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Hi, I recently bought a used Vibrant from someone... Worked great.
So I decide to update it and hope maybe get the GPS fixed, but Kies wouldnt work, I tried on 5 different computers with different windows, no luck, crashed on windows 7, and said the OS on the phone is a modified version and so it cant update on Windows XP,
So I decide to try Odin... but Odin only detects the phone in USB Debugging mode, and thats wasnt very helpful... For some reason, whenever I try to put the phone in Download mode, Windows XP AND 7 say that an unrecognized device has been attached... I tried USB drivers, 10 different times on each comp, different combos, different techniques from all over the forum and the internet... Odin wouldnt show the device in Download mode.
So I install clockwork and download the rom to restore the device to its factory state, I have it reboot into clockwork recovery and restore it using the files I downloaded to the phone... Now the phone doesnt boot, it stays stuck on the "Samsung" logo, I hear the T-Mobile jingle, but thats just it, the Samsung logo stays on and nothing happens.
I cant access the phone from the computer at all now, since it could never detect the phone in Download mode anyways, and when I put the phone in recovery mode, it shows two hard drives that I cant open... I have a micro sd card that I tried to load another restore onto and try to use that in recovery, but the recovery mode wont let me browse the sd card....
I hit a brick wall now... I don't think I have a use for yet another paperweight.
Ive all but given up, so if you could please help me, I would reaaaally appreciate it.
Edit: I tried using Ubuntu, but same thing, nothing happens in Download mode, and it only shows two drives that I cant access in recovery mode.
What ROM did you flash?
Yes, I installed the drivers over 10 times over on 10 different comps using 10 different versions of the drivers.
Kies, Kies Mini, drivers I found on these forums, drivers I found in other forums... nothing
Rom... Ummmm I used this file wwwmediafirecom/?kqaulorzx5f6dyq
UPDATE: I formatted the sdcard now, cleared cache and personal data using the recovery console... Now im even more screwed up because I cant access the other options
"E:Cant open /sdcard/update.zim (so such file or directory) installation aborted"
Ok, I put the phone in recovery mode and opened Odin, it was detected... I know its supposed to be download mode, but Im really desperate and am going to try anything since it only detects my phone in recovery mode... I pressed start in Odin and it hasn't moved in 30 minutes
"<ID:0/026> Added!!
<ID:0/026> Removed!!
<ID:0/026> Added!!
<ID:0/026> Odin v.3 engine (ID:26)..
<ID:0/026> File analysis..
<ID:0/026> SetupConnection.."
Any suggestions?
Odin will not work in Recovery mode, you have to be in Download mode, use the key combinations for download mode, mine is turn off the phone, unplug the USB and hold down the volume key and turn the phone on, while holding the volume down, and make sure you have the pit file, do a reasearch and you will find the pit file for vibrant. You have to have the pit file attached when you use Odin. But make sure you are in download mode not in recovery.
Get phone into download mode. The easiest way to do this is pull out battery from phone. Then plug phone into usb connected to computer it will have the battery sign. Hold volume keys and power button when the screen goes black let go of power button. You will be in download mode if Odin doesn't detect it unplug usb and replug it.
Also clockwork can not read your sdcard, it only reads your interal storage.
I tried that for Odin again, and it didnt work, I also tried a hundred different methods and steps, but they all have the same problem.
Im on Windows 7 64 bit, and I get a message after about 5 seconds of plugging my download-mode phone into the computer that says "USB Device not recognized - One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and windows does not recognize it, for assistance in solving this problem, click this message"
In device manager, I see one of the devices is called "unknown device" when I plug in the phone in download mode... I tried to manually install drivers from a list, but none seem to work so far...
What if I manage to somehow put a file in the internal memory, would I be able to use the recovery console to bring the phone back to life?
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McHeiSty said:
What if I manage to somehow put a file in the internal memory, would I be able to use the recovery console to bring the phone back to life?
EDIT: Sorry for double post
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Correct. You can get into cwm recovery still correct? only if yes to first.....And when you are in cwm with phone plugged into pc if you type adb devices what comes up?
Wait... I must be confusing recovery mode with CWM... Sorry Im still new to android... How can I bring up CWM if the phone doesnt boot? Last time I brought up CWM I had to use the ROM manager when the phone was working........
