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Phone is stuck on a screen maybe bricked during flashing????

Ok I was flashing back to stock 2.1 useind odin when mid process my phone fell battery out usb disconnected and bam thats it. Now my phone is locked on a screen that shows a picture of a phone ! and a computer. I can get it back to download mode and odin will se the phone but gets no further then do not unplug device, my computer beeps when its plugged in but it dose not show the phone in my computer section. Any fixes or am i screwed?
PS phone is only two weeks old if need be could I take it back like this????

Hmm I think I may hove gotten past this problem. Uninstalled odin reinstalled and now it seems to be hopefully working

Here is the fix
I was in this same situation yesterday. 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

If that doesn't work,i had a similar problem where I could get into odin, but it would progress beyond the pit file. Take the battery, sim and memory card out of your phone. Start odin. Put the battery only back in. hold volume up and down. Plug the phone in while holding these buttons. Don't let go until you are in download mode. Now try restoring. It should work.

Thanks for the input i am back up and running!!
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Bricked replacement Captivate - Orange Screen
Just to let you know. I recently received a replacement captivate thru warranty exchange. The phone was apparently a new one with JF6. So I decided to do an update to JH7 using Kies mini. A little over half way to the update procedure, the phone screen turned orange and stayed there for a long time, eventually I had to pull the plug. Of course I had to manually go to download mode and launch Kies mini emergency recovery, the damn thing again got stuck at the orange screen.
If anybody has this experience do no proceed further and throw that damn thing back at At&T's face. Do not attempt to do anything. I made a mistake of then doing an ODIN one-click back to stop and the phone got stuck half way, went to the orange screen.. and then it was over.. The phone was dead, wouldn't turn on, no recovery or download mode with any button combo. When I plugged in to the wall, no battery indicator.
save yourself the trouble and return the damn thing

still there
I am a "noob" to posting here, and a noob to the android due to being an avid iPhone user. I am having the same problem, phone -!- computer and have tried every method i can find in this forum to get passed it. Are there any other thoughts or suggestions? (got hung at do not turn off target in odin) Thanks in advance to any help.

I would look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310

Stephenv1971 said:
I would look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
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went that route, still cant find dl mode. have resistors built and all. any way i try to boot shows me the phone -!- computer, and the computer doesnt attempt to recognise it so there is no communication between the computer and phone. unfortunately, i dont have a v/ohm meter, so i am not sure of the accuracy of the resistors i used to make my jig.

I fixed this many times with phone that had the button download mode and didn't.
Getting into download mode while softbricked like this wont show the normal download screen. IT will still show the error screen....
With download mode working still:
Simply remove the battery and replace,
Open odin
Hold down volume keys and plug it in till you see odin recognize ur phone.
Then continue to use odin.
Dosent work, repeat.
If you know ur button combo dosent work:
Just open odin.
Remove battery & replace.
Use jig (3k 100k ohms twisted)
Then when the phone turns on and your see the pc! screen plug in usb.
See if odin sees it.

Assuming your flash didn't fail on the PBL.bin or SBL.bin you should be fine.
Follow the methods suggested by other users here and you will get back up and running in no time at all.

Don't sweat the 'phone-!-pc' screen. I'm a little surprised that no one has given you the good news....that is just a version of the download screen for later hardware revisions. It looks bad, but if Odin recognizes your phone (if one of the COM fields goes active), just start your flash again.
Now if Odin does not recognize the phone when plugged in via USB, then you have some more work to do.

I had forgotten about posting here, and my problem has been resolved. So here it is... I tried everything that I could find within this forum, almost. I built my own jig with inferior radio shack components that would not activate download mode, though it would turn the phone on. I got wise, spent 8 dollars at ebay and purchased a JIG there. Instant download mode after 3 days (shipping). Reflashed with one click, updated w/ kies, made kernal changes and am now rockin my captivate. Thanks to those who assisted.

