The story goes...
I was running CM9, accidentally installed a cm7 nightly, soft bricked in bootloop. re flashed rom to 2.1 through Odin and all was fine. One click rooted the phone again all was fine. With going back to CM9 in mind, I needed to upgrade to 2.2. Did Through Kies which seemed to go O.K. (said was successful) but never rebooted. Now I am fully bricked. Phone won't respond to power button or even go into download with a jig or the remove batt, sd, simm method.
What Now????
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dave
Sorry Dave but it looks like you are out of luck. Kies is notorious for hardbricking devices.
You have no power at all? I would contact Samsung and tell them you hardbricked your phone using their software. Heard before that they will replace it.
I was afraid of that. I will notify Samsung.
Anyone need a Vibrant for parts at a good price out there?
Sorry to hear that. Jtag is what you need. Google mobiletechvideos.com and they can do it for you for 40 quids. You'll have tort phone back within a week.
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Been there man and it sucks, but i send my phone to mobiletechvideos.com and they fixed my phone and put in stock 2.1. So if you really love your phone send it, trust me there's no other good feeling that seeing your vibrant boot up again XD
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Wow, what are the odds there are two bricks from kies in a matter of days .... I am in exactly the same situation as you.
Fancy paperweights
Get the unbrickable mod done at mobiletechvideos.
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Phone back from Samsung--Yeah!!!
I sent the phone to Samsung and they had to replace the main board ($70). So now I am back to stock Froyo. I can't believe how much bloatware is on this thing. Before I attempt a root and such, I would like to understand the best procedure to getting back to 2.2 fully stock, in case I have to send it back. The Sticky AIO Vibrant toolbox seemed like a good idea, but it's directed to a bad link (Internet against Hollywood) when I click the skip add button. Will this be fixed, or is there a better way to go about this using Odin.
Thanks,
Dave
if u have seen Odin guide for vibrant then u wouldn't have done this .......whenever u Odin back to stock never use kies that's like opposite to Odin .......
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Hi. I ruined my phone when trying to add a new kernel (overclock 1.2).
It stayed on Vibrant/Samsung screen.
I downloaded one click odin.. LIKE AN IDIOT I DIDNT SEE IT WAS FOR CAPTIVE (AT&T) ONLY!!
NOW I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO.
PLEASE HELP and link me to wherever i need to download stuff.
Before others eat you alive and flame you, look around dude. Look at the stickies.
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Before others eat you alive and flame you, look around dude. Look at the stickies.
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I did, I couldnt find anything.
I don't think anyone has been a dumber noob than me..
ALSO it keeps just rebooting over and over and over.. I dont think it recognizes my battery idk..
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I did, I couldnt find anything.
I don't think anyone has been a dumber noob than me..
ALSO it keeps just rebooting over and over and over.. I dont think it recognizes my battery idk..
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Put into download mode use odin to flash back to stock all the tools you need are in the sticky that says bible in it..........
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S4BRE2121 said:
Put into download mode use odin to flash back to stock all the tools you need are in the sticky that says bible in it..........
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Download mode doesnt work
It shows AT&T and keeps rebooting.. over and over. I have no idea if they will exchange it due to it being a t-mobile phone.
Maybe Try the jig
Not sure I know enough about the real issue other than you got the wrong rom. But, there is a jig you can make 301k resistor (or combo of a few to equal that number) soldered to a usb connector on # 4 & 5 pins look it up it will unbrick the phone and get you into the phone from there I not sure what you will need to do next but that would get you into the phone. Btw the resistors and usb cord less than 5 bucks good luck
Dude, you are being childish. I usually never flame but don't say you did because you didn't Enough. Slow down and take your time. If you are doing any kind of mods you should learn how to use Odin first, but unfortunately its always after the fact.
Learn how to use Odin, in the development bible I have a video there to show you how. Doesn't get any easier than that.
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Dude, you are being childish. I usually never flame but don't say you did because you didn't Enough. Slow down and take your time. If you are doing any kind of mods you should learn how to use Odin first, but unfortunately its always after the fact.
Learn how to use Odin, in the development bible I have a video there to show you how. Doesn't get any easier than that.
