So I think I flashed the wrong rom with odin and after it passed, I expected the phone to reboot itself but it just stayed black. After this point, I was unable to turn it on at all. I've tried the steps to bring it back into download mode (remove everything>plug in usb cable>hold both volume buttons>plug in battery). Nothing pops up at all. Did I actually brick it or is there another method into bringing back into download mode?
Pull the battery and let it sit for about 30min then try again. If it still doesn't work, you probably need to invest in a jig
Thanks will report back in a half an hour or so hopefully with good news
In the meantime, does anyone have any other suggestions?
Don't forget that you don't necessarily need to see Download on your phone. If you see the yellow COM box lit up on Odin it is recognized.
While you are waiting check out NOOB_IN_N33D's miui guide for some helpful tips to get into dl mode.
Thanks will try and see if anything pops up in a few minutes
I just plugged the battery back in and still nothing boots up while holding both the volume buttons with the usb cable in. I also opened up odin and it does not detect the phone at all. What else can be done at this rate besides the jig?
Pull the battery out plug in usb hold down the download mode buttons then put battery back in
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Tried that already
anyone got any other suggestions?
Jig
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Will a jig even work if it doesn't power on?
What rom did you flash and what kind of phone is it?
T-Mobile Vibrant.
As to what rom, i cna't remember where I got it from but I suspect that I odin'ed a i9000 rom stock rom from canada instead of using a gt-i9000 rom (if that makes any sense)
edit: I am pretty sure I used this:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/i...-darkyrom-gingerbread-jvh-noob-friendly.3080/
Can someone confirm if this is bricked or not so I can get this off my mind?
When i flashed the rom that I posted above, it passed and after that point, never turned on again. Tried every weird combination of trying to get it into download mod (volume buttons after plugging in the usb, battery off>hold volume buttons>connect usb>put back battery, volume down+home+power) and nothing has worked thus far. Any knowledge on the matter would be great.
Looking like a Possible Hardbrick
I looked at what you flashed, and I'm not completely sure, unless I read more on the code, But you may have hard bricked your phone because you wrote the wrong Boot loaders onto the Chip of your phone! Because the international models use different HW than the US models, and the SW that is written for them is a different set of power on instructions. each phone uses its own code to initiate a power on sequence. thats why there isnt just one code for hundreds of different phones!
I've always loved Darkys ROM's but they always gave me problems or wouldn't work right after 9.3 for me, and his ROM's are really primarily for Overseas/ European models of the Vibrant. and as such is why alot of peeps here in the US, stopped using his ROM's after certain evolutions were developed.
There are two boot loaders that work one after the other, for the T-959.
The primary BL simply powers on the device and then the secondary boot loader initiates the loading of the OS/ROM.
If the wrong primary Boot loader is installed or the proper one is corrupted, you will be in a condition known as " A True hard bricked situation" meaning nothing powers on, no lights, LED's no glimmer of any electrical activity at all!!
If you see any LED's or anything even for a moment of electrical activity, then your phone is soft bricked and can be recovered! But again if the first scenario I described is taking place then you are Hard Bricked!
After you determine for sure your HBricked for sure you have 3 options.
Try to get a warranty swap, but if they do a forensic search on your phone and see a benign ROM loaded, your gonna take a 299$ or 399$ bath cuz they'll know you bonked it using non OE SW.
Option number 2, Josh at Mobile tech: does JTAGing. Link below.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant-jtag-brick-repair/
JTAGing involves writing the proper boot loaders onto your phones chip, and you are resurrected again.
Third option: try Adams solder-less JTAG method here is the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1397393
Just first try any and all combos to see if you can power the phone on at all, if its trully dead= no powering of any kind, then you can proceed to make a decision as to how to proceed, based on the options I outlined for you!
Good luck, and remember, to always check and read first what your flashing before doing so to avoid scenarios like this in the future, an extra moments time and reading can save many $$ and loss of time with the phone, and any hair you may still have above!
