please help with my almost dead vibrant - Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i posted a previous thread ,but i cant see my post so i am posting another one:
1-i installed a new ROM.
2- now my phone contiuasly restart.
2- when i try to install a new ROm the phone display that i dont have internal SD or even external one.
3- when i go into recovery mode the phone recover to this installed ROM.
4- the phone dosent allow me to go into debug mode or dosent identify the USB when i connected to my PC.
please i cant use my phone is there any whay to formatted and install a new ROM?

I don't know if this will help or not, but I ran into the same problem this weekend. I don't remember the exact steps I took, but I think that they were here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782027
Run the steps starting with the "Did You Flash Something Before Disabling Voodoo? Then This Fix is For You.". Make sure you're using Odin 1.3.
Hope this helps!

thanks for the help, but i cant reach my SD card the my phone tells me that the internal storage is not vailable and when i go to my files i see an SD icon and a massage that i dont have an SD card installed. whats make the problem more complicated is that my PC dosent recognize my phone when i connecte it.

Ouch. Sorry, I don't know how to help you, then.
Have you tried posting in the development forum in the thread devoted to the ROM that you were trying to flash?

hi again
i have a feeling that my phone is no longer available so
ill have to get new one
thanks every one for your support

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Dead XDA2 with bootloader v.23

hello as i am new to the community. Ive been reading up on all posts in the forum and ive seend methods to revive my xda2. It has v23 and can detect when in serial or usb. Ive tried redocking and doing reinstall of rom to no avail. Ive also tried to do sd method the way you guys have described it but nothing happens when i do hard reset or press camera button, it just doesnt do anything. Can anyone help me? Im in california, is there somewhere i can send it to get fixed if i cant do it myself?
Hi maester_squall,
1. Get this ROM: http://www.t-mobile.nl/global/media/zip/HI_TMNL_17200_190_11700_Ship.exe
2. Get this modified upgrade utility: http://forum.xda-developers.com/download.php?id=685
3. Unpack ROM and modified utility into same directory on your PC
4. Delete "HimaGetDeviceData.exe" and "HimaClearJumpCode.exe"
5. Connect XDAII's craddle directly to your PC. Not through any USB hub.
6. Put XDAII into craddle
7. Run HimaUpgradeUt.exe
8. Wait and pray...
buzz
thanks, ill try anything right now.at the very least ill have a really expensive and nice looking doorstop.
Still getting same results. Message says its erasing current software from pocket pc and just stays a 0 percent. and is the device supposed to turn off? any other suggestions? Are there any service centers i can send it in to? I bought this off of my friend.
did you try to flash it with SD card yet?
buzz
For some reason flashing with sd card in bootloader wont work,(unless im doing it wrong or didnt make the sd card right)
you will need SD card reader and WinHEX...
i have sd card reader, i dont have winhex. i dont really know how that works, but ill give it a try. can you give me a step by step on it?
you will need SD card reader and WinHEX...
ok, i just downloaded winhex and its now registered, what do i do now? sorry to keep asking all these questions.
one more thing, you must download mtty.exe if you don't already have it...
i have that too. but what do i do with them?
one more thing, you must download mtty.exe if you don't already have it...
ok, i have mtty.exe, winhex, an sd card reader and the rom you told me to download. What do i do now? or is there a forum topic on this as i havent seen it yetthru searching all the pages.
Alive again!!!
I was able to fix it using mtty program, i did another search on bootloader commands and worked like a charm! thank you for helping, this community is the best!
cool!!!
...it was too late yesterday. we went to sleep..
i would suggest to put it one more time to bootloader mode and to make your own SD ROM backup. but not just OS. do radio and bootloader as well.
then save it on some safe place. just in case...
Alive again!!!
will do, not gonna mess with the rom,ex rom, or radio this time, i like my xda just the way it is. unless someone comes out with a way to put se on it.
what do you mean with bootloader v.23 ?
i only know of bootloader versions up to 1.06. if you have a newer one, can you post it to the forum?
cool!!!
...it was too late yesterday. we went to sleep..
i would suggest to put it one more time to bootloader mode and to make your own SD ROM backup. but not just OS. do radio and bootloader as well.
then save it on some safe place. just in case...
about bootloader v23
actually i looked arounbd about this bootloader, and found out this is one of htc's unit demos. I think these were out before the others, dont know for sure though.

