Every once in a while this "download mode" comes up. I had left my phone in my room and it died while i went quickly to the neighbors. When I came back, I found my phone in this download mode. Ive seen it before and I get to it randomly. Any insight?
When you turn on your phone by holding the vol+/- and power with the USB plugged in, this is what shows up. So I'm guessing that's what's happening.. I'm not sure. Wait for an expert on the subject.
Blaze9 said:
When you turn on your phone by holding the vol+/- and power with the USB plugged in, this is what shows up. So I'm guessing that's what's happening.. I'm not sure. Wait for an expert on the subject.
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heres the thing. My phone was completely untouched and the charger was not plugged in. Its a totally different download mode.
So, I've seen this particular download mode come up when I go into download using the adb reboot download command. The volume up-down method brings up the download mode with the number of flashes and the other warnings. Not sure what the difference is.
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Is it a stock ROM or you have any other ROMs and a custom kernel? AFAIK, The only way to enter download mode other than the physical key combination is to let the kernel know before it is rebooting - like 'adb reboot download' and using some custom options found in other ROMS..
Sorry, i have Serendipity 8 and kernel is Entropy. Ive experienced the same on UnNamed as well. Not a big deal. Its just a pain having to pull the battery because its a tad hard to remove it from the case.
eddies92 said:
Sorry, i have Serendipity 8 and kernel is Entropy. Ive experienced the same on UnNamed as well. Not a big deal. Its just a pain having to pull the battery because its a tad hard to remove it from the case.
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I think you don't need to pull the battery out. Keep pressing the power button until the phone switches off. Again press the power button so that the phone boots again..
I tried that with no luck lol
vineethrp said:
I think you don't need to pull the battery out. Keep pressing the power button until the phone switches off. Again press the power button so that the phone boots again..
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eddies92 said:
I tried that with no luck lol
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This does work to reboot the phone without pulling the battery. You can also hold the power button until you see the first boot logo.
I have no problem rebooting from download mode by holding the power button. Usually takes about 10-15 seconds to work.
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Dont know if this is the right section but does anyone have any idea on what i can do? my phone cant get into recovery or download mode after flashing a rom. it just remains on the screen that says Vibrant and Samsung... no, it didnt have a lagfix so no voodoo was enabled....help please!! thank ya
Not the right section but...
Battery pull your phone then put it back
Plug in the USB
Hold both volume buttons down
THen press power button (while still holding volume up&down)
The screen should pop up with something (vibrant, phone!computer, etc)
Once that happens, let go of the power button (BUT NOT THE VOLUME!)
should get into download mode
Yea, i tried all of the little button combinations to get to either recovery or download..... nothin happened! im not new to this so i know about how to actually get there but its just not doing it now.....thanks anyway though!
Home made jig time
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Go to the vibrant directory thread, there is a link there for the jig,i think thats the only thing you can do now! That work for me, good luck!
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ADB is your friend.
>adb reboot download
Voila!
Yes. Wrong section.
Its takes longer when tryin to enter download mode from the soft brick try it again n wait
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These instructions worked perfectly for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxearzXrVY
Ctp3 said:
Dont know if this is the right section but does anyone have any idea on what i can do? my phone cant get into recovery or download mode after flashing a rom. it just remains on the screen that says Vibrant and Samsung... no, it didnt have a lagfix so no voodoo was enabled....help please!! thank ya
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I was pulling my hair out for a day messing with the same issue
Turn your phone off
Hold down the volume up + down and plug in UBS
Thats it!
It may sound stupid to you. But after numerous time trying to get to download mode, I succeeded by I pulling the microsd ou .
Yea, it finally worked....i just tried different button combinations n lucked up...thanks u guyz.... Im back in business
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Good, now nuke thread.
metalman3797 said:
I was pulling my hair out for a day messing with the same issue
Turn your phone off
Hold down the volume up + down and plug in USB
Thats it!
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this is the easiest method out there and should be sticked.
it doesnt matter if its connected to a wallcharger or pc, it will work no matter what.
works for me EVERY time.
I had the same issue yesterday after an ODIN flash failed. On the CM forum, I believe, was instructions, linked in the Vibrant Bible.
