First sorry for my English ... I feel pretty stupid after I read the guide dell flashing streak 5, but unfortunately too late, I think it's hazing. my streak in fastboot-mode run fastboot-w command, the streak was left hanging and then turn off the screen. I tried turning it on and nothing thousand so please I need your ayuda.alguien know a solution?
Looks like you just bricked your device,and what's worse,no cure for that.I dont know if replacing inner sd card helps,but obviously no simple solution,if there's a solution it would be a hardware one.
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tried using qdl tool? ive heard that using those fastboot commands does permanently brick your device
valest said:
Looks like you just bricked your device,and what's worse,no cure for that.I dont know if replacing inner sd card helps,but obviously no simple solution,if there's a solution it would be a hardware one.
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thanks for your comments, I will have every solution ue pobrar you can give me, I will review and place you in another microsd
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tried using qdl tool? ive heard that using those fastboot commands does permanently brick your device
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Thanks, I'll use tool QDL later, then tell them how I was
Henrylugo said:
First sorry for my English ... I feel pretty stupid after I read the guide dell flashing streak 5, but unfortunately too late, I think it's hazing. my streak in fastboot-mode run fastboot-w command, the streak was left hanging and then turn off the screen. I tried turning it on and nothing thousand so please I need your ayuda.alguien know a solution?
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This right here is why we repeatedly tell new users to read everything they can get their hands on before attempting to root the Streak. Try QDL Tool, but even if it does resurrect the Streak, the chances are really good that the Streak will not be useable for calls.
I'm not sure what you meant but the way i read it, seems like it ran the battery down and now won't turn on, if that's the case charge it while re reading the guides.
@sanyokt4j: The OP ran Fastboot with the -w/-erase command as noted in his first post. Doing so to a Streak is virtually a death sentence because the Fastboot command has issues with the Streak. The end result of running that command is a Streak that won't turn on at all and may not be fixable by any means, even the QDL Tool. Thus, using the factory reset option in the recovery is the recommended option to wipe the Streak.
He can put the Streak on charge all day long, but it won't do anything. If the Streak isn't recognized by the QDL Tool, then it's nothing but a very expensive paperweight.
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I'm not sure what you meant but the way i read it, seems like it ran the battery down and now won't turn on, if that's the case charge it while re reading the guides.
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I do not understand your comment, please could be explained in more detail, thanks for comment
@Strephon Alkhalikoi: sorry i must have missed that part, in which case I agree with everything mentioned about QDL Tool
Edit: I'm not sure if this helps but these guys helped me rescue a streak that wouldn't power on, maybe keep this as a last resort?
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/dell-streak-5-jtag-brick-repair/
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@sanyokt4j: The OP ran Fastboot with the -w/-erase command as noted in his first post. Doing so to a Streak is virtually a death sentence because the Fastboot command has issues with the Streak. The end result of running that command is a Streak that won't turn on at all and may not be fixable by any means, even the QDL Tool. Thus, using the factory reset option in the recovery is the recommended option to wipe the Streak.
He can put the Streak on charge all day long, but it won't do anything. If the Streak isn't recognized by the QDL Tool, then it's nothing but a very expensive paperweight.
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are strong words, I hope they are not true and I say this without wanting to offend. effectively use the tool QDL tool, following the guide-tutorial.swf qdltool, the look on the web. My pc does not show the notification windows 7 "Installing device driver software." the streak does not detect in any way. is hard to believe that a command such as this could damage a gadget so expensive.
Could someone explain exactly what damage this command is something in the microsd or within the streak
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are strong words, I hope they are not true and I say this without wanting to offend. effectively use the tool QDL tool, following the guide-tutorial.swf qdltool, the look on the web. My pc does not show the notification windows 7 "Installing device driver software." the streak does not detect in any way. is hard to believe that a command such as this could damage a gadget so expensive.
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Look, I'm not going to sugar-coat this for you. What I said is paraphrased from both the Wiki and a sticky thread on rooting the Streak. Your hope that what I say isn't true is in vain, because it is true.
