I googled how to reset my phone back to factory settings and they gave me this link
"[STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader"
(cant link links)
i misread that it was for the captivate, and i went through with all the directions.
now my phone keeps flashing an AT&T bootscreen and i cant get it in recovery mode..
help?
same here... that odin thing isn't working. Im just stuck at the vibrant boot screen. I know how to get into download mode but my pc or ODin doesnt recognize that i have my phone in. it's suppose to light up yellow or something. the tar files and all of that stuff is so confusing.
nevermind, i found the Odin program for the samsung vibrant and re did it.. but i still have BOTH at&t boot screen at the tmobile vibrant boot screen.. anyone know how to get rid of that? it would be much appreciated thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741027
where did u find it.. please share..
Edit: NVM..
stepinmyworld said:
same here... that odin thing isn't working. Im just stuck at the vibrant boot screen. I know how to get into download mode but my pc or ODin doesnt recognize that i have my phone in. it's suppose to light up yellow or something. the tar files and all of that stuff is so confusing.
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You may have tried this but these are the steps that eventually worked for me.
1. Put your phone in download mode by plugging it in and then holding Vol Up+Down and Power. As SOON as the screen goes black release power but NOT Vol Up+Down.
2. Launch Odin
3. Unplug your phone.
4. Load the pit and pda files into odin.
5. Plug your phone back in. You should now see one of the small blocks turn yellow and show you the com port. If not, something is wrong with your drivers.
6. Click start. If it flashes, great. If it hangs at File analasys then repeat 1-5.
6a. If Odin hangs at cache.rfs then move on to 6b.
6b. Unplug your phone (Odin will say it was removed) and remove the battery. DO NOT SHUT DOWN ODIN!!!!!!
6c. Put the battery back in and plug it back into your computer and put it back into download mode using step 1.
6d. Press start on Odin and it should now flash.
Again, this worked for me, it may have been a fluke and I'm not willing to try it again. Good luck!!!
Does not boot!
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
setzer715 said:
You may have tried this but these are the steps that eventually worked for me.
1. Put your phone in download mode by plugging it in and then holding Vol Up+Down and Power. As SOON as the screen goes black release power but NOT Vol Up+Down.
2. Launch Odin
3. Unplug your phone.
4. Load the pit and pda files into odin.
5. Plug your phone back in. You should now see one of the small blocks turn yellow and show you the com port. If not, something is wrong with your drivers.
6. Click start. If it flashes, great. If it hangs at File analasys then repeat 1-5.
6a. If Odin hangs at cache.rfs then move on to 6b.
6b. Unplug your phone (Odin will say it was removed) and remove the battery. DO NOT SHUT DOWN ODIN!!!!!!
6c. Put the battery back in and plug it back into your computer and put it back into download mode using step 1.
6d. Press start on Odin and it should now flash.
Again, this worked for me, it may have been a fluke and I'm not willing to try it again. Good luck!!!
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i am completely lost when it comes to ODIN. I need to know the exact program to use. I have Odin Multi Downloader v4.03.. but it keeps giving me file path error and stuff. I have the right drivers i think because it does recognize my phone. im just so confused with this rar tar stuff. I would pay someone 20 dollars through paypal if they can walk me through this.
stepinmyworld said:
i am completely lost when it comes to ODIN. I need to know the exact program to use. I have Odin Multi Downloader v4.03.. but it keeps giving me file path error and stuff. I have the right drivers i think because it does recognize my phone. im just so confused with this rar tar stuff. I would pay someone 20 dollars through paypal if they can walk me through this.
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I don't want your money, but if you PM me I will try to type up a detailed how to.
mffu said:
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
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What have you done to put it in download mode? You should power off your phone, plug it into your computer. It should then enter the charge mode where you see a picture of your battery being charged (or if you were like me and screwed up somewhere you may see a little picture of a phone, computer and yellow triangle in between them). If you get either of those then press and hold all three VOL up, VOL down and power. AS SOON AS the screen goes black release ONLY Power and it should go into download mode.
If you plug your phone into your computer (powered off) and nothing happens then you just be bricked. Call TMO and play dumb and hopefully get a replacement.