Steve_O_1971 said:
I had forgotten about posting here, and my problem has been resolved. So here it is... I tried everything that I could find within this forum, almost. I built my own jig with inferior radio shack components that would not activate download mode, though it would turn the phone on. I got wise, spent 8 dollars at ebay and purchased a JIG there. Instant download mode after 3 days (shipping). Reflashed with one click, updated w/ kies, made kernal changes and am now rockin my captivate. Thanks to those who assisted.
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Using the 3-resistor method takes A LOT of patience, at least in my experience. Glad everything worked out.

beast534 said:
Using the 3-resistor method takes A LOT of patience, at least in my experience. Glad everything worked out.
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Patience is a virtue, and my Ex's name. LOL! I can do without patience.
Jokes aside, i actually soldered the resistors to a plug that i had cut up, and made sure it was covered so my skin wouldnt come in contact. The Radio Shack here buys inferior products and sells them at reggular retail. Unfortunately my $300.00 V-Ohm meter is on the fritz, and i have not had the time or money to replace it yet, but I have intentions to check the actual resistance of the jig I made. ^^

[Q] HELP! Think I am totally SOL

I have been having trouble with my Bell Vibrant for the past few days, with a black screen after the 'S' Tried several things out there to resolve this issue, nothing seemed to work.
In desperation I tried the Odin3 one-click, not noticing its for the captivate. I successfully flashed and am now in a reboot loop with the AT&T logo screen. I can't get into recovery mode. or download mode to re flash with different ROM.
Any ideas????
Yes this is a vibrant device running a captivate rom and I have also posted this question in Vibrant general.

[email protected] said:
I have been having trouble with my Bell Vibrant for the past few days, with a black screen after the 'S' Tried several things out there to resolve this issue, nothing seemed to work.
In desperation I tried the Odin3 one-click, not noticing its for the captivate. I successfully flashed and am now in a reboot loop with the AT&T logo screen. I can't get into recovery mode. or download mode to re flash with different ROM.
Any ideas????
Yes this is a vibrant device running a captivate rom and I have also posted this question in Vibrant general.
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Use odin for the vibrant, not familiar with that SGS phone so I don't know if they have a one click odin . If not, you will need the stock .tar or kernel, modem and zimage files.
Open Odin in windows.
Take out your extSD, Sim and battery, wait 10+ secs.
Now plug the usb in.
While holding the vol +- insert the battery and it should go into download mode.
Now you can click start in odin.
I do know that the vibrant is a pain in the ass to get into download mode and that the above is the most consistent way to get there.
This is what I know of the vibrant, correct me if I'm wrong anyone.

For what it's worth, I had a hard time getting my captivate into download mode. This is what I had to do...when you do this, have the ODIN for your phone ready because if you back out from download mode, you'll get the blessed 'phone to computer' screen...which I was still able to get into download mode from...but some people haven't had such luck.
1) Turn off phone...(take battery out or whatever)
2) Holding the two volume buttons down, SLOWLY plug in USB cord HALF-WAY. Push it in just a tad...if the screen doesn't come up with the shoveling android...push in just a little bit more...keep doing this until you get the shoveling android...if the phone turns on...you missed it - start over.
3) Once in download mode, if the ODIN program doesn't see your phone on a COM port yet...push the USB cord in the rest of the way and it should see it then. I think I actually had to unplug the cord and plug it back in slowly till it saw it. Once it does see it, don't touch the cord anymore!
4) Click start on ODIN and let it do it's thing. You should see a progress bar show up on your phone's download screen within a minute or so...if not...turn off the phone and try again. you will get the 'blessed' screen but hopefully you won't have to do it.​
My heart stopped for a bit when I tried the above and it didn't work the first time and I got the 'blessed' screen. But I just tried again and all was fine...so don't fret too much.
Anyways...hope this helps.

iceman198 said:
For what it's worth, I had a hard time getting my captivate into download mode. This is what I had to do...when you do this, have the ODIN for your phone ready because if you back out from download mode, you'll get the blessed 'phone to computer' screen...which I was still able to get into download mode from...but some people haven't had such luck.
1) Turn off phone...(take battery out or whatever)
2) Holding the two volume buttons down, SLOWLY plug in USB cord HALF-WAY. Push it in just a tad...if the screen doesn't come up with the shoveling android...push in just a little bit more...keep doing this until you get the shoveling android...if the phone turns on...you missed it - start over.
3) Once in download mode, if the ODIN program doesn't see your phone on a COM port yet...push the USB cord in the rest of the way and it should see it then. I think I actually had to unplug the cord and plug it back in slowly till it saw it. Once it does see it, don't touch the cord anymore!
4) Click start on ODIN and let it do it's thing. You should see a progress bar show up on your phone's download screen within a minute or so...if not...turn off the phone and try again. you will get the 'blessed' screen but hopefully you won't have to do it.​
My heart stopped for a bit when I tried the above and it didn't work the first time and I got the 'blessed' screen. But I just tried again and all was fine...so don't fret too much.
Anyways...hope this helps.
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He is on a vibrant, not a captivate although it should be close to the same procedure. I've seen the usb half plug method but it never did anything for mine.