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Okay, so I installed the hardware unlock update.zip but flashed eugene's unofficial jk2 which removed it. Unfortunately, it is now bricked as well, no voodoo or anything, have no idea what went wrong. Can I send this to tmobile on account that I had a hardware locked phone for replacement in this state?
Have you tried Odin yet? That has saved my ass when I bricked my phone. Vibrants are pretty tough. I'm sure you can fix it without getting a replacement.
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Yeah, I had a ROM break recovery, but you're good as long as download mode still works. Give it a shot. My method is to remove the batt, plug in the cable, hold down both volume buttons and pop in the battery.
How can you check to see if your particular Vibrant is hardware locked?
I just bought one (after migrating from the HD2) and I'm trying to wrap my head around all the new flash tools, etc. Android seems much more complicated than Windows Mobile via HSPL.
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How can you check to see if your particular Vibrant is hardware locked?
I just bought one (after migrating from the HD2) and I'm trying to wrap my head around all the new flash tools, etc. Android seems much more complicated than Windows Mobile via HSPL.
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Hardware locked means the hardware doesn't respond at all. I've never heard of any genuine case of someone getting their Vibrant hardware locked except developers. Even then it is EXTREMELY rare.
Most people end up with their phone going into a bootloop which can be fixed by reflashing a rom in recovery or restoring through Odin.
The rest are "soft bricked" meaning they have no recovery or boot. General this is caused by people flashing non-voodoo roms/kernels on top of a voodoo-enabled kernel or flashing a 2.1 nandroid on a 2.2 rom/kernel. In this case you can still get into download mode (hold both volume buttons then plug in usb cable) and restore through odin.
donalgodon said:
How can you check to see if your particular Vibrant is hardware locked?
I just bought one (after migrating from the HD2) and I'm trying to wrap my head around all the new flash tools, etc. Android seems much more complicated than Windows Mobile via HSPL.
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hardware locked is referring to vibrants that cannot go into Recovery Mode, or Download using the volume, and power buttons.
To test this, Turn off your phone completely.
Then PRESS AND HOLD BOTH VOLUME KEYS ALONG WITH THE POWER BUTTON
it will boot up, it will give you the normal VIBRANT samsung screen, wait a while, the screen turns black, thats when you SHOULD let go of all buttons, but if you don't no worries, keep holding it, and it'll go back to vibrant and samsung screen and let go this time.
If this doesn't work the first time, then try it a few more times, you may just be doing it wrong and not having the hardware locked.
I had a Vibrant with USB connectivity issues, and when I called t-mobile, I lied and said my phone was unresponsive and would not turn on. They said they would send me a replacement right away, and I got it within 3 days. This was without insurance btw.
Just tell them it won't boot.
Hi XDA, firstly wow...great site, lots and lots and lots of info, seems like a great community.
My phone: SGH-T959 (Samsung S Vibrant)
My issue: After flashing Axura 2.2.7 my phone doesn't turn on...at all...ever!
History: I'll say up front that I'm a long time android user with a technical background (Windows, Cisco networking, light Linux, etc) but first time rom flash experience. I bought a used SGH-T959 off Ebay, came stock with android 2.1 stock, I used Samsung Kies (straight off the official site) to upgrade to android 2.2. Well the phone slowed down, a lot. I felt ready to try my hand at flashing a Rom.
I first did a lot of reading, got Odin and my 2.1 and 2.2 stock files, flashed to 2.2 just to get a little comfortable. Worked fine. I charged my battery to full and then started the process of rooting my phone, again worked fine. I then updated to E2 boot loader (if I remember correctly) so I could work in recovery mode. I rebooted for good measure after going to E2 and all was still well.
**Issues incoming***
Using Clockwork I rebooted into recovery, flashed Axura 2.2.7 and the phone froze. Almost in a panic I pulled the battery and the phone was fine, still in stock 2.2. I booted to recovery again via Clockwork and attempted to flash Axura again, completed this time so I rebooted. That's the last time my phone did anything but look like a shiny rock. Will not power on.
