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So the phone is still pretty new, not much was installed on it at all except Root/SuperUser. There were a few other apps but they are just games. What happen is I did the RyanZa LagFix mod by Tayutama and at first I couldn't put the phone into recovery mode. Later I found out that I had a newer batch of the Samsung Vibrant where the volume up + volume down + power function has been disable by Tmobile so I had to try another method to get into recovery mode. What I did was I use abd/androidSDK to get my phone to reboot into recovery mode and followed all the instruction for the RyanZa Lag Fix . So the installation of packages works and the phone booted up. Then I went into MRC Script to proceed to the next step. Here is where I had the problem . The phone took a really really long time to create the 1gb file to extract file and then it ran a long list and kept going back to "creating a 1GB storage file" over and over again. So i just thought i'll leave it alone to do its thing. The process took so long and then it froze.... I had no choice but to restart it. When restarting, all i get is the vibrant screen, then I hear the sound to the Galaxy S screen but I don't see the Galaxy S screen . After that the screen is totally blank and dark, the 4 sensitive touch button still lights up though. After all the light went out, if I touch the screen the sensitive touch buttons still lights up again but nothing on the screen or sounds. I guessing that my phone got Bricked! I looked all over for help to recover my phone because I see some users did it using ODIN. However, I can't use ODIN because I cant put my phone into download or recovery mode since Tmobile took out the fuction of "holding volume up +volume down then press power" to get into recovery or download mode. The only way I could got in before was through adb/SDK but now that doesn't work because the phone isn't booting up. Is there anyways I can solve this issue or is my phone totally dead? =( please help if anyone know how or had similar issue. I've done this with my brother's Vibrant later and it works fine for him because his Vibrant is the older batch with the "volume up +volume down +power" function still enable. Much appreciation to all the help I can get from everyone. Thank you!!!
Methods I've tried to get the phone into recovery/download mode:
1. take battery out, plug usb in, put battery back in hold up (also tried down) and then press power.
2. I've tried volume up + volume down + power wait for vibrant logo to flash 1 time (also tried 2 flash and 3 flash).
3. I've tried the same methods above and holding it for a long time as well.
I did all the above methods when the phone is off so the only thing that it did for me was flashing the vibrant screen once, then the battery show up with a spinning waiting sign... It didn't put my phone into any type of special mode at all. I hope some of this information would help most of you get an idea where my phone situation is at. =(
have the same problem
someone please help! very much appreciated
Similar issues... I can only enter the "Vibrant Samsung" screen...
Press Volume up + Volume down + power, the logo just blinks, no recovery mode.
I also tired what others said, like plug the usb, open Kies, still can not enter recovery mode.
This happen to me.... take of ur battery n put it back on n make sure ur usb is connected to ur computer n have ur cmd on to.... ( u must have Samsung usb drive install to have it work.... or if u root ur phone using cmd or what so ever called...)
As soon as ur phone boot up ur computer should make a sound that its connect to ur phone ....than type
cd/
cd /AndroidSDK/tools
same situation!!
zzzzomg i'm stuck in the same exact situation!! please help!!
i was following a step by step instructional video for fixing lag on youtube and i went thru the steps just fine. but then decided to re-do the process because i thought I missed a step....so when i went to MCR to run the lag fix and waited for the 1g thing to be made, my screen locked out (after 30 seconds) then it wouldn't load up the screen. So I took out the battery and rebooted my phone, and it gets stuck at the vibrant S screen. AHHHHH Please help!!
Insert battery, Plug in usb, vol up + power. Took me straight to download mode
I really need help with this two. My phone goes into the S logo than goes black and the 4 lights come up on the bottom. Please Help someone
I had the same problem, solved it by booting into samsung recovery and wiping user data, new it was voodoo and I couldn't get into the phone to disable lagfix, wiped user data and voodoo noticed upon reboot with Linda narrating the redo of the lagfix. Btw I did it to myself by battery pull, the first start takes an amazingly long amount of time.
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If you can not trigger the download mode and have the [ Phone < ! > Computer ] picture on your screen, the phone is bricked!
I tried the resistor trick, that did not trigger the download mode.
illtemperedian said:
Insert battery, Plug in usb, vol up + power. Took me straight to download mode
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illtemperedian you're my hero!!!! thx!!!
I am having the same problem. I am on the phone ! computer screen and i cannot get back to download mode. HELP!!! I tried the button combos but nothing seems to work. I tried Odin anyway and it seem to be downloading in that phone ! computer screen but it stops at the factory part.
stuck on samsung vibrant boot up screen
how do i get out of the samsung vibrant boot up screen?
looks like to me it's time for new one. if you bought it from tmobile you do have factory 1 year warranty.
when I try to flash to recovery it says:
RST_STAT = 0x1
PMIC_IRQ1 = 0Xe8
PMIC_IRQ2 = 0X0
PMIC_IRQ3 = 0X1
PMIC_IRQ4 = 0X0
PMIC_STATUS1= 0Xc0
PMIC_STATUS2= 0x2c
The volume and power keys don't do anything ether.
