Recently my husband fascinate got soaked in water and now the USB port is corroded and will only charge but not transfer any data...I'm trying to reboot the software but first i need to get it to be able to connect to Odin...i have experience with computers from the pre internet days so i figured I'd give it a shot...but i got all the screws out and the back inside cover doesn't want to come off...is there a trick to getting it off or do i just need to force it off? I'm trying not to break it if i can help it...anyone have any tips for this? I've been dying to get my hands on the internals of one of these but never wanted to break a working phone so now i get my chance!
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Edit: ok I managed to get the usb working now...but the only problem left with the phone is that it the phone gets shut off i can't turn it back on without going into odin, flashing cwm fixed for cm7...3 fingering into recovery and rebooting the system...when the phone is off all i get is the green battery that will flash on and off with the power button...it will show if its plugged in, charging, etc....but the phone wont boot with the power button and i know the 3 finger with the twrp recovery will bootloop...but its really a pain to have to flash cwm every time the phone shuts off....it reboots with no problem, goes into recovery and reboots from there, just wont power on from being off....doesnt matter if the phone is plugged in or not, ive tried different batteries...any ideas on why it might do this? and it does it no matter what rom is on the phone although at the moment it has aokp m6 with skunkworks glitch kernel...if i can fix this last issue i think i'll have the phone fully functioning again...is there any way to get into twrp recovery when the phone is off so i don;t have to go into odin any time its shut off? any help is appreciated...this parts got me really clueless and i'm so close to having it fully functioning again
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I picked up a used Vibrant last week and it initially worked fine. However, it still had 2.1 installed so I decided to update to 2.2 with Kies Mini. After 4 hours of screwing around and with it and much searching of forums, I finally got it upgraded, but something seems to have happened to the phone in the process.
The phone acts like the USB is permanently on, even if no cable is attached. The USB plugged in notification stays on even when the cable is unplugged. After I charge the phone and unplug it, the battery indicator continues to show that it is charging. The main problem is that the phone gets stuck in some kind of loop when the phone is turned off and never truly turns off. Initially, what would happen was that the little loading circle indicator would appear then the battery charging icon would pop up for a moment. However, since there was no cable plugged in, it would disappear. After several seconds of a black screen, the loading circle would come back up. This loop would simply continue over and over. Pulling the battery and putting it back in did nothing; the loop would just start over again the moment the battery was inserted. The phone would not respond to the power button while this loop was going.
At this point, I was still able to get the phone to boot by plugging in the USB cable, waiting until it started to charge (with the green battery icon) and then hitting the power button. This went on for several days. Today, I decided to take the battery out for several hours to see if anything would reset. However, things only got worse. The loading icon still pops up but now the charging icon doesn't come up, even if the USB is plugged in. I just get a loop where the loading circle pops up, disappears, comes back, and so on. I am now also not able to power on the phone with the power button.
I am still able to get into download mode (but not recovery mode) so I flashed everything back to stock using Odin and the instructions on this forum. This does get the phone booted back up, but as soon as I turn it off again everything starts all over.
So now I have a phone that, if it is ever turned off or loses power, has to be reset, wiping everything in the process. Does anyone have any idea how to fix this? Is it some kind of bootloader issue?
Odin, put 2.1 stock rom back.
Like the post before me mentioned, Odin back to stock 2.1
And personally, I'd much rather install stock froyo with ODIN rather than KIES.
Or just use a Custom ROM altogether.
As I mentioned in the original post, I've already restored the phone with Odin several times and it has absolutely no effect. It allows the phone to boot once but as soon as it is turned off again the loop starts over.
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As I mentioned in the original post, I've already restored the phone with Odin several times and it has absolutely no effect. It allows the phone to boot once but as soon as it is turned off again the loop starts over.
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I have heard of KIES updates screwing phones before! I would contact T-mobile and tell them the situation....letting them know its used and had stock T-mo 2.1 and after using KIES to upgrade to 2.2 it screwed your phone.