Things I have tried:
* Holding many, many different combos of buttons after reinserting the battery
* Bought a usb Jig off ebay, nothing happened when inserted (tried holding many different combos of buttons while inserting it and while inserting the battery)
* Holding many, many different combos of buttons after connecting the USB cable to my computer with known good USB drivers (from when I used Odin)
* Used a known good battery from another T959 phone (co-worker that has same phone)
* Just for kicks I registered the device with Samsung, had two days left on the one year manufactures warranty so shipped it back to them, they returned saying the phone had experienced water or corrosion damage and the warranty was void.
As to Samsung's response I would like some feedback as to the possibility (it was a used phone after all). Just seems very unlikely that the phone would die just as I flashed it...
I am at a loss, I would love to get some helpful hints, tricks or anything else I could possibly do to get my phone back into download mode. I feel confident that if I could get the phone to that state I could get the process right.
Tell me I didn't waste my money on a now dead phone, give me some hope.
your best option is taking it to repair shop
don't know the point of using kies. Don't think it's a necessary step.
try these instructions: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/605-guid...nja-apps-everything/page__p__11106#entry11106
You can probably start on step 2 since you have nothing to back up. This will bring you back to stock and try flashing again. I use these instructions all the time before i flash a new rom
Good luck and keep us posted
Thanks for the link, however as I said in my OP, I have used Odin before and am comfortable with it, the phone doesn't turn on, aka no download mode)
It seems Jtag repair is my last hope (unless anybody gets creative and surprises me), anybody recommend one?
I searched and found one for $40 - mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant-jtag-brick-repair
Anybody review or offer an alternative?
TRY THIS
1) pull the battery out
2) plug ur usb wire to ur pc and ur phone
3) hold volume up+ wolume down
4) insert the battery in
GOOD LUCK...
try to odin back to stock
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.
Or try that same method without holding the power button, just the volume rocker (up and down) when plugging into usb that works for some ppl
The vibrant is tough to hard brick so keep trying
I'm not really aware of the "E2 Bootloader" link maybe.... The only bootloader that I'm aware of is the Gingerbread bootloader. Either way I just posted this maybe it will be of help to you as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19481353#post19481353
Keep in mind to have ODIN up when trying to get into download mode, if the phone screen is dead the only way to know you are in download mode will be the yellow box in ODIN when your device connects.
Good luck!
did you try with the battery IN:
volume UP + HOME key + POWER......?
I don't really see many people mentioning that option for DL mode....
Want to say thanks to everybody for the sugestions.
At this point after trying all the above and many more, I'm still dead in the water, I'm deciding between the $40 unbrickable mod install + flash to stock and the $40 JTag fix repair from mobiletechvideos.com
Anybody have experience with either service?
No, but this could be throwing good money after bad, however scorpn on the tw web site has a 8.00 roughly jtag, on a blackscreened brick it may not work. But it might, probly shouldnt be pimping another website, but thats where it is.
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Want to say thanks to everybody for the sugestions.
At this point after trying all the above and many more, I'm still dead in the water, I'm deciding between the $40 unbrickable mod install + flash to stock and the $40 JTag fix repair from mobiletechvideos.com
Anybody have experience with either service?
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The only experience I have is a JIG. Have you seen his youtube channel? He has a lot of good info. He really knows his stuff. I learned how use ODIN and the FFC Mod from his videos. I think he has a video showing how to fix your phone or if you ship to him, he will fix it for you.
Try send a PM to him...his username is "connexion2005"
Let me know what happens or if you were able to fix your phone....
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No, but this could be throwing good money after bad, however scorpn on the tw web site has a 8.00 roughly jtag, on a blackscreened brick it may not work. But it might, probly shouldnt be pimping another website, but thats where it is.
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Yeah, if it were a straight $40 I would just dump the phone, bite the bullet and purchase another device. However on the site it says if the phone ends up being non repairable there is only a $10 charge to cover return shipping.
If I can install the unbrickable mod for $40, flash it back to stock, ship it back to me then I can drop whatever rom I want on it, all the while being able to use unbrickable mod apps to one click restore it...sounds worth a $10 loss chance to me.