Please help.
what download mode? the icon in loading status?
sama here i have done alot of vibrant's but today a customer came with a pattern lock vibrant and it wont let me go to download mode.. ugh it suxs
Obviously some of you guys are hardware locked http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305 there's a link for the VIBRANT fix!
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I had been running cognition 2.2 beta1, put phone into download mode using vol up vol down and put in usb cord and flashed back to stock. Then I flashed Shep211's JPM\JI6 ROM via rom manager. Reflashed a JI6 kernel, then tried to use rom manager to flash to cognition 2.2 beta7. The update failed and now I only get the phone exclamation computer screen and I cannot get my phone back into download mode! I have tried almost every combination of vol up vol down power and usb I can think of to no avail. Can anyone at XDA help before I return the phone to ATT?
Any help is greatly appreciated!!
Pull battery. Just keep trying to get into dl mode. That's all I think you can do.
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Have you tried doing it via the SDK? Really easy that way.
mrwoofus said:
Have you tried doing it via the SDK? Really easy that way.
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through ADB you mean?
I just get error - device not found whenever I try and run any adb command.
Yes, I had to do the "adb reboot download" with the SDK running.
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Yes, I had to do the "adb reboot download" with the SDK running.
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can you be more specific? I can't get adb to recognize this phone in its current state.
1- Pull battery and USB cable out..
2- Press Vol Up while you connect your phone to the USB
3- Insert battery, and keep pressing Vol Up!!!
or
1- Pull battery and USB cable out..
2- Press Vol Down while you connect your phone to the USB
3- Insert battery, and keep pressing Vol Down!!!
or
1- Pull battery and USB cable out..
2- Press Vol Up while you connect your phone to the USB
3- Insert battery and, keep presing Vol Up, press the Power button..
Keep pressing Vol keys means that you must keep pressing the buttons until you get the Download Mode Screen.. And keep trying.. Sometimes it take some time to work..
What I did was download and install the SDK in the C:\Android directory
Then open a windows command prompt and navigate to the "Tools" directory
Then just run the adb command.
Not sure what to tell you if the phone isn't recognized, I'm pretty new at this myself. I'd start hitting Google.
Good luck.
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What I did was download and install the SDK in the C:\Android directory
Then open a windows command prompt and navigate to the "Tools" directory
Then just run the adb command.
Not sure what to tell you if the phone isn't recognized, I'm pretty new at this myself. I'd start hitting Google.
Good luck.
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You can go to Download mode from Recovery.. But not from the Phone+Computer screen.. I think..
SnakeHaveYou said:
1- Pull battery and USB cable out..
2- Press Vol Up while you connect your phone to the USB
3- Insert battery, and keep pressing Vol Up!!!
or
1- Pull battery and USB cable out..
2- Press Vol Down while you connect your phone to the USB
3- Insert battery, and keep pressing Vol Down!!!
or
1- Pull battery and USB cable out..
2- Press Vol Up while you connect your phone to the USB
3- Insert battery and, keep presing Vol Up, press the Power button..
Keep pressing Vol keys means that you must keep pressing the buttons until you get the Download Mode Screen.. And keep trying.. Sometimes it take some time to work..
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Thanks for the suggestions, I tried these all several times, waiting about 1 minute before I gave up each time. Should I wait longer, or do you have any other suggestions? I'm about ready to give up and make a trip to AT&T
johnnyb138 said:
Thanks for the suggestions, I tried these all several times, waiting about 1 minute before I gave up each time. Should I wait longer, or do you have any other suggestions? I'm about ready to give up and make a trip to AT&T
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Strange.. Every time that my phone got stuck on that screen (3 times ) i tried these steps.. And after some time (and others combinations, Vol Up+Down, Only Down, etc, etc etc..), it works..
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Strange.. Every time that my phone got stuck on that screen (3 times ) i tried these steps.. And after some time (and others combinations, Vol Up+Down, Only Down, etc, etc etc..), it works..
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this is my second time being stuck at this screen, but I'm having absolutely no luck this time around (have been trying for about an hour now). I guess I'll be making that trip to att.
Try this, or see the Thread answers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911
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Try this, or see the Thread answers
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911
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I've tried all of the suggestions in this thread already, I have somehow managed to completely brick this thing. Thanks for all of your help!
If you were going to Cog 2.2.7, why wouldn't you just have wiped, flashed to stock, rooted and then flashed with Clockwork Recovery?
Anyway, good luck.
-Did you try to start pressing the Vol button AFTER you plug the USB cable? And before you plug it?