A jig should do the trick. Get a MicroUSB-b plug breakout board from sparkfun.com and two resistors (300k+1k) in serial across pins 4 and 5. Turn your phone off and take the battery, sim, and external sd card out. Pop the jig into the usb slot and put the battery back in. The phone should go into download mode on it's own without you having to hit any buttons.
After that, just follow what everyone else said - use a one-click-stock odin for your particular model.

The jig worked. took a trip to the source and grabbed the resisters and took apart the micro USB adapter included in my BlueAnt handsfree.
followed the directions from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9804077#post9804077
Back in business.
Thanks all.

[email protected] said:
The jig worked. took a trip to the source and grabbed the resisters and took apart the micro USB adapter included in my BlueAnt handsfree.
followed the directions from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9804077#post9804077
Back in business.
Thanks all.
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Glad that worked and thanks for the update info.

[Q] Ugh...phone won't stay in Download Mode

Okay, so I wanted to flash back to stock 2.2 in order to get a fresh start, that and my battery levels are a tad messed up after wiping my battery status following a PnP rom flash(switches from about 50% to 15% after only a reboot), and I wanted to just set things back to normal. So, I begin doing the usual procedure in ODIN, but this time my phone will not stay in Download Mode unless the battery is in, even with the USB plugged in to my computer. I don't know if this has anything to do with my gimped battery stats or not, but ODIN was working just fine until now. Does anybody have a clue as to what's going on? If not, is it absolutely necessary to take out the battery before flashing?

You may want to uninstall/reinstall drivers for phone. If usb is not staying connected it may kick the phone out of DL mode. That may not be the cause but it can hurt.
If that doesn't do it try different usb ports or a different cable if you have one. May wanna try this one first now that I think about it as it is probably easier.
Tap-a-Talked

Unfortunately those ideas didn't work. I even tried different computers as well as ports and cables, and reinstalling the drivers didn't do the trick, either . Thanks for the extremely quick response, though!
To provide a little more information for those reading: ODIN recognizes my phone and everything when the battery is IN and the phone is in Download Mode, but when I yank out the battery it turns off. It seems really strange, but if anyone else has some more suggestions, it would be awesome!

I have seen this happen when:
1. Not using samsung usb cable
2. Plugging the usb cable into a usb hub
Try using the cable that came with the phone and plug it in directly into the computer.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

Yeah, I'm using the stock cable and plugging straight into my computer. I even borrowed the one from my brother's Mesmerize as well in order to make sure mine wasn't faulty. This makes me think that it's my phone itself that is messing things up. :\ Should I try restoring to one of my phone's backups and then see what happens, perhaps?
EDIT: Alright, so I restored a backup from a couple months ago; not exactly stock as it had a different kernel installed, but oh well. I was able to get things rolling and flash CM7, except now I have data issues, so it looks like I'm going to try Heinz 57 and see how that works, haha. This couldn't be more difficult...it would still be nice to use ODIN for when I really need it, but this will have to do for now.

Um well yeah data didn't work for me either on cm7. As for Odin.... are you...
1. Remove battery
2. Start Odin
3. Press & hold dn volume
4. Insert usb cable
That's the method that'll work. If you just tell it to reboot into download mode, you'll need to leave the battery in and everything, and just start Odin, plug it in, and go.
Hope this helps!
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Yeah, that's the method I'm doing, and the phone doesn't respond at all. I've done this before, it's just that now the phone won't go into Download Mode/turn on unless there's a battery in it. I'm probably pretty much screwed, but I guess as long as I don't make some fatal error while flashing one of these times I should be fine...

btoast777 said:
Yeah, that's the method I'm doing, and the phone doesn't respond at all. I've done this before, it's just that now the phone won't go into Download Mode/turn on unless there's a battery in it. I'm probably pretty much screwed, but I guess as long as I don't make some fatal error while flashing one of these times I should be fine...
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You can do an Odin flash with the battery in. It won't hurt anything but there have been places I've seen where Odin won't finish the process. Also make sure you uncheck for it to reboot automatically if you don't want it to. No idea what the problem is though.

akellar said:
You can do an Odin flash with the battery in. It won't hurt anything but there have been places I've seen where Odin won't finish the process. Also make sure you uncheck for it to reboot automatically if you don't want it to. No idea what the problem is though.
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Thanks akellar, that's good news, then! I was wondering why everyone says the battery has to be in, but it's good to know I won't screw up anything if I do. Anywho, I finally got CM7 working, I had to flash the 1.5 OTB kernel instead of the 1.2 one, and I'm loving it so far! So, for now, all is well.

