So i was going to to flash a new rom yesterday, i believe it was a MIUI one, i boot into CWM recovery and hit install from zip, vibrant logo comes up quick then vibrant+cyanogen comesup scrolls through some processes errors and ges t vibrant then vibrat +cyanogen in a loop, so i renenter CWM recovery and hit erase user data, finishes and boots but im stuck on the Vibrant logo, when i plug in it freezes on the spinning circle and doesnt do anything. i cant get into download or recovery mode, any help is appreciated.
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I have the same issue...I need help please. I'm using a mac so if you can cater the help to that it would be helpful, if not any sort of walk through help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks
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MustangFTW said:
^ this guy is really helpful. plus 100 internet cookies for you good sir!
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What did he do to help you out??? I'm in need of help asap, I'm without a phone! Thanks!
Btw...I have a mac, but if I need to use a PC I can figure that out. Thanks.
man what prob do you have??????
sounds like you might need to reflash the rom.
Try the Factory Reset and reflash.
Good luck.
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were you coming from cm7?
What ver of cmw didu have
Were you using GB bootloaders? If not try this to see if we can get you back into stock 2.1 firmware and then go from there...
Make sure you have ODIN OPEN with admin privileges!
1.) Take off your back cover, remove your sim & mirco sd card.
2.) Remove your battery.
Make sure you have the USB plugged into your PC but NOT your phone!
3.) Hold the volume buttons.
4.) Put the battery in.
5.) Put the USB in.
You don't necessarily need the download mode image to be present. As long as you are getting the COM ID to light up yellow in ODIN, just flash back to stock like normal.
Tell me if that helped.
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You.effing.rule
N00B_IN_N33D said:
Were you using GB bootloaders? If not try this to see if we can get you back into stock 2.1 firmware and then go from there...
Make sure you have ODIN OPEN with admin privileges!
1.) Take off your back cover, remove your sim & mirco sd card.
2.) Remove your battery.
Make sure you have the USB plugged into your PC but NOT your phone!
3.) Hold the volume buttons.
4.) Put the battery in.
5.) Put the USB in.
You don't necessarily need the download mode image to be present. As long as you are getting the COM ID to light up yellow in ODIN, just flash back to stock like normal.
Tell me if that helped.
Sent from my SGH-T959 (Samsung Vibrant)
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N00B_IN_N33D said:
Were you using GB bootloaders? If not try this to see if we can get you back into stock 2.1 firmware and then go from there...
Make sure you have ODIN OPEN with admin privileges!
1.) Take off your back cover, remove your sim & mirco sd card.
2.) Remove your battery.
Make sure you have the USB plugged into your PC but NOT your phone!
3.) Hold the volume buttons.
4.) Put the battery in.
5.) Put the USB in.
You don't necessarily need the download mode image to be present. As long as you are getting the COM ID to light up yellow in ODIN, just flash back to stock like normal.
Tell me if that helped.
Sent from my SGH-T959 (Samsung Vibrant)
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This is what worked for me in case anyone has the same issue. Sadly my vibrant got stolen, then I bought a SII
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N00B_IN_N33D said:
Were you using GB bootloaders? If not try this to see if we can get you back into stock 2.1 firmware and then go from there...
Make sure you have ODIN OPEN with admin privileges!
1.) Take off your back cover, remove your sim & mirco sd card.
2.) Remove your battery.
Make sure you have the USB plugged into your PC but NOT your phone!
3.) Hold the volume buttons.
4.) Put the battery in.
5.) Put the USB in.
You don't necessarily need the download mode image to be present. As long as you are getting the COM ID to light up yellow in ODIN, just flash back to stock like normal.
Tell me if that helped.
Sent from my SGH-T959 (Samsung Vibrant)
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Maybe you can help me. My internal card is not being recognized by my phone. I can Odin but can't access sd card or when I reboot I get vibrant splash screen
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I googled how to reset my phone back to factory settings and they gave me this link
"[STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader"
(cant link links)
i misread that it was for the captivate, and i went through with all the directions.
now my phone keeps flashing an AT&T bootscreen and i cant get it in recovery mode..
help?
same here... that odin thing isn't working. Im just stuck at the vibrant boot screen. I know how to get into download mode but my pc or ODin doesnt recognize that i have my phone in. it's suppose to light up yellow or something. the tar files and all of that stuff is so confusing.
nevermind, i found the Odin program for the samsung vibrant and re did it.. but i still have BOTH at&t boot screen at the tmobile vibrant boot screen.. anyone know how to get rid of that? it would be much appreciated thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741027
where did u find it.. please share..