You didn't do enough research using the tools this site provides and tried to root your Streak anyway. Congrats, because you just earned a shiny, new and very expensive paperweight as a result. If Windows doesn't see the Streak it won't install the drivers. Thus the Streak is dead.
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@sanyokt4j: The OP ran Fastboot with the -w/-erase command as noted in his first post. Doing so to a Streak is virtually a death sentence because the Fastboot command has issues with the Streak. The end result of running that command is a Streak that won't turn on at all and may not be fixable by any means, even the QDL Tool. Thus, using the factory reset option in the recovery is the recommended option to wipe the Streak.
He can put the Streak on charge all day long, but it won't do anything. If the Streak isn't recognized by the QDL Tool, then it's nothing but a very expensive paperweight.
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Look, I'm not going to sugar-coat this for you. What I said is paraphrased from both the Wiki and a sticky thread on rooting the Streak. Your hope that what I say isn't true is in vain, because it is true.
You didn't do enough research using the tools this site provides and tried to root your Streak anyway. Congrats, because you just earned a shiny, new and very expensive paperweight as a result. If Windows doesn't see the Streak it won't install the drivers. Thus the Streak is dead.
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thanks for you comments, Is really sad
Try the site linked in post #10. Just be aware that even if you do get the Streak resurrected using the JTAG pad, there's a very good chance the Streak will never work for making calls.
check the link and I am considering as an alternative, but I wrote the riff manufacturer jtag box the following:
"I have Several questions:
1) for the case streak 5 after unbrick the 3G and GSM function would be enabled to function as new and unlocked, or the streak would only be a tablet with wifi or 3g without sim?
2) the service tag dell and imei, would continue to be the original or changed unbrick?
3) the streak have android 2.3, unbrick change that?
4) That I POSSESS additional accessory to unbrick the dell streak 5? "
when I answer it publishes in another post
what matters is:
1.you wont be able to use your device as a phone even if you made it to bring it back.
2.you need additional equipments and lots of work.
3.dell will not cover your ass for free,no one will.cuz you run the wrong command and screwed the internal partition,it's your fault.
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valest said:
what matters is:
1.you wont be able to use your device as a phone even if you made it to bring it back.
2.you need additional equipments and lots of work.
3.dell will not cover your ass for free,no one will.cuz you run the wrong command and screwed the internal partition,it's your fault.
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Greetings, I would like to check that the correct steps to make windows detect me my streak and then use the QDL tool, could you confirm that is correct, the procedure I followed:
1) The battery 100% charged and removed from my streak.
2) The streak has internal memory of 2 gb microsd installed.
3) The streak and the PC, do not have USB cable connected between them
4) Insert the battery in the streak and placed the back cover
5) I press and hold down the up volume key (the key closest to 3.5mm plug)
6) Insert the USB cable between my streak and PC
7) I wait for 30 seconds and release the volume key (I test by holding down the volume of 5,10,20 and 30 seconds)
8) I wait for 5 minutes for 32-bit Ultimate windows detects my streak into the USB port
9) Since nothing has happened, start at step 1 again
* I tried on all usb ports have my pc
* I rebooted the pc every time I go to make the sequence of step 1 to 9
* According to my computer concepts do not have to install any additional driver for windows detect any USB device
Question: I made the correct sequence?
5) I press and hold down the up volume key (the key closest to 3.5mm plug)
looks like you did it the wrong way,here's some quote:
Safe Mode - Hold VolUp button while power on
Recovery Mode - Hold VolUp+VolDown while power on
Fastboot Mode - Hold Camera button while power on, then select Fastboot by touching top-right screen corner
Device may not want to power on while holding any other button than power, so press only power button and then after the softbuttons light up, IMMEDIATELY press the wanted hardware buttons combination and hold while device powers on.