I do NOT recommend trying this until others who actually know about it have posted, but.... Everyone always says how we don't fully understand how Odin works, and that Heimdall is a better alternative.
So, more as a question to the experts instead of a suggestion to btoast (at least for now), what about him using Heimdall here...?

Sounds like the procedure being used is the issue. Take the battery out and plug it in (after you've started odin and have the files loaded in the appropriate slots) hold down on volume once you've plugged it in - that will take you to download mode. Don't worry about the battery at all - flash the rom and when it's done it will shut the phone off - then put the battery in to reboot after you've pulled it off the cable again.
Sounds to me like people are putting the battery back in after the phone goes into download mode - this is not something i've ever done nor would suggest, there's no reason to have your battery in because you can simply put it in and turn the phone on after odin is done....however If for some reason you really want that battery in while you're using odin, you should use adb (or QTadb) and you can set the phone into download mode with the battery still in, while you have it hooked to the computer. With adb the command is "adb reboot download" with qtadb you click the "shell" button and simply type "reboot download" this will put the phone into download with the battery still in it.

bdemartino said:
Sounds like the procedure being used is the issue. Take the battery out and plug it in (after you've started odin and have the files loaded in the appropriate slots) hold down on volume once you've plugged it in - that will take you to download mode. Don't worry about the battery at all - flash the rom and when it's done it will shut the phone off - then put the battery in to reboot after you've pulled it off the cable again.
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See, that's the problem I'm having. Now for some reason my phone *will not* turn on and go into Download Mode when holding volume down and all that without the battery in. When I take the battery out while in Download Mode (with the cable plugged in and everything set) my phone turns off.

Honestly it sounds like power is not being sent over the usb cable. I could be completely wrong on this but that's just how it sounds.
Tap-a-Talked

That is what it sounds like, which is weird because all of the cables I used connect just fine when the phone is on (I have two available), and I want to move stuff to SD, etc. I guess it apparently doesn't feel like working when there is no battery shoving power through it:\.

Here's an idea. Plug your phone into your charger with battery out and see if you can get into DL mode. If it does just unplug and it will go away. If this works then it is something in the pc. If not it is in phone/cable
Tap-a-Talked

As a related issue my phone won't go into d/l mode using the battery pull method, however Odin reads the phone when plugged in. I'm using the cable that came with the phone and when the phone is on it connects just fine. When I reboot into d/l mode it works battery in and all, but I'm unsure how Odin will affect my phone. I'm running heinz 5/7/11 otb v.1.3 with shake n bake theme (not sure if that helps)
Ok as a guinea pig I decided to try using Odin with the battery in. As mentioned I have Heinz 5/7/11 otb v.1.3 with shake n bake theme. I'm also running Times_infinity's cwr 3.x. OK..here's what I did. I made sure lagfix was DISABLED. I rebooted into download mode from recovery (from what I understand 2.5 doesn't offer that option, 3.x does) with battery in I odin'ed in one of dfgas's bootsplashs. My phone rebooted up and everything seems to be peachy. I even went in afterward and enabled lagfix to make sure everything was running smooth. I'm not sure if rebooting into download mode will work when rebooting from a theme option menu. I hope this helps.

scarmon25 said:
Honestly it sounds like power is not being sent over the usb cable. I could be completely wrong on this but that's just how it sounds.
Tap-a-Talked
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Ya, as soon as you plug the phone in with no battery and hold the volume key down, it should go into download mode and be powered through the usb cable. If not, then I'd imagine there is something wrong with hardware. In all my months of flashing and different states of "brick" I've never not been able to get into download mode through the steps I've stated here - so I'm lead to believe it isn't a software/firmware issue.

yeah thats why I was curious if it would go into download mode with the charger plugged in. I accidentally did this one time and remembered it here. If he plugs in his charger with battery out and it will go into download mode. then somethings up with the PC's USB port. But if it wont, then well the issue can only be in the phone at that point.