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You are completely right. I was "trigger happy" you may say and I did it by rushing through it and ruined my phone. Luckily I have not yet sold my 3Gs and could use that until I get tmobile to exchange it.
The jig would most likely work for my case but I would need a step by step guide which unfortunately didn't find with images or video.
If I could just kill the AT&T boot logo it'd be perfect but sadly I can't.
I got the phone two days ago..so I am really sure I can get away with an exchange.
If you return the phone and it is booting with the At&t logo they will now you where messing with it and charge you the full amount of the phone which is around $400.
What you have is a soft brick. You can fix it if you bothered reading. Just follow this:
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...r-vibrant-and-return-to-stock-phone-pc-error/
Jamison904 said:
If you return the phone and it is booting with the At&t logo they will now you where messing with it and charge you the full amount of the phone which is around $400.
What you have is a soft brick. You can fix it if you bothered reading. Just follow this:
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I wish mine was a soft brick but it isn't. That thread was for "phone ! PC" mine is a tmo vibrant that boot loops as AT&T captive since I flashed the wrong stock kernel.
Remove battery, SIM card and the external SD card.
Connect USB cord
Hold down both volume keys and insert the battery.
I love how everyone gives the same reply. The phone WAS FULLY BRICKED.
I took it to T-Mobile and said I did an update and this is what happened and they gave me a brand spanking new one! =D
Thanks for all your help though.
MasterGGM said:
I love how everyone gives the same reply. The phone WAS FULLY BRICKED.
I took it to T-Mobile and said I did an update and this is what happened and they gave me a brand spanking new one! =D
Thanks for all your help though.
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Pathetic, take some responsibility. Thanks for supporting a future of locked phones.
So i had a Vibrant using 2.1 and i updated to 2.2 using kies mini. Phone went thru with the upgrade but never booted back. Phone will not turn on at all. Tried to push it into download mode but tht wont work either. Is there still a way to recover the phone?
p.s already went thru the FIX AND RESCUE YOUR VIBRICK Guide.
Did you try the taking battery, vol up down, plug usb then put back battery one? If yes and still a no go try a jig, you can get one from ebay or mobiletechvideos. If still a no go on that i guess just take it back to t-mo. Good luck.
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robertd0619 said:
Did you try the taking battery, vol up down, plug usb then put back battery one? If yes and still a no go try a jig, you can get one from ebay or mobiletechvideos. If still a no go on that i guess just take it back to t-mo. Good luck.
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This. If Kies Mini bricked it, then it will be fixed by using the download mode method he states, you shouldn't need a JIG.
I hope Odin picks it up! Tmo wont honor the warranty as i bought the phone from a 3rd party..I already tried tht.
The Jig didnt work for me! Since i bought this phone from craigslist Tmobile said they cant give me a replacement since the warranty is not under my name? Is there anyway i could go thru Samsung to get a replacement? Or will they require some sort of documentation in the form of a sales receipt? Can someone who has gotten a replacement thru Samsung help me please. Any help will be appreciated
Find a local repair shop and if they have a jtag and the proper software/firmware they should be able to bring it back to life in the event the boot loader was damaged. Again, depends on what the problem is, if it's fried........ sorry!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
Check out the Odin part. It will help you flash back to 2.1. You can try updating again with clean 2.1. I messed up updating to 2.2 once, so I used Odin to go back to 2.1 and re-update.
Only if the phone powered on could i use Odin...
Long-time reader, first time post..
Same thing happened to me. T-mobile replaced it. Luckily I had wiped it clean and was unrooted before I updated.
I replaced it through samsung, as long as you didn't root it then you should be ok, or as long as it is on stock without root. Just tell them that your calling to see if you have warranty. Then they will ask you what your imei number, which is located on the back. Then read it to them and they will tell you if it has warranty or not. To convince them to take it in, just make up something. Don't tell them that you dropped it or something, just tell them that it won't turn on and that you don't know why or something, hope this helps.
