Hey everybody, so I bought myself a messed up vibrant hoping I could fix it. Originally it acted like this:
Plug it in to charge: shows the stock loading bar, then loading bar with battery, repeat.
Turn it on: shows the at&t world phone screen, (I think they tried to flash captivate files to it) (yes I am sure it is a vibrant, I have had 3 now)
Wouldn't even go into download mode, definitely not recovery.
I bought a USB download mode jig, and that worked wonders on it and got it to download mode!
My micro USB port on my phone is junk, but I finally got odin to recognize it, but it failed after saying setup connection forever.
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Any ideas? Is JTAG the only option I have at this point, if so anyone know who'll do it for less than $50?
If it helps I have a linux computer.
Maybe the unbrickableMOD? I suck at soldering and I don't really know anyone who is good, but I might be able to make that work as a last resort.
Now it has changed its mind once again, I put the USB jig in and it went to the soft bricked screen with the cell phone...!...computer
It can't be a problem with the cable or the computer because I have tried several ports and I have used same computer with odin many times.
It has changed its mind once again, now we're back to download mode.
I have finally gotten it back in download mode, now trying to get odin to see it again and not have the computer just say usb device not recognized . Any ideas for this?
Progress! Now it will say but i still cannot get odin to recognize it again, any ideas? I have and am trying multiple versions of odin just to make sure.
Now we're back to .
Still no ideas? If I can get odin to recognize it again I think I have a special odin to fix it.
Eh, maybe I'll scrap it for parts.
Try and get odin to recognise it and flash i9000 pit file. It should flash successfully. Then try flashing the firmware, make sure you include the pit file.
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Sounds to me like your usb port is bad. www.mobiletechvideos.com will replace it for you or you can just order the part if you know how to solder but you must be really good at soldering or you will ruin it. They also offer jtag I believe but I don't feel like you need that. Mobile tech is a very trusted source FYI, so purchase with confidence if you go that route.
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I know youre gonna tell me to search but I did and I'm a bit desperate
I got the
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Even had to use someone elses picture
Anyways I tried to install a bootloader and failed miserably
Now I get that and I can't get into download through the button combo
I think I might be hardware locked since I got my phone replaced like a month ago
Is there any way out of this?
Please Help
plug it in to the computer and odin should recognize it ...the same thing happened t0 me too ...
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yalkowni said:
plug it in to the computer and odin should recognize it ...the same thing happened t0 me too ...
thanks button if i helped
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Plugged it in, Started Odin but nothing happened
hm.....do you have the drivers installed correctly?
Yea
Im fairly sure I do
I had been using the storage and everything on it, transferring music, roms and whatnot
no you need certain drivers for odin they are right herehttp://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
I had the same exact problem yesterday when flashing simply honey 3.5 yesterday through odin. I believe you can still enter download mode just make sure you are pressing the VOLUME UP button only and not both at the same time. If that doesnt work remove your battery,sim card and sd card, and try it again odin will recognize it eventually. Try different usb ports on your pc too that seems to work for me. If odin doesnt work well you might not have the drivers installed.
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I had the same exact problem yesterday when flashing simply honey 3.5 yesterday through odin. I believe you can still enter download mode just make sure you are pressing the VOLUME UP button only and not both at the same time. If that doesnt work remove your battery,sim card and sd card, and try it again odin will recognize it eventually. Try different usb ports on your pc too that seems to work for me. If odin doesnt work well you might not have the drivers installed.
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You are completely and totally right....And I'm a retard lUlz
Since I installed the new bootloader the new combo was different
You're a genius!! Thank you!
Hi! I have used these forums in the past while playing with my Samsung Galaxy Fascinate(T959D).
My issue is that no matter what cord I use to try and get a rom or recovery onto my phone right now Odin either "hangs" or it "fails" and Heimdall can't find the phone at all even after using the driver program that it comes with.
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I have a "jig" that forces the phone into download mode so getting into download mode is no issue. A couple times when I have tried to use Odin on the phone it has come up with something like "Failed to re-partition"....