1. Pull SD and SIM
2. Plug USB to phone
3. Plug USB to PC
4. insert batter and wait for the icon to come up showing that your battery is charging
5. Hold Vol UP and DOWN, press power, hold power ONLY until the screen goes black, then release.
6. Continue to hold Vol Up and Down.
This SHOULD bring you into Download mode so you can connect ODIN again. Worked for me after a few tries. Don't give up, keep trying (Even though you want to either whack your forehead or throw the phone)
Another way I have seen it listed is to do all of the above until the inset battery part, and skip the waiting to see the battery charging icon. Hold the buttons with the USB connected, then insert the battery with the buttons pressed.
Hope that helps you out, as I know how frustrating it can be to have a soft brick on your hands.
r3skyline said:
this is the easiest method out there and should be sticked.
it doesnt matter if its connected to a wallcharger or pc, it will work no matter what.
works for me EVERY time.
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Glad i could help, i figure it would save some Vibrants from being thrown out a window lol
use odem for ur phone
You_are_the_man.
Originally Posted by metalman3797
I was pulling my hair out for a day messing with the same issue
Turn your phone off
Hold down the volume up + down and plug in USB
Thats it!
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this is the easiest method out there and should be sticked.
it doesnt matter if its connected to a wallcharger or pc, it will work no matter what.
works for me EVERY time.
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agreed, best method ever!!!! just pretty much turned my day around lol.
cant seem to find an answer though
is there a way to back out of download mode with out downloading anything.
say you went in by mistake..
mosler said:
cant seem to find an answer though
is there a way to back out of download mode with out downloading anything.
say you went in by mistake..
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hold power button or pull battery
im not willing to try it again at the moment to double check, but,
from my experince in the past it came back up in dl mode still if i did that.
could be that those times were when i had failed odins and stuff...
thanks
maybe lol
but if you go in normally like if you meant to go to recovery from extended power menu but pressed download mode by accident
just hold power for like 5 sec and it'll turn off or just pull the battery
I've had to do that a couple times. Just pull the battery. Haven't seen any ill-effects from it.
just whip that bad boy out and stick it back in!..... the battery you pervs.....
Lol seriously your not going to harm it by pulling the battery..... if the usb plug is still in it will stay lit up though
mosler said:
cant seem to find an answer though
is there a way to back out of download mode with out downloading anything.
say you went in by mistake..
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hold power button for 10 sec..
I've already asked this question somewhere. Most popular reply was keep cable plugged in, pull battery, disconnect cable, reboot
Edit: disconnect cable, insert battery, reboot. But you were probably smart enough to full in the blank
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The market was acting a little flaky on my Evo3D, so I thought I'd reboot the phone. I recently flashed ViperROM RC 1.3, so now I get the option to "Hot Restart". Sure, why not I thought. So I choose the "Hot Restart" option. And my phone never came back on.
Tried every combination I could think of, pulled the battery, held the power button down for a minute, held volume down and the power button.. Nothing happens. No flickering of the screen, no lights, nothing.
If I plug it into AC, the charge light comes on red, stays red for a few seconds, turns green, then turns off. The battery was fully charged when I tried to reboot it.
If I plug it into a PC, and issue an "adb devices", I get the following:
D:\Downloads>adb devices
List of devices attached
HT16CHX00895 recovery
Recovery?!?
I can adb shell into the phone, and it looks like I have root (I get a "/ #" prompt).
I can push/pull from the phone.
I tried all combinations of adb reboot (with and without bootloader or recovery), and while it does reboot the phone (and the screen DOES flicker at this point), it just goes dark and again and appears to shut down (but adb devices still shows it as in recovery mode).
After about a minute, the phone appears to go to full sleep mode, and adb disconnects.
I've searched google and xda-developers, and can't find ANYTHING about this.
Anyone have ANY ideas???
Getting desperate here folks!
Scott
This happened to me as well. I dont really remember how I got phone to turn on but I did. Try pulling battery for longer duration. I do know that I pulled the battery. I will try and think more of what I did when it happened to me. So you cant get into the bootloader or recovery?
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adb reboot usually works for me when i get stuck during hot restart... pull the battery and wait 10-15 seconds then press the power button for like 3 seconds, put the battery back in and see if that helps
thesparky007 said:
adb reboot usually works for me when i get stuck during hot restart... pull the battery and wait 10-15 seconds then press the power button for like 3 seconds, put the battery back in and see if that helps
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Thanks for your assistance.
I pulled the battery, let it sit for about 2 minutes, held the power button down for 15 seconds, put the batter back in, hit the power button again for 5 seconds. Nothing.
