button and you'll jump right in there!
.:|Sent from my Super AWESOME Vibrant using XDA App|:.
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Isn't that for recovery mode not download mode
Doing both things plus some other methods sends me back to recovery...I WAS able to push clockwork and a nandroid backup to the phone but it didn't help me restore...also I can use adb but that also sends me to recovery...any ideas?
Sent from my T-Mobile G1 using XDA App
avengethis1 said:
Isn't that for recovery mode not download mode
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No. Recovery mode happens when you hold all 3 buttons until Vibrant screen shows up.
Download mode requires you to just let go off the Power button and continue holding the Volume buttons at Vibrant screen.
Very similar, but works like a charm for me and others every time. I learned it here in XDA!

vibrant won't boot

Just tried to flash CM7 nightly #8. The phone doesn't boot just sticks at the Galaxy S Cyanogenmod screen. I can't get it into recovery and ADB won't recognize the device. The firm keys light up when you touch them. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
DefineIndecline said:
Just tried to flash CM7 nightly #8. The phone doesn't boot just sticks at the Galaxy S Cyanogenmod screen. I can't get it into recovery and ADB won't recognize the device. The firm keys light up when you touch them. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks.
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my phone only shows the vibrant screen. i used to be able to get into download mode and recovery mode. i flashed htcclays cm7 1.1 then i couldnt get into download mode but i could get into recovery no problem. i flashed the new 1.2 and i lost data and all cellular capabilities. i tried to get into recovery and ref;ash 1.1 then i lost everything. i ordered a jig from ebay. im gonna have to wait for that to get here unless someone can help...
I'm going to attempt to make a jig tomorrow. :|
DefineIndecline
Can you get into Download mode? Try reverting back to stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13132341#post13132341
DefineIndecline said:
I'm going to attempt to make a jig tomorrow. :|
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Before you do that try this
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
+1
follow exactly wht nomad says!
I'd like to take a moment to thank all of you guys for helping me, especially Nomad! his method worked perfectly; no jig was even necessary.
Thanks a lot guys! Totally feelin' the xda love right now.

HELP! bricked my vibrant

i just flashed simply honey 3.8 via odin, i did back to stock before via odin (came from cm7) but after flashed simply honey, my phone stucked at rainbow screen sayin partition partition stupid partition, so i read that to get rid that rainbow i should flash gb bootloader, then i flashed the bootloader via odin, yeah the rainbow has gone but my phone keeps bootloping in vibrant and bullet screen then sayin partition2 bla bla, i can't get to odin with 2 button combo, it's just go to charging wtf, i can't even get to cwm via 3 buttons combo, help me guys, thx in advance
Have you tried
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
Just checking, did you take out your battery, unplugged the usb, put the battery back in, then held vol up, vol down, and power and released all three as soon as you saw the Vibrant logo?
and if that doesnt work try all the steps above but minus one step! hold down both volume buttons except power and see if that works!
nomadrider123 said:
Have you tried
1. Start Odin
2. Plug USB cable into pc
3. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
5. Plug USB cable into Phone.
6. Press and Hold: Volume UP + Volume DOWN + Power, all at the same time.
7. Re-insert the battery.
8. The phone will power now, when the screen starts a cycle of going to a BLACK screen, release ONLY the POWER button.
9. When you see the download icon release the volume buttons,
10. Odin back to stock by putting the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
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nah, it doesn't work, it just keep showing the charging screen, even i keep holding the three button then reinsert the battery it just keep goin to charge mode over and over and if i release the power button only the phone sayin "partition" in chargin mode but not get into download mode at all, im pretty desperate right now, this is my first smartphone and i bricked it, how stupid i am
movieaddict said:
and if that doesnt work try all the steps above but minus one step! hold down both volume buttons except power and see if that works!
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no it doesn't work it still can't go to download mode, its in charging mode keep saying that stupid partition, thx for replying my thread btw
It's not bricked, I know you're mad and frustrated, trust me, I've been there a million times!
Lets try taking out the battery and leave it out for 15 minutes. Reboot your computer and unplug every usb.
Then try the above steps again.
crazy25000 said:
It's not bricked, I know you're mad and frustrated, trust me, I've been there a million times!
Lets try taking out the battery and leave it out for 15 minutes. Reboot your computer and unplug every usb.
Then try the above steps again.
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tried it, still my phone can't see the download mode screen, i can't bring it to t-mobile since i don't live in states
If you flashed the bootloaders then the mapping is different. Try power button and volume up without the usb plugged and with the battery in. That should get you in download mode.
bricked
tried it, still my phone can't see the download mode screen, i can't bring it to t-mobile since i don't live in states
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You are not bricked. I just had the same thing happen flashing the light version with Rom Manager. Since you flashed the Bootloaders, the key combination has changed. Hold down the volume up and power key. Release when you see the vibrant logo-that should take you into red recovery. When there, go to voodoo, choose disable. It will tell you it is 'actually enable' and will be disabled next boot. So reboot and let it do its thing. When I did it the Android in space finally showed up.
EDIT: I'm pretty sure you don't need to go into download mode to reflash with odin, just disable the lagfix. If it doesn't boot into the Android, then volume down+power will take you into download and reflash after the lagfix is finished disabling.
EDIT 2: And with the Gingerbread bootloader, you can't go into download mode if plugged in anymore. It will not go past the charger like on the Froyo Bootloaders.
EDIT 3: Sorry got the key mapping backwards, lol here it is straight from the Bootloaders site.
Gingerbread Bootloaders - No Rainbow - Fully visible Recovery on all ROMs
Benefits - No more rainbows on Gingerbread 2.3 ROMs like Simply Honey GB, LiDroid, Asgard, etc.
Convenient Key Maps for entering Recovery and Download Modes. (I personally like these mappings over the Standard Vibrant Mapping as you can enter download mode directly without needing to turn off phone or remove battery etc...)
For Recovery - Lower Volume Key + Power Button
For Download - Upper Volume Key + Power Button
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RaymondPJR said:
You are not bricked. I just had the same thing happen flashing the light version with Rom Manager. Since you flashed the Bootloaders, the key combination has changed. Hold down the volume up and power key. Release when you see the vibrant logo-that should take you into red recovery. When there, go to voodoo, choose disable. It will tell you it is 'actually enable' and will be disabled next boot. So reboot and let it do its thing. When I did it the Android in space finally showed up.
EDIT: I'm pretty sure you don't need to go into download mode to reflash with odin, just disable the lagfix. If it doesn't boot into the Android, then volume down+power will take you into download and reflash after the lagfix is finished disabling.
EDIT 2: And with the Gingerbread bootloader, you can't go into download mode if plugged in anymore. It will not go past the charger like on the Froyo Bootloaders.
EDIT 3: Sorry got the key mapping backwards, lol here it is straight from the Bootloaders site.
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YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! THAAAAAAAAAANKSSSSSSSSS I can go to download mode, sorry for my noooobnesss
bricked
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! THAAAAAAAAAANKSSSSSSSSS I can go to download mode, sorry for my noooobnesss
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Glad you are happy, lol! I'm flashing the medium version right now from recovery and will do the full whenever it finishes downloading.
Glad you got it worked out!
nasgadth said:
YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! THAAAAAAAAAANKSSSSSSSSS I can go to download mode, sorry for my noooobnesss
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I'm impressed with your risk taking capabilities man... Dont know how old you are to Android, and I'm not commenting on that, but from what I see, you are just 15 posts old, and you managed to flash Bootloaders to your phone...
Do read the OP for possible solutions before you flash anything... That said, till you have a screen, its not a brick.
Flash the bootloaders, using the new key mapping, and then flash the ROM, you should be good to go !!!
maybe one of you guys can help me here
i have the rainbow screen and i cannot get computer to recognize phone. i have to get into download mode with a dongle and odin still does not recognize my phone. i cannot boot into recover as the screen is completely rainbowed out and I cannot see what I am doing.
Are there any suggestions on what to do from here?
Thank you