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obaidk said:
So i had a Vibrant using 2.1 and i updated to 2.2 using kies mini. Phone went thru with the upgrade but never booted back. Phone will not turn on at all. Tried to push it into download mode but tht wont work either. Is there still a way to recover the phone?
p.s already went thru the FIX AND RESCUE YOUR VIBRICK Guide.
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Talk to Samsung support. You don't have to make up a story since it happened while upgrading from 2.1 to 2.2 through Kies. Tell them that and you should be covered.
Here is what I did to my phone. Installed a 2.2 rom from team whiskey which had voodoo. I got bored with the rom so I figured I would go back to 2.1 using odin and had no problems . I then decided I would try t-mobiles 2.2. I went to mini kies and all seemed to go well, until my beautiful phone just bricked. It will not turn on at all.. I have tried everything including using a jig I bought. Right now I have a phone with no mechanical problems( it is only a few weeks old) the problem is me not deactivating the voodoo. I know I can call t-mobile etc. but I want to fix it myself. As I said it is totally dead. Does anyone have any ideas I love a challenge. I would love to see DOWNLOAD mode..
You might have a complete bricked phone so..if it is under warranty then just call T-mobile and tell them Kies bricked your phone..I am sure they have head this before because Kies is known for bricking...i have read in so many threads..
Pull the battery, wait awhile, plug in battery cable, insert battery any lights/anything?
dont worry its fine. just do what s15274n
No nothing, this phone is dead. Too bad it is like brand new. Any other ideas!!!
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dont worry its fine. just do what s15274n
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don't worry?? he used kies.... Its probably bricked. sorry but kies is known for this. Look up JTAG... it isn't much to fix it but you still have to send it away for awhile
try this
jjnewb said:
Here is what I did to my phone. Installed a 2.2 rom from team whiskey which had voodoo. I got bored with the rom so I figured I would go back to 2.1 using odin and had no problems . I then decided I would try t-mobiles 2.2. I went to mini kies and all seemed to go well, until my beautiful phone just bricked. It will not turn on at all.. I have tried everything including using a jig I bought. Right now I have a phone with no mechanical problems( it is only a few weeks old) the problem is me not deactivating the voodoo. I know I can call t-mobile etc. but I want to fix it myself. As I said it is totally dead. Does anyone have any ideas I love a challenge. I would love to see DOWNLOAD mode..
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a while back i had a flash go a-rye, i tried one of the posts suggestions but did not work, found very similar solution.
take out battery, sim and sd. hold down both vol buttons. plug usb in reinsert battery and hopefully u'll c the download guy
I am from India. I was gifted Samsung Vibrant from my friend from US. I was using it with miui 2.3.7 update with bootloaders. But unfortunately I made downgrade to stoc 2.2 froyo with odin3 (without wiping data and caches). As The downgrade process completed with passing in odin, my phone switched off and it never again witched on. No buttons working, no display on screen. I am really frustated. Pl. help me solving it in India.
You've hard bricked your phone. Do a search for a JIG for the vibrant its the only way to resurrect a hard bricked vibrant like that.
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o0stryxs0o said:
You've hard bricked your phone. Do a search for a JIG for the vibrant its the only way to resurrect a hard bricked vibrant like that.
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actually jtag is probably what he needs.
You can get someone to JTAG it for you, Mumbai Manish market has some people to do it. Search on this forum, has been mentioned before.
EDIT Here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878949
dipjyot_001 said:
I am from India. I was gifted Samsung Vibrant from my friend from US. I was using it with miui 2.3.7 update with bootloaders. But unfortunately I made downgrade to stoc 2.2 froyo with odin3 (without wiping data and caches). As The downgrade process completed with passing in odin, my phone switched off and it never again witched on. No buttons working, no display on screen. I am really frustated. Pl. help me solving it in India.
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You don't need jig or jtag. Just watch this video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxearzXrVY
Enjoy your popcorn and soda lolz
As you can see the steps are very simple:
1. Remove the battery
2. Hold Vol up & Down
3. Slide in the battery
4. Plug in USB
From the way it sounds he won't be able to get into download mode. He ODIN'd a rom with a conflicting boot loader that's what causes this issue typically. Its the only way to hard brick a vibrant. He's gonna need a JTAG not Jig like I said before.