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5) I press and hold down the up volume key (the key closest to 3.5mm plug)
looks like you did it the wrong way,here's some quote:
Safe Mode - Hold VolUp button while power on
Recovery Mode - Hold VolUp+VolDown while power on
Fastboot Mode - Hold Camera button while power on, then select Fastboot by touching top-right screen corner
Device may not want to power on while holding any other button than power, so press only power button and then after the softbuttons light up, IMMEDIATELY press the wanted hardware buttons combination and hold while device powers on.
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I did your procedure and My streak shows no sign of anything, does not turn lights or windows detects it as USB.
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Hey everyone - my first post here.
Anyway, I read and read and read about my new Vibrant to see just what I could do with it without screwing it up and bricking it and I find out my device is hardware locked.
After reading [GUIDE] / [THINK TANK] - Accessing downloader & recovery w/ locked hardware access (I cannot post a link just now, apparently) from start to finish, I am more confused than not. I cannot do anything but stay in a boot loop (by holding buttons down) or boot up the phone like normal. No recovery or download mode has so far been possible.
So, can I root my phone? Should I just attempt to exchange it? Should I wait for a work-around? Or is there information I'm missing somewhere?
Thanks, all. This community is insanely helpful and cordial, without you guys I'd never have gotten my dream working properly.
Edit: I was told that my lack of drivers were the problem - I thought I didn't need them on a 32 bit system. I did. Recovery reboot solved for me!
If you cannot enter Recovery Mode with Vol Up+Vol Down+Power, your phone is defective and T-Mo will exchange it.
You're serious? It really is that simple?
So, I call them up, tell them I have a hardware locked phone and I cannot boot into recovery mode, and they'll set me up?
I'm thinking I had to go learn odin and start getting less a'scared of command lines.
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Hey everyone - my first post here.
Anyway, I read and read and read about my new Vibrant to see just what I could do with it without screwing it up and bricking it and I find out my device is hardware locked.
After reading [GUIDE] / [THINK TANK] - Accessing downloader & recovery w/ locked hardware access (I cannot post a link just now, apparently) from start to finish, I am more confused than not. I cannot do anything but stay in a boot loop (by holding buttons down) or boot up the phone like normal. No recovery or download mode has so far been possible.
So, can I root my phone? Should I just attempt to exchange it? Should I wait for a work-around? Or is there information I'm missing somewhere?
Thanks, all. This community is insanely helpful and cordial, without you guys I'd never have gotten my dream working properly.
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Here's my advice in a step-by-step:
-Install the AndroidSDK (And make sure it is named that) Found here - http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
-Move the folder to Computer> Local Disk ( C: )
-Run the .exe
-Go to Settings, click on Miscellaneous, and check Force https
-Click on Available Packages and install (And then minimize)
-Click Start and search cmd (Also known as Command Prompt)
-Type cd\ (And then press enter)
-Type AndroidSDK\Tools\adb reboot download (And then press enter)
**Make sure your phone is plugged into the computer with USB Debugging turned on.
Your phone will reboot and be in Download Mode. Hope this helps.
Hardware Locked, huh? really? on the vibrant?
Can someone explain what hardware locked vibrant is. Is this some term you guys made up. I can not for the life of me, figure out, why in the world Samsung would ship some phones hardware locked and others not.
Makes no sense, someone explain, seems like this is a made up term which does not apply to Vibrant.
Either Samsung is being completely ignorant to this issue or they have the worst quality control. I am beginning to think it's both. Simply google searching brings up lots of results on this issue.
My first Vibrant (USB port eventually broke) 3 button recovery worked fine; dated July 15. The replacement after that did not work, nor did the one after that. Those were both made on Aug 16. I finally got a refund under buyer's remorse and waited another week. Got my fourth Vibrant today, made 09/01 and yes it does work with 3 button recovery.
Keep in mind none of my Vibrants were refurbished units. They were all brand new. I think Samsung has a serious flaw on their hands. I'm concerned about keeping this phone even but I added the insurance on it just in case.