[Q] Major mess up! Help please!

Greetings All,
I rooted my phone few months ago and have installed few ROM's. Sadly the one I had for sometime was a battery hog and couldnt even last for a day. I thought its time to change it and tried installing elinux and looks like I messed up my phone.
I installed elinux update.zip and it rebooted and is giving me boot loop. It just gets struck at htc screen and does not move ahead. I also dont see recovery in hboot. most of the times I cant get to hboot and when I do it shows me error message which is in the lines of no image - error . Can someone please ,please tell me what to do? of what I read online, I can install recovery image using adb..but in my case, I cant as I cant enable that usb debugging option.
please please help me...
phone : HTC hero - Asian
Thanks a ton and appreciate you reading this
My prepared answer for all such questions: Try a RUU install from PC It always works
thanks for reading my question.
Can you please tell me more about installing ruu from system. how do I do that? How can I install ruu or anythin like that when I cant connect my phone to my com[puter and change the usb debugging. I would really appreciate if you can let me know. thanks a ton
The trick is, you don't need usb debugging checked for installing ruu Booting into fastboot is enough (Power+Back).
In this case, You'll ned to download a proper official ruu for your device ASIA_HTC_HERO +verson for example, just google it). then connect usb cabel, power into fastboot wait a little for drivers, and run the ruu exe file. It will do all the work.
You just need to find the right RUU for your regional phone version.
Didnt want to mess it up without knowing what am doing. Took it to a shop and its up and running. Thanks for your help buddy.
Admins : Please delete or close this thread. Thks