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I did exactly what the OP did. I had Passion v8 or v9 with the a GB bootloader. I odined back to stock JFD without changing bootloaders and bricked my phone. I picked one up a jig from TW website and I'm rocking again.
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jayprime said:
I did exactly what the OP did. I had Passion v8 or v9 with the a GB bootloader. I odined back to stock JFD without changing bootloaders and bricked my phone. I picked one up a jig from TW website and I'm rocking again.
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Then you had a different issue not a bootloader mismatch. If you're primary and secondary bootloaders don't match you need jtag. A jig is a handy piece of equipment and it's worth a shot but he probably needs jtag. And btw i've odined to jfd dozens of times with gingerbread bootloaders and never had an issue.
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You can find a jig on amazon.com for less than 5 bucks.
I have flashed JFD stock many times while staying on GB Bootloader, you just have to make sure you don't have the Phone Bootloader Update checked and also make sure you are using odin 1.81 or later.
With all that aside, I have once gotten my phone to the point where it will not respond or have anything light up. I was able to fix it without a JIG.
I did what the jayprime above had stated but I will go into just a touch more detail, I would suggest trying it as it is worth a try.
1: First load Odin 1.81 on the computer and make sure you have a USB plugged in directly to the computer and without using a USB Hub.
2: Next Take Battery and SIM card out of phone.
3: Put the battery back in and while holding Volume up and Down plug the cable into the phone. (most likely you won't see a response on the phone it's self but should see COM light up in ODIN.)
4: Download the JFD bootloader .tar file and load it under PDA and make sure the box for updating Bootloader is still unchecked.
5: Now Click Start.
6: Repeat steps except this time load the 512pit file and the stock JFD image into the PDA slot.
Please note that if you have the you may still have the GB bootloader installed. If the above steps fail at Step 4. Try using the Up Arrow + Power button combo while the phone is already plugged into the the USB cable and with a fresh battery pull and insertion.
There is the UnBrickable mod you can do too. This requires some skillz, though.
Are you sure it didn't just reincarnate as a nexus?
I couldn't help myself.
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thanx frndz for great answers. I think it would be solved with JTAG. I have given my phone to a hardware expert and he is to solve this problem. When I will get it I will tell u how he did it. Anyway thanx again 2 all...
thanx
adityamunshi said:
You can get someone to JTAG it for you, Mumbai Manish market has some people to do it. Search on this forum, has been mentioned before.
EDIT Here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878949
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thanx.........
Omg. I got my phone returned with saying replacement of motherboard of my phone. But the motherboard or other parts are not available in india. I am scared.... What to do?????
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Omg. I got my phone returned with saying replacement of motherboard of my phone. But the motherboard or other parts are not available in india. I am scared.... What to do?????
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Your phone is dead.
You can buy a Broken Screen Vibrant, and change the Motherboard. as I did with the mine! (I buy one in Ebay US) (me happen some like you!!!)
i feel sad for those who spent money replacing D: it sucks its happened to me 4x my vibrant even said it was a I9000 at start up before it said vibrant LOL @ me for flashing the wrong ROM but to even get that far i had to get passed the damn BLACK SCREEN... A number of button combinations work and you will read on some posts that if your phone is/got/gets hot your fried it thats not true either just takes a bit of patience in my case about 6 hours of searching forums and in the end simple button combinations eventually worked i think it helps if the battery is dead because it seems as though it wont work otherwise
Where are you located? Did you contact the person in Mumbai for JTAG ?
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Omg. I got my phone returned with saying replacement of motherboard of my phone. But the motherboard or other parts are not available in india. I am scared.... What to do?????
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1. Remove the battery
2. Hold Vol up & Down
3. Slide in the battery
4. Plug in USB
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This method worked for me when I thought I had destroyed my Vibrant.
Hey guys, first post, first real major issue I've encountered well rooting a phablet.
I have a ATT galaxy note, yesterday I rooted it and installed the Saurom ROM, everything was a breeze, I decided to try out ICS, I accidentally installed Criskelo onto the device before finding out it wasn't okay for the ATT note.