By "hardware locked" they mean that you cannot access the phone's recovery or dl mode using the 3 button method.
this has apparently started with the 08/**/2010 batches. beforehand this phone was deemed "unbrickable" but it's now actually possible with the newer shipments so ppl have got to be a lot careful trying to mod their phones now.
on a side note: i've read that Samsung Mobile Canada has admitted that the hardware locked phones are in actuality a defect. hopefully Samsung Mobile USA will come to the same conclusion.
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Either Samsung is being completely ignorant to this issue or they have the worst quality control. I am beginning to think it's both. Simply google searching brings up lots of results on this issue.
My first Vibrant (USB port eventually broke) 3 button recovery worked fine; dated July 15. The replacement after that did not work, nor did the one after that. Those were both made on Aug 16. I finally got a refund under buyer's remorse and waited another week. Got my fourth Vibrant today, made 09/01 and yes it does work with 3 button recovery.
Keep in mind none of my Vibrants were refurbished units. They were all brand new. I think Samsung has a serious flaw on their hands. I'm concerned about keeping this phone even but I added the insurance on it just in case.
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I think that's the first phone dated after 08/** that i've heard of actually having the 3 btn modes work. My bf has a vibrant and I've been holding off purchasing one myself since hearing about the hardware locked ones. i've been literally scouring ebay for a phone that was a part of the July batch.
well, this gives me a little hope.
Oniyuri said:
By "hardware locked" they mean that you cannot access the phone's recovery or dl mode using the 3 button method.
this has apparently started with the 08/**/2010 batches. beforehand this phone was deemed "unbrickable" but it's now actually possible with the newer shipments so ppl have got to be a lot careful trying to mod their phones now.
on a side note: i've read that Samsung Mobile Canada has admitted that the hardware locked phones are in actuality a defect. hopefully Samsung Mobile USA will come to the same conclusion.
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Well just my 2 cents on the topic, entering recovery mode required following strict steps, miss 1 single step, and you won't get into recovery.
now as far as download mode goes, I have been able to get into it once. This was by accident, I was randomly doing various sequences of volume rocker and power, it went into download mode. Now since then, I have no clue what sequence I used, but I have never been able to get into download mode ever again.
Additionally, my phone is dated 7/2010, so the 8/2010 batch theory doesn't hold since I can not get into download mode either now.
To get into Recovery Mode, follow these steps.
Okay, I'm reading lots of people having trouble getting into recovery mode, thinking their phone is broken or busted. Chances are you are not holding down the power button log enough, or you are letting go of something too quick.
FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS STEP BY STEP.
1) START with your phone off
2) Press volume up AND volume down at same time, keep them pressed in the entire time, do NOT let go. I prefer to hold my phone in landscape, this gives me better control with my fingers.
3) WHILE holding down volume up and volume down, press and hold power button, DO NOT LET GO OF ANYTHING. You should be holding down volume up, volume down, and power, DON'T LET GO! HOLD ON... and proceed to next steps, dont let go!
4) PHONE will start, you will see the white Vibrant logo. STILL DON'T LET GO, volume down, volume up, and power all pressed.
5) White Vibrant logo disappears, still dont let go!
6) White Vibrant logo re-appears again for the second time. Right when you see the white vibrant logo pop up a second time, let go of ONLY the power button, keep holding down volume down and volume up.
7) Phone enters recovery mode, you can let go the volume rocker.
hope this helps, it worked for me, hopefully it works for you also.
now can someone post sure fire method into getting into download without needing to connect the phone to your computer and using odin?
Oniyuri said:
I think that's the first phone dated after 08/** that i've heard of actually having the 3 btn modes work. My bf has a vibrant and I've been holding off purchasing one myself since hearing about the hardware locked ones. i've been literally scouring ebay for a phone that was a part of the July batch.
well, this gives me a little hope.
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Hate to break it to you, my phone is made in July, and it WILL NOT go into download mode, I do however get into recovery mode.
That phone date batch theory doesn't hold true, so you can stop searching for july phones.