[Q] Samsung GT-I5500L issues

Hi all 1st post here and it's already a question so I apologize, , I am pretty new this stuff and recently started messing with my firmware and having a play around. Now the issue I have is I cannot connect the phone to pc by usb at all. I have tried all the usual methods of switching data cables, hard reset, enabled/disabled debugging. The only thing that it does is charge the phone.
On a seperate note, I think my current version of android is corrupt as when i hold down the power button, the only option I get is power off, various other things are not quite right either and would prefer stock to this. The device is rooted using universal androot. If anyone could help me return to stock or change my firmware would be greatly appreciated. Please bare in mind that I am unable to use usb, so kies and odin are just not an option. Many thanks
the information i have is.
PDA: - I5500LUYJP2
PHONE - I5500LUYJP2
CSC: - I5500LAROJP2
The kernal version says
2.6.32.9-perf
tyoon hwang SEP-04 #2
Running 2.2 android
what rom did you put onto it?
Try this one : http://www.madteam.co/forum/development/(release)-motafoca-2-0-9/
Many thanks for the reply, I was a little naive and just downloaded a random linked one Am I able to put the madteams on there just from sdcard?
If you mean install it from sdcard using clockworkmod?
Use this one : http://www.madteam.co/forum/development/(re-release)-motafoca-froyo-2-0-9-rom-clockworkmod-edition/
To be honest, I have been playing with something I know too little about and now i'm trying to fix my mess I have installed rom manager, and applied what i believe to be clockwork mod recovery supplied by rom manager, then added the linked file to my sdcard. When it tries to apply it as an update it says aborted as zip file is bad.
If i could use usb or odin to flash my phone things would be so much simpler, but as it stands I can't seem to do anything with just using the sdcard. I don't know if there is a complete idiots guide to this. But thanks to those who have tried to help so far.
my phone too is not working via usb..i mean not detecting when to flash. Its working fine when in usb mode but when put to downloading mode,the pc dont recon the device..if yu find the solution plz rply .if i get it i will surely answer
Sent from my GT-I5500L using Tapatalk
culkaran said:
my phone too is not working via usb..i mean not detecting when to flash. Its working fine when in usb mode but when put to downloading mode,the pc dont recon the device..if yu find the solution plz rply .if i get it i will surely answer
Sent from my GT-I5500L using Tapatalk
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I don't even get the dialog to connect by kies or mass storage. I plug my phone in and the only thing it does is charge. The computer doesn't even acknowledge there is a device connected, with that in mind i'm certain it is a problem with my phone. Possibly firmware related, or faulty usb phone port I would guess.
Which is why I really hope someone can come along and help with my previous problem of fixing things with sdcard only.
Shady27 said:
To be honest, I have been playing with something I know too little about and now i'm trying to fix my mess I have installed rom manager, and applied what i believe to be clockwork mod recovery supplied by rom manager, then added the linked file to my sdcard. When it tries to apply it as an update it says aborted as zip file is bad.
If i could use usb or odin to flash my phone things would be so much simpler, but as it stands I can't seem to do anything with just using the sdcard. I don't know if there is a complete idiots guide to this. But thanks to those who have tried to help so far.
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Jordanooo said:
what rom did you put onto it?
Try this one : http://www.madteam.co/forum/development/(release)-motafoca-2-0-9/
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if you're wanting to use odin to flash, use that rom i said. download both files from the 'full edition' and extract them
culkaran said:
my phone too is not working via usb..i mean not detecting when to flash. Its working fine when in usb mode but when put to downloading mode,the pc dont recon the device..if yu find the solution plz rply .if i get it i will surely answer
Sent from my GT-I5500L using Tapatalk
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to flash:
1. download kies
2. download odin
3. download your files for the rom
4. put them all into odin
5. turn phone into download mode and connect to pc
6. wait for it to show up on odin
IF, your phone doesnt show up, try uninstalling kies, re-installing it, restarting your computer and try again
I can't use odin, kies, or mass storage. My phone simply won't accept that it is attached by usb, I tried the original samsung data cable, as well as another I purchased new the mount dialog won't open when I attach a usb with the usual option of kies/mass storage so I know it isn't my pc. Everything I have done has been by removing the sdcard and using a card reader to put files on, then back to my phone.
I tried all the linked files so far, tried renaming them to update.zip on my sdcard, when I boot back to recovery and try to update from sdcard it says bad file, or failed. Also tried extracting the files and updating again no good. If there is no other options to force new firmware to install from sdcard I guess it is a new phone time which I wasn't keen on.
Should be a rom.problem..flash other rom..if odin shows yellow light below com port in odin it means you are ready to go..flash another rom and see if it helps..but if yellow light doesnt display theb its data cable prob or usb port prob..
Sent from my GT-I5500 using Tapatalk
Shady27 said:
I can't use odin, kies, or mass storage. My phone simply won't accept that it is attached by usb, I tried the original samsung data cable, as well as another I purchased new the mount dialog won't open when I attach a usb with the usual option of kies/mass storage so I know it isn't my pc. Everything I have done has been by removing the sdcard and using a card reader to put files on, then back to my phone.
I tried all the linked files so far, tried renaming them to update.zip on my sdcard, when I boot back to recovery and try to update from sdcard it says bad file, or failed. Also tried extracting the files and updating again no good. If there is no other options to force new firmware to install from sdcard I guess it is a new phone time which I wasn't keen on.
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So you already have clockworkmod installed?
Jordanooo said:
So you already have clockworkmod installed?
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I used universal androot and I used an app called 'rom manager' which says it installs clockworkmod recovery. i havnt ever used odin to install.
sorry, i have been away. how did you install clockworkmod when our phone isnt supported by rom manager yet?
Jordanooo said:
sorry, i have been away. how did you install clockworkmod when our phone isnt supported by rom manager yet?
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It may not have installed correctly which is how I managed to ruin my phone, but according to rom manager it did install I never got the chance to check tho as my phone is now dead and hoping to get it fixed under warranty.
you probably installed a version for another phone. If you can, boot your phone into download mode and install clockworkmod found here: http://www.madteam.co/forum/development/(development)-ltsecret-projectgt/
Then, hopefully your phone should be ok, but just to be sure, install the latest cyanogenmod (using clockworkmod).
Hope this helps

