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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.
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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.
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.
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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I think my phone may be hard bricked.
I was trying to follow the steps in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1141550, when I ran into the situation I'm now in.
I followed all of the steps perfectly with the exception of rebooting to recovery, I accidentally rebooted normally. After it had started up and sat for about 5 minutes or so, I rebooted back to recovery. I reflashed the ext4 zip, then Black Ice ROM, and then Bali 3.1. I went to the voodoo menu and disabled both options and told the phone to reboot again.
It sat at the SGS4G screen for 20 minutes and I never heard linda speak during this entire time. I got tired of waiting and pulled the battery. Now the only thing I ever get is the SGS4g screen. I let it sit that way while I slept and when I woke up 3-4 hours later it was still on that screen. I've tried following the advice given in the thread mentioned above to put it back into download or recovery with no luck.
When I connect the phone to the PC instead of recognizing it, it complains about it and immediately makes the USB disconnect sound. If I leave it plugged in every 5-10 minutes or so it'll pop up the warning in the system tray again, and make the USB disconnect sound. If I unplug the phone from USB, the battery charging screen stays on. If I plug back in to USB at this point it'll make the sound like it's connected but never shows in Windows device manager, 'adb devices', or in ODIN. Any ideas before I call it a hardbrick and try to take it back to the store?
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I think my phone may be hard bricked.
I was trying to follow the steps in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1141550, when I ran into the situation I'm now in.
I followed all of the steps perfectly with the exception of rebooting to recovery, I accidentally rebooted normally. After it had started up and sat for about 5 minutes or so, I rebooted back to recovery. I reflashed the ext4 zip, then Black Ice ROM, and then Bali 3.1. I went to the voodoo menu and disabled both options and told the phone to reboot again.
It sat at the SGS4G screen for 20 minutes and I never heard linda speak during this entire time. I got tired of waiting and pulled the battery. Now the only thing I ever get is the SGS4g screen. I let it sit that way while I slept and when I woke up 3-4 hours later it was still on that screen. I've tried following the advice given in the thread mentioned above to put it back into download or recovery with no luck.
When I connect the phone to the PC instead of recognizing it, it complains about it and immediately makes the USB disconnect sound. If I leave it plugged in every 5-10 minutes or so it'll pop up the warning in the system tray again, and make the USB disconnect sound. If I unplug the phone from USB, the battery charging screen stays on. If I plug back in to USB at this point it'll make the sound like it's connected but never shows in Windows device manager, 'adb devices', or in ODIN. Any ideas before I call it a hardbrick and try to take it back to the store?
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Press and hold vol up and down and insert the usb cord that will get you into download mode..
You are at a softbrick.
RaverX3X said:
Press and hold vol up and down and insert the usb cord that will get you into download mode..
You are at a softbrick.
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I've tried pulling the battery and putting it back in so it's fully shut down before holding the volume keys and connecting USB. It makes the USB connect sound and quickly makes the USB disconnect sound, gets the popup in my system tray saying it's an unrecognized USB device and doesn't go to download or a yellow triangle screen. Doesn't appear in ODIN or 'adb devices'. I've tried it this way repeatedly since last night.
I've also tried waiting until it's on the battery charging screen to pull the USB cable. It stays on the battery charging screen even though it's obviously not charging anymore. I hold the volume buttons anyways and plug the USB cable back in, and it makes the connect sound but it still never goes to download mode. I've tried it this way several times as well.
I've put my phone into download mode many times before so I can't imagine my method is wrong, I'm not doing it any differently than I ever have before. It's just behaving strangely. I've never had it stick on the battery charging screen before when I unplug the USB cable...
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I've tried pulling the battery and putting it back in so it's fully shut down before holding the volume keys and connecting USB. It makes the USB connect sound and quickly makes the USB disconnect sound, gets the popup in my system tray saying it's an unrecognized USB device and doesn't go to download or a yellow triangle screen. Doesn't appear in ODIN or 'adb devices'. I've tried it this way repeatedly since last night.
I've also tried waiting until it's on the battery charging screen to pull the USB cable. It stays on the battery charging screen even though it's obviously not charging anymore. I hold the volume buttons anyways and plug the USB cable back in, and it makes the connect sound but it still never goes to download mode. I've tried it this way several times as well.
I've put my phone into download mode many times before so I can't imagine my method is wrong, I'm not doing it any differently than I ever have before. It's just behaving strangely. I've never had it stick on the battery charging screen before when I unplug the USB cable...
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buy the download mode jig or make one.
chadder said:
I've tried pulling the battery and putting it back in so it's fully shut down before holding the volume keys and connecting USB. It makes the USB connect sound and quickly makes the USB disconnect sound, gets the popup in my system tray saying it's an unrecognized USB device and doesn't go to download or a yellow triangle screen. Doesn't appear in ODIN or 'adb devices'. I've tried it this way repeatedly since last night.
