I have a Samsung Vibrant T959 that will not turn on, even with the hold-volume +/- and-put-battery-back-in, trick.
Background information:
When I got my phone, my friend helped me update it to Cyanogenmod 7 and since then, I have realized that the "Samsung I9000" screen shows up in the beginning of the boot cycle (which I'm assuming is the bootloader). However, I decided to revert back to stock 2.1 via Odin with the "s1_odin_20100512.pit" and "T959UVJFD.tar" files and then used Samsung Kies Mini to update to 2.2. Doing this have bricked my phone. I recall the popup message saying that the installation was successful and to wait for the phone to reboot, but that never happened. I researched online and it said that my bootloader is probably corrupted, but I am not quite sure. A lot of people suggests using a RIFF Box/JTAG to restore a corrupted bootloader. I was wondering if there is another way to do this without breaking the bank, assuming that my phone is even bricked?
Thanks
1. Should've taken the ota once you booted 2.1 lol
2. Are you able to jump in recovery?
Have tried all the button combinations to access download mode, but have been unsuccessful. When this happened, the battery was 80% full, so I doubt that the battery is at fault.
Decided to call Samsung today and they have offered to reflash my phone for free (even though my 1 year warranty expired). I just needed to print out the shipping label they gave and send it in.
Before you send it in, 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!
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Hi,
I just updated my Vibrant to the newest version. Since then, it does boot the right way - there is just the loading symbol (not the vibrant screen), which disappears after a few seconds. BUT: When I plug in the USB, I can normally boot. As I started, the USB drivers of the phone seem to be damaged: It says to be connected, when I'm not, and is not able to connect normally when I plug in the USB cable. My Laptop sometimes identifies the device (I was successful in Mounting the phone drive once), but Kies does not work (I installed both Kies, and after Kies not working the driver package from XDA-dev).
I bought the phone over eBay, so I do not exactly know whether it is rooted. But I did not seem to be rooted, since there were no special applications and the user before even did not reset the phone (I thinks someone who roots would do that).
Now concerning the recovery:
I only got once into the Download&Recovery mode, but did not do anything there. After being stuck there, I pulled the battery to get out of that mode. Since then I cannot get there anymore, when I press the button combination the phone then starts the mode where I can reinstall packages etc.
Thus a flash via Odin seems to be not available (unless I try adb), so I thought the easiest way would be flashing a Nandroid image. Would that work without accessing the Download mode? I could reinstall packages and probably could root, but would not rely on getting the USB connection to work. Furthermore, I could put that image and the update.zip for an image loader on the sd-card. Is that enough to flash a Nandroid image?
Thanks a lot for your help,
Martin
What nandroid image exactly are you trying to flash? Did you make a backup prior to updating? For root, check to see if there is a "superuser" app in your applications drawer. Also, can you refine the questions you are asking exactly? It seems like you have multiple issues.
Thanks!
Thanks for your reply!
Sorry that I wrote the post a little bit to complicated
I would like to flash this image (unrooted): ht*p://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7329357&postcount=2
I would use Clockwork Recovery. And then try the update again.
And I didn't do an backup before I just got the phone and didn't know that an official update could also brick it.
And my question is: Could I flash the image in the following scenario?
- I cannot boot normally (without power supply)
- I'm already on JI6 (the actual version) and can boot the phone having it connected to USB (because it "preboots" to the loading screen, and from there I am able to boot)
- the USB does not seem to work in the right way (thus cannot rely on using adb to enter the download mode)
- I cannot enter the download mode (just the one to reinstall packages)
Or is the chance to high that I completely brick it?
Thanks for helping me!
If you can enter stock recovery, then you should be able to enter download mode.
-Try holding the volume keys and then plugging in the usb cord.
-Try plugging in the phone, wait for the battery icon to show charging, then hold the volume keys and push the power button, let go of the POWER BUTTON IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SCREEN TURNS BLACK. MAKE SURE YOUR STILL HOLDING VOLUME KEYS
-Try those steps a few times...
So, your telling us that you cannot boot up the phone without usb power? What happens if you try removing the usb while it's booting up?
Did you have adb setup correctly before with all the right drivers?