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am trying to get this phone going for my sister who has 4 kids. (Her last Android her youngest got mad at her and threw it in the toilet)
Thank YOu Ragn
Ragn said:
Hi! I have used these forums in the past while playing with my Samsung Galaxy Fascinate(T959D).
My issue is that no matter what cord I use to try and get a rom or recovery onto my phone right now Odin either "hangs" or it "fails" and Heimdall can't find the phone at all even after using the driver program that it comes with.
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I have a "jig" that forces the phone into download mode so getting into download mode is no issue. A couple times when I have tried to use Odin on the phone it has come up with something like "Failed to re-partition"....
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am trying to get this phone going for my sister who has 4 kids. (Her last Android her youngest got mad at her and threw it in the toilet)
Thank YOu Ragn
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What is it that you are trying to do exactly? Do you have the correct samsung drivers? Are you pulling the battery out as well? Normally the phone part of Odin is not used, it's like a no no, but I guess it depends on what you are trying to do.
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What is it that you are trying to do exactly? Do you have the correct samsung drivers? Are you pulling the battery out as well? Normally the phone part of Odin is not used, it's like a no no, but I guess it depends on what you are trying to do.
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I am putting firmware and everything back on the phone. The system, boot, data, datadata etc I guess all got formatted. Yes I am pulling out the battery.
Hi!
I have a problem with my S2.
So, yesterday, I tried to tether through USB and I saw it was't working and I said I'd change the ROM and it will work. I changed 3 ROMs and realised that USB wasn't working (neither in ROM or recovery) An hour ago, I tried connecting it to Odin and after 5 minutes, I succeded in Odin recognising it and I started flashing official software, but phone randomly disconnected. Now, if I try to connect it, I can't and the phone does not boot and does not enter recovery. What can I do?
PS: Sorry for bad english.
PS2: Tried connecting phone to 3 Windows 7 PCs and a Mac and it wasn't recognised at all.
worn out?
I'm not sure but I think the contact/connecter is worn out... I have a similar problem with random disconnects mainly when charging the phone but also sometimes with usb-pc connections. Changing to newer cables helps a bit but not entirely...
If it is not rom related I don't know what you can do more then trying another usb cable or buying a new phone. I guess that's not an option?
You also said your phone does not boot and you can't enter recovery... But what about "download mode"? As long as you can enter download mode you can fix the software in your phone but to do that you need the usb to be working correctly with no disconnects or else odin will mess up every time!
Replace USB board. Has been discussed here many times over the past month or so; search for those threads.
The USB port seems to be the weak point of the S2. It is seemingly the most replaced part for this phone.....I have had to do it myself, and have helped others in a similar situation. If you search my topics, you'll find one called 'video tutorial' which shows a step by step process for 'tearing down' an S2. This will help if you decide to replace the board yourself. Online shopping sites are a good place to source the part you need. But be advised, there are THREE different versions of this part (REV2.2, REV2.3 and REV2.4) see the photo below to find out where to look for the version number....
Make sure you get the same version as you remove, as a mismatch at this point is likely to cause other problems. ....
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Finally....do not attempt to recover your phone until you have replaced this part.......the chances are that you will make things worse.....to the extent that your phone *may* become unrecoverable......
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Thanks a lot for the answers. I just had to clean it, and it's working perfecly now.
so i rooted my phone yesterday finally after a long wait because it is a verizon sch-i545 on vrugof1. i was thankful that they got it figured out. unfortunately because of my ignorance i bricked the stupid thing custom romming on top of custom rom. the 2 following pix show what the 2 screens say : 1st on the phone it says "your device didn't start up successfully. Use verizon software repair assistant to repair..." and 2nd when trying that on my desktop the repair button is greyed out on said repair software because it doesnt recognize my phone anymore. tried many times to get into download mode but it wont go past the start up failed screen. please if someone had this happen before please help. thank in advance.