-Did you try another USB port or another PC?
Here is the Fix
I was in this same situation last week. Here is how to get it back into download mode.
•Be sure the Samsung USB drivers for the phone are installed on your computer.
•Remove and replace the battery.
•Connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable. The "phone-exclamation mark-computer" picture should display on the phone's screen.
•Hold the Volume Up+Volume Down+Power buttons down simultaneously.The screen should go blank, then the picture should appear again. When the screen goes blank a second time, release the Power button while continuing to hold the Volume Up+Volume Down buttons down
praetorrian said:
I was in this same situation last week. Here is how to get it back into download mode.
•Be sure the Samsung USB drivers for the phone are installed on your computer.
•Remove and replace the battery.
•Connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable. The "phone-exclamation mark-computer" picture should display on the phone's screen.
•Hold the Volume Up+Volume Down+Power buttons down simultaneously.The screen should go blank, then the picture should appear again. When the screen goes blank a second time, release the Power button while continuing to hold the Volume Up+Volume Down buttons down
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This is the only method that consistently works for me. I use the exact same method. The key is whatever picture (att, battery charge, etc....) comes up the second time and then goes blank, then release the power button.
praetorrian said:
I was in this same situation last week. Here is how to get it back into download mode.
•Be sure the Samsung USB drivers for the phone are installed on your computer.
•Remove and replace the battery.
•Connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable. The "phone-exclamation mark-computer" picture should display on the phone's screen.
•Hold the Volume Up+Volume Down+Power buttons down simultaneously.The screen should go blank, then the picture should appear again. When the screen goes blank a second time, release the Power button while continuing to hold the Volume Up+Volume Down buttons down
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Thanks for the suggestions, I really do appreciate them. I just tried this a few times but still no avail. I tried it with two computers just to be sure and still nothing. I guess I really have bricked the seemingly unbrickable phone
Have you tried Odin3?
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Hi:
I was performing the update to Froyo from version 2.1 (Eclair) and looks like the process was stock... I try to reboot the phone and now I have on the screen two symbols one is a phone icon and the other is a PC... Does anyone know what this mean?? It doesnt boot...
Thanks
You need to flash your phone with odin
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use odin 1 click to flash back to stock
looks like the PC doesnt see the device. I dont see that the usb is recognizing the device. Any idea on how to accomplish this.???
Thanks
i'm stuck. i have a computer and phone icon with a yellow sign in between. nothing happens. did i just brick my phone??
yeah its bricked. send it to me.
seriously....a little bit of searching the forums would save you the hassle of waiting for someone to answer something you can figure out yourself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Thanks for the link. I did a lot of search and I found the link you posted here. I follow the instructions on how to enter in download mode but neither work...Any more ideas?
THanks
Your phone is bricked. There is one way to get out that screen and enter download mode. But somehow the instructions of doing it was removed from the linked thread above. I've been there once and recovered. IIRC, you need to:
1. Take out SIM card and SD card.
2. Hold Vol Up and Vol Down. Press and hold Power button.
3. Hold all three buttons while waiting for phone to power up then go blank. It will power back on again.
Hopefully, the second time it power back on, it will enter download mode and you can let go the buttons.
If your phone is one of those with 3-button download mode disabled, you are SOL.
Its this something that can be fix? Or I just put the phone on the trash... If this can be fix where?
Thanks
You can try your luck with warranty service.
Or try the procedure described here for 'semi-bricked' phone: http://samsungcaptivate.wikia.com/wiki/Putting_the_Phone_into_Download_Mode
If the phone is "semi-bricked"; i.e., the "phone-exclamation mark-computer" picture appears on power up (perhaps from a bad ROM flash):
* Be sure the Samsung USB drivers for the phone are installed on your computer.
* Remove and replace the battery.
* Connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable. The "phone-exclamation mark-computer" picture should display on the phone's screen.
* Hold the Volume Up+Volume Down+Power buttons down simultaneously.The screen should go blank, then the picture should appear again. When the screen goes blank a second time, release the Power button while continuing to hold the Volume Up+Volume Down buttons down.
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Hi!
I have a big problem, hope that someone can help me, I have a motorola fire xt316 with android 2.3.4 installed on it, I succesfully rooted my device following this tutorial
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218506&page=2
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After rooting my device I have install 'rom manager', an application on android market that lets you backup your rom, when I tried to backup it the phone shotdown.
Now my device won't start, I pulled out the battery and the sim card, even the SD card and tryed to start it again, no result, when I say no result I mean that the phone doesn't show the moto logo, nothing, just the standard soft buttons light up and the they turn off, I tried to press the POWER button while putting the battery on and the same thing, only this time it vibrates, I have tried the volum up and down, still nothing, just the vibrate and the lights of the buttons then nothing.