Eventhough its used and You didnt buy it from them, they would probably fix it for you for free since their update program caused the issue...If it was a stock phone then they will probably fix it.
edit: in your story to them, leave out the part about you using ODIN...i am sure they will call that a void of the warranty.
Hello,
Don't know if this has been asked but I have been looking for it for a while. Cant seem to fine a solution.
I flashed my phone wrong with hemdall now my phone wont turn on. Screen completely black i reboot pulled out the battery everything I can think of can you give me a suggestion. I was thinking about buying a USB Jig.
I'm in the same boat and I bought the Jig. However I think Josh just acts as a middle man on this one and shipping is actually from overseas. But you can find it here. http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-download-mode-jig/ I suggest a little extra shipping cost.
However the other suggestion if that is not working (I think I killed my phone) is to have Josh do a Jtag on the phone. You can find that at http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-vibrant-jtag-brick-repair/
Can you get into download mode? Remove battery, plug usb, press up+down vol buttons and insert battery.
hey i having same problem but i could see the vibrant samsung screen but my phone won't pass that and like you say about the usb cable and then plugging the battery i can do that as well but how can i get my phone back and running another rom!!!
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hey i having same problem but i could see the vibrant samsung screen but my phone won't pass that and like you say about the usb cable and then plugging the battery i can do that as well but how can i get my phone back and running another rom!!!
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If you can see the Vibrant Samsung screen just use Odin to flash back to stock
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Hello,
Don't know if this has been asked but I have been looking for it for a while. Cant seem to fine a solution.
I flashed my phone wrong with heimdall now my phone wont turn on. Screen completely black i reboot pulled out the battery everything I can think of can you give me a suggestion. I was thinking about buying a USB Jig.
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The real solution here i doing a JTAG to your phone or make the Unbrickable MOD (It's very dangerous, a person with Welding and electronic skills must do this).
Another thing you can do is buy a broken Screen phone from Ebay (it more cheaply) and change the motherboard!!
My suggestion would be to continue to try to get into Download mode on the phone. My phone was DEAD no life at all plugged into the wall or PC. I kept trying to get it into download mode and magically after hours of failures, ODIN recognized the device! The phone was still DEAD no life at all on the screen but ODIN had recognized that my device WAS indeed connected. So I continued to flash back to stock and as always with a little patience ODIN was there to save me. The phone automatically rebooted after ODIN was done and BOOM! Good2Go
Goodluck!
^^I'm gonna try that and hopefully with some patience it will work. Otherwise I'm also gonna be ordering a jig, they're not that expensive. My problem is the same as the OP's. My vibrant will just not give any signs of life. I was trying to odin to stock from one cosmics ics RC3.1. Wanted to start on a fresh install for AOKP build 25. But then odin decided to fail on modem.bin. then it just hung and phone turned off, haven't been able to turn it on since. I've spent the last two hours trying to put in different combinations and keys and usb attachments to bring any hints of life, but so far nothing. Bootloader update was not checked on odin so I'm pretty confident that its not due to bootloader mismatch but someone correct me if I'm wrong. Sending it back to samsung or tmobile is very far of an option since I've modified the phone to add FFC. If anyone has any advice or hints it would be greatly appreciated. I'm kind of hating myself and flashing now since I was very happy with the rom that I had and how everything was setup. I just wanted to try something new for fun and this went and blew everything up.
^^I literally held down the buttons > plugged in the cord > put in the battery > and counted in my head the amount of seconds it took the phone to "normally" boot to where I would "normally" let go of the power button to get into Download mode, lol I know it sounds ridiculous but that's how I did it. It helped that I had my sisters working Vibrant right there, I used her phone to get into download mode and timed the process and used that as a baseline for the timing of trying to get the "DEAD" Vibrant into download mode.
If all else fails a JTAG as mentioned should fix your problem fosho!
Goodluck!
Ye I fixed it. One day I did what I had been doing the whole time and it just decided to work. Got into download mode then went back to stock. Our phone is so freaking weird yet I love the damn thing. It really is unbrickable. To anyone in this situation just never give up.