Edit: NVM..
stepinmyworld said:
same here... that odin thing isn't working. Im just stuck at the vibrant boot screen. I know how to get into download mode but my pc or ODin doesnt recognize that i have my phone in. it's suppose to light up yellow or something. the tar files and all of that stuff is so confusing.
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You may have tried this but these are the steps that eventually worked for me.
1. Put your phone in download mode by plugging it in and then holding Vol Up+Down and Power. As SOON as the screen goes black release power but NOT Vol Up+Down.
2. Launch Odin
3. Unplug your phone.
4. Load the pit and pda files into odin.
5. Plug your phone back in. You should now see one of the small blocks turn yellow and show you the com port. If not, something is wrong with your drivers.
6. Click start. If it flashes, great. If it hangs at File analasys then repeat 1-5.
6a. If Odin hangs at cache.rfs then move on to 6b.
6b. Unplug your phone (Odin will say it was removed) and remove the battery. DO NOT SHUT DOWN ODIN!!!!!!
6c. Put the battery back in and plug it back into your computer and put it back into download mode using step 1.
6d. Press start on Odin and it should now flash.
Again, this worked for me, it may have been a fluke and I'm not willing to try it again. Good luck!!!
Does not boot!
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
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You may have tried this but these are the steps that eventually worked for me.
1. Put your phone in download mode by plugging it in and then holding Vol Up+Down and Power. As SOON as the screen goes black release power but NOT Vol Up+Down.
2. Launch Odin
3. Unplug your phone.
4. Load the pit and pda files into odin.
5. Plug your phone back in. You should now see one of the small blocks turn yellow and show you the com port. If not, something is wrong with your drivers.
6. Click start. If it flashes, great. If it hangs at File analasys then repeat 1-5.
6a. If Odin hangs at cache.rfs then move on to 6b.
6b. Unplug your phone (Odin will say it was removed) and remove the battery. DO NOT SHUT DOWN ODIN!!!!!!
6c. Put the battery back in and plug it back into your computer and put it back into download mode using step 1.
6d. Press start on Odin and it should now flash.
Again, this worked for me, it may have been a fluke and I'm not willing to try it again. Good luck!!!
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i am completely lost when it comes to ODIN. I need to know the exact program to use. I have Odin Multi Downloader v4.03.. but it keeps giving me file path error and stuff. I have the right drivers i think because it does recognize my phone. im just so confused with this rar tar stuff. I would pay someone 20 dollars through paypal if they can walk me through this.
stepinmyworld said:
i am completely lost when it comes to ODIN. I need to know the exact program to use. I have Odin Multi Downloader v4.03.. but it keeps giving me file path error and stuff. I have the right drivers i think because it does recognize my phone. im just so confused with this rar tar stuff. I would pay someone 20 dollars through paypal if they can walk me through this.
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I don't want your money, but if you PM me I will try to type up a detailed how to.
mffu said:
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
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What have you done to put it in download mode? You should power off your phone, plug it into your computer. It should then enter the charge mode where you see a picture of your battery being charged (or if you were like me and screwed up somewhere you may see a little picture of a phone, computer and yellow triangle in between them). If you get either of those then press and hold all three VOL up, VOL down and power. AS SOON AS the screen goes black release ONLY Power and it should go into download mode.
If you plug your phone into your computer (powered off) and nothing happens then you just be bricked. Call TMO and play dumb and hopefully get a replacement.
Ok,
The_Chrome_Coyote really helped me!!!! Thank you so much and im back up and running. There was something missing from the original tutorial, not that we should be spoon fed but I didn't have the WinRAR program on my pc and didn't know I needed to extract anything. I was looking for exe. for it to be a program and just open it. It's a little more complicated than that. I added my additions in BOLD
The_Chrome_Coyote's Original post to me:
Odin isnt that hard, its just REALLY picky about working.