When I connect it to my computer, after pressing the power button, my windows 7 searches for a driver, the driver is called "Flash MSM7227" and didn't find it.
I don't know wath to do, pleas help me, I'm despret!
You bricked your phone, there is no way to help you. Sorry, I know it isn't good news.....
Hit that thank button if I helped!
and if I have the warranty, will they fix it, or figured it out that is my fault?
It is considered your fault, they wont replace sorry.
Hit that thank button if I helped!
You could try though.
Hit that thank button if I helped!
XandrUu said:
Hi!
I have a big problem, hope that someone can help me, I have a motorola fire xt316 with android 2.3.4 installed on it, I succesfully rooted my device following this tutorial
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218506&page=2
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After rooting my device I have install 'rom manager', an application on android market that lets you backup your rom, when I tried to backup it the phone shotdown.
Now my device won't start, I pulled out the battery and the sim card, even the SD card and tryed to start it again, no result, when I say no result I mean that the phone doesn't show the moto logo, nothing, just the standard soft buttons light up and the they turn off, I tried to press the POWER button while putting the battery on and the same thing, only this time it vibrates, I have tried the volum up and down, still nothing, just the vibrate and the lights of the buttons then nothing.
When I connect it to my computer, after pressing the power button, my windows 7 searches for a driver, the driver is called "Flash MSM7227" and didn't find it.
I don't know wath to do, pleas help me, I'm despret!
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Have you tried to load the bootloader?
Just press VOLUME +, VOLUME - and PWR at the same time and wait. (Until 'Enter recovery mode' message appears).
If don't appears, i think you bricked your phone, because you tried to do something very wrong. If this method don't work, send your phone to MOTOROLA and wait. There's the only thing to do.
So have you already revived the phone?
If not, do the following:
Press and hold CAMERA and VOL- buttons simultaneously
Connect USB cable
Phone will be detected as Motorola Flash Interface. And you will get the ability to flash it. It was tested by me.
mcandre said:
So have you already revived the phone?
If not, do the following:
Press and hold CAMERA and VOL- buttons simultaneously
Connect USB cable
Phone will be detected as Motorola Flash Interface. And you will get the ability to flash it. It was tested by me.
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i have same problem (Flash MSM7227B driver not installed)
but ''mcandre'' say true
it's really working, very very thanks ''mcandre''
I have searched and looked for alternatives on how to maybe enter download mode but have not found any solution. I have tried phone off then vol. down + bixby then plug in usb, also pow button + bixby + vol. down then plug usb but every time I do this all I get is a circle with a lightning logo with battery percentage. I also went into recovery mode and tried rebooting into bootloader however that just ends up rebooting back to the recovery menu. Please help. Thank you.
anyone with any tip on what might help or be the issue? I have an exynos version.
wbaez0320 said:
anyone with any tip on what might help or be the issue? I have an exynos version.
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Hi, try to reboot into bootloader using ADB.
First off thank you for the response.
I tried that as well however maybe I did it wrong. Is it? adb reboot bootloader or adb reboot download
It's so strange you know cause I've tried so many different ways and I thought that rebooting to bootloader from recovery menu would definitely work however all it does is reboot back to my home screen.
Power off phone and just hold down pwr+vol up+ Bigsby for like 8ish seconds and it should boot to download.
Also adb/fastboot is a second route, read through this the below link. Make sure you have the Samsung drivers installed and adb/fastboot properly installed and prerequisites. https://www.theandroidsoul.com/unlock-bootloader-via-fastboot-android/
Or try to boot in safe mode
Hold power button when phone is on, then long press power off, and then select safe mode. https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-223011/
wbaez0320 said:
I have searched and looked for alternatives on how to maybe enter download mode but have not found any solution. I have tried phone off then vol. down + bixby then plug in usb, also pow button + bixby + vol. down then plug usb but every time I do this all I get is a circle with a lightning logo with battery percentage. I also went into recovery mode and tried rebooting into bootloader however that just ends up rebooting back to the recovery menu. Please help. Thank you.
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You have activated USB Debugging on Programer options?
yes USB debugging has been activated
NewWorldOrphan9 said:
Power off phone and just hold down pwr+vol up+ Bigsby for like 8ish seconds and it should boot to download.
Also adb/fastboot is a second route, read through this the below link. Make sure you have the Samsung drivers installed and adb/fastboot properly installed and prerequisites. https://www.theandroidsoul.com/unlock-bootloader-via-fastboot-android/
Or try to boot in safe mode
Hold power button when phone is on, then long press power off, and then select safe mode. https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-223011/
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well apparently I can't boot into safe mode either, while screen on I long pressed power button then long pressed power of for more then 10 secs but that doesn't do anything
crazy thing is I'm able to boot into recovery with no problem but that's about it. also adb does recognize my device as I can see the characters after inputting "adb devices"