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The only experience I have is a JIG. Have you seen his youtube channel? He has a lot of good info. He really knows his stuff. I learned how use ODIN and the FFC Mod from his videos. I think he has a video showing how to fix your phone or if you ship to him, he will fix it for you.
Try send a PM to him...his username is "connexion2005"
Let me know what happens or if you were able to fix your phone....
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I actually did buy a USB Jig (OP), still nada on the display and ODIN com check.
My Vibrant phone is one of the versions where pressing any combination of buttons won't let me get to download/recovery mode, and the only way to get there is using odin or the vibrant toolbox. Knowing that plus the fact that right now my Vibrant is black screen locked right now, I'm guessing there's nothing I can do to save my phone at this point. Confirm/deny?
Also, what would T-Mobile say if I took my phone to their store and told them my phone won't turn on. They wouldn't be able to unbrick it would they?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22063047&postcount=6
The trick above got me into download when nothing else would, but the phone wasn't as dead ad yours sounds. Good luck.
Yeah that didn't work because of the step involving pressing the power buttons. I'm taking it back to t mobile
Actually, this doesn't involve the power button. Putting the battery in, combined with having Odin waiting on a USB connection, does something that is more effective than vol-key(s)+power. Not positive that the USB and/or Odin part is required, didn't deconstruct the method. The OP where I got it said remove sim, but I didn't do that. Good luck
Yeah I meant to say volume buttons. My Vibrant doesn't respond to any of those key combinations so I'm pretty much ****ed
Sorry about that. Good luck with T-Mobile. I don't think you mentioned how it got bricked, but it's probably academic at this point.
Did you read this thread? Sounds like the Black Screen of Death is not uncommon.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=930543
One other option: the Unbrickable Mod, a hardware hack.
If T-Mobile didn't help, try this. Also, try just leaving the phone alone for a little while.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1278683
It helped me when I was in the same position.
Hey man, feel sorry for your troubles.
Try a jig, maybe would manage to put it in download mode, if successful flash gb bootloader so you can unlock your buttons combination.
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Hey folks, sorry to bother you all but all input would be greatly appreciated. I'm rather unfamiliar with android flashing and kernels, and have spent the last 8 hours trying to figure this out to no avail.
Following this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070) (section 5) guide on how to get back to stock gingerbread on my phone (after a few partially failed attempts flashing other roms), I was using Odin, had the .pit 2.2 as well as CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5 loaded into the program and left it running. About 20 mins in, the phone stopped progressing and I started to get concerned. After two hours, I powered down the phone and proceeded to reattempt the flash. This is when things got weird. My phone was unable to enter the Download Mode and instead showed Android system recovery when plugged in, or a black screen with a phone and a computer, with arrows between when not plugged in. The weirdest part is that the phone no longer recognized vol+ or the power button when in Android Recovery, and could only vol- to go down the menu, then was stuck at the bottom of the list.
I've searched everywhere on this site, and google to try and come up with a solution.
When pluggin into the computer, I hear a connection sound, but the device is not recognized by Odin. Pressing the running a blind vol+ and vol-, then a vol- to hope Odin recognizes the device, as pointed out in this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764022) thread, resulted in nothing. Holding vol- while pluggin in the usb cable, doesn't show the download mode. All of the steps in this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746) thread proved futile, as most of them required download mode anyways.
I'm going to keep searching and keep you posted as things come. Your help as always will be greatly appreciated!
Edit: Things just got weirder... After a few more attempts at making this work, I'm now getting an "Unable to charge non-supported battery. See user manual." With this error, I'm not able to get into Android Recovery anymore. More searching...
Edit 2: AFAIK I'm gonna need a jig. Anyone confirm?
Edit 3: Got a jig, Download Mode working, all is well. Please remove this thread, or leave it for other noob flashers to see.
Hey Folks, its been a while since I last posted in this forum, but I ran into a pretty serious issue earlier this evening. I was attempting to flash CM9 to my T959D and was running into tonnes of trouble. Throughout my attempts I was restoring back to stock rom, kernel and bootloader. During one of these restores, Odin froze in Win 7. Since then I've been unable to detect any form of life from the phone. It simply sits in a black screen. Holding the vol down while booting, blind vol up and down cable inserting, using my Jig and inserting the cable/battery in various orders results in nothing. The most I hear is a device failure to connect sound in Windows with no sign of life in Odin.