It hung on installing the rom itself and so I removed the battery imagining I could just revert to Saurom til I found a new ICS rom. But after I interuppted the ROM from installing, I get NO POWER! No download mode, nothing whatsoever on the screen =[ I'm ultra sad, best solution I find for the note is possibly a USB jig but I don't know if it will bring me back from this...
ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! I'm sitting here with a bricked note and a broken heart.
Don't be heartbroken just yet. This just happened to a friend of mine with his Note. I'm sending him your way. He's working today so I doubt he can get to you right away but I'm pretty sure he has the answer you need.
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Have you tried accessing the phone with odin to see if it shows up there?
did you install CWM prior to flashing? try the three button combo to boot into recovery
did you backup prior to flashing ICS?
erikistehsex said:
Hey guys, first post, first real major issue I've encountered well rooting a phablet.
I have a ATT galaxy note, yesterday I rooted it and installed the Saurom ROM, everything was a breeze, I decided to try out ICS, I accidentally installed Criskelo onto the device before finding out it wasn't okay for the ATT note.
It hung on installing the rom itself and so I removed the battery imagining I could just revert to Saurom til I found a new ICS rom. But after I interuppted the ROM from installing, I get NO POWER! No download mode, nothing whatsoever on the screen =[ I'm ultra sad, best solution I find for the note is possibly a USB jig but I don't know if it will bring me back from this...
ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! I'm sitting here with a bricked note and a broken heart.
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Some ROMs can damage the device's onboard flash. Surprisingly the Note is one of the few devices that you can actually physically break by flashing the wrong ROM.
erikistehsex said:
Hey guys, first post, first real major issue I've encountered well rooting a phablet.
I have a ATT galaxy note, yesterday I rooted it and installed the Saurom ROM, everything was a breeze, I decided to try out ICS, I accidentally installed Criskelo onto the device before finding out it wasn't okay for the ATT note.
It hung on installing the rom itself and so I removed the battery imagining I could just revert to Saurom til I found a new ICS rom. But after I interuppted the ROM from installing, I get NO POWER! No download mode, nothing whatsoever on the screen =[ I'm ultra sad, best solution I find for the note is possibly a USB jig but I don't know if it will bring me back from this...
ANY HELP IS GREATLY APPRECIATED! I'm sitting here with a bricked note and a broken heart.
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You may need to contact mobile tech videos and get jtag unbricking service.
A bad flash happened to me in my first week of owning the phone so I was under the 30 day return policy with AT&T. I told them I was updating apps in the market, it got super hot, shut off, and would not power up.
They couldn't get it to turn on either, for obvious reasons, and they exchanged it no further questions asked. Hopefully your still in the return period.
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I done the same thing..odin should pick it up kust flash att recovery
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I'm sorry to say you probably have a hard brick on your hands. There's more info in this thread. I did the same thing myself. studacris's answer is the only option, you'll need to send it to someone who can do a JTAG repair on it, or you need to hope it's under warranty and send it back to AT&T and tell them that it just plain broke.
All notes are under warranty from Samsung still. They are for a year of purchase date. note has not been out a year.
Normally when I've had a a phone brick on me or a friends phone when out of the 30 day period, I would call 611 and have them send me a phone and when I received the new one I would mail the bricked one. It wasn't a big issue since the phones have manufacture warranties. Now they opened a device support center near buy and you can go and get a new one that same day.
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question for the OP's question, Samsung has that flash counter on the phone, I'm assuming with a bad flash like this it doesn't go up. But does it? And it if does, would Samsung be able to tell what happened? I know Samsung has a hard stance on flashers. To OP, I did the same thing, and I resorted to getting the JTAG thing done, the few places I've came across won't charge unless they can fix it. And they only charge like $50.
I tried jtag. Waste of money. They could not save my phone, plus they charged me $30 for looking at it.
Not to mention I lost out on my shipping.
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The last resort is to try a Jig to force download mode. If that fails, you are done. You can look on your PC in the Device Manager. In there it will show you an "state" when you connect the device trying to get into Download Mode. Google that state. I am guessing you are getting the bad one which at this time is a device exchange.