help save my brick!

Hi everybody,
I was on Bionix V Fishman Mod Final Update 3 until yesterday. I then decided to flash CM9 latest nightly rom so I disabled voodoo and flashed it.
The rom worked but I wanted to go back to another rom. I couldn't enter recovery mode through the button combos so I entered with the adb command.
I tried flashing two different roms but I got this error:
Amend scripting (update-script)is no longer supported
Amend scripting was deprecated by Google in Android 1.5
It was necessary to remove it when upgrading to the ClockworkMod 3.0 Gingerbread based recovery.
Please switch to Edify scripting (updater-script and update-binary) to create working update zip packages.
Installation aborted.
Then after a couple of more tries in the recovery I tried reboot the phone but then it got stuck on the first screen, the one that came with GB bootloader I installed a while back.
Download mode doesn't work either. Is there any thing I can do?
Thanks everyone!
hi,
AFAIK you can go back to stock using Odin. Try these steps to go back to download mode.
Open Odin
Pull the battery out
Plug the usb into the computer (dont connect the other end to the phone yet)
Now hold BOTH volume keys (UP + DOWN) and plug the usb to the phone
While pressing volume buttons insert the battery
OR try One-Click Unbrick
You can FIND more about going back to stock [including links] from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13132341#post13132341
tc
I can't enter download mode using that method.
One-Click Unbrick didn't work, It gave a message saying : Is your phone plugged in? is it in download/softbrick mode?....
How do I know if it's soft brick? The only screen I see says: "ANDROID -AdyScorpius-"
Any other ideas?
Do you have samsung USB drivers installed
EDIT: If none of above works Im sure anybody will help you out..
I hope so... thanks anyway haarsh!
haarsh said:
hi,
Open Odin
Pull the battery out
Plug the usb into the computer (dont connect the other end to the phone yet)
Now hold BOTH volume keys (UP + DOWN) and plug the usb to the phone
While pressing volume buttons insert the battery
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barya said:
I can't enter download mode using that method.
<SNIP> The only screen I see says: "ANDROID -AdyScorpius-"
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Listen to haarsh, he is correct. Just so you know, you do not have to have the Android with the shovel in the download screen to be in "actual" download mode. When you have Odin open and do the steps above, what you are really looking for is that Com: screen to light up Yellow. Then you are in download mode.
FYI, as long as you have power and are at the very least getting to the bootloader screen, you can recover. Just tread lightly bc screwing with the bootloaders is one of the sure-fire ways to HardBrick your device.
woody to the rescue... thnx brother
tc
I tried to do that now and the only response the phone does is show that litle circle of radial lines which means he is charging.
Odin doesn't recognize and the com doesn't light up.
Just curious but what two ROMs did you flash that threw the error in your OP? Were they ICS ROMs or did you try and play it safe and flash Fish's Bionix again?
Keep trying to get into download mode by using the key combo of Volume Up and Power (since you are on GB bl's). You have power so you can get out of it but it might take more than a few tries.
Edit:
***----> I am having all kinds of trouble with my browser today at work, so if I don't respond right quick, that is why. But I'll get back to you or some others out there can help.
OK I got into download mode! as a matter of fact I forgot about this method of just volume up and power and it succeeded the first time.
Thank you very much to the both of you, sorry for all the trouble...

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