What can I do?
Someone posted stating leaving the battery out for multiple days would reset something on the motherboard, allowing me to get into download mode. Though I was hoping to have this resolved tonight. I realize that there aren't many people left with these phones, but I hope someone has a solution to this.
I'm going to be installing ubuntu tonight on an older desktop in a effort to resolve this. Though my experience with it is very limited, and success is unknown.
NOT GOOD... You should wait and see if others have a better solution, but Unbrickable Mod may be your only option.
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NOT GOOD... You should wait and see if others have a better solution, but Unbrickable Mod may be your only option.
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Thats not good to hear. Well, I was snooping around looking for someone who could solder this for me, to no avail. My soldering skills are non existent. The most I fixed was a door bell, and I did a terrible job. I won't be able to get my hands on a soldering iron until tomorrow, is it worth trying?
I have located someone who can do a jtag on this model but have a few questions in regards to this:
Since my bootloader was corrupted, would the jtag service put a new bootloader on?
Would it prevent the same thing from happening again?
Are jtags designed on a per-phone basis?
Since there is a telus fascinate T959D as well as a verizon fascinate, and both phones are completely different, would I need to make sure the jtag is meant for this phone?
Is there anything I need to be made aware of before doing this that I haven't mentioned?
I've haven't had any experience with JTAG, but I've heard Unbrickable Mod is preferable. If you're looking for someone who can solder, check out your local RC/hobby store. If that fails, check out an electronics store, though it may take some searching to find one.
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TheMegosh said:
Thats not good to hear. Well, I was snooping around looking for someone who could solder this for me, to no avail. My soldering skills are non existent. The most I fixed was a door bell, and I did a terrible job. I won't be able to get my hands on a soldering iron until tomorrow, is it worth trying?
I have located someone who can do a jtag on this model but have a few questions in regards to this:
Since my bootloader was corrupted, would the jtag service put a new bootloader on?
Would it prevent the same thing from happening again?
Are jtags designed on a per-phone basis?
Since there is a telus fascinate T959D as well as a verizon fascinate, and both phones are completely different, would I need to make sure the jtag is meant for this phone?
Is there anything I need to be made aware of before doing this that I haven't mentioned?
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Make sure you use the stock Samsung cable see if you can reinstall the drivers hook it into the computer and hold volume down if you can get any type of signal from the phone your good.
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MultipleMonomials said:
I've haven't had any experience with JTAG, but I've heard Unbrickable Mod is preferable. If you're looking for someone who can solder, check out your local RC/hobby store. If that fails, check out an electronics store, though it may take some searching to find one.
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Hey no offence but stop telling everyone on the street they need too soljeir there phone with unbrickable mod before they can fix I'm tired of having too calm the person down after you said they have too open up the phone its utter bull****. 1 out of 10 soft bricks you may need it I've been without download mode and fixed mine just fine.
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An update:
Took my phone in to get the jtag service... He said some of my partitions were corrupted, one of which was the boot layer. He put a new bootloader on, and showed it could be placed back into recovery and download mode, but when I got home the device was even more dead than when I left; no device failed to connect sound in windows, just nothing. I'm taking it back to him in a week after exams to get this resolved. Maybe the battery has reached the end of its life...? I checked it with a volt meter, and it had 3v+ so I really don't know.
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As bbrad pointed out, there may be other solutions, and my answer could be totally wrong, but if even your bootloader is cooked, Unbrickable Mod may be your only hope. Since UM affects startup code literally hardwired into the chip, it should work as long as the JTAG doesn't interfere.
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Another update. So apparently I flashed a bootloader from another phone, which royally screwed up the partition, kernel and mounted drives. The technician managed to get the original bootloader, kernel and rom on the phone and everything is working from stock again.
Why on earth is the 959d Telus version such a pain in the ass to customize?