...To answer your original question: try getting into download mode before you attempting any nandroid. If you successfully get into download mode, whether it be through adb or physically, Odin can be your backup if a nandroid fails. Try a nandroid after following these steps only. Make sure you can get into download mode!
* I'm not responsible for bricking you device. Just doubly make sure you can get into download mode just in case of a soft-brick.
Ok, I flashed back to stock using Odin, but Settings->About phone still says Firmware version 2.1-update1 and the bugs still exist. Is it possible to get completely back to the state before the update?
Thanks so far!
The OTA caused a lot of problems for me too, I was rooted only. My bone stock Vibrant also got the ota, and it went smooth.
I had backed mine up completely, and flashed it back.
However both ended up vary laggy afterwards.
I just ended up flashing a custom rom. Fusion 1.1 on both. Very Happy now.
Does flashing a custom ROM also change the "firmware version" of the phone? Maybe I could get back to 2.1 from my actual 2.1-update1 that way.
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I know, I know, I know.
"Oh this noob is dumb! blahblahblah" yeah, I get it.
BUT... I just want to know that I'm fully bricked and I want to try and understand why it is the way it is.
Here it goes:
BEFORE it was bricked, I reverted the phone back to Stock (Eclair via Odin, because I wanted the Bionix ROM) and I was trying to figure out how to upgrade it to 2.2 and to get CWM. I looked throughout the bible and stuff but I totally just got lost.
I, instead, being the dumb person I am, I download Stock+Voodoo for 2.2 and I flash it via Odin. I now realize that I have totally screwed stuff up.
I boot up the phone and you know what pops up? Red CWM.
It can't mount the system or even look at the recovery logs and I now know I totally effed up the phone, bad.
I try to get into download mode.. it goes to CWM.
I try to reboot into download mode via CWM and since I was able to have access to ADB via CWM, I tried ADB... that didn't work, it booted into CWM.
I even plug in the charger when the phone's off and it boots into CWM.
It shows the battery for a little (loading bar has no animation and the battery is just there... it stays still for say... 5 secs then boots into CWM).
What did I corrupt/mess up, etc?
Is it the bootloader? ... or what? and is it non-recoverable?
I didn't even know what was included in the Stock+Voodoo file. (I got the link/forum topic via Bible).
Your help and input would be much appreciated, and I'd understand if you call me stupid/dumb etc. for over 100 times.
Thanks!
If you're able to reach recovery, there's hope!
Just wrote up a post about getting into DL mode and ODINing to Stock here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319802
Copy/Paste from that thread about getting into DL mode.
1) If not already powered down, power down your phone.
2) Remove the back cover.
3) Remove the battery.
4) Plug your micro USB cable into your computer (Your computer should be on at this time.)
5) (This will take a little dexterity. Enlist help if it proves too difficult on your own.) Hold down both volume keys at the same time.
6) While still holding down the two volume keys, insert your micro usb cable into your phone.
7) While still holding down the two volume keys, insert the battery into your phone.
8) Your screen should now light up with a yellow digging Android that reads "Download Mode"
9) If you did not reach download mode, repeat steps 1 - 7 several times to rule out any user error.
10) If you still cannot enter download mode, remove your SD card and SIM card as well as your battery. Do not re-insert the SD or SIM card when you re-insert your battery in step 7.
11) If you still cannot enter download mode, remove your battery, SD, and SIM card. Wait 24hrs and try again.
12) If you still cannot enter download mode, your phone may require special care, such as a JIG or JTAG. Information on this can be found elsewhere on the XDA forums.
Let us know if you're still unable to reach DL mode!
no your not totally bricked, your process of getting into download may be different depending on the bootloaders you have. Keep trying to get download, odin back to stock, you might pull the battery for 10 minutes to settle.
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wow you did just post one, verrrry nice reference material.