You said before you were plugging directly into your computer and not a USB hub. So, maybe that means your computer isn't powering, or isn't supplying enough power, to its USB ports?
If you're willing to drop a little cash, here's a possibility... pick up a Powered USB hub (i.e. one that has an AC adapter), and try Odin with the hub plugged into the computer, the phone plugged in and nothing else. Experts, please debunk if you theorize this wouldn't work for any reason, I'm just going from an "insufficient USB power" approach.
Sent from my Mesmerize running MIUI using XDA App

Here's a question. Does Odin see your phone when you pull the battery and plug it into your computer? Even if your phone doesn't display that its in download mode. I realize that sounds ridiculous but my phone does this and perhaps its happened to you. The only way I can get my phone to display that its into download mode is to reboot from recovery.
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Totally Bricked Charge? Non-responsive

Calling all Android Superheroes!!
I think I've done it. Turned my Charge into a paperweight. Was trying to flash the latest GummyCharged 1.91 package using Odin. It failed 3 times, but having read many accounts of similar failures I retried using different cables, different ports etc. After every "Fail" I unplugged the phone, rebooted, shut down Odin and started all over again.
After the last "Fail" message the phone simply stopped responding to anything. Won't boot, won't go into download mode, won't boot to recovery, doesn't show any sign of life when plugged into the wall.
All my reading about bricked Droids all seem to have some kind of responsiveness so don't seem to apply to my situation.
If anyone has suggestions or can point me in the direction of further resources I can research I'll be most grateful.
The worst part is going to be telling the wife when she asks what I'm doing.....
Thanks in advance for any / all help.

Call verizon tech support and give them some crap about how your phone was powering off by itself and you were dropping 4g, 3g, and 1x consistently and now your phone wont even turn on. They'll surly send you a like-new replacement phone.

I was having odin problems with my Charge as well, every rom failed... I figured out I had to uncheck 'reboot' and keep the battery in to get it to flash right. I know this doesn't really help but its similar
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge

Thanks Sleek. I bought mine through Costco so I think I've also got the option to head back to Costco and get it swapped out. However, I've made my way through life believing that I should never surrender to the challenges presented by technology nor my own stupidity, so I'm pride-bound to at least try to make lemonade out of this situation.

anoninja118 said:
I was having odin problems with my Charge as well, every rom failed... I figured out I had to uncheck 'reboot' and keep the battery in to get it to flash right. I know this doesn't really help but its similar
blazing through on my VZ Droid Charge
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Thanks anoninja - I'll keep those tips handy for the next flash attempt. And there WILL be further attempts....

I had this happen to me on the second day I had my Charge. What happened was, I was flashing what I thought was the latest version of Humble EE4, but it wasn't, it an old .md5 file for my Epic. I didn't even look at the file name, I just looked at the file extension and it would not turn on, wouldn't show that it was charging (no pun), or any sign of life other then the phone would get hot due to something with the battery.
My solution was that I called VZ customer care and said something like, "For some reason my phone will not turn on. I plugged it last night and when I awoke this morning, it will not come on. I tried pulling the battery and it still does nothing. Is there anything you can do to help me?"
So the customer care lady tried to walk me trough a factory/data reset, and you guess it, "it didn't work." After another five minutes or so of her "trying" to help me, she said that they would replace it under the warranty and she overnight-ed me a new phone and I had it the next day. I did have to send the bricked phone back to VZ, so for good measure I ran an electromagnet over it, you know just in case.
You can try it that way or go into the carrier store and play dumb (like you really shouldn't have a smart phone) and have them replace under the warranty.
Good luck!!!