OH CRAP! Now I get it, when you try to reboot into CWM, it reboots into recovery the first time, and then youll have to reboot again to get into CWM... Oh... So that means.... I tried to restore the file I downloaded using the recovery console, and thats why it crashed my phone....
Well.... Im gonna try to connect the phone to yet another computer in download mode, I doubt it will work, but I will try.
Meanwhile if you guys have any suggestions.... And sorry for my stupidity...
Oh, and as for ADB, I tried to install that on my computer, but when I go to CMD, it keeps giving me an error saying the device is offline... So Im guessing I have to turn it on somehow using the phone...?
McHeiSty said:
Wait... I must be confusing recovery mode with CWM... Sorry Im still new to android... How can I bring up CWM if the phone doesnt boot? Last time I brought up CWM I had to use the ROM manager when the phone was working........
OH CRAP! Now I get it, when you try to reboot into CWM, it reboots into recovery the first time, and then youll have to reboot again to get into CWM... Oh... So that means.... I tried to restore the file I downloaded using the recovery console, and thats why it crashed my phone....
Well.... Im gonna try to connect the phone to yet another computer in download mode, I doubt it will work, but I will try.
Meanwhile if you guys have any suggestions.... And sorry for my stupidity...
Oh, and as for ADB, I tried to install that on my computer, but when I go to CMD, it keeps giving me an error saying the device is offline... So Im guessing I have to turn it on somehow using the phone...?
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Thegreat has helped me narrow things down... Im using a blackberry mini USB data cable, and so that COULD be the problem.
If anyone reading this has a mini USB cable that was not specifically made for the vibrant, could you please try to connect your vibrant to your computer in download mode using the cable that wasnt made for the vibrant?
Does the computer detect it?
I would really appreciate any feedback, because I dont currently have the original cable, and it would take a long time to get one shipped from samsung, not to mention the hefty pricetag because its OEM.
Help would be appreciated
I have used a blackberry specific cable when booting into dl mode and flashing odin, and it works for me.
Try this method if you haven't already, or keep trying it, sometimes doesn't work the first time.
1. Open odin on your pc an have the pit and tar fies loaded.
2. Remove battery, sd, and sim cards.
3. Plug in usb cable from pc to phone.
4. Holding both volume up and volume down, pop the battery in.
That should boot you right into dl mode. If you get the green battery image, pull battery and try it again. I have found if you hold the phone face down in your left hand when holding the volue buttons, makes it a little easier to keep the buttons depressed whie popping the battery in. Hope this helps, good luck.
Sent from my Vibrant running Bionix Final with Jacs Kernel and Voodoo
McHeiSty said:
Thegreat has helped me narrow things down... Im using a blackberry mini USB data cable, and so that COULD be the problem.
If anyone reading this has a mini USB cable that was not specifically made for the vibrant, could you please try to connect your vibrant to your computer in download mode using the cable that wasnt made for the vibrant?
Does the computer detect it?
I would really appreciate any feedback, because I dont currently have the original cable, and it would take a long time to get one shipped from samsung, not to mention the hefty pricetag because its OEM.
Help would be appreciated
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shoot me an email at [email protected] helped another guy here fix his phone today. if you can hear the jingle when you boot it up, its either a kernel issue or a modem issue. not too difficult to fix.
jumaaneface said:
shoot me an email at [email protected] helped another guy here fix his phone today. if you can hear the jingle when you boot it up, its either a kernel issue or a modem issue. not too difficult to fix.
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Was there any resolution to this problem? I've been having the same problem for a while now. Worked around it using Wifi apps to log into my phone, as well as just using the external SD card for most media files.
Odin doesn't even recognize my phone and I've tried just about everything. I just get a USB Device not Recognized message when I plug it in and even then I don't always get that.
Thanks. I'd love to be able to odin the phone back to stock and see if the ROMs I've been using perform better after that.
Hi all,
Once again, I've hit a wall with my phone. I apologize ahead of time for the length of this post, but i want to be very clear about what happened so I can get it resolved as soon as possible. Also, I have searched for hours to find an answer to this problem, but I've failed to find anything that helps.
Earlier this week I was running Bionix Fusion 1.1 but with all the buzz on the forums about the new 2.2 ROMs I decided to try one. I downloaded Axura 2.0.5 and backed up everything with Titanium Backup and ROM Manager. I then went through ROM Manager to perform the install. This is were I fear I messed something up. I renamed the .zip file from StockKernelAXURA.zip to update.zip (just like when I installed Bionix). Booted into Clockwork (through ROM Manager) and flashed the zip. Everything looked fine during the install, but I'm stuck at the Vibrant load screen.