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on a side note: i've read that Samsung Mobile Canada has admitted that the hardware locked phones are in actuality a defect. hopefully Samsung Mobile USA will come to the same conclusion.[/QUOTE]
where did you read this, please provide the link
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Samsung Mobile USA support is worthless. I called three times and finally got someone in "premier support" who didn't know anything. He actually went as far as to tell me a simple data wipe would resolve this problem, ha! I then got a hold of someone at Samsung Telecom corporate office who said he'd look into it and never called me back. No surprise there either. I think it's kind of sad that people are having to resort to Facebook wall comments to get a company to start backing it's products.
Thanks to sabooher, I was able to get into download mode with no problems, I hope this works for you, and thank you again sabooher.
okay, start off with your phone turned off
hold down both volume down and volume up at the same time, do not touch the power button
now, get your usb cable, have one end into your computer, the other end put into your vibrant, while you are still holding down the volume up and volume down at same time. dont touch power button
your phone hopefully will now go into download mode!
SamsungVibrant said:
FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS STEP BY STEP.
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Nope, no good.
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Here's my advice in a step-by-step:
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Had the sdk already, so that was no problem. With usb debugging on, I had the same problem I've always had with adb - error: device not found.
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Oniyuri said:
on a side note: i've read that Samsung Mobile Canada has admitted that the hardware locked phones are in actuality a defect. hopefully Samsung Mobile USA will come to the same conclusion.
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where did you read this, please provide the link
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Sure, it's all over their facebook page. I've read tons of android sites so I can't quote the site that led me to this page but I've been following the Samsung Mobile Canada FB page over the last few days about it. Suffice it to say: the Bell customers are really not pleased with the 3 btn issue: Samsung Mobile Canada
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Nope, no good.
Had the sdk already, so that was no problem. With usb debugging on, I had the same problem I've always had with adb - error: device not found.
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maybe you don't have the correct drivers installed, try the ones from this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
Well here's my take on things. I got my phone (July 11th build date) directly from T-Mobile corporate. Came via FEDEX on launch day. Long story, suffice to say I had Behold II and complained to the right people at the right time and got swapped a Vibrant to basically shut me up.
Entering download mode seems to be very timing specific even for this original batch phone. There is only one way I can reliably get download mode 100% of the time...
- Pull battery
- plug in to USB cable connected to PC
- hold down VOL DOWN + VOL UP (DO NOT HOLD DOWN POWER)
- Insert battery
Alternately I can get into download mode using VOL DOWN+ VOL UP + POWER, but I have to be very careful to catch the right moment after the Vibrant logo appears the 2nd time to release power to get download mode.
When I ODIN, I use the first method always now.
masterotaku said:
Entering download mode seems to be very timing specific even for this original batch phone. There is only one way I can reliably get download mode 100% of the time...
- Pull battery
- plug in to USB cable connected to PC
- hold down VOL DOWN + VOL UP (DO NOT HOLD DOWN POWER)
- Insert battery
Alternately I can get into download mode using VOL DOWN+ VOL UP + POWER, but I have to be very careful to catch the right moment after the Vibrant logo appears the 2nd time to release power to get download mode.
When I ODIN, I use the first method always now.
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That's odd. I've never had a problem getting into download mode; in fact, I was confused the first time it happened cuz I didn't mean to! All I have to do is make sure the USB cable is plugged in and then hold all 3 buttons when I turn it on and into download mode it goes.
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That's odd. I've never had a problem getting into download mode; in fact, I was confused the first time it happened cuz I didn't mean to! All I have to do is make sure the USB cable is plugged in and then hold all 3 buttons when I turn it on and into download mode it goes.
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I tend to have bad luck with Odin too. I've seen the "ohsh*t" icon many times...
(note: the "ohsh*t" icon is what I call the phone/caution symbol/pc icon I tend to see quite often)
When that happens the ONLY way I can get back to download mode is the battery-insert method.
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Nope, no good.
Had the sdk already, so that was no problem. With usb debugging on, I had the same problem I've always had with adb - error: device not found.