Is there anyone on here that uses a 959d that can direct me to a proper method to leaving stock? Before this entire situation I had vodoo kernel on, with cwm, but every time I flashed a kernel it would hang on reboot and either sit on a black or white screen. In a lot of cases I would flash in cwm, reboot, then I would be brought back to cwm as if there was no rom on the phone at all, no matter what I formatted and wiped.
When I'm not on my phone I can link all of the guides I've tried that leave me back where I started. So I re flash back to stock using Odin.
At the end of the day, I have to ask, is it really worth it in the end? I've rooted and flashed many roms on other phones but have never run into as many problems as with this fascinate t959d
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Alright. let us get this straight. I have searched in countless number of forums for solving my issue but I'm NOT able to fix it.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant T959. It currently seems to be "soft-bricked" (I always see a mobile connected to a computer and an exclamation icon in between). So to reset it, I have left almost not stone unturned. But no luck so far
As far as I remember, I happened to land it in trouble while I was trying to flash some secondary bootloader using ODIN.
I also tried the micro-USB JIG method by building a 300k-Ohm USB JIG on my own (using three 100k-Ohm resistors), but even that is not working for me. Whenever I connect my phone to my computer, it starts up and shows those three icons. The same happens when I remove the battery, insert it back and start the phone up again. The same happens for each of the numerous key sequences mentioned online for download/recovery mode. So literally NOTHING is working for me. I also tried OneClick.jar, Heimdall. None of them are making me lucky as the phone is not getting detected.
I believe there has to be a way to reset it somehow (although I seem to have screwed something seriously) but nothing seems to work for me. What can I possibly do now?
Attached images show the micro-USB jig that I made and the icon on my phone I see.
From my experience if you can get that far you don't need a jtag. But you did say that you flash bootloader. So you ether need to get the right combo to get to download mode or you are done with out working bootloader. The only other thing that I can think of would be to do the unbrickable mod.
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Thanks jrongi1 for the reply.
>> So you ether need to get the right combo to get to download mode or you are done with out working bootloader.
I have tried many, many combos for getting the download mode but no luck so far Can you suggest some if you are aware of one?
The only other thing that I can think of would be to do the unbrickable mod.
>> I tried to know about this but I did not understand what this exactly means? I believe this involves some sort of hardware rework. Can you please point me to steps to do this? Are you referring to this procedure? If yes, I don't believe it's a solution since that procedure is just a preventive measure and not a solution (that's what I understand after reading that whole thing out).
Try that.
reboot computer, turn off phone, take out battery, put the battery back, hold volume up and down buttons and then plug in usb.
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This is from N00B_IN_N33D's MIUI guide stickied at the top.
"SOFT" BRICKED WHILE USING ODIN?
If you are getting a "Phone.. ! ..Computer" image (seen above) when booting phone, yes, you are bricked but it is reversible! Just follow these steps...
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.
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Sometimes the key combo can be a bit precarious and the timing needs to be precise. I know that when I have taken my Vibes back to stock, it takes me more than a few tries to get it right. You've said you have tried the key combos several time, I think you should keep trying them and get your timing right. I would hate for you to screw up your phone when doing the Unbrickable hardware mod, when it could be something as simple as a timing thing.
As the other guys said work with the buttons and only try the unbrickable mod as a last resort.
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Thanks guys for responses.
testomat/Woody, I tried as per your steps almost 8-10 times, but that does not work either
jrongi1,
I do not wish to go for Unbrickable mod either. Anyway, I have contacted a local repairs guy for this issue. He said he can fix this issue using JTAG interface. That costs me 1500INR. That's the only solution I have I guess.
Good luck with the repair I hope that you can get going soon.
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Thank you so much again!
Woody said:
This is from N00B_IN_N33D's MIUI guide stickied at the top.
Sometimes the key combo can be a bit precarious and the timing needs to be precise. I know that when I have taken my Vibes back to stock, it takes me more than a few tries to get it right. You've said you have tried the key combos several time, I think you should keep trying them and get your timing right. I would hate for you to screw up your phone when doing the Unbrickable hardware mod, when it could be something as simple as a timing thing.
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This worked for me.....Many thanks