I've also tried waiting until it's on the battery charging screen to pull the USB cable. It stays on the battery charging screen even though it's obviously not charging anymore. I hold the volume buttons anyways and plug the USB cable back in, and it makes the connect sound but it still never goes to download mode. I've tried it this way several times as well.
I've put my phone into download mode many times before so I can't imagine my method is wrong, I'm not doing it any differently than I ever have before. It's just behaving strangely. I've never had it stick on the battery charging screen before when I unplug the USB cable...
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check your pm.
Hey. I had the same exact problem. I couldn't get into download mode...and thus no odin. Look in the bible. There is a guide on how to get into download mode multiple ways. I used method 2. After that, follow the guide to flash using odin, also in the bible. hope you get it fixed.
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or u could try to reboot windows and see if you still get the usb error heaven forbid that it doesnt mess up lol
I had this exact same problem one day.... It is a soft brick i promise... I cant remember what i did to get into download but try everything you can. When i first flashed the bali 3.0 it did this too me. I was eventually able to get into download mode and reflash. Keep trying brother you will get it eventually get it.
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farwek said:
I had this exact same problem one day.... It is a soft brick i promise... I cant remember what i did to get into download but try everything you can. When i first flashed the bali 3.0 it did this too me. I was eventually able to get into download mode and reflash. Keep trying brother you will get it eventually get it.
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HAH SUCCESS!! I finally got it into download mode by pressing ONLY vol down and power. Worked like a charm. Pressing both vol buttons is what was killing me. I got into download mode with Vol Down and Power, and then had to uninstall/reinstall my samsung drivers. Odin now sees my phone and I'm pushing KD1 as we speak. Thanks a million everyone. I love this forum. Thanks to all who helped.
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HAH SUCCESS!! I finally got it into download mode by pressing ONLY vol down and power. Worked like a charm. Pressing both vol buttons is what was killing me. I got into download mode with Vol Down and Power, and then had to uninstall/reinstall my samsung drivers. Odin now sees my phone and I'm pushing KD1 as we speak. Thanks a million everyone. I love this forum. Thanks to all who helped.
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You should probably flash KC1
Beefvvl said:
You should probably flash KC1
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god people are still using that ginger release sigh wish it was gone.....
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vol. down and power means u were on gb bootloaders....and you most likely still are.
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RaverX3X said:
god people are still using that ginger release sigh wish it was gone.....
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+1 on that. I wish penguin0609 would at least update the op of the issues with it or at least have mr clown close the thread and take the link out.
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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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.
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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.
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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.
Im trying to explain everything to prevent unneeded questions
I have viewed several threads about this but absolutely none with an answer. My Samsung Infuse 4g with at&t (nonrooted) is in a bootloop. The cause of this was my every-other-day reboot. Once I turned it back on it goes to the samsung screen for about 5 secs, then goes black, then says samsung again and so on repeatedly. I pull the battery and as soon as it makes contact back with the phone it turns on by itself into the same Samsung screen over and over. When plugged into wall or computer it will show the charge screen where there is no battery life left, then it will flash and start up the charge screen again and so on just like the samsung screen. I cannot go into download mode (the buttons, at this point, do nothing. No response)
I have tried taking the battery out and plugging in usb cable to computer, then holding both volumes and putting battery in=charging loop
↑ with volume up=charging loop
↑↑ with volume down=charging loop
computer doesnt detect it, adb cant find it, cannot go into download mode, odin cant see it, heimdall cant see it, cant actually boot into anything, cant leave battery in or else phone will restart itself the entire time, and this was caused by my (already gbread) infuse 4g doing a regular reboot (aka power button, tap power off, after phone is confirmed off take battery out, battery back in, turn on)
Recommendations at this point? on a scale from 1=noob to 10=expert im a 7 on this type of thing. Ive always heard that as long as you can boot into a picture its only soft bricked but if i was right i wouldnt be here. Any and all help would be much appreciated. If you need me to post a video I would have NO problem doing that showing everything im doing.
oh, and by I have viewed several threads about this i meant that i have only been able to find 1 thread about it and 2 links that didnt work for me but might for you
link that worked- http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1354731.html
links that did not-
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ih1Zf_BvtcIbJXGEw&sig2=jjOcukFWr9sPWJZH1rlhnA
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ih1Zf_BvtcIbJXGEw&sig2=SZeMzIF2hnjdkk6GPDkovg
You might have already tried this way, but I've always held down both volume buttons first before plugging in the USB cord - not the other way around. You can also try different cords, different USB ports and/or different computers.
Mine was doing this the other day and it turned out to be my SD card being flaky. Maybe try taking it out and booting?
Radiotsar said:
You might have already tried this way, but I've always held down both volume buttons first before plugging in the USB cord - not the other way around. You can also try different cords, different USB ports and/or different computers.