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It definitely sounds like you don't have the correct drivers installed. My drivers were downloaded through the installation of Kies, however, is your computer online while you are attempting this? I can only speak for my computer which is running Windows 7, but it automatically downloads any updated/new drivers necessary when connected online.
woot!
Ha ha!! The drivers were the problem. I was under the impression I only had to install the samsung drivers if I was on a 64 bit system.
I'm looking at my recovery menu now and am very happy! Wish I had time to do the stuff I wanted to do the vibrant before work, but I gotta make a couple of bucks before I get this guy set up just how I want.
See? I knew XDA was the place to be. Many thanks Oniyuri and jonathan3579!
installed the newest whisky rom this morning, all was well, did a reboot and now phone just goes to a screen with the phone to pc icon and nothing else. i cannot access adb or odin! please help. vibrant bricked!
Here is a couple of methods to get into download mode. Once you get to download mode, follow the directions in my next post...
First Method
1) Pull the battery, sim card, and sd card.
2) Reinsert battery but do not press any buttons.
3) Plug into usb that is connected to your computer. If something shows up on the screen (charging logo) then you should be golden.
4) Hold the vol up, vol down, and power until the screen comes on, immediately release the power button but not the other two. Hopefully it will boot into download mode and than you can use Odin to get back to stock.
Second Method
1) Another method that seems to work for some people is to pull the battery, sim, sd card.
2) Reinsert battery and hold both volume buttons but do not press power button.
3) Then plug in usb. The phone should boot into download.
Third Method
1) You will need the samsung ADB drivers installed for your phone and ADB.
Samsung Drivers for 32 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...=SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
Samsung Drivers for 64 bit Windows: http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...ung/vibrant/&file=usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
2) Remove sim card and sd-card. Remove the battery.
3) Hold buttons vol up, vol down, and power.
4) While holding down those 3 buttons put the battery back in and keep holding all 3 buttons until the vibrant disappears and reappears. Once it reappears, release all 3 buttons.
5) Now connect your phone to your pc via USB cable.
6) Open a cmd prompt and navigate to the folder with ADB and type "ADB REBOOT DOWNLOAD" caps are not necessary.
7) Your phone will reboot into the download screen.
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Download the files in the linked thread and follow the directions there our the ones in my post.
Odin and Files Needed Available Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
1) Open Odin and verify that one of the Com ports shows a device connected. If it doesn't try using a different usb port.
2) Load the .pit and pda files. It should be pretty obvious how to do that once you are in Odin.
3) Make sure that the option to partition is unchecked. The other two options should be checked.
4) Hit start and wait.
5) Your phone will restart when Odin is done and you will be good to go.
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Had that few days ago..please try this to access download mode...
I did the following:
1. take out the battery, sim and microSD
2. put battery in
3. ONLY hold vol down & power
4. plug in the USB and voila...download mode!
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none of those options work to get into download mode, even via adb with reboot download it still shows a screen with a cell phone, a orange triangle and a pc as soon as it gets power.
ielati said:
none of those options work to get into download mode, even via adb with reboot download it still shows a screen with a cell phone, a orange triangle and a pc as soon as it gets power.
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Is your phone hardware locked?
no, not hardware locked. im niot sure what the screen means. its a cell phone then a orange triangle with exclamation point, then a pc. but it goes to that as soon as the power is turned on
Hold down both volume buttons and the power button. Wait until the screen turns black and release the power button. Welcome to download mode.
Edit: do all of this with the battery in, the phone connected to the computer, and Odin open. Once it goes into download mode, Odin should immediately recognize it.
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mail it to me, i bet i can get it in download mode, it just takes patients and alot of tries, dont give up so easy.
i have a new vibrant on the way from t-mob. went to the store and they gave me a nokia E73. i dont like it at all all the buttons and no touch screen. feels like 1998
ielati said:
i have a new vibrant on the way from t-mob. went to the store and they gave me a nokia E73. i dont like it at all all the buttons and no touch screen. feels like 1998
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So what you're saying is...you commited fraud. You are causing my costs on phones to go up. You knew the risks of flashing ROMs on your phone and when you screwed up instead of taking responsibility you give the bill to all the other T-mobile customers...