I was wondering if someone has done this by accident before and somehow managed to recover w/o jtag? I was flashing a Vibrant for a friend of mine, who told me his phone was the Galaxy S4G. So of course I used Odin to update it to Gingerbread using the pit, pda, and csc files for the Galaxy S 4G phone. After Odin did its thing, the phone stayed on the yellow screen so I did a battery pull to reset it. Afterwards...it never came back on =( . I've tried all the methods to getting it back to download mode with the button combos. Only thing I have not tried is JIG cable and JTAG. I'm planning on ordering a JIG cable on ebay, but that'll be a week. Is there anyone who's mistakenly done the same and managed to get it back to download mode?
Ouch, your friend definitely needs to get his devices straight.
You can try this, but honestly I'm not sure it will work...
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.
EDIT - OKAY every thing I've done has made the problems even worse, can't get into download mode or recovery mode now I can only get this screen to show up (pictured) and I'm guessing it's bricked for good.
FML
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I'm selling my Vibrant that was running the latest OverStock and Team Toxic's Crazy8 ROM. I just purchased the SGSII and have a buyer who already shipped me the money via PayPal for this Vibrant.
Once I got my new phone I factory reset the SD Card and the external card through the phone's settings menu (not through recovery mode).
Now every time I power on the phone it goes through the Vibrant screen, then gets stuck on the OverStock screen.
I can get into recovery mode and download mode fine, but I don't have any files on my SD card or external card and can't flash to anything right now because I can't find any files on XDA with links that haven't expired:
such as this one which seemed like what I would need:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
Its a brick
but there may be hope
When you attach that phone to the computer and open Odin does it see it? Do you see it turn yellow with a COM port number? If so you may be in luck.
Files for odin and to go back to JFD stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13132341&postcount=1
If the computer (odin) sees the phone and you have the pit+pda loaded make sure you have the repartition checked.
I always uncheck reboot. If there is an error it may still reboot bricking it even more. If you get a blue (or green?) success just disconnect the phone and hold the power button for 10sec - it will reboot.
Moped_Ryder said:
Its a brick
but there may be hope
When you attach that phone to the computer and open Odin does it see it? Do you see it turn yellow with a COM port number? If so you may be in luck.
Files for odin and to go back to JFD stock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13132341&postcount=1
If the computer (odin) sees the phone and you have the pit+pda loaded make sure you have the repartition checked.
I always uncheck reboot. If there is an error it may still reboot bricking it even more. If you get a blue (or green?) success just disconnect the phone and hold the power button for 10sec - it will reboot.
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Yes, Odin recognizes it and I'm trying to download the rars posted in the thread you mentioned. Hopefully this all works out, cause it'd be a win win win situation rather than a lose lose lose situation as it currently is sitting at!
omg you are a lifesaver.
I withdrew the PayPal money he sent me on Tuesday (should have just kept it on PayPal until the deal was completely done though) so it should be hitting my bank account within the next 2 days.
PM me your PayPal address and I'll send you a nice reward for this help.
God Bless!
omg its not even close to brick, dont you even know what odin is? am i on the wrong message board?
It was a soft brick. Its real scary the first time. Especially since you most of the time you cant get into Download mode with that type of soft brick.
No need for money - just glad I could help? Maybe hit my thanks button?
So I have had the phone for a while and have been running Task's AOKP ROM with minimal hiccups.
I had the phone charging and when I unplugged it it would not turn on.
After pulling the battery and rebooting, I noticed that the stock AOKP boot image appeared (as opposed to my custom one) and the phone got stuck in a boot loop. Booting in to CWM I could see that something had gone wrong as it kept popping up about a recovery log file not being found.
When I tried to reboot the phone it did not do so, even after charging. No sign of life at all. Buying a new battery didn't help - it still shows no signs of life at all.
Anyone any ideas? Anything I can try? I'm willing to flash back to stock if that's what it takes but I can't even get it to power on in to CWM to do so.
Would the USB JIG help?
The jig might help. If you have one on hand try that first. Otherwise, try to boot into download mode with the battery out. Do the following:
Pull the battery and leave it out.
Open Odin3 (v1.85 recommended) on the desktop.
Have USB cable plugged in to appropriate port on computer but not connected to the phone.
Hold the vol down button (or holding both volume buttons is okay) but not the power button and plug the usb cable in to the usb port on the phone. The computer will supply the power.