I found one solution that uses Odin to reflash back to factory, which I did and everything was great... but then I re-flashed and tried Axura 2.0.5 again using the same method. Now I can't boot up (still stuck on the Vibrant load screen) and I can't enter Download mode. I've tried all kinds of button and usb plug-in sequences. Nothing! Please, I know someone out there is thinking "Noob... this is a simple fix!" I'm hoping that person reads this and can lend a helping hand.
Thanks in advance!
This always works for me take out battery plug in usb to phone and computer hold down volume keys while holding the volume keys place the battery back in this should take you to download mode if it doesn't your phone may be hardware locked there are methods of making a device to force download mode but try what I said first then if that doesn't work at least you have an idea of what else to look for
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
It worked! Thank you, thank you, thank you! I knew there had to be a way I was missing! I'm flashing back to stock (again) and I'm going to try flashing Axura again... but seeing as the method I used has failed twice so far, any advise? I love how Team Whiskey provided detailed instructions for flashing Bionix Fusion... so shouldn't the same process work for different ROMs? Regardless, now I have another trick up my sleeve.
Thanks again!
Flash it through clockwork in rom manager choose install from sd then go to where it is in your phone click on it that should send you to clockwork recovery then go to install.zip from sd then navigate to whatever folder its in then go to it, it should install you dont have to change the name
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
If your unsure about anything I said dont be afraid to ask if I have the answer I'll help you out
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
willsnews said:
If your unsure about anything I said dont be afraid to ask if I have the answer I'll help you out
My download is working, the only thing is whenever i try to use odin to install a Rom it freezes in download mode. What can i do to restore it?
Please help
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coldflid said:
willsnews said:
If your unsure about anything I said dont be afraid to ask if I have the answer I'll help you out
My download is working, the only thing is whenever i try to use odin to install a Rom it freezes in download mode. What can i do to restore it?
Please help
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I'm assuming you're stuck at cache Just take out your SD card, the large one. I always odin with my sd card out. It gets past that phase where you can get stuck. That will work, and DO NOT rename the {insert rom name here}.zip file to update.zip, just enter clockwork mod recovery and choose install zip from sd card and find it, BUT you NEED to
1. Wipe cache partition
and
2. Wipe DALVIK cache (in advanced menu)
BEFORE installing a rom.
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So rather than start new thread I thought id continue on this one saying that I have the same problem only no matter what I do I can not force any mode at all. My phone is currently stuck stating that it is converting data partition to optimize for ext 4.
I really dont know what to do at this point.
I tried the following steps
1. Download all the files required in the "BOOT CYCLE" section of this post.
2. Remove everything from your phone (SD card, sim, battery).
3. Plug your phone into your computer WITHOUT the battery, as you have already taken it out in the last step.
4. Press and HOLD vol. up and vol. down.
5. As you are HOLDING these buttons, reattach your battery.
6. You should be in Download Mode.
7. Unplug phone from USB
8. Follow steps 4-8 from the "BOOT CYCLE" section.
with no results. It doesnt even give my phone enough time to show the charging indicator it just automaticlaly boots.
OK i got it to go into download mode. i just plugged in the cord and held down the volume rocker.
no recovery mode
I have the same problem I can't get into Recovery mode I have an HTC G2, I was installing a new kernel, then the recovery Mode stop working, Got stuck in HTC Logo.
Any idea how to fix the problem or what's my problem??? i'd already try some tips but nothing works....
try using the vibrant toolbox to flash the new rom
willsnews said:
This always works for me take out battery plug in usb to phone and computer hold down volume keys while holding the volume keys place the battery back in this should take you to download mode if it doesn't your phone may be hardware locked there are methods of making a device to force download mode but try what I said first then if that doesn't work at least you have an idea of what else to look for
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw
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Im having the same problem. I restored an old backup, then rebooted and now I cant get past the Vibrant load screen. No download mode, no recovery, nothing. Any ideas?
Camdizzzle said:
Im having the same problem. I restored an old backup, then rebooted and now I cant get past the Vibrant load screen. No download mode, no recovery, nothing. Any ideas?
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You most likely made that backup when voodoo was disabled and now when you restored it, voodoo was enabled. Try booting up in recovery[VOL UP + VOL DOWN + POWER then let go of POWER and keep holding VOL UP + VOL DOWN] and installing a voodoo kernel like overstock.