Take out battery, plug into rear usb ports (if you're on a tower. If you're on a laptop it doesn't really matter. If you want to know why just ask, otherwise just do it). Fire up Odin3 with administrative rights (right click, run as admin). Hold down the lower volume button and cross your fingers. If it still won't power up into download mode, your phone has tapped out and needs to be replaced.
Sent from my Droid Charge running Humble 1.4

Some times the phone looses power during the flashing process even though it's connected to the computer. Keep the battery in the phone while flashing to alleviate this issue.
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kvswim said:
Take out battery, plug into rear usb ports (if you're on a tower. If you're on a laptop it doesn't really matter. If you want to know why just ask, otherwise just do it). Fire up Odin3 with administrative rights (right click, run as admin). Hold down the lower volume button and cross your fingers. If it still won't power up into download mode, your phone has tapped out and needs to be replaced.
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Do everything he says but odin recovery.tar its in the humble ee4 section. After that reboot phone go to settings, then development, and turn on usb debugging. It took me 2 days to figure this out. Did the same thing. From now on before you odin make sure usb debugging is enabled. Hope this helps.
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Just checked that forum and realized recovery.tar is not there. If you want it just pm me and ill email it to you. Its a lifesaver in your situation.

try this;
with battery out, keep the phone unplugged and hold down the volume down button and put the battery back in (not usb cable) and see if your phone responds to download mode this way. If it does, plug the phone in and see if odin now sees your device (with the battery still in).]
This worked for me in a similar situation.

My phone got hosed so bad that Odin would error out.
I finally found this and it managed to recover my phone:
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...harge-full-factory-tar-flashing-software.html

quarky42 said:
My phone got hosed so bad that Odin would error out.
I finally found this and it managed to recover my phone:
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...harge-full-factory-tar-flashing-software.html
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Same here. It totally saved my butt.

Hi all. I appreciate all the suggestions. In the end I solved my problem by exchanging the phone. I couldn't get it to come back to life no matter what I tried. Thanks again to all.
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[Q] Hard Brick

Question, was in process of using ODIN when USB became discoed. Reconnected tried the process over but unresponsive. Decided to start over, pulled battery and now the phone won't power on. Anyone else experience anything similar or am I hard bricked to anyone's knowledge?

Locobato said:
Question, was in process of using ODIN when USB became discoed. Reconnected tried the process over but unresponsive. Decided to start over, pulled battery and now the phone won't power on. Anyone else experience anything similar or am I hard bricked to anyone's knowledge?
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How much charge did the battery have when you started this process?

90% or so. Been charging it on the wall charger for the last 2 hrs but it's still not turning on.

Even though your screen Wont turn on sometimes Odin will still recognize it. Try this: turn Odin on pull battery from phone hold down volume buttons plug USB in put battery back in. see if Odin sees the phone. You may need to try several times.
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It was just another example of my noobness. I didn't bother to try download mode. I forgot + and - with usb, so phone came on right into download. Only thing was Odin would not recognize phone. Hiemdall would but I couldn't seem to get that working. Then I moved the USB cable to different port on PC and ta da! Odin recognized the phone and the rest is history. Finally rocking the latest Valhalla.
Thanks again everyone.

Locobato said:
It was just another example of my noobness. I didn't bother to try download mode. I forgot + and - with usb, so phone came on right into download. Only thing was Odin would not recognize phone. Hiemdall would but I couldn't seem to get that working. Then I moved the USB cable to different port on PC and ta da! Odin recognized the phone and the rest is history. Finally rocking the latest Valhalla.
Thanks again everyone.
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That's great. These phones are very hard to brick!

OK, so I don't have to start a new thread and waste space (on the internet?), I wanted to try and piggy-back off of this one; feel free to move it.
Basically, I thought it would be OK to flash a Vibrant ROM over my girlfriend's GS4G. That was a stupid, stupid idea. I'm thinking hard brick, but cannot be sure. I've tried all sorts of button press/hold combinations, batter in/battery out, usb in/usb out and I get ZERO response.
Suggestions, or do I need to find a replacement phone and girlfriend? She works in Social Media and kind of uses her phone ALWAYS!

Well, hopefully worst case scenario you have to replace her phone. Make sure to plug the phone up to wall charger and let sit for an hour to make sure it has juice. Next, take battery out place it back in. Hold the volume up and down buttons together then plug in USB from PC to phone. This should get you into download mode. If you can get this far then there should be hope for fixing the phone.
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OK, I think it was shot. We ended up going to T-Mobile, told them we did a software update via USB and the gal said, "yeah, you may have gotten a corrupt file. That'll happen." Then we got charged $20 for processing and she'll have a brand new phone by next week.
Thanks anyway.

i guess 20 isnt too bad. never flash a rom that is made specifically for your phone. dam, if you did this next week, you could have paid a little (and by a little i mean like 150. lol) and upgraded to a sgs2.