THANKS!!!
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how is that fraud? i explained to the rep what happened and they offered a replacement. i dont see how that caused your cost to go up... thanks for your response tho...
Ignore him, dude has no idea what he is talking about.
I had the same problem though, don't worry.
What will happen is they will force the phone into download mode, using the same method the jig thing does, wipe the phone, and flash the default rom to it. From there, they will resell it depending on the physical condition of the phone. Of course if it suffered water damage a steep fee will need to be paid. If they find out you voided the warranty, hope you have the insurance package or again, a steep fee.
ielati said:
how is that fraud? i explained to the rep what happened and they offered a replacement. i dont see how that caused your cost to go up... thanks for your response tho...
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You explained that you voided the warranty by flashing an aftermarket ROM and when you screwed it up you called them because you want it replaced and they said no problem? Do you really expect me to believe that you told the rep the full truth?
The costs go up because they factor in the costs of replacement phones due to manufacturing defects. When people screw up their own phone and then get it replaced, the costs in the future go up.
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That's what insurance is for, stolen, lost, broken, BRICKED, just pay your deductible... and bam.I wish t-mobile had vanishing deductible
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hockeyrcks9901 said:
The costs go up because they factor in the costs of replacement phones due to manufacturing defects. When people screw up their own phone and then get it replaced, the costs in the future go up.
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This wasn't a defect. He just screwed something up. They'll flash stock rom on it and then bam, resell it. Why do you think they asked for it back, just to throw it against the wall?
exactly, they will load a rom onto it and resell it, nothing wrong with the phone just software. either way ive got insurance on it and they accepted it . thanks for the input tho!
Thanks a ton!!! I've been up til 4am last night trying to fix my friend's Vibrant do to boot loop and had no way of accessing internal memory. Even CWM wouldn't do wipe data/factory reset....
He used Root Tools to change font and crashed it and I've tried method after method (ODIN, adb etc...) but was stuck! Finally I got the phone to pc icon and tried THIS method and what do you know...restored to stock under 3 minutes.
Much appreciated
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This wasn't a defect. He just screwed something up. They'll flash stock rom on it and then bam, resell it. Why do you think they asked for it back, just to throw it against the wall?
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+1 to that
Ur on a phone hacking community site complaining about wht hundreds of people do on this site all the time. We flash roms and sometimes we make mistakes I admit some people shouldnt flash roms but we pay our insurance for a reason. I hope u werent serious or ur just a really good troll!
i flashed stock froyo and my phone will not turn on.
already tried the battery pull,combo buttons (download and recovery)
what happened: i flashed back to stock froyo and all loaded successfully with odin.
as it started to reboot the screen went blank.
any ideas?
HELP!!!!
Usb jig if u cant get into dl mode.
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Check what you odin'ed...see if it contained sbl.bin.
and what were you flashing from??
Try flashing stock eclair 2.1. And then upgrade your rom from there.
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THANKS for all of your suggestion. i tried all of the above an no luck.
So you've already tried the USB jig to access DL mode like @movieaddict suggested and still can't? Thats odd..... What kinda life are you getting out of the phone? Does it turn on at all? How about plugging the USB into the PC or a charger.... anything? spindles or the battery charging icon?
- If the phone is completely dead as in your getting NO life at all then it is in fact HARD BRICKED. I have heard about a JTAG fix for HARD BRICKED Vibrants and I assume its similar to the XBOX360 deal that most of us have probably done in the past, but I have not personally on the Vibrant. I know there is a youtube video/tutorial. Unfortunately thats pretty much all I know about that. I would suggest a google search or search the Q&A threads here for something like:
"Samsung, Vibrant, hard, bricked, jtag"
Good luck!