Firstly you need to download the Samsung drivers for your OS which can be found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
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Second you need to make sure you download WinRAR x86 (32 bit) 3.93 (google it and you should be able to get it) otherwise if your pc doesn't have a program to recognize rar and tar files, you are out of luck.
then read this thread from JAC:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
1. Now, Extract ODIN from its .rar and place the .exe on your desktop
2. Extract the .pit file from its.rar and place that on your desktop
3. Place the JFD .tar file on your desktop but DO NOT EXTRACT
Now you can use ODIN
4. Start ODIN Odin3. [Android + SLP], through ODIN select the .pit file
5. Hit "PDA" button, and through ODIN select the .tar file
6. Plug your TURNED OFF PHONE into the USB cable
7. Wait for the Battery/ charging indicator to start
8. HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN+ POWER, as soon as the screen goes black RELEASE POWER, and continue to HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN Until it enters download mode. Which should happen quickly and looks like a men at work highway sign.
9. If a COM port has turned Yellow in ODIN, then the device has been recognized. If it hasnt, unplug and plug your phone back in.
10. Dont select any options other than whats set at default.
11. Hit Start and be patient, takes me maybe 5 minutes to get back up and running.
NOTE: If you do not see a blue progress bar on the phone's screen after a minute;
11a. Turn your phone off by pulling the battery.
11b. CLOSE ODIN
11c. Start at step 4 again.
ODIN needs to be open and ready to flash before the phone is plugged in, in my experience. Its very picking about this, and not everyone has this issue, but I did and following all these steps helped me flash my phone more times than I can count the other day haha.
Hope this helped! and your $20, donate it to Wes, JAC, or Eugene to keep them making great stuff for our phone.
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Thank you thank you thank you
mffu said:
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
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Same thing happened to mine when i tried odin. Now all i get sometime when it come on. are 7 rows of text that seems to be a code on screen in amber. Ishipped back 2 samsung. Since t-mobile won't take it after 14 days.
ok I screwed up guys.
I installed ROM manager from the market, flashed clockwork, it asked me if I wanted to partition and I said yes.
Now I just get a black screen at boot. I've managed to run odin and it says success. But I still just get a black screen after boot.
Little help?
I do have to say that if YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXTRACT A COMPRESSED FILE (RAR, ZIP,ETC) YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS FLASHING YOU'RE PHONE!! Odin or otherwise.
I am not being mean but at least stick to update.zip files flashed through recovery and make sure you read reviews of other users first, and understand the instructions completely.
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daddysays said:
I do have to say that if YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXTRACT A COMPRESSED FILE (RAR, ZIP,ETC) YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS FLASHING YOU'RE PHONE!! Odin or otherwise.
I am not being mean but at least stick to update.zip files flashed through recovery and make sure you read reviews of other users first, and understand the instructions completely.
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First: everyone was a noob at one time, so simmer down.
Second: Pleast post an update.zip that will make my phone work.
Cannot get past Galaxy S boot screen
I was using clockwork recovery installed through an update.zip file on my sd card. everything was working fine for about a day and then when i powered my phone off the next day and powered it back on it would not boot up past the Galaxy S screen. it goes to the Galaxy S screen and then goes blank but my hard keys stay lit up while my lcd is completely blank. I tried using the Odin method described in this thread and it seemed like it was going to work but i still cannot get past the boot screen. please help. willing to donate if needed
jmoney1017 said:
I was using clockwork recovery installed through an update.zip file on my sd card. everything was working fine for about a day and then when i powered my phone off the next day and powered it back on it would not boot up past the Galaxy S screen. it goes to the Galaxy S screen and then goes blank but my hard keys stay lit up while my lcd is completely blank. I tried using the Odin method described in this thread and it seemed like it was going to work but i still cannot get past the boot screen. please help. willing to donate if needed
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If you can see the samsung logo you are fine. Load up recovery and try a full wipe first. If that fails then you can odin back to stock and root again.
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1. If you have questions, there is a q and a forum for this device!!!!!!
2. THIS IS THE DEV PART OF THE FORUM. IE FOR DEVS POSTING STUFF FOR THE PHONE!!!!!
3. Learn how to Google. Not that hard. Example, you don't know what the *.rar extension is. GOOGLE IT!! Google knows everything.
4. If you don't have basic android or computer skills, don't try anything stupid. You do have a chance to brick your phone, even the pros like cyanogen have bricked their phones.
5. Don't offer cash for someone to fix your phone. Keep it in qna and some one will help you. Save your cash for the development that work hard on making these things work.