Scott
Sometimes you'll need to hold the power button down for more than ten seconds, with the battery in of course.
smark72 said:
This happened to me as well. I dont really remember how I got phone to turn on but I did. Try pulling battery for longer duration. I do know that I pulled the battery. I will try and think more of what I did when it happened to me. So you cant get into the bootloader or recovery?
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I pulled the battery, let it sit for several minutes, put the battery back in, held down the volume down and the power button. Nothing
No, I can't get anything anything on the phone. Absolutely nothing happens when I hit the power button, no led's blink, the screen doesn't flicker, nothing.
ADB does appear to work. ADB REBOOT does make the phone reboot, and it does make the screen flicker, but then it just goes dead again.
Thanks for your help!
Scott
phatmanxxl said:
Sometimes you'll need to hold the power button down for more than ten seconds, with the battery in of course.
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I just tried holding it down for about a minute.. Nothing
Thanks for your help,
Scott
Delvorak said:
I pulled the battery, let it sit for several minutes, put the battery back in, held down the volume down and the power button. Nothing
No, I can't get anything anything on the phone. Absolutely nothing happens when I hit the power button, no led's blink, the screen doesn't flicker, nothing.
ADB does appear to work. ADB REBOOT does make the phone reboot, and it does make the screen flicker, but then it just goes dead again.
Thanks for your help!
Scott
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Try what the other poster said. When I read it I kind of remember holding the power button in for a little once I replaced the battery after the pull. I recall holding the power button for more than 5 sec, letting go then hit power again and it finally came on. If that doesnt work maybe you can pm the dev from viperrom and ask for help.
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There was a thing where some people needed to pull their sdcard for some reason.... Once powered up without it you could shut down and restart and put it back and we're all good.... I needed to once, though the charge light never came on for me... Worth a shot
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I have never used ADB before but could you push a PG86100 update zip if there was one on your sd card or does that have to be done through the bootloader?
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daneurysm said:
There was a thing where some people needed to pull their sdcard for some reason.... Once powered up without it you could shut down and restart and put it back and we're all good.... I needed to once, though the charge light never came on for me... Worth a shot
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Progress! Removing the sd card makes the
adb reboot bootloader
command work, so I can get into the bootloader now... but , if I select reboot, it goes back to doing the same thing.... and I select bootloader, and then recovery, it does the same thing.
Trying a bunch of other stuff, nothing's panning out yet.
Any ideas now that I can get into bootloader?
Thanks!
Scott
Delvorak said:
Progress! Removing the sd card makes the
adb reboot bootloader
command work, so I can get into the bootloader now... but , if I select reboot, it goes back to doing the same thing.... and I select bootloader, and then recovery, it does the same thing.
Trying a bunch of other stuff, nothing's panning out yet.
Any ideas now that I can get into bootloader?
Thanks!
Scott
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can you read anything on your sd card when you plug in the usb? I would guess not if you cant see the screen to choose storage instead of charge only. Sounds like somehow flashing a stock update.zip would get you going again, I just wouldnt know how to do it. Can you put your sd card in an adapter for pc to get the PG86100 image on it then place it back into your phone and run it from bootloader?
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do a battery pull and hold down the power for 10 seconds with the battery out, put the battery back in and hold volume up and press and hold power until it turns on
if that doesnt work, flash a new recovery through adb and see if it boots up
Delvorak said:
Progress! Removing the sd card makes the
adb reboot bootloader
command work, so I can get into the bootloader now... but , if I select reboot, it goes back to doing the same thing.... and I select bootloader, and then recovery, it does the same thing.
Trying a bunch of other stuff, nothing's panning out yet.
Any ideas now that I can get into bootloader?
Thanks!
Scott
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So, hboot works, adb works...does fastboot work?
Either way, I'd flash a recovery and a rom....I was also thinking maybe refresh hboot, but, if you are getting to the bootloader I don't think it's corrupted, but, maybe the other parts are....
I'd start with recovery and a rom...if no luck there flash another hboot on top. I'm a big fan of the eng hboot.
Problem solved!
It was the battery, somehow. When I got home from work, I swapped out the chinese knockoff battery with the original stock battery, hit the power button, and it started right up. Swapped out for the same knockoff battery, and it won't start again. WTF?
Anyway, thanks everyone for your suggestions, I appreciate it!
Scott
Delvorak said:
Problem solved!