I would not recommend trying jtag yourself, as you have to rub away a section of the motherboard to access certain solder points and it requires a very expensive jtagging device. If it is truly bricked you can send it to these guys and they will jtag it and bring it back to life for you.
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=778
Already have you on the right page there. It's the second one on that list.
I agree with the above post. Its probably not something everyone should attempt. Although I think most will realize that when you see all that is involved. Here is the thread that I first heard about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13981538#post13981538
I'm sure if you PM @connexion2005 would be more than willing to help you out as well. Good luck!
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i flashed stock froyo and my phone will not turn on.
already tried the battery pull,combo buttons (download and recovery)
what happened: i flashed back to stock froyo and all loaded successfully with odin.
as it started to reboot the screen went blank.
any ideas?
HELP!!!!
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So your phone isn't responding at all? Try holding power and volume +. You might get a screen with orange text on it. This worked for me.
From there you can get to download mode by plugging the phone in and using the three finger method.
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so you've already tried the usb jig to access dl mode like @movieaddict suggested and still can't? Thats odd..... What kinda life are you getting out of the phone? Does it turn on at all? How about plugging the usb into the pc or a charger.... Anything? Spindles or the battery charging icon?
- if the phone is completely dead as in your getting no life at all then it is in fact hard bricked. I have heard about a jtag fix for hard bricked vibrants and i assume its similar to the xbox360 deal that most of us have probably done in the past, but i have not personally on the vibrant. I know there is a youtube video/tutorial. Unfortunately thats pretty much all i know about that. I would suggest a google search or search the q&a threads here for something like:
"samsung, vibrant, hard, bricked, jtag"
good luck!
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no life at all. I have tried holding tHe button for 30 sec. Still not result. also tried the battery on another person vibrant and it worked.
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no life at all. I have tried holding tHe button for 30 sec. Still not result. also tried the battery on another person vibrant and it worked.
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may i ask what did you flash and what rom was on your phone before. Knowing what was flashed and where you were coming from may probably help us better to understand what is happening.
try press volume down and up button hold it and plug data cable connected to ur computer. That will let u boot to download mode. Try and let me kw how it went.
Same thing happened to me, I was able to fix by the following post...
1. Start AIO toolbox
2. Power off the Phone.
3. Pull the Battery.
4. Plug USB cable into Phone.
5. Plug USB cable into PC.
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.
The idea is to get ODIN to see your phone again.
My Dell Streak 5 can't boot up or power up even the dell logo nothing is displayed...which is nothing displayed or black screen....anybody can help me about this issue....
History of the unit:
My unit was upgraded to build 406...when my unit in fastboot mode to install amss and dsp1.mbn and after that when i reboot automatically my unit stack so i decided to pull-out the battery for a minute and put back to power up but nothing happens i don't know what happens and i trying to use qdl tool but the qualcoom driver can't install....
please help me to resolve this problem....
thank you...
Your Streak is dead. Your choices in resolving this problem are as follows:
1. Purchase a secondhand Streak on ebay. Finding one with a broken screen will be less expensive than an intact unit since all that needs to be done is replace the motherboard.
2. Search the forums for JTAG. One of the posts has a link to a company that can resurrect your Streak. Be aware however that you most likely will not be able to use the Streak to make calls afterward.
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Your Streak is dead. Your choices in resolving this problem are as follows:
1. Purchase a secondhand Streak on ebay. Finding one with a broken screen will be less expensive than an intact unit since all that needs to be done is replace the motherboard.
2. Search the forums for JTAG. One of the posts has a link to a company that can resurrect your Streak. Be aware however that you most likely will not be able to use the Streak to make calls afterward.
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Thank you for your advice....i'm looking only for the driver of qualcomm and finally i got it...and now my phone was communicated with the desktop pc and i'm qdl tool to recover...and my phone is alive again...
Not having the driver at all is a different beast from what you initially posted, which was that the driver would not install, implying that you had the driver. Had I known that you were looking for the driver I would have never said your Streak was dead and could have tried to point you to the driver.
iam happy for your steak as it started to breath again
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!
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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