I have a stock Note that gets stuck in the boot.
I had a charger cable that was not connecting properly and I was having charging issues. When my phone tried to boot it must not have had enough juice. Here's the recent history
within the last 2 weeks a few random reboots. the ones i remember most were when taking a picture after i took the picture the phone would reboot. there may have been 2 instances when it would reboot and then crash and reboot again and crash. i would remove the battery and restart and it would work fine.
yesterday It rebooted and the Samsung image came up and then the ATT logo along with the Att sound but after that nothing would happen. The Att image screen just stayed on and nothing would happen. i removed battery for a few minutes and retried and got same result. I was able to ( volume down + home + power and get the ": warning customer OS warning " but i could not get anything from ( volume up + home + power. )
today when i replace the battery and try to restart I get Nothing on the screen except the vibration that continues about every 2 seconds as long as i have the power button pushed.
I dont mind rooting if I have to but I assume it would need to boot from SD card or from computer. I do have a backup samsung phone if i need to install something to an SD card.
Thanks in Advance.
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Shortpour said:
I have a stock Note that gets stuck in the boot.
I had a charger cable that was not connecting properly and I was having charging issues. When my phone tried to boot it must not have had enough juice. Here's the recent history
within the last 2 weeks a few random reboots. the ones i remember most were when taking a picture after i took the picture the phone would reboot. there may have been 2 instances when it would reboot and then crash and reboot again and crash. i would remove the battery and restart and it would work fine.
yesterday It rebooted and the Samsung image came up and then the ATT logo along with the Att sound but after that nothing would happen. The Att image screen just stayed on and nothing would happen. i removed battery for a few minutes and retried and got same result. I was able to ( volume down + home + power and get the ": warning customer OS warning " but i could not get anything from ( volume up + home + power. )
today when i replace the battery and try to restart I get Nothing on the screen except the vibration that continues about every 2 seconds as long as i have the power button pushed.
I dont mind rooting if I have to but I assume it would need to boot from SD card or from computer. I do have a backup samsung phone if i need to install something to an SD card.
Thanks in Advance.
M
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sounds like your phone was dirty flashed or something in the system was corrupted/faulty... hopefully not hardware. Are you using the wall outlet to charge with an official.. or somewhat similar, cable? If you can get into download mode (Power + Vol down at boot) .. no need to hold home on the the note i717 by the way.. if you can get into DL mode you can flash a custom recovery (Team Win) or whatever and get into a more robust recovery (stock sucks) by holding Vol up + down + Power at boot then releasing after seeing the samsung logo . . you could try going into the stock recovery and or the system and doing hard resets with wiping the data and all that good... fix permissions for sure
If you are able to get into download mode I would recommend trying to flash a recovery, getting in it.. wiping everything like 4 times and also going into settings and using the -rm way . . then if you wanna keep it stock, go to samsung-updates and get the latest and flash it through ODIN. or if you wanna get root and keep custom recovery just download a ZIP from the dev section and flash it from the recovery. All you gotta do there is put the zip file on the SD card and select flash ... make sure to wipe tho, avoiding the install file of course.
The vibrating every 2 sec sounds like youre not letting it charge right tho... pull the battery , wait.. put it back in. . plug it into a WALL . if it vibrates nonstop when you do that, or when the button is pushed... your button is stuck. may not feel like it but internally those things break. might wanna give it a lil love with the duster. these suckers are easy to open . .
if you need a jtag lemme know!
good luck
old school Note wont reboot
Can I flash a recovery if the phone is not rooted and if so can you tell me how.
If i understood your instructions below I am going to goto samsung-ipdates ( .com/device/?id=SG H-I717 ) and download to my sd card and then insert the sd card and (volume down + power ) and that is all ?
thank you for your patience
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sounds like your phone was dirty flashed or something in the system was corrupted/faulty... hopefully not hardware. Are you using the wall outlet to charge with an official.. or somewhat similar, cable? If you can get into download mode (Power + Vol down at boot) .. no need to hold home on the the note i717 by the way.. if you can get into DL mode you can flash a custom recovery (Team Win) or whatever and get into a more robust recovery (stock sucks) by holding Vol up + down + Power at boot then releasing after seeing the samsung logo . . you could try going into the stock recovery and or the system and doing hard resets with wiping the data and all that good... fix permissions for sure
If you are able to get into download mode I would recommend trying to flash a recovery, getting in it.. wiping everything like 4 times and also going into settings and using the -rm way . . then if you wanna keep it stock, go to samsung-updates and get the latest and flash it through ODIN. or if you wanna get root and keep custom recovery just download a ZIP from the dev section and flash it from the recovery. All you gotta do there is put the zip file on the SD card and select flash ... make sure to wipe tho, avoiding the install file of course.
The vibrating every 2 sec sounds like youre not letting it charge right tho... pull the battery , wait.. put it back in. . plug it into a WALL . if it vibrates nonstop when you do that, or when the button is pushed... your button is stuck. may not feel like it but internally those things break. might wanna give it a lil love with the duster. these suckers are easy to open . .
if you need a jtag lemme know!
good luck
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You don't need root access to flash a custom recovery, only phone in download mode and Odin on a pc.