That may be what happened, but dont know anything about the history of the phone. I have tried over and over to get into recovery mode and it wont go past the Vibrant load screen :/
I am also stuck at the vibrant boot screen.
I was trying to update a rom via CWM on my phone, the phone restarted and is now stuck at the vibrant screen.
I have had trouble connecting my vibrant to the computer before. I am not sure that even if i get my phone into dl mode i might not be able to connect to ODIN.
Please help!!
I hope this is in the right section, don't know as I am new to XDA.
But I have a real issue. Here goes.
I recently updated my Xperia S to ICS. And I thought I want to root it.
So I went ahead and started, but when I should have placed a zip file on my internal memory, I extracted the files there instead.
So no, on CWM, when I am supposed to install from .zip file, I can't, since I do not have .zip file there.
I have tried almost all of the options on CWM on the phone, nothing works and I just get back to the start.
So my question is, how do I get out of the loop?
Is there any way I can access my phones files? So I maybe can put the SuperSU .zip file in the directory?
I can boot the phone in fastboot mode, but then it doesn't show on the computer.
Or maybe I can just reverse everything? An easy way, because I am not the best when it comes to this. I have found some solutions, but they ALL require that you put files on your SD card. Only problem is that my phone doesn't have SD card, only internal memory. ANd I can't access that right now.
Please help
Download Flashtools from http://androxyde.github.com/
Download a stock ftf rom from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1599303
Put the downloaded rom in the flashtool/firmwares/ folder, then go to flashtool/drivers/ folder and run Flashtool-drivers.exe, when that has finished restart your computer.
Turn phone off, now press and hold the volume down button and connect the phone to your computer with the usb cable, when you get a green led you can let go, you are now in flash mode.
Start up flashtool, or flashtool64 if your on an x64 system, click the thunderbolt icon in the top left corner, select flashmode and click ok, in the left hand window select the rom you downloaded and then click ok in the bottom right corner.
karder said:
I hope this is in the right section, don't know as I am new to XDA.
But I have a real issue. Here goes.
I recently updated my Xperia S to ICS. And I thought I want to root it.
So I went ahead and started, but when I should have placed a zip file on my internal memory, I extracted the files there instead.
So no, on CWM, when I am supposed to install from .zip file, I can't, since I do not have .zip file there.
I have tried almost all of the options on CWM on the phone, nothing works and I just get back to the start.
So my question is, how do I get out of the loop?
Is there any way I can access my phones files? So I maybe can put the SuperSU .zip file in the directory?
I can boot the phone in fastboot mode, but then it doesn't show on the computer.
Or maybe I can just reverse everything? An easy way, because I am not the best when it comes to this. I have found some solutions, but they ALL require that you put files on your SD card. Only problem is that my phone doesn't have SD card, only internal memory. ANd I can't access that right now.
Please help
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Is your Bootloader unlocked?
Hello, I'm having the same problem too, but I wonder how do I "turn off" the device, since I keep pressing the top button to do this and it reboots and goes into CWM mode? Will I have to remove the battery?
Good news. Luckily I managed turn off the device. In the CWM main menu, keep the cursor positioned over the option that resets the device. Hold down the power button and immediately after, press the volume up and hold. Wait until the device vibrates 3 times. Now ready you run the procedure to connect in download mode and reinstall your firmware.
You guys must have used cmd to flash nozomi-recovery.img?
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Yeah, exactly. I used recovery-nozomi.img with CWM version 5.5.0.4 ... but I made a mistake in not installing SuperSU.
hdegenaro said:
Yeah, exactly. I used recovery-nozomi.img with CWM version 5.5.0.4 ... but I made a mistake in not installing SuperSU.
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That's why I hate nozomi - recovery.img!
Nothing to worry... Happened to me too.
Use flashtool to reflash entire ftf(if you have ulbl) else use SEUS to repair (if you have lbl, I hate pcc!).
If lbl.... Then ulbl.
Use cmd to flash a custom kernel(don't use doom kernel its for gb).
Finished....
Thank... If helpful
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hmm
Had a similar problem.. FIxed it with a lot of reading but now dnt remeber anymore :/
I'm having this problem too...
Almost everything is ready for flashing now, except the phone is not really turning off, even after 3 vibrates when holding down power and volume up... It turns off, but coming back in flash process!