Ok,
The_Chrome_Coyote really helped me!!!! Thank you so much and im back up and running. There was something missing from the original tutorial, not that we should be spoon fed but I didn't have the WinRAR program on my pc and didn't know I needed to extract anything. I was looking for exe. for it to be a program and just open it. It's a little more complicated than that. I added my additions in BOLD
The_Chrome_Coyote's Original post to me:
Odin isnt that hard, its just REALLY picky about working.
Firstly you need to download the Samsung drivers for your OS which can be found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
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Second you need to make sure you download WinRAR x86 (32 bit) 3.93 (google it and you should be able to get it) otherwise if your pc doesn't have a program to recognize rar and tar files, you are out of luck.
then read this thread from JAC:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
1. Now, Extract ODIN from its .rar and place the .exe on your desktop
2. Extract the .pit file from its.rar and place that on your desktop
3. Place the JFD .tar file on your desktop but DO NOT EXTRACT
Now you can use ODIN
4. Start ODIN Odin3. [Android + SLP], through ODIN select the .pit file
5. Hit "PDA" button, and through ODIN select the .tar file
6. Plug your TURNED OFF PHONE into the USB cable
7. Wait for the Battery/ charging indicator to start
8. HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN+ POWER, as soon as the screen goes black RELEASE POWER, and continue to HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN Until it enters download mode. Which should happen quickly and looks like a men at work highway sign.
9. If a COM port has turned Yellow in ODIN, then the device has been recognized. If it hasnt, unplug and plug your phone back in.
10. Dont select any options other than whats set at default.
11. Hit Start and be patient, takes me maybe 5 minutes to get back up and running.
NOTE: If you do not see a blue progress bar on the phone's screen after a minute;
11a. Turn your phone off by pulling the battery.
11b. CLOSE ODIN
11c. Start at step 4 again.
ODIN needs to be open and ready to flash before the phone is plugged in, in my experience. Its very picking about this, and not everyone has this issue, but I did and following all these steps helped me flash my phone more times than I can count the other day haha.
Hope this helped! and your $20, donate it to Wes, JAC, or Eugene to keep them making great stuff for our phone.
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Thank you thank you thank you
mffu said:
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
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Same thing happened to mine when i tried odin. Now all i get sometime when it come on. are 7 rows of text that seems to be a code on screen in amber. Ishipped back 2 samsung. Since t-mobile won't take it after 14 days.
ok I screwed up guys.
I installed ROM manager from the market, flashed clockwork, it asked me if I wanted to partition and I said yes.
Now I just get a black screen at boot. I've managed to run odin and it says success. But I still just get a black screen after boot.
Little help?
I do have to say that if YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXTRACT A COMPRESSED FILE (RAR, ZIP,ETC) YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS FLASHING YOU'RE PHONE!! Odin or otherwise.
I am not being mean but at least stick to update.zip files flashed through recovery and make sure you read reviews of other users first, and understand the instructions completely.
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daddysays said:
I do have to say that if YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXTRACT A COMPRESSED FILE (RAR, ZIP,ETC) YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS FLASHING YOU'RE PHONE!! Odin or otherwise.
I am not being mean but at least stick to update.zip files flashed through recovery and make sure you read reviews of other users first, and understand the instructions completely.
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First: everyone was a noob at one time, so simmer down.
Second: Pleast post an update.zip that will make my phone work.
Cannot get past Galaxy S boot screen
I was using clockwork recovery installed through an update.zip file on my sd card. everything was working fine for about a day and then when i powered my phone off the next day and powered it back on it would not boot up past the Galaxy S screen. it goes to the Galaxy S screen and then goes blank but my hard keys stay lit up while my lcd is completely blank. I tried using the Odin method described in this thread and it seemed like it was going to work but i still cannot get past the boot screen. please help. willing to donate if needed
jmoney1017 said:
I was using clockwork recovery installed through an update.zip file on my sd card. everything was working fine for about a day and then when i powered my phone off the next day and powered it back on it would not boot up past the Galaxy S screen. it goes to the Galaxy S screen and then goes blank but my hard keys stay lit up while my lcd is completely blank. I tried using the Odin method described in this thread and it seemed like it was going to work but i still cannot get past the boot screen. please help. willing to donate if needed
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If you can see the samsung logo you are fine. Load up recovery and try a full wipe first. If that fails then you can odin back to stock and root again.