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If I am understanding you correctly you flashed a custom rom and it failed to boot. It is pretty hard to get into download mode with the combo when it is softbricked like that. An easy way to get into dl mode would to be to buy a download jig which are like $4 on amazon. Unless you flashed over recovery.img as well then you are in a completely different situation
please more info on these jigs or will that even help
thanks for the tip. none of the jigs on amazon right now say sch-i545 specifically but does it matter? i guess in order to get it asap i will just order the $5.99 from eopzol says will ship by monday. . anyway will it ship with instructions or how do i know what to do with it? maybe i should wait for your response to the rest of this explanation since you asked about recovery image i guess i need to be more specific about what i did. once i was rooted and granted rom toolbox premium superuser access i tried the top choice which was twrp. but instead of learning more about roms i thought i would try cwmr on top of it and so know you know what we are dealing with here. hence the fear i just crapped all over my phone. please tell me there is hope.
no longer bricked
with a lot of tries i was able to get back into download mode just trying over and over again until i got it and reflashed oc1 via odin3 and rebooted phone and it is still rooted! what a relief. didnt need jig but it may come inhandy since i ordered it anyway just in case. so no longer asking to get help with failed to start problem. i will post my other ? in proper place about fav roms.
i have been told and learned to be careful on use of the word brick
i have been told and have learned to not go around willy nilly throwing the word brick around. its like crying wolf. you really want to get help but not by tossing important industry lingo about without learning true meaning. now as far as this specific problem it is no longer valid and i have reposted an updated problem titled "vrugof1 maybe hiding under revert to vrugoc1 s4 stuck on verizon logo". so to the forum moderator this can be closed as no longer the issue.
Hey guys,
So recently I got a SM-G928X Live Demo Unit. I just read that flashing G928F firmware is completely fine and so I did aaaaand well, I am stuck in recover. Forgot to flash a custom recovery, also the phone has Factory Reset Protection so I am here with:
Android Recovery
MMB29K.G928FXXU2BPB6
samsung/zenbltexx/zenlte
6.0.1/MMB29K/G928FXXU2BPB6
user/release-keys
volume up/down and power
____________________
then goes normal recovery options
and at the bottom of the screen, there's
Supported API: 3
dm-verity verification failed...
Need to check DRK first...
Anyway I can't get to download mode, cant wipe data, cant flash from ADB/SD Card. When connected to PC no software recognises the device so yeah, that's a great situation to be in, right?
So if any of you have any idea how to make this thingy work again, I'm up for anything.
Aand I'm in the wrong forum right.. Sorry for that
Thanks
Drasta1 said:
Hey guys,
So recently I got a SM-G928X Live Demo Unit. I just read that flashing G928F firmware is completely fine and so I did aaaaand well, I am stuck in recover. Forgot to flash a custom recovery, also the phone has Factory Reset Protection so I am here with:
Android Recovery
MMB29K.G928FXXU2BPB6
samsung/zenbltexx/zenlte
6.0.1/MMB29K/G928FXXU2BPB6
user/release-keys
volume up/down and power
____________________
then goes normal recovery options
and at the bottom of the screen, there's
Supported API: 3
dm-verity verification failed...
Need to check DRK first...
Anyway I can't get to download mode, cant wipe data, cant flash from ADB/SD Card. When connected to PC no software recognises the device so yeah, that's a great situation to be in, right?
So if any of you have any idea how to make this thingy work again, I'm up for anything.
Aand I'm in the wrong forum right.. Sorry for that
Thanks
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Well one thing might still work. You could try and make yourself a download mode dongle. Just google Samsung download mode dongle and try to make one. IIRC all you need is a microUSB plug for the phone and a resistor with a certain resitance (can't recalm the value). Then plug in the microUSB plug and just hold the resistor between two ends of the plug. This should force your phone into download mode and you should be able to flash it again. Good luck!
Edit: found a picture showing you what you need to connect
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You can also find Samsung download mode jig dongles pretty cheap on the web. But going to a hardware store and getting a USB connector and a resistor just was the faster way to do it for me.
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