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hi everyone,
i was camping last night and charged my cellphone in the tenent and two hours later i notice my cellphone and battery was a little wet due to dizzle rain.
Upon inserting my battery (without manual turning on), the cellphone immediately turn on with Vibrant logo and boot looped.
I plan to soak my cellphone in the uncooked rice bowl, but im not sure if its a hardware problem because the cellphone can be on.
1.any idea how can i recover my cellphone?
2. is this software or hardware problem?
As now, i can not manually do the download mode and im hesistant to plug my cellphone to PC via usb cable due short circuit.
Note: My vibrant had a rom version miui JB 4.1 by Jrong.
I would dry it as you said then try to just power it on or boot to recovery. From recovery reflash your ROM. If that don't work, try DL mode and use Odin.
My phone acts screwy from steam from the shower but a reboot usually solves it.
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I had the same experience with my phone it accidentally fell into the water once and had the same problem it gust boot looped I kept my phone in the sunlight for about 30mins with the case opened and the battery removed from the phone and after 30mins it worked fine hope your phone also works just give it a try and hope that this works
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thanks for the tips guys.
by the way, do i need to remove all the screw drivers and dry the internal circuit of the vibrant?
That would be up to you. One of my cousins dropped her phone in a bowl of milk a few weeks ago and it powered up just fine. It zapped her sim card reader and her touch screen was unresponsive, though.
Could take the battery out and put the whole phone and battery separated in a container with rice and after a day or so you may get all the moisture out, so long as no damage has been done already you'll probably be fine.
after 2 hours of soaking my vibrant from uncooked rice, i tried to perform the download mode, but instead of getting the download mode logo, i get a charging symbol ( small sun rays).
is my phone unrecoverable?
Yes it most likely is. It seems you didn't get DL mode thus just charging of PC. Have you tried to power it up?
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Yes it most likely is. It seems you didn't get DL mode thus just charging of PC. Have you tried to power it up?
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Thanks, im still soaking the vibrant in uncooked rice.
By the way,
1. if i odin the vibrant, will my internal memory pictures and files be deleted?
2. after odin, will i root again my vibrant ?
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Thanks, im still soaking the vibrant in uncooked rice.
By the way,
1. if i odin the vibrant, will my internal memory pictures and files be deleted?
2. after odin, will i root again my vibrant ?
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If you Odin, no, your internal storage and all of your pics/video and such should be intact. Think of it as a separate area for storage.
After Odin yes, run update.zip and then flash the ROM of your choice.
hi thanks for the reply,
by the way, does anyone know why my vibrant automatically turn on (without pressing power button) upon inserting the battery?
This makes the manual download mode very frustrating to execute.
note: my vibrant and its battery was 1 hour rain soaked last sunday.
I don't have any informed answer to give to you. I know they can do some funny things upon being wet or exposed to liquids.
Maybe its something internal like mobo, or maybe something got zapped around the power button causing it to think its in the "power on" position, even if its not.
After you get done rice drying, we'll see where we can get with it. I'm not a hardware guy.
i got another questions.
Before executing the odin application, is it require to install again the samsung vibrant drivers?
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i got another questions.
Before executing the odin application, is it require to install again the samsung vibrant drivers?
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Well, not if they have already been installed. As long as you know they are there and working you should be alright. Ultimately, if nothing else works after say.. a few hundred thousand tries, you could install fresh drivers and try different cables and such.
Since your phone starts automagically when you insert your battery, make sure your holding the combo buttons before ever inserting battery, and get that USB cable in there real quick like.
Oct 15, Mon: Soaked uncooked Rice for 2 hours. Still Upon insertion of battery, it automatically turns on and boot looped. I cant go to Download mode.
Oct 16, Tues: Soaked uncooked Rice for another 15 hours. Still Upon insertion of battery, it automatically turns on and boot looped. I cant go to Download mode.