It was the battery, somehow. When I got home from work, I swapped out the chinese knockoff battery with the original stock battery, hit the power button, and it started right up. Swapped out for the same knockoff battery, and it won't start again. WTF?
Anyway, thanks everyone for your suggestions, I appreciate it!
Scott
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when the battery gets depleted completely you need to charge it a while for it to be able to start up again may be thats what happened...
Quick question guys, i was flashing the Linda voice on my vibrant, when all of a sudden it went to a blank red screen. did a battery pull but now its dead. it wont charge, wont go into download or recovery, odin doesnt work, nothing. Advice?
Press and hold power, then press Volume Up. You'll get red text. Plug your USB cable into your computer, then into your phone. Press and hold Volume up + Volume Down + Power until it reboots. Depress Power, it will reboot to Download mode. Flash away.
WhiteBoyAwesome said:
Quick question guys, i was flashing the Linda voice on my vibrant, when all of a sudden it went to a blank red screen. did a battery pull but now its dead. it wont charge, wont go into download or recovery, odin doesnt work, nothing. Advice?
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YESSSSSSSSS!!! I love when noobs brick their phones without following procedures.
This SOOOOO made my day.
I agree dj, real legit entertainment
Anyways, id try every method of getting into recov and dl mode (theres like a million) and then try jtag or unbrick mod.. or you could throw it against a wall.. ive heard about this turning 1 brick into alot of smaller bricks
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man, who taught you how to speak? You sound so ignorant. It is people like you who ruin society.
djquick said:
YESSSSSSSSS!!! I love when noobs brick their phones without following procedures.
This SOOOOO made my day.
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Are you serious? A fellow human came here for help to be treated like this...
Where you born expert?
Please behave with the appropriate sensitivity, thanks
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WhiteBoyAwesome said:
Quick question guys, i was flashing the Linda voice on my vibrant, when all of a sudden it went to a blank red screen. did a battery pull but now its dead. it wont charge, wont go into download or recovery, odin doesnt work, nothing. Advice?
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Did you tried booting into download mod with the buttons presses?
dasunsrule32 said:
Press and hold power, then press Volume Up. You'll get red text. Plug your USB cable into your computer, then into your phone. Press and hold Volume up + Volume Down + Power until it reboots. Depress Power, it will reboot to Download mode. Flash away.
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i tried this, along with trying a jig too. nothing appears whatsoever. just black screen.
button presses? u mean other than vol up down and power?
Connect usb+vup+vdown, then put battery in
Here try this...
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 this works for you!
N00B_IN_N33D THANK U! that worked, kinda. It got me into yellow download mode on my phone,(which is the 1st time screen has been back) but odin wont recognize it, so idk how 2 reflash to stock now without it
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N00B_IN_N33D THANK U! that worked, kinda. It got me into yellow download mode on my phone,(which is the 1st time screen has been back) but odin wont recognize it, so idk how 2 reflash to stock now without it
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Make sure you have the right drivers installed.
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This is why i love XDA, ive been phoneless for a week but its all good now Thanks guys
Dear XDA sages,
This morning, I turned on my Atrix. I was still a bit sleepy, and I must've held the volume rocker while pressing power.
For a very brief moment, I saw something that said "NVflash", then the screen turned black. I waited for a while, but nothing else happened. Ever since then, the screen has been blank, and it's seemingly just dead.
Now, pressing "power" won't shut it down, or boot it, or anything. I've plugged the phone in to charge, as that usually wakes it up, but not this time. The only other option I see now is to take the battery out, but I thought I'd ask around first lest I really brick my phone that way.
I should note that I was not attempting to flash or root or unlock anything, the phone is still on "stock" 2.2.2 FroYo, no modifications made.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Pull the battery.....as long as you dident do anything else you should be fine.
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Just pull your battery and put it back.. you are safe, nothing happened....
+1 and +1
As these guys said, as long as you didn't do anything else, it should be okay.
maulich said:
Pull the battery.....as long as you dident do anything else you should be fine.
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Just pull your battery and put it back.. you are safe, nothing happened....
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Thanks very much, everyone! That worked. Any ideas what state my phone was in just then?
joyware0 said:
Thanks very much, everyone! That worked. Any ideas what state my phone was in just then?
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All you did was enter the boot menu by holding volume down while powering on. When NVflash showed up, if you keep pressing volume down you will go through the menu. You select an option by pressing volume up.
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I didn't see anything of the boot menu, though, just a blank screen. Anyway, it's fixed now. Cheers!