I have the same exact issue today. I'm thinking my power button got bumped in my pocket weird and caused a catasprophe. I have a new battery and external charger coming in the mail. Hopefully that fixes me up.
My atrix 2 always had that issue.
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Shortpour said:
Can I flash a recovery if the phone is not rooted and if so can you tell me how.
If i understood your instructions below I am going to goto samsung-ipdates ( .com/device/?id=SG H-I717 ) and download to my sd card and then insert the sd card and (volume down + power ) and that is all ?
thank you for your patience
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To get a recovery on the phone you have to be able to get to download mode or into the rom. If you are in the rom, use GOO Manager app from the play store and have it install it. If you cant get into the rom and can just get into download mode (vol down + power) then you will have to use ODIN flashing tool. There are other ways but I recommend getting familiar with ODIN.
You can get ODIN flashable recoveries from teamw.in website... thats the Team Win website http://teamw.in. In odin you are gonna wanna load up the file in the PDA section.. make sure not to select anything other than what is already selected by default in odin.. make sure you have proper samsung drivers installed. if you are unsure, install samsung kies from the website (it installs drivers) or find driver package for samsung devices. With proper drivers installed, you should be able to run ODIN, as administrator, and then plug in the phone that is in download mode... and get a device ID to show up in the box. If you see the box with the device, place the phone down in a safe secure spot, make sure the file is in the PDA spot and then flash. Dont touch it until the box either says PASS or the device fully resets and reboots (sometimes the pass never comes or comes super late). The same procedure goes for downloads from Samsung-updates.com ... PDA slot, device in download mode, ODIN with admin privileges , plug it in, see device ID, put phone down, press flash, wait for the thing to give you a PASS. Flashing full roms takes ALOT long than just a recovery so just chill. When it reboots let it settle for 5-10 min, do a few reboots for good measure.
The instructions to flash a rom via the SD card were as follows: if you get into a custom recovery and have a recovery flashable ZIP file on the SD card that is a full rom which is compatible with the device.. then you can select the ZIP file from the SD card and flash it that way. . . ODIN flashable files come in tar.md5 or just tar. . you cant flash ZIP files from Odin.
To smooth over any issues the phone may have, I would flash a FULL, stock, OFFICIAL rom onto the device.. once booted , if you get that far... do factory reset + format SD.
When you're in download mode does your phone turn itself off quickly? Download mode only stays on for about 4 seconds for me. On normal boot I get 2 glimpses of the Samsung, then a vibration and nothing after that. If I plug into the wall I get eternal rhythmic intermittent vibrations.
Sorry for the questions. I only had this phone for 3 days before this happened so I'm a notenoob.
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skearton said:
When you're in download mode does your phone turn itself off quickly? Download mode only stays on for about 4 seconds for me. On normal boot I get 2 glimpses of the Samsung, then a vibration and nothing after that. If I plug into the wall I get eternal rhythmic intermittent vibrations.
Sorry for the questions. I only had this phone for 3 days before this happened so I'm a notenoob.
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sounds like a stuck power button. May try and see if its stuck by pressing it a bunch to free it or tapping on the back of the phone where the button is
skearton said:
When you're in download mode does your phone turn itself off quickly? Download mode only stays on for about 4 seconds for me. On normal boot I get 2 glimpses of the Samsung, then a vibration and nothing after that. If I plug into the wall I get eternal rhythmic intermittent vibrations.
Sorry for the questions. I only had this phone for 3 days before this happened so I'm a notenoob.
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def a stuck power button.. slide your finger really fast back and forth on it to press and depress it quickly while trying to get it to boot . . . stop to see if it worked, if not keep on doing it till you get lucky.
if youre down to take the phone apart, which is very easy ... 7 or 8 small screws and a lil prying and you can get in there and clean the inside but the button and blast the thing with duster. . on the chip the button is really tiny and could use a lil unstickification im sure. . . duster. . and if youre way down flux remover :x
Thanks.
I took it apart yesterday and ran out of time. I have continuity across both pins on the board above the power button so I imagine you're right.
Thanks again.
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No matter how many times I clicked and sprayed duster, I wasn't able to resolve the issue. Due to my lame soldering I used an ebay company for repair. If I am allowed to post the link, please let me know. $40 for the service.
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I googled how to reset my phone back to factory settings and they gave me this link
"[STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader"
(cant link links)
i misread that it was for the captivate, and i went through with all the directions.
now my phone keeps flashing an AT&T bootscreen and i cant get it in recovery mode..
help?
same here... that odin thing isn't working. Im just stuck at the vibrant boot screen. I know how to get into download mode but my pc or ODin doesnt recognize that i have my phone in. it's suppose to light up yellow or something. the tar files and all of that stuff is so confusing.
nevermind, i found the Odin program for the samsung vibrant and re did it.. but i still have BOTH at&t boot screen at the tmobile vibrant boot screen.. anyone know how to get rid of that? it would be much appreciated thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741027
where did u find it.. please share..