6. Can a mod please move this thread to qna.
7. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. USE THE SEARCH FINCTION BUILT ONTO THE FORUMS. IT WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND THEN YOU WILL NOT LOOK LIKE NOOBS THAT JUST GOT THIS PHONE BECAUSE IT HAD AVITAR IN THE BOX!!!!!
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cache.fs problem in odin
setzer715 said:
What have you done to put it in download mode? You should power off your phone, plug it into your computer. It should then enter the charge mode where you see a picture of your battery being charged (or if you were like me and screwed up somewhere you may see a little picture of a phone, computer and yellow triangle in between them). If you get either of those then press and hold all three VOL up, VOL down and power. AS SOON AS the screen goes black release ONLY Power and it should go into download mode.
If you plug your phone into your computer (powered off) and nothing happens then you just be bricked. Call TMO and play dumb and hopefully get a replacement.
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I FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE CACHE.RFS PROBLEM!!
http://www.fractionalphones.com/?p=121
is there anyway to recover from a black screen that only shows a phone, yellow triangle and a computer? i was on the froyo test 3 rom and tried to go back to stock.
Works every time for me ..
nebur562 said:
is there anyway to recover from a black screen that only shows a phone, yellow triangle and a computer? i was on the froyo test 3 rom and tried to go back to stock.
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1. Unplug USB
2. Pull battery
3. Open Odin
4. Plug in USB
5. Hold down both volume keys (do not let go)
6. While still holding both volume keys put battery in (this should put you in download mode), let go of vol keys
7. Unplug USB wait 5 seconds and Plug USB back in, Odin should then see it
8. Flash whatever you were trying to flash with Odin again
The above steps work for me every time, and I do have a hardware locked vibrant.
doesnt work
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doesnt work
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Odd, works for me everytime ..
I wish I had more help for you ....
Works great for me as well make sure you are doing it the way he told you make take a few tries
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This is the correct procedure but I cannot get anything I flash to take. I believe this is because the previous ROM had voodoo and I believe it needs to be disabled. What I can't do is find a way to disable it because I cannot access my internal sd card.
How do you access your internal sd card without a functional OS on your phone??
oo.shady.oo said:
This is the correct procedure but I cannot get anything I flash to take. I believe this is because the previous ROM had voodoo and I believe it needs to be disabled. What I can't do is find a way to disable it because I cannot access my internal sd card.
How do you access your internal sd card without a functional OS on your phone??
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Did you try these steps yet?
Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? 2 Fixes to Help You Out.
So you forgot to disable the voodoo lagfix before you flashed a new rom and now you're getting an error, similar to the one posted below. Even Odin won't allow you to flash back to stock. Well, pay close attention and with some luck, you'll be good as rain...or something like that.
Fix 1:
1. Download Eugenes 'Froyo that does not brick' file.
2. Extract the files.
3. Open Odin, plug in your phone, then put it into download mode.
4. load the PIT file in appropriate area.
5. load the .tar file in the PDA area.
6. DO NOT check 're-partition'.
7. Click start, let it finish. Your phone will load and reboot into stock recovery. It will error out again. DONT panic! This is what's supposed to happen.
8. Now, pull your battery.
9. Download the 'True stock 2.1 firmware for the vibrant'.
10. Extract the files.
11. Once again, open Odin, plug in your phone, put into download mode.
12. Load the PIT file into the appropriate area and the .tar in the PDA area.
13. THIS TIME you want to check the 're-partition' box.
14. Now click start, let it finish, and this time your phone will load up just fine! BAM!
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silow said:
Did you try these steps yet?
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Silow, THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!! I panicked for about 8 hours before I found this and 1st attempt, phone boots up perfectly! Thank you for sharing!!
I cant get into download loader mode from the directions from the second post! All I get is some battery icon can someone help me!
Icedorb217 said:
I cant get into download loader mode from the directions from the second post! All I get is some battery icon can someone help me!