[Q] Galaxy s2 data recovery when panic upload screen

Greetings,
My son has a Galaxy s2 running stock 2.3 which he bought in Singapore over a year ago, I think. He states that it has not been rooted. Over the last several weeks he has been getting the 'kernal panic upload mode' screen when the battery was getting low. Last week it became permenant regardless of the battery level. Yesterday I was able to talk him through entering recovery mode. He wiped the partition cache and rebooted with no apparent effect. A picture of the recovery mode screen idicates that the system was unable to mount /data (unknown error: 0). But it did show media files were copied succesfully. ... I've attached a picture of the screen. The phone is no longer recognized in Win7.
My basic question. How might we rescue the pictures and some text from the phone before redoing the os?
TIA,
Kim
Kim, flash siyah v5 and try cwm.
Also drill your son on what is that he did exactly, cause he must have done something.
Sent from the little guy
I had thought that if all else failed I would have him use Odin to re-apply his existing os. My thinking was that the file and partition structure would be close enough to what's there to allow normal usb connection and to d/l his pics and what not. Then I'd get him to install something with a little more support for recovery and snooping about. Decent enhancements!!
I don't know what he did other than I think he might have overloaded the little beast with too many apps constantly calling home on an older os. But, that's just a guess. Thanks for the upgrade suggestions. I'm only starting to research that aspect. I suspect that going direct to the better burns will be the way we'll end up going.
Be well,
Kim
Siyah is a custom kernel, no danger regarding existing data.
By flashing it you'll be able to access a temp recovery called clockwork mode.
Sent from the little guy
Greetings gastonw,
My son's getting the usb drivers from the Samsung site for the i9100. I found the tar Siyah-s2-v5.0.1.tar for Odin.
Odin3 version is 3.04. Don't know what else I need.
I'm going to be doing this long distance and I've not handled a smart phone personally so ...
1. Start the phone in download mode.
2. Connect phone to computer
3. Start Odin (making sure that Kies is not running), Odin should recognize the phone.
4. Load the tar in the pda section
5. check automatic reboot, and start.
6. I presume that I will know when it's done because odin will report success or finished, and the phone will boot.
To grab the data off this phone do we use the recovery mode or will it now be called clockwork mode?
At which point I presume we shut the phone down and do a normal start/boot.
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks for your help. Reading the specs on the Siya work I'm almost tempted
to go get a phone for myself.
Be well,
Kim
Lol, that's awesome, your playing by the book
Custom recovery will become CWM instead of stock recovery.
And go ahead and get yourself a new phone, you're in for a hell of a ride.
Sent from the little guy
Thank!! My son called and said the usb still doesn't work. Hum .... I hope not, but I may be back to see if there's a way to transfer something from an sd card in order to save the data. On the flip side ...
Kim
Odin doesn't see his device or the pc calls it "unknown device"?
Can he get it to boot, he can use airdroid app or dropbox to transfer over wifi.
The custom kernel is just to get rid of that pabic message.
Sent from the little guy
Mornin' gastonw,
Well, as of a couple of minutes ago, win7 did not recognize the phone. Hopefully with a reinstallation of the Samsung specific usb drivers win7 and/or Odin will recognize the phone.
Interesting. When he booted into download mode the top of the screen said something like, 'Odin download mode'. Does this indicate that it might be rooted? To the best of my knowledge he was unaware of the three button boot loader mode and hence would not have changed the phone from the basic generic non-branded phone that he bought. Just wondering. If it is rooted is there a way to manually do, via the recovery mode, what Odin will be doing? It seems to me that if recovery allows to d/l from the sd card there must be a destination to be designated. I have no idea what the drive and directory layout is, and I'm a tad rusty on linix shell commands, don't even know what shell android uses. But, if I knew where the package had to go ... .
I'll write again when I know more.
Thanks again,
Kim
Well the last I heard is that no USB *and* it's probably a win7 problem!!!! Good golly miss molly!
Anyway, snooping about I found a thread [howto] which indicated that putting a clock work mod zip on an sd and d/ling it thru the recovery mode would install the clock work mod recovery boot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1814801
Now I can not find a further reference to a zip with the name format used in this post. However at the modclockwork site I do find two
http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager. One is for 'touch'. I don't know the difference between the two. But, am I understanding correctly that I can put the appropriate zip on an sd from which I can d/l thru the standard recovery mode which on restart I presume will give me access to cmw recovery mode? Seems to easy. LOL!!!
Any help would be appreciated.
Kim
This is how you root & flash cwm via recovery: http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=7psIQU69h3M&desktop_uri=/watch?v=7psIQU69h3M&gl=MX
Tell him to try another PC to see if it sees the device.
Genuine s2 usb I assume?
Sent from the little guy