That's how far I can go: It turns off, I hold down volume down, connect it to PC, have a green light. Flashtool see the phone, I push Flash button,Program gives "Device connected in flash mode" message, then "Selected Xperia s (LT26i)_WORLD_6,1,A,2,50_IT.flf" message, "Preparing files for flashing" message and "Device disconnected" message, because this stupid Recovery back on my screen again...
If I just can find the way to turn off my phone, so it's not come back to live when connected to PC...
hdegenaro said:
Good news. Luckily I managed turn off the device. In the CWM main menu, keep the cursor positioned over the option that resets the device. Hold down the power button and immediately after, press the volume up and hold. Wait until the device vibrates 3 times. Now ready you run the procedure to connect in download mode and reinstall your firmware.
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Please, tell me which option do you mean..? It's no such an option like "Reset the device"...
SOLVED!
I manage to fix it!
Just wait for Flashtool to give error message (with phone picture and USB cable in it) and ask to reconnect device. Unplug device, press power button and volume up button until vibrate 3 times. Push volume down and plug usb cable, to get green light. Flashtool continue process from where it was broken.
Error message popped up not from first try, so hopefully this will be helpful to somebody...
Sorry for my english...
Many Thanks
a lot of thanks.....
My phone was stuck in CWM mode. After going through this post, i could recover my phone in normal mode
neel-arnab said:
a lot of thanks.....
My phone was stuck in CWM mode. After going through this post, i could recover my phone in normal mode
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Xperia P, U, Sola, Go Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
I have a stock Note that gets stuck in the boot.
I had a charger cable that was not connecting properly and I was having charging issues. When my phone tried to boot it must not have had enough juice. Here's the recent history
within the last 2 weeks a few random reboots. the ones i remember most were when taking a picture after i took the picture the phone would reboot. there may have been 2 instances when it would reboot and then crash and reboot again and crash. i would remove the battery and restart and it would work fine.
yesterday It rebooted and the Samsung image came up and then the ATT logo along with the Att sound but after that nothing would happen. The Att image screen just stayed on and nothing would happen. i removed battery for a few minutes and retried and got same result. I was able to ( volume down + home + power and get the ": warning customer OS warning " but i could not get anything from ( volume up + home + power. )
today when i replace the battery and try to restart I get Nothing on the screen except the vibration that continues about every 2 seconds as long as i have the power button pushed.
I dont mind rooting if I have to but I assume it would need to boot from SD card or from computer. I do have a backup samsung phone if i need to install something to an SD card.
Thanks in Advance.
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Shortpour said:
I have a stock Note that gets stuck in the boot.
I had a charger cable that was not connecting properly and I was having charging issues. When my phone tried to boot it must not have had enough juice. Here's the recent history
within the last 2 weeks a few random reboots. the ones i remember most were when taking a picture after i took the picture the phone would reboot. there may have been 2 instances when it would reboot and then crash and reboot again and crash. i would remove the battery and restart and it would work fine.
yesterday It rebooted and the Samsung image came up and then the ATT logo along with the Att sound but after that nothing would happen. The Att image screen just stayed on and nothing would happen. i removed battery for a few minutes and retried and got same result. I was able to ( volume down + home + power and get the ": warning customer OS warning " but i could not get anything from ( volume up + home + power. )
today when i replace the battery and try to restart I get Nothing on the screen except the vibration that continues about every 2 seconds as long as i have the power button pushed.
I dont mind rooting if I have to but I assume it would need to boot from SD card or from computer. I do have a backup samsung phone if i need to install something to an SD card.
Thanks in Advance.
M
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sounds like your phone was dirty flashed or something in the system was corrupted/faulty... hopefully not hardware. Are you using the wall outlet to charge with an official.. or somewhat similar, cable? If you can get into download mode (Power + Vol down at boot) .. no need to hold home on the the note i717 by the way.. if you can get into DL mode you can flash a custom recovery (Team Win) or whatever and get into a more robust recovery (stock sucks) by holding Vol up + down + Power at boot then releasing after seeing the samsung logo . . you could try going into the stock recovery and or the system and doing hard resets with wiping the data and all that good... fix permissions for sure
If you are able to get into download mode I would recommend trying to flash a recovery, getting in it.. wiping everything like 4 times and also going into settings and using the -rm way . . then if you wanna keep it stock, go to samsung-updates and get the latest and flash it through ODIN. or if you wanna get root and keep custom recovery just download a ZIP from the dev section and flash it from the recovery. All you gotta do there is put the zip file on the SD card and select flash ... make sure to wipe tho, avoiding the install file of course.