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Remove the battery, select the down volume button while connecting the USB cable. this should get you into downloader mode, (Android with a shovel)
As sad as it is sometimes you just cant get into download nor will your computer see your phone. The only thing you can do is go through tmo tech support and get a replacement phone. This has happened to me a few other ppl
Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749413
Doesn't work for me
pfcpt3 said:
Doesn't work for me
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Have you tried making the usb jig? It has helped a lot of ppl and doesn't cost much to make
watcher64 said:
1. Unplug USB
2. Pull battery
3. Open Odin
4. Plug in USB
5. Hold down both volume keys (do not let go)
6. While still holding both volume keys put battery in (this should put you in download mode), let go of vol keys
7. Unplug USB wait 5 seconds and Plug USB back in, Odin should then see it
8. Flash whatever you were trying to flash with Odin again
The above steps work for me every time, and I do have a hardware locked vibrant.
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i had the same problem, and these steps worked great for me!!!
My vibrant won't even powerup, i was using odin3 v1.70 and i accidently put the wrong .tar file and it said failed! NOW IT WONT START UP.....help please =\
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dex1701 said:
I had this same thing happen after Odin froze during a flash of the stock Vibrant US firmware. I thought for sure it was dead...no battery charging icon when plugged in, couldn't boot into download mode, no signs of life at all...nothing I did made it do anything. After messing around for an hour and a half I figured out how to get it to boot into download mode:
1. Removed SD and SIM card
2. Removed battery
3. plugged the phone into USB
4. held down vol-up and vol-down
5. popped the battery back in while holding vol buttons
This got me into download mode consistently when my phone looked 100% dead. After that I unplugged it from the computer (still in download mode), fired up Odin, set up my flash files, and plugged it back into the computer. It then showed up in Odin and I was able to re-flash successfully.
Maybe it will work for you guys too. Don't put the SD card or SIM card back in until after you flash, though. I couldn't get mine to flash correctly with the cards installed.
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this worked....mods please lock
thanks
Thanks for the info, I did Odin and the phone end up death too. I will this your method. I am hoping this will work.
this method didnt work.. my vibrant is dead.. help... its not doing anything..
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this worked....mods please lock
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u r a bad ass, thank you soooooooooo much, it just happened to me and now im on my way back to being fixed. thanks bro. ps by the way someone else said to the same thing basically but they said to press power as well, when i tried nothing...but without the power button pressed, worked...hell ya
Did not work at all... Accidentally I flashed my phone with a i9000 firmware tar file and now the phone is dead... can anyone tell me please how to save it? I don't have a phone at all
everyone just needs Download mode. access it whatever way you can same thing as recovery mode its just usually not that simple to get into using the multi-button methods. If all else fails to access download mode buy a team whiskey pre-made USB JIG. I havent purchased one but from the responses it seems like a good buy especially if you find yourself in a spot like most of you are in
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Did not work at all... Accidentally I flashed my phone with a i9000 firmware tar file and now the phone is dead... can anyone tell me please how to save it? I don't have a phone at all
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Define dead do any lights come on at all? Like on the bottom of your phone? If so then it's not that bad. try using the toolbox.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
There is a tutorial of every way to unbrick a vib in the Development section, that should help you out.
Help, when i was flashing with odin i accidentaly un plug the usb cable and now my phone doesnt even turn on, no lights, nothing, could anyone help me?
Hey Can someone please help me out? I installed Simply Honey 3.3 yesterday and when i rebooted system it gave me rainbow screen again and again. I don't know what to do the 3Button Combo is not working at all, and i cant seem to get it in download mode to ODIN
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Power your phone down
2. Remove back cover, battery, sim card and sd card.
3. Reinsert battery ONLY, but leave your phone off
4. Open ODIN and load the 512.pit and the JFD.tar (512.PIT goes to PIT and the JFD.tar to PDA)
5. Select repartition and select the check box next to PDA
6. On your phone, press and hold the volume up and down at the same time. Keep them pressed and plug the mini USB into your phone (Please note the USB should be plugged into your PC as well)
7. You will be kicked into download mode AND Odin should show your comm in the first box. This comm will also glow yellow
8. Double check Odin to make sure you have everything loaded correctly
9. Click start
Hey Thanks for replying!!!!! i tried the above and when I hold Vol Up+ Down and insert it goes straight to "VIbrant" boot logo then the rainbow starts again and then it reboots once more... thank you in advanced! if you could help me i would donate some money to you! thank you for helping me
U need to get into down load mode! After that ur problem is solved. maybe u need a usb jig to get into dl mode.