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1. If you have questions, there is a q and a forum for this device!!!!!!
2. THIS IS THE DEV PART OF THE FORUM. IE FOR DEVS POSTING STUFF FOR THE PHONE!!!!!
3. Learn how to Google. Not that hard. Example, you don't know what the *.rar extension is. GOOGLE IT!! Google knows everything.
4. If you don't have basic android or computer skills, don't try anything stupid. You do have a chance to brick your phone, even the pros like cyanogen have bricked their phones.
5. Don't offer cash for someone to fix your phone. Keep it in qna and some one will help you. Save your cash for the development that work hard on making these things work.
6. Can a mod please move this thread to qna.
7. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. USE THE SEARCH FINCTION BUILT ONTO THE FORUMS. IT WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND THEN YOU WILL NOT LOOK LIKE NOOBS THAT JUST GOT THIS PHONE BECAUSE IT HAD AVITAR IN THE BOX!!!!!
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cache.fs problem in odin
setzer715 said:
What have you done to put it in download mode? You should power off your phone, plug it into your computer. It should then enter the charge mode where you see a picture of your battery being charged (or if you were like me and screwed up somewhere you may see a little picture of a phone, computer and yellow triangle in between them). If you get either of those then press and hold all three VOL up, VOL down and power. AS SOON AS the screen goes black release ONLY Power and it should go into download mode.
If you plug your phone into your computer (powered off) and nothing happens then you just be bricked. Call TMO and play dumb and hopefully get a replacement.
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I FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE CACHE.RFS PROBLEM!!
http://www.fractionalphones.com/?p=121
I soft bricked my phone after trying to apply voodoo lag fix yesterday. I tried to use Eugene's froyo that does not brick to Odin back to stock, but I couldn't select the .tar file in Odin, so I pulled the battery while the phone was in download mode. Now my phone only shows a picture of a phone and a computer with a triangle with a ! in the middle. I assume this means to connect the phone to a computer, but I do have it connected so I am very confused. Is this fixable? Please help!
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bobmyers said:
I soft bricked my phone after trying to apply voodoo lag fix yesterday. I tried to use Eugene's froyo that does not brick to Odin back to stock, but I couldn't select the .tar file in Odin, so I pulled the battery while the phone was in download mode. Now my phone only shows a picture of a phone and a computer with a triangle with a ! in the middle. I assume this means to connect the phone to a computer, but I do have it connected so I am very confused. Is this fixable? Please help!
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Pull the battery so the phone is off (no phone!computer symbol anymore). Plug the battery back in and plug a USB cable into your computer.
Hold both the volume up & volume down buttons at the same time and plug the USB cable into the phone WHILE holding both buttons and it should enter download mode again.
Run ODIN and get back your phone!!!
I've had that symbol show up before... it's not the end of the road, it's just frustrating. You shouldn't lose any data in this process either, so that's something to look forward to!
ndhr3d said:
Pull the battery so the phone is off (no phone!computer symbol anymore). Plug the battery back in and plug a USB cable into your computer.
Hold both the volume up & volume down buttons at the same time and plug the USB cable into the phone WHILE holding both buttons and it should enter download mode again.
Run ODIN and get back your phone!!!
I've had that symbol show up before... it's not the end of the road, it's just frustrating. You shouldn't lose any data in this process either, so that's something to look forward to!
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Any options for a phone on 2.1update_1 of the hardware locked phone? Please?
Help Guys i have a paperweight!
My samsung vibrant is totally bricked! I have tried many different meathods and all do not work at all. I even bought a jig off ebay! That doesn't even put it into download mode.
Please help!
Can someone please make my paperweight work again?
I was flashing a new baseband on the phone when Odin stalled for some reason. I accidentally disconnected my phone and now stuck on the phon!computer screen only!