[Q] Soft Bricked my Nabi 2 Please help guys!!!!

Hey guys long story short I finally figured out how to root my nabi 2 from victoria antonios vid on youtube.. wellit was working for a few weeks perfectly. then I tried to unroot and bring it back to stock because I was trying to download apps and it kept saying not enough memory.. well Im sorry I dont have every detail but i went into twrp screen and wiped all data like a f**kn jackass. Well now I cant get into my device it says no OS and Im having an impossible time installing a driver on my windows 8 computer.. i cant reroot or do anything because the pdanet or other ADB makes me get into my device for something... Im lost.. Ive been searching for daaaaays trying to figure out how to fastboot and flash some new rom but I dont know how to mount my sdcard to my computer without accually being able to get into the device.. I do the recovery kernel and it keeps taking my to twrp thing.. please help guys.s.. if i have to i will mail someone a check if they can help me.. Im so bummed out fellahs.. please help me you will get good karma i promise!how can i mount the friggin sd card to flash... or whats your guys's best course of action?!?!?!?
duuude im baked said:
Hey guys long story short I finally figured out how to root my nabi 2 from victoria antonios vid on youtube.. wellit was working for a few weeks perfectly. then I tried to unroot and bring it back to stock because I was trying to download apps and it kept saying not enough memory.. well Im sorry I dont have every detail but i went into twrp screen and wiped all data like a f**kn jackass. Well now I cant get into my device it says no OS and Im having an impossible time installing a driver on my windows 8 computer.. i cant reroot or do anything because the pdanet or other ADB makes me get into my device for something... Im lost.. Ive been searching for daaaaays trying to figure out how to fastboot and flash some new rom but I dont know how to mount my sdcard to my computer without accually being able to get into the device.. I do the recovery kernel and it keeps taking my to twrp thing.. please help guys.s.. if i have to i will mail someone a check if they can help me.. Im so bummed out fellahs.. please help me you will get good karma i promise!how can i mount the friggin sd card to flash... or whats your guys's best course of action?!?!?!?
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There is adb in TWRP, you can just push the files over to the sdcard.
adb push xxxx.xxx /sdcard where xxxx.xxx is your files.
But I can't tell from your post if you have lost ADB and fastboot driver in Windows 8. Or don't you have a miniSD converter you can plug into a PC?
Yeah dude
i dont have an adapter but i just orderd one from ebay. yes i cant get my computer to install the right driver.. but thats cus its soft brickd. im assuming once i put the stock rom on the sdcard and flash it in twrp and then swipe to reboot or whatever im guessing its gonna be back to stock n working... so then i will just re-root it at that point and be extra careful.. see this all started because i got poweramp and the unlocker and lucky patch and busy box and something else and patched it n followed some info on youtube because i wanted poweramp full cus its siiick. then it out of nowhere started saying trail has expired.. it said that before and after i patchd stuff for weeks it worked fine.. o well next time im not gonna b careful not to delete my google play right after i deleted my browser.

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