The vibrating every 2 sec sounds like youre not letting it charge right tho... pull the battery , wait.. put it back in. . plug it into a WALL . if it vibrates nonstop when you do that, or when the button is pushed... your button is stuck. may not feel like it but internally those things break. might wanna give it a lil love with the duster. these suckers are easy to open . .
if you need a jtag lemme know!
good luck
old school Note wont reboot
Can I flash a recovery if the phone is not rooted and if so can you tell me how.
If i understood your instructions below I am going to goto samsung-ipdates ( .com/device/?id=SG H-I717 ) and download to my sd card and then insert the sd card and (volume down + power ) and that is all ?
thank you for your patience
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sounds like your phone was dirty flashed or something in the system was corrupted/faulty... hopefully not hardware. Are you using the wall outlet to charge with an official.. or somewhat similar, cable? If you can get into download mode (Power + Vol down at boot) .. no need to hold home on the the note i717 by the way.. if you can get into DL mode you can flash a custom recovery (Team Win) or whatever and get into a more robust recovery (stock sucks) by holding Vol up + down + Power at boot then releasing after seeing the samsung logo . . you could try going into the stock recovery and or the system and doing hard resets with wiping the data and all that good... fix permissions for sure
If you are able to get into download mode I would recommend trying to flash a recovery, getting in it.. wiping everything like 4 times and also going into settings and using the -rm way . . then if you wanna keep it stock, go to samsung-updates and get the latest and flash it through ODIN. or if you wanna get root and keep custom recovery just download a ZIP from the dev section and flash it from the recovery. All you gotta do there is put the zip file on the SD card and select flash ... make sure to wipe tho, avoiding the install file of course.
The vibrating every 2 sec sounds like youre not letting it charge right tho... pull the battery , wait.. put it back in. . plug it into a WALL . if it vibrates nonstop when you do that, or when the button is pushed... your button is stuck. may not feel like it but internally those things break. might wanna give it a lil love with the duster. these suckers are easy to open . .
if you need a jtag lemme know!
good luck
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You don't need root access to flash a custom recovery, only phone in download mode and Odin on a pc.
I have the same exact issue today. I'm thinking my power button got bumped in my pocket weird and caused a catasprophe. I have a new battery and external charger coming in the mail. Hopefully that fixes me up.
My atrix 2 always had that issue.
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Shortpour said:
Can I flash a recovery if the phone is not rooted and if so can you tell me how.
If i understood your instructions below I am going to goto samsung-ipdates ( .com/device/?id=SG H-I717 ) and download to my sd card and then insert the sd card and (volume down + power ) and that is all ?
thank you for your patience
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To get a recovery on the phone you have to be able to get to download mode or into the rom. If you are in the rom, use GOO Manager app from the play store and have it install it. If you cant get into the rom and can just get into download mode (vol down + power) then you will have to use ODIN flashing tool. There are other ways but I recommend getting familiar with ODIN.
You can get ODIN flashable recoveries from teamw.in website... thats the Team Win website http://teamw.in. In odin you are gonna wanna load up the file in the PDA section.. make sure not to select anything other than what is already selected by default in odin.. make sure you have proper samsung drivers installed. if you are unsure, install samsung kies from the website (it installs drivers) or find driver package for samsung devices. With proper drivers installed, you should be able to run ODIN, as administrator, and then plug in the phone that is in download mode... and get a device ID to show up in the box. If you see the box with the device, place the phone down in a safe secure spot, make sure the file is in the PDA spot and then flash. Dont touch it until the box either says PASS or the device fully resets and reboots (sometimes the pass never comes or comes super late). The same procedure goes for downloads from Samsung-updates.com ... PDA slot, device in download mode, ODIN with admin privileges , plug it in, see device ID, put phone down, press flash, wait for the thing to give you a PASS. Flashing full roms takes ALOT long than just a recovery so just chill. When it reboots let it settle for 5-10 min, do a few reboots for good measure.
The instructions to flash a rom via the SD card were as follows: if you get into a custom recovery and have a recovery flashable ZIP file on the SD card that is a full rom which is compatible with the device.. then you can select the ZIP file from the SD card and flash it that way. . . ODIN flashable files come in tar.md5 or just tar. . you cant flash ZIP files from Odin.