Hi...
I had a similar situation with my phone.
When you get the "phon!computer screen" you should only connect the cable and start the flash with odin....
Try this and you could solve your problem...
i did it doesn't do anything!
When you have odin open, usb in the pc connected.... when you connect to phone while holding both volume buttons, does odin show a COM #?
if so, you should be okay... from that screen you can use odin.
well try this with phone off 1.take out battery 2.hold volume up and volume down together 3. while holding buttons down put battery back in 4.still holding buttons plug usb into it and should be in download mode .see if this helps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxearzXrVY here's a video might help to see it done
so i just got pissed and used odin3 and checked repartition and somehow after it failed. I pluged the phone in again and this time it finally went to download mode. Thanks everyon problem solved.
good to here
Hello, my nephew rooted his fascinate and then got it locked up where it could only get to the Samsung screen (said he tried installing some lockscreen app) - he tried odin with no luck (the yellow triangle WAS working), now when attempting odin again (was going to try the unbricking procedures) the download screen (Yellow triangle) does not come up, nor can he get into recovery (stock recovery, he never loaded CWR). The only thing that happens is the lights light up on the softkeys, but the screen stays dark. Even with a fresh battery (his mom also has a fascinate) the same thing occurs, even while plugged into the wall charger. Any ideas?
take a deep breath
after you plug your phone into the computer sometimes it takes a minute before you can get into download mode make sure your hitting the volume down key and power button with the battery out, as long as you can get into download mode you should be fine just follow the directions found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746:) hope it helps
Yep, the easiest way to get to download mode is to pull the battery out hold volume down and plug it into the pc... I prefer to odin with battery out, as it lets me fully control a reboot timing.
I have had many a time that the pc would not recognize the phone, but a quick reinstall of the drivers (pc to samsung drivers that is) corrects that issue...
GL! You'll get there, from what I read this phone is very tough to totally brick. The unbrick steps are exactly what you need, but of course you need odin to see the phone to do that...
Swyped...
Hi everyone,
Just joined the XDA Developers group to get some expert opinion from the Gurus here.
I have been using the ROMs to upgrade my many android phones successfully in the past from Motorola Cliq, to Orange San Francisco to my Galaxy S2 to now Galaxy Tab P1000.
The trouble came when I thought of upgrading my wife's Samsung Galaxy S2, and I will be dammed if I cant fix her phone.
The phone was on Android 2.3.6 before I tried my hands on it.
I downloaded an ICS ROM (I9100XXLPQ_I9100OXALPQ_I9100XXLPQ_HOME.tar.md5 from dont know where) and used Odin v1.85 to flash the phone. Everything went well until the phone rebooted.
After the reboot the phone entered the OS, but now I have no home screen except the status bar on top which I can pull down. The status bar is fully functional i.e. it shows that its connected to wifi, shows its on Silent mode, shows the right time, and battery and also the USB connected icon when I plug in the USB.
The trouble is I cant do anything else as there is nothing else in display, I cant switch to apps screen and therefore I cant get on to Settings or Google Play to install any apps to reboot into recovery mode.
The worst part is that the phone now doesnt go to download or recovery mode, whatever I try (volume up/down, with or without home key pressed, with and without USB cable plugged in etc).
All I can do is to connect the phone using USB and transfer from and to files to it.
Can someone help me to understand how to recover this phone, and if there is any other way to go to download or recovery mode without using any key combinations? or if I can remotely run the apps from a PC using a USB cable? Samusng Kies does seem to recongise the phone, but I have been unsuccessful in using "Emergency Firmware Recovery" or "Firmware Upgrade and Initialisation" so far on the phone.
Any help will really save my time to continue my research on other home projects to keep my lovely wife happy :silly:
1-download stock firmware from sammobile.com
2-go to download mode - vol down+home+power button at the same time
3-start odin and put firmware to pda collum, dont touch anything else on odin
4-conect usb to pc
5-flash firmware
Mistahbungle can come over to your house with a usb jig and fix your phone and your wife can thank him personally....
yeh you need usb jig. as you cannot go to download mode also... hope you got your lunch and dinner