If you get download mode, and Odin recognizes the phone, flash the full stock package from the Download Repository. UCMD8 is the latest stock.
creepyncrawly said:
The jig might help. If you have one on hand try that first. Otherwise, try to boot into download mode with the battery out. Do the following:
Pull the battery and leave it out.
Open Odin3 (v1.85 recommended) on the desktop.
Have USB cable plugged in to appropriate port on computer but not connected to the phone.
Hold the vol down button (or holding both volume buttons is okay) but not the power button and plug the USB cable in to the USB port on the phone. The computer will supply the power.
If you get download mode, and Odin recognizes the phone, flash the full stock package from the Download Repository. UCMD8 is the latest stock.
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So I tried your suggestion but plugging the phone in with the battery out does nothing. No sign of life. Do I need to have specific drivers installed?
I have the most recent SAMSUNG drivers for the S2 found here on XDA and have ODIN 1.85 installed but the phone just remains blank and nothing happens. Any other options/thoughts? I it perhaps the USB charging port? Or is it fully bricked? Any way to check?
EDIT: With the phone plugged in and the battery either out or in, the top of the phone does become warmer so it seems like the USB port IS working perhaps? This is very frustrating...
I'm far from experienced with this sort of failure. I can only make suggestions based on my collected knowledge from reading the forum every day, and my understanding of trouble shooting principles. So don't take anything I say as definitive.
Generally, if the phone shows no sign of life, that is the definition of a brick. If it shows no sign of life except getting warm when plugged in, that is a different symptom than "no sign of life."
Do you have a jig, and have you tried inserting the jig with a charged battery in the phone? That would be the third troubleshooting step to see if the phone can enter download mode. 1) standard method to enter download mode with a charged battery. 2) attempt download mode with the battery out 3) attempt download mode using a usb jig with a charged battery.
As far as the usb port, were you aware of any problem with it before this issue came up? As far as I can remember from what people have said in the forum, they know that they have a usb port issue because of wonky behavior, before complete port failure. Also, most people report that their phone still boots when they have usb port failure.
I always hate to suggest spending money, but if you are unable to get into download mode through any method, then I can't think of anything else to do but send it off for repair.
I just resurrected my S2 two days ago when I bought my laptop. Used a jig I made from a YouTube video and all went well other than some slight USB issues like the phone thinks its plugged in sometimes.
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Bricked phone
I was using CyanDelta for over months without any problem. Today (1 December 2013), I downloaded an update of about 21 MB of Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2 for Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777. While trying to install it, the phone booted into recovery and installed it. However, during the process of Upgrading, i.e. when the screen says “Android is Upgrading”, “Optimizing App”, the phone got stuck at “Optimizing app 271 of 313”. I waited for about 30 minutes before I manually switched off the phone using the power button. Then I restarted the phone and saw a new boot logo of cyanogenmod; but it got into boot loop. Then I booted into recovery and manually installed the new zip (of 1 December 2013) found in CyanDelta folder. Still the phone could not boot. Now I saw “Samsung” logo only once and then the phone completely turned off. Now I could not turn my phone on, nor could I boot into recovery or download mode. Also I fully charged the battery before flashing the new Zip.
I tried all other steps to boot my phone like removing the battery and pressing power button for a minute, plugging the usb cable into PC and pressing the volume down button and also all sorts of other key combinations. Nothing could boot the phone. Please help. Is my phone completely bricked or is there any issue with my battery ?
Phone : Samsung Galaxy S2 SGH I777 (AT&T)
ROM : Cyanogenmod Nightly 10.2
Battery Condition : Poor (But it was fully charged and also charger was plugged in while flashing the Zip)
Email : [email protected]
... and this is the 3rd time you've posted this. Please wait for your answer in the thread you created, or try the steps creepy has laid out. I guarantee you've not tried everything.
SteveMurphy said:
... and this is the 3rd time you've posted this. Please wait for your answer in the thread you created, or try the steps creepy has laid out. I guarantee you've not tried everything.
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Sorry for the same post being posted thrice. And I have already tried all the methods except for the USB Jig method. I may think of buying usb jig, but is there any specific usb jig available for S2 sgh i777 ? And my phone usually gets warmed up when I put in my battery, but could not do anything with the phone.