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I just rooted my Samsung Vibrant and the guy who rooted it put Froyo 2.2 rom on it. When I try try to boot into recovery using rom manager or 3 button , the green clockwork recovery does not work. The buttons do not do anything and I have to get my cellphone charger out just to get it to log out of recovery. How can I fix this. I was thinking of using SGS kernal flasher and flashing the voodoo kernal. Then going from there. The green recovery is all that shows up. And it does nothing you can't click on any of the buttons. How can I fix? Thanks
So you did flash the voodoo kernel with kernel flasher app? or you havent yet?
Either way, I would almost want to say that if you are having that kind of issue, it might be beneficial to just go back to stock with ODIN (flashes completely to stock), then look into putting a rom on yourself. it sounds like you already know how to in a sense.
and when you say you cant click anything, I'm going to assume you dont mean touching the screen, but you are using the volume up and down to scroll and power button to select it, right?
just wanted to ask to make sure you know you cant use the touchscreen there. You probably already know this though, so sorry if my assuming made an "ass of u and me" hahahaha love that joke
ps. also try posting in the Vibrant forum on the main forum screen ( http://forum.xda-developers.com ) rather than just general.
Help fixing phone.
when I am in the green recovery none of the buttons work, I can't use the volume buttons, or the camera buttons, none of them work. It's like it's there but you can't do anything in recovery. I was thinking of using the sgs kernal flashing and flash voodoo, then I think I can use the voodoo clockwork recovery to flash a new rom, or reboot. It does not matter if I use rom manager, or I hold the two volume buttons down, it's both green. I don't even need to push the power button, just holding the two volume buttons boots me into the green recovery. then I am stuck and the only way out of it is too hook up the charger and turn the phone off and it will go back into regular mode. If I don't hook up charger your just stuck in recovery with no way out.
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when I am in the green recovery none of the buttons work, I can't use the volume buttons, or the camera buttons, none of them work. It's like it's there but you can't do anything in recovery. I was thinking of using the sgs kernal flashing and flash voodoo, then I think I can use the voodoo clockwork recovery to flash a new rom, or reboot. It does not matter if I use rom manager, or I hold the two volume buttons down, it's both green. I don't even need to push the power button, just holding the two volume buttons boots me into the green recovery. then I am stuck and the only way out of it is too hook up the charger and turn the phone off and it will go back into regular mode. If I don't hook up charger your just stuck in recovery with no way out.
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Do you know how the guy rooted it? What kernel he flashed, if any?
you can do it
hulkbadboy said:
when I am in the green recovery none of the buttons work, I can't use the volume buttons, or the camera buttons, none of them work. It's like it's there but you can't do anything in recovery. I was thinking of using the sgs kernal flashing and flash voodoo, then I think I can use the voodoo clockwork recovery to flash a new rom, or reboot. It does not matter if I use rom manager, or I hold the two volume buttons down, it's both green. I don't even need to push the power button, just holding the two volume buttons boots me into the green recovery. then I am stuck and the only way out of it is too hook up the charger and turn the phone off and it will go back into regular mode. If I don't hook up charger your just stuck in recovery with no way out.
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Sounds like something was flashed wrong or was corrupt.
What you should do is just boot up your phone and get "Titanium Backup" app to backup your apps (only 3rd party ones, not stock ones)
1. Then plug it into your computer and copy over some files like the titanium backup folder, your contacts, pics, videos, etc.
2. Then use ODIN v 1.7 to flash back to stock. (its very very easy. its like a one click thing.)
3. Get SuperOneClick Root. its a computer app that roots your phone. (again, super super super easy.)
4. Then choose a rom you like. I'd reccommend going with a 2.2 rom because they are the most reliable at the moment. (I use Trigger Rom 3.1 under the ~~Einherjar Dev Team~~ section in 2.2 roms. very good rom)
5. Flash that rom using the Rom manager / Clockwork recovery mode
6. then of course, plug the phone into your computer and add all your stuff back on and get titanium backup again and put all your apps back on as well
pretty much all custom roms are pre-rooted and de-bloated and everything. so you'd have everything you need.
EVERYTHING you need is in This Thread. that thread has all the links to ODIN, SuperOneClick root, and all roms and the how-to guides!