Oct 17, Weds: I observed that when I quickly insert the battery. it doesnt trigger the automatic power on. So when I manually turn on, the boot loop stoped and I was back to my previous normal boot up.
Oct 18, Thurs: A. I noticed that the volume and powers buttons are very sensitive that when press randomly, it will trigger a restart and boot looped again.
B. I observed that when I wake my vibrant from sleep mode, it will take 3 to 5 seconds and i have to press the power button repeatedly to trigger it to wake up.
Oct 19: When I manually press the power button, it does not turn on, but I charged in laptop via USB cable, it shows the charging circular symbol, and I can enable the download mode.
My questions;
1. Since my the week's history of my device is very unstable, is it safe if I flash odin ?
2. however, im very hesistant to flash odin since I think that my device unstable issue is a hardware related. what do you guys think?
It's really up to you. It sounds like the damage has been done. If in the same boat, I'd back up my photos/videos/media and flash things if you want. As you say, I believe its all hardware related, but if it works well enough to use as a device to play with ROMs and test out features, go for it.
Personally I don't think your going to return it to a normal working state. Not without some replacement parts.
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Hey guys, i need your help! something went haywire with my vibrant and i cant figure out why. its been acting up the last couple days. Phone will randomly turn off and wont turn back on, Phone is off and it keeps looping the charging screen, even when my phone is not plugged in. it'll show the charging screen, blink twice, and turn off, then loop it will continuously loop this until i take the battery out, it will continue to happen when i put the battery back in. i didnt load any new rom/kernels onto it for at least 3 months. any idea what could be happening? i can still get into download mode with the button combo if that helps.
Could be a bad battery or the battery isn't making good contact with the contact points on the phone. There may also be a pin that is bent or damaged inside the usb port. This could cause it to think its always charging and/or keep it from booting up. Maybe inspect it and bend the pin back up or down, be careful not to damage it any further. You could always try flashing back to stock too, if its software related then flashing to stock should fix it, but if its your usb port then flashing to stock may fail and soft brick you......if you connect to your pc and odin recognizes the phone then you should be ok.
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While flashing my LS990 back to stock (was rooted/TWRP) my dog hit my laptop and the USB cable unplugged and the battery popped out right in the middle of the process. Now when I try to enter download mode it simply reboots to the LG logo and when trying to enter recovery I get the same (says Entering Recovery then just reboots). Am I screwed/bricked? Is there any way to recover from this or am I buying a new phone? UGH UGH UGH.
Any help would be greatly appreciated - I work in technology so being without a phone, even for a few hours won't fly so I may be driving to Sprint here in a few minutes...
-Ross
When you have it plugged in is it not recognizing or what is it doing? The reason I am asking is because, depending on how your dog pulled out/ stepped on the wire may tell you if the adapter in the phone is broken. When your in flashtool and it is searching try moving the wire in phone up and down till you find a "Sweet spot" then just hold it like that till it is done. Also change the usb on the computer you are using like try a different usb port. Not on the software on the sides
If you need any more help like really fast just PM me or else I wont check this till like tomorrow
First thanks for taking the time to help. It's never recognized by my Windows 8 box as it never gets into recovery or download mode. When I try download mode it simple reboots back to the LG screen and with recovery it says its entering recovery then reboots. So the PC never ever sees it in device manager at all as it won't boot that far. Honestly I think it's toast and I'm just gonna have to replace it. Ugh.
-Ross
Since your phone is in that little area you maybe able to run the command: adb reboot bootloader
defiantly try the wire jiggle thing that maybe the reason I had a similar problem with a nexus 4 my dog stepped on the wire while it was charging and the bottom adapter messed up and I had to hold a wire for like a half hour to get it to flashback then I just had to return it to t-mobile.
All change usb port use another one that you know works.
It's not a physical connection issue now - that works fine. it's that since it got cut off mid flash I think the boot loader is only half written or something. So it never shows in ADB since it just reboots over and over and over. Nothing can get it to stop/settle down.
I assume I'll be taking it to Sprint tomorrow to see if they'll be nice to me...