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Ive tried a hp touchpad cord, an atrix cord, and the original cord. I cant really do the button combo because as soon as the battery makes contact the phone turns on. thats why i had the usb cord in first to see if it worked. ive tried every usb port and 2 different laptops, the computer wont recognize it if the phone wont go past the samsung start up screen
J101 said:
Mine was doing this the other day and it turned out to be my SD card being flaky. Maybe try taking it out and booting?
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I've taken the card out and used a different card, nothing. Tried taking sim card out, nothing.
I should have been clearer. Leave the battery out of the process until after attaching the cord and the screen coming up.
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Radiotsar said:
I should have been clearer. Leave the battery out of the process until after attaching the cord and the screen coming up.
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I do, every time.
1. battery out
2. hold down volume buttons (any combo)
3. attach cord (nothing happens, no screen, nothing)
4. put battery in
Results= Charging loop
lifetaker said:
I do, every time.
1. battery out
2. hold down volume buttons (any combo)
3. attach cord (nothing happens, no screen, nothing)
4. put battery in
Results= Charging loop
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should be the same...wonder if you battery needs to be charged first, it should be fully charged at best...to do any flash/Odin/one click
this how I do it...basicly the same..
>take batt out
>plug in usb cable...to both phone and computer
>hold both volume buttons...NO NOT HOLD THE POWER BUTTON....
>put batt in...
and bam should see the android dude shoveling in yellow triangle...
If you get no response from the usb without the battery, and inserting the battery indicates the battery needs charging - I'd suspect the phone's usb port. Especially after trying different cords & computers.
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Sorry for the sometimes choppy video recording.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWKdGS_5_Ps&feature=youtu.be
Have you tried a jig you can buy them on ebay for 6-12 bucks or you can donate one of you old cables and make it your self..
http://galaxys2root.com/galaxy-s2-hacks/how-to-make-a-usb-jig-for-your-galaxy-s2/
this will/should get you into download mode
Hello.
I have the same problem... tried also everything now i gave it to cellphone shop, i hope you guys can give me answer before i am gonna waist $100
HELP?1
Help me please
I was in this state. There are two options I can think of. A JIG as mentioned previously or the Heimdall One-Click-Unbrick. The one-click unbrick did it for me and got me back to cmw and download mode, then i could flash to stock, root and flash up to ICS. It was really easy and I stopped sweating once it booted to cmw instantly after running it.
Joe
hello.
The problem is when i connect it to my computer its keep disconnecting and doing terreble noise, (windows noise) when you keep connecting and disconnecting USB cable
JIG DIDNT WORK, because the same problem.... maybe the chargging connect is broken? or has a corrosion?
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Sounds/Looks like a hardware issue...
Did it get any water damage in the past?
Hope you got warranty or still under warranty.
I am having exactly the same problem. My Infuse has never been rooted or unlocked (quite ironically, I was about to root it for the first time).
Boot loop when not plugged in, charge loop when plugged in. Absolutely no combination of buttons, inserting/removing the battery, and/or plugging/unplugging the USB has gotten it to do anything.
This has happened several times over the past few days. The first few times it sorted itself out in an hour or two. Today I couldn't get it to do anything at all.
I found several posts by people who have this problem, and it has never been conclusively solved from what I've seen. Finally one person said they fixed it by lightly smacking the phone with their hand. Lo and behold, it came on for about 5 minutes before looping again. So I smacked it again, and before it could re-loop, I factory reset it. A few hours went by and I was convinced that it was fixed.
A few minutes ago I had it plugged in to my computer via USB and was getting ready to SuperOneClick it. Then it went back into loop. I can't get it to come on this time. Again, no combination of buttons will send it into download mode. The computer can't see it. The battery is charged. The USB cable and port are fine. The software was reset earlier today. Does this mean that I have a hardware problem, or is there a software issue that could be fixable?
EDIT: So I decided to try hitting the power button, something that had never worked to this point, and the device came on. A couple minutes later it went back to boot loop. On a whim I tried download mode, which had stubbornly refused to work all day. Of course it immediately worked. Not really knowing what to try, since I'd already wiped user data, I wiped cache data and formatted the internal SD. Then I told it to reboot. Back to boot loop. A few minutes later, it came back on with the power button. Two minutes later, boot loop again. Then it restarted of its own accord. And now back to boot loop. I just don't even know anymore.
EDIT2: Just a thought... Something is weird with the power button. Whenever the phone is on and I hit power (briefly, not holding it down), it goes to the shutdown menu as though I'd held it down. A few seconds later, I'm always back in boot loop.
Infuse loop
I have found the problem. It is, in my case, the power button. I removed the case and crossed terminals with a paperclip. BAM. Booted up, and when I removed the paper clip.... back to boot loop at Samsung logo.
There is a place to send the phone. Ive see great reviews.
mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-infuse-4g-power-button-repair/
Seems like there has been a string of power button malfunctions going around lately. There are a few threads going on where people have had this issue. Sometimes its just the terminals needing to be cleaned or dust blown out.