Do all this, and you will be quite happy with your custom 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!
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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
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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
I have read as much stuff as i could, and i haven't seen anyone with my issue (or if i missed it, sorry for the re-post). BTW, my phone is operational... The issue that i have is not being able to get into download mode via the button combo and plugging in my usb or plugging in the battery. I can access it through the reboot menu on my phone. this is what i am running at the moment:
Nero v1.3
Overstock kernel 1.2ghz
i was trying to flash a gingerbread rom and had some boot issues, so i switched to the gingerbread bootloader. and the phone worked, minus and issue with the rom that i selected. that's when the download problem started...
what i would like to know is this...
1. is there a way to find out which bootloader is being used at the moment
2. switch back to the stock bootloader SAFELY so that i can odin back to stock and start over.
all help is greatly appreciated
thanks
If you are running a GB ROM and you can see recovery you could assume that ur running a GB bootloader. If not then pretty sure its not. Either way it shouldn't matter if you flash bootloaders on top of bootloaders until you feel comfortable about which ur running, lol. There are both the GB and stock bootloaders in the GB bootloader thread pretty sure you can ODIN using either but, keep in mind that there is an issue with the "Vibrant" splash being replaced with "I9000" when trying to ODIN while still using the GB bootloaders. This is a known issue/non-issue and is addressed in the OP. Good luck!
thanks for your reply... i think i understand what you are saying...
onyx1898 said:
I have read as much stuff as i could, and i haven't seen anyone with my issue (or if i missed it, sorry for the re-post). BTW, my phone is operational... The issue that i have is not being able to get into download mode via the button combo and plugging in my usb or plugging in the battery. I can access it through the reboot menu on my phone. this is what i am running at the moment:
Nero v1.3
Overstock kernel 1.2ghz
i was trying to flash a gingerbread rom and had some boot issues, so i switched to the gingerbread bootloader. and the phone worked, minus and issue with the rom that i selected. that's when the download problem started...
what i would like to know is this...
1. is there a way to find out which bootloader is being used at the moment
2. switch back to the stock bootloader SAFELY so that i can odin back to stock and start over.
all help is greatly appreciated
thanks
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you can find out if you are using GB or froyo bootloader by going to download or recovery mode...they both have different key combination
download mode:
for froyo is volume up + volume down + usb to the computer
for GB is volume up + power button
recovery mode:
for froyo is volume up + volume down + power button
for GB is volume down + power
to flash froyo bootloader here is a link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990
here is a instruction...got it from link mentioned above
ODIN Guide
Please follow this step by step, else I won't be responsible for any DAMAGE.
1. Enter Download mode on your phone.
2. Open ODIN on your computer.
3. Plug in USB and check if ODIN recognizes the phone.
4. Remove all ticks from ODIN, except PDA.
5. Select PDA and browse to the bootloader TAR package file you wish to flash.
6. Click on Flash.
7. If ODIN says PASS, long press power for 10 seconds and it'll reboot, else, repeat 2-6 again...
it has to be a .tar file....
GOOD LUCK...
I am on the gb loader... thanks alot for the information
Thats awesome! Glad you got it werkin!
- Just a fyi you can stay on the GB bootloader and do whatever you want: ODIN, flash in recovery, its all good no worries, just remember about the "I9000" splash deal. Good luck!
I flashed my Vibrant using the gingerbread bootloader found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990 and this 2.3.4 rom with voodoo lagfix found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228306.
The gingerbread bootloader has recovery and downloading key remapped, for downloading its VOLUP and POWER and for recovery its supposed to be VOLDOWN and POWER. Getting into downloading mode works fine but I can't get recovery to boot all the time, I got it to boot to the ClockworkMod Recovery with Voodoo Lagfix (red colored recovery a few times) but I think I used the combination of VOLDOWN and POWER and then pressed VOLUP and VOLDOWN only to get it to boot.
Recently however I have been unable to boot into recovery at all, VOLDOWN+POWER doesn't work (only causes a boot loop) and VOLUP+VOLDOWN+POWER then release power at Vibrant logo also doesn't work.
Can someone tell me an easy key combination to get into recovery? I really don't want to install ADB.
Is there not an option in the power menu to boot into recovery?
Have you tried an app to do it for you?
worst case, just flash something else...