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liljuliod3 said:
Hey Thanks for replying!!!!! i tried the above and when I hold Vol Up+ Down and insert it goes straight to "VIbrant" boot logo then the rainbow starts again and then it reboots once more... thank you in advanced! if you could help me i would donate some money to you! thank you for helping me
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The steps posted above are correct somewhat.
Take battery out. Plug in usb to both phone and computer. Hold both volume keys and then insert battery.
You dont have to odin to stock though. You can flash a stock voodoo kernel via odin, say ka7, when the phone reboots youll be stuck at vibrant screen. Simply hold both volume keys and power until you see sonething on the screen and then releaae power only. This will get you to recovery where you can try flashing again, seems to always work the second time, or flash something else or restore.
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Ohhhh i see! I can just switch my Kernel out but keep the rom and it should stop the Bootloop?
liljuliod3 said:
Ohhhh i see! I can just switch my Kernel out but keep the rom and it should stop the Bootloop?
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No you can switch the kernel to a 2.2 one and get into recovery. Then you can restore or flash a new. Second flash usually takes.
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@ Exploding Boy I keep trying to get it into download mode but as soon as i plug the phone in the usb it goes directly to "Vibrant/Samsung" screen then rainbow, then cycles again. i am running Windows 7 x64 bit and i installed the new drivers then tried it again and still no luck am i screwed? :/
U may need to get a usb jig!
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@ Exploding Boy I keep trying to get it into download mode but as soon as i plug the phone in the usb it goes directly to "Vibrant/Samsung" screen then rainbow, then cycles again. i am running Windows 7 x64 bit and i installed the new drivers then tried it again and still no luck am i screwed? :/
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Are you pulling the battery? If yes then try the procedure i said but dont plug in and leave the battery in. Hold volume keys and then plug in.
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yes ive pulled the battery out, pluged in while holding up + down - vol keys then plugging it in but it goes directly to the Vibrant screen ive also tried to get ADB to help but no use, do any of you guys know where i could buy a USB Jigs from a xda member because i dont know if i would trust some people on Ebay. thanks for trying to help and i guess im screwed till i get a Jig. and i will donate to both of you for at least suggesting help. thanks though i appreciate people like you guys
i pmed u liljuliod3.
Good news! I ordered my USB Jig and it should arrive sometime this week I hope. I will also make a video of my phone to maybe show some of you what I dealt with, and then hopefully reflash to Odin Stock also for those of you who tried to help i will try to donate money to you thanks again!
im glad i could help, im sorry i couldnt fix ur problem!
the volume buttons then insert battery method worked for me, thanks! You're a lifesaver.
You could've just as easily flashed a voodoo froyo kernel to get to recovery and flash another Tom.
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Help Miui Rom was runnning perfectly and then I charged my battery and the phone powered back on. But all of my apps were blank and my sd was corrupted and nothing was being read from the sd. So i flashed stock 2.2 by Eugene and the sd card wont mount and I'm getting a error
"E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/bloc
k/mmcblk0)
(I/O error)
E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD:
copy default media content failed."
Does anybody know what to do, Stock works but i still cannot use my sd card. This has happened before and I have done the with the Eugene froyo that does not brick as stated above.
if all else fails, odin/heimdall back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
Yeah this is the one i've used. It just keeps rebooting into the recovery 2e with the error code I put in the post above.
I appreciate the help though.
Try reformatting your SD card.
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TheSneakerWhore said:
Try reformatting your SD card.
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Just tried it did not work, I think it reformatted it but then after a reboot(it would not unmount) it still did not work. I think I'm screwed. The crazy part is this has happened before but I just don't know what I did the first time. I even looked up my google web history lol.
Odin to JFD. That's happened to me with some 2.2 packages.
power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF : http://tinyurl.com/3l6seac
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
movieaddict said:
power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF : http://tinyurl.com/3l6seac
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
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I have tried this 3 times over before you even suggested it and I still get the black screen with the 4 buttons highlighted. Any suggestions for this, the sd card was perfect with the formatting and everything while booting up. It just hits the black screen right after the Galaxy S sign.
P.S. that link had me laughing so hard.
if that doesnt work, try a usb jig or aio toolbox!
movieaddict said:
if that doesnt work, try a usb jig or aio toolbox!
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Ok, I'm downloading aio toolbox now, I really hopes this works, I Love my vibrant.
Update:
Same thig happens after Reboot, h screengoes blank and th 4 buttons are highlighted.