To smooth over any issues the phone may have, I would flash a FULL, stock, OFFICIAL rom onto the device.. once booted , if you get that far... do factory reset + format SD.
When you're in download mode does your phone turn itself off quickly? Download mode only stays on for about 4 seconds for me. On normal boot I get 2 glimpses of the Samsung, then a vibration and nothing after that. If I plug into the wall I get eternal rhythmic intermittent vibrations.
Sorry for the questions. I only had this phone for 3 days before this happened so I'm a notenoob.
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skearton said:
When you're in download mode does your phone turn itself off quickly? Download mode only stays on for about 4 seconds for me. On normal boot I get 2 glimpses of the Samsung, then a vibration and nothing after that. If I plug into the wall I get eternal rhythmic intermittent vibrations.
Sorry for the questions. I only had this phone for 3 days before this happened so I'm a notenoob.
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sounds like a stuck power button. May try and see if its stuck by pressing it a bunch to free it or tapping on the back of the phone where the button is
skearton said:
When you're in download mode does your phone turn itself off quickly? Download mode only stays on for about 4 seconds for me. On normal boot I get 2 glimpses of the Samsung, then a vibration and nothing after that. If I plug into the wall I get eternal rhythmic intermittent vibrations.
Sorry for the questions. I only had this phone for 3 days before this happened so I'm a notenoob.
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def a stuck power button.. slide your finger really fast back and forth on it to press and depress it quickly while trying to get it to boot . . . stop to see if it worked, if not keep on doing it till you get lucky.
if youre down to take the phone apart, which is very easy ... 7 or 8 small screws and a lil prying and you can get in there and clean the inside but the button and blast the thing with duster. . on the chip the button is really tiny and could use a lil unstickification im sure. . . duster. . and if youre way down flux remover :x
Thanks.
I took it apart yesterday and ran out of time. I have continuity across both pins on the board above the power button so I imagine you're right.
Thanks again.
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No matter how many times I clicked and sprayed duster, I wasn't able to resolve the issue. Due to my lame soldering I used an ebay company for repair. If I am allowed to post the link, please let me know. $40 for the service.
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Hello, i need some help with the problems i'm experiencing with my phone.
I'll go through all the steps I've done:
-suddenly the connectivity in my phone stopped working (no phone signal, wifi, bluetooth etc etc), this came up together with other issues: the power button of my phone rebooted the rom when held instead of giving me the choice to reboot or turn it off.
-i tried at first to get in the recovery with the 3 button "combo" with no luck since my power button apparently is still not working properly, if i keep holding the 3 buttons nothing happens until i release the power one; at which point the phone turns on.
-i got into recovery with the adb commands, flashed a new rom, no fix what so ever to the problems i was experiencing.
- i got inside the recovery again with adb installed a new rom this time performing a full wipe (system, sd card)
-once the flashing finished and i tried to reboot i got an error message e: cache could not be found, something like that, can't recall the exact text.
So at the moment i'm stuck in recovery mode, i pushed with adb a new rom, but after flashing it and trying to reboot i keep going straight into the recovery mode.
I tried flashing the original rom with Odin but i can't get into download mode, the power button is still not working properly and when i give through abd the command "adb reboot download" the phone reboots into the recovery instead of the download.
I'm completely stuck, tried everything i could think of yesterday, i would really appreciate your help.
Thanks in advance.
try using usb jig to get into download mod,search google how make usb jig.also u have root permission use ktool this is easy manually download & install
Ktool is an app, how i'm i supposed to make it work?
Thanks for your reply.
Until you fix the hardware issues you won't be able to flash, was the phone dropped or water damaged?
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boomboomer said:
Until you fix the hardware issues you won't be able to flash, was the phone dropped or water damaged?
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It dropped a few days ago, but i had no issues after it.
It all happened suddenly yesterday, no water damage or drop whatsoever.
The hardware issue is what worries me the most, i don't understand how holding the power button now equals to a reboot even when i'm trying to turn it on for the first time, starting from a phone that's turn off.
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Ktool is an app, how i'm i supposed to make it work?
Thanks for your reply.
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Ktool can get into ur phone download mod directly .there 3 option buttons.install&try.
If u have some knowledge about mobile phone repair u can fix ur power botton fault yourself or goto repair center.u can't never fix hardware failures, using software or flashing roms
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