You need to make sure your phone is completely off before trying to access recovery. The screen on the vibrant when it is almost off is also black, but that does not necessarily mean its off.
I somehow lost clockwork mod recovery, I think the rom I used uses the red cwm recover mode, whereas the ROM manager wants the green cwm recovery.
protohamster said:
I somehow lost clockwork mod recovery, I think the rom I used uses the red cwm recover mode, whereas the ROM manager wants the green cwm recovery.
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I actually think the Red recovery mode is prefered or is the latest version unless u had the E signature verification error. I am almost sure u can re flash another or update the recovery via SD root
Depends on what rom you have loaded it could be Blue or amber as well.
Make sure you have Rom manager downloaded (I assume you do) and enable it. Then, turn off and then pull the battery. Then re-insert the battery and go into recovery manually by holding the vol+ and - and power button. Here is a thing to remember, usually it is... let the screen blink 2 times and after the second blink release the buttons and it should go into recovery. But, depending on the rom it could be 3 times or 4. You may need to experiment on that. I have found if one suffers from getting into recovery ....once you have done it manually rom manager and all the others afterwards work perfectly. Software can be quirky....
hope you get it....
I tried to restore an old image and apparently you cannot restore a froyo rom from an ICS rom. Anyways now it wont get past the vibrant logo, since I backed up my old ICS image, is there any way to access the internal sd card and back up the image before I odin my phone?
Can you boot into recovery at all? If so then you can just restore your ICS backup or ROM.
But really, it looks like Odin time for you. That's ok bc it will afford you a clean install of your next ROM, which is not a bad thing.
Nope all i see is the vibrant logo, and it does not get past that. Is there no way to get to CWM or access the internal sd card if my phone doesn't get past the Vibrant screen?
DerKhemist said:
Nope all i see is the vibrant logo, and it does not get past that. Is there no way to get to CWM or access the internal sd card if my phone doesn't get past the Vibrant screen?
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Do you know how to get into CWR by using the key combos? I assume since you were on ICS that you had Gingerbread Bootloaders? If so the you have to hit the Volume down + power until you see the Vibrant come up and the let go of the Power button (but keep holding on the Vol-) and you shold boot into recovery.
If you are on Froyo Bootloaders, it is the same as above only it is Volume up AND down and power. If you don't know what bl's you are on then we might have a problem. Workable but still a problem. Can you get into download mode? (GB bl = Volu+ and Power*** for Froyo bl see here about half way down with the screen shot of the phone**!**computer)
Woodrube said:
Do you know how to get into CWR by using the key combos? I assume since you were on ICS that you had Gingerbread Bootloaders? If so the you have to hit the Volume down + power until you see the Vibrant come up and the let go of the Power button (but keep holding on the Vol-) and you shold boot into recovery.
If you are on Froyo Bootloaders, it is the same as above only it is Volume up AND down and power. If you don't know what bl's you are on then we might have a problem. Workable but still a problem. Can you get into download mode? (GB bl = Volu+ and Power*** for Froyo bl see here about half way down with the screen shot of the phone**!**computer)
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I know how to get to CWR, but from what I noticed you only get to CWR after you see the rom boot screen, which happens after the vibrant logo. Since I can't get past the vibrant logo I cannot get to the ROM boot screen that means I cannot get to CWR.
As for download mode, I can get there. Is there something I can do in download mode to back up my internal sd card?
Reply quick because I am going to Odin my phone soon! Thanks
Not that I know of but Odin does not erase the internal SD unless you hit masterclear which most Odin versions don't have anymore.
If you can get into Download mode then you should be able to get into CWR. Sometimes when I flash back, it takes me more than a few tries to get into CWR.
Good luck.
Woodrube said:
Not that I know of but Odin does not erase the internal SD unless you hit masterclear which most Odin versions don't have anymore.
If you can get into Download mode then you should be able to get into CWR. Sometimes when I flash back, it takes me more than a few tries to get into CWR.
Good luck.
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I get into recovery by:
making sure the phone is completely off
holding the volume buttons
pressing the power button
waiting for the phone to turn on
release power button right?
I did that and it just hangs on the vibrant logo, or should I wait longer?
I cannot get into download mode anymore! help!