Edit: NVM..
stepinmyworld said:
same here... that odin thing isn't working. Im just stuck at the vibrant boot screen. I know how to get into download mode but my pc or ODin doesnt recognize that i have my phone in. it's suppose to light up yellow or something. the tar files and all of that stuff is so confusing.
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You may have tried this but these are the steps that eventually worked for me.
1. Put your phone in download mode by plugging it in and then holding Vol Up+Down and Power. As SOON as the screen goes black release power but NOT Vol Up+Down.
2. Launch Odin
3. Unplug your phone.
4. Load the pit and pda files into odin.
5. Plug your phone back in. You should now see one of the small blocks turn yellow and show you the com port. If not, something is wrong with your drivers.
6. Click start. If it flashes, great. If it hangs at File analasys then repeat 1-5.
6a. If Odin hangs at cache.rfs then move on to 6b.
6b. Unplug your phone (Odin will say it was removed) and remove the battery. DO NOT SHUT DOWN ODIN!!!!!!
6c. Put the battery back in and plug it back into your computer and put it back into download mode using step 1.
6d. Press start on Odin and it should now flash.
Again, this worked for me, it may have been a fluke and I'm not willing to try it again. Good luck!!!
Does not boot!
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
setzer715 said:
You may have tried this but these are the steps that eventually worked for me.
1. Put your phone in download mode by plugging it in and then holding Vol Up+Down and Power. As SOON as the screen goes black release power but NOT Vol Up+Down.
2. Launch Odin
3. Unplug your phone.
4. Load the pit and pda files into odin.
5. Plug your phone back in. You should now see one of the small blocks turn yellow and show you the com port. If not, something is wrong with your drivers.
6. Click start. If it flashes, great. If it hangs at File analasys then repeat 1-5.
6a. If Odin hangs at cache.rfs then move on to 6b.
6b. Unplug your phone (Odin will say it was removed) and remove the battery. DO NOT SHUT DOWN ODIN!!!!!!
6c. Put the battery back in and plug it back into your computer and put it back into download mode using step 1.
6d. Press start on Odin and it should now flash.
Again, this worked for me, it may have been a fluke and I'm not willing to try it again. Good luck!!!
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i am completely lost when it comes to ODIN. I need to know the exact program to use. I have Odin Multi Downloader v4.03.. but it keeps giving me file path error and stuff. I have the right drivers i think because it does recognize my phone. im just so confused with this rar tar stuff. I would pay someone 20 dollars through paypal if they can walk me through this.
stepinmyworld said:
i am completely lost when it comes to ODIN. I need to know the exact program to use. I have Odin Multi Downloader v4.03.. but it keeps giving me file path error and stuff. I have the right drivers i think because it does recognize my phone. im just so confused with this rar tar stuff. I would pay someone 20 dollars through paypal if they can walk me through this.
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I don't want your money, but if you PM me I will try to type up a detailed how to.
mffu said:
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
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What have you done to put it in download mode? You should power off your phone, plug it into your computer. It should then enter the charge mode where you see a picture of your battery being charged (or if you were like me and screwed up somewhere you may see a little picture of a phone, computer and yellow triangle in between them). If you get either of those then press and hold all three VOL up, VOL down and power. AS SOON AS the screen goes black release ONLY Power and it should go into download mode.
If you plug your phone into your computer (powered off) and nothing happens then you just be bricked. Call TMO and play dumb and hopefully get a replacement.
Ok,
The_Chrome_Coyote really helped me!!!! Thank you so much and im back up and running. There was something missing from the original tutorial, not that we should be spoon fed but I didn't have the WinRAR program on my pc and didn't know I needed to extract anything. I was looking for exe. for it to be a program and just open it. It's a little more complicated than that. I added my additions in BOLD
The_Chrome_Coyote's Original post to me:
Odin isnt that hard, its just REALLY picky about working.
Firstly you need to download the Samsung drivers for your OS which can be found:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
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Second you need to make sure you download WinRAR x86 (32 bit) 3.93 (google it and you should be able to get it) otherwise if your pc doesn't have a program to recognize rar and tar files, you are out of luck.
then read this thread from JAC:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
1. Now, Extract ODIN from its .rar and place the .exe on your desktop
2. Extract the .pit file from its.rar and place that on your desktop
3. Place the JFD .tar file on your desktop but DO NOT EXTRACT
Now you can use ODIN
4. Start ODIN Odin3. [Android + SLP], through ODIN select the .pit file
5. Hit "PDA" button, and through ODIN select the .tar file
6. Plug your TURNED OFF PHONE into the USB cable
7. Wait for the Battery/ charging indicator to start
8. HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN+ POWER, as soon as the screen goes black RELEASE POWER, and continue to HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN Until it enters download mode. Which should happen quickly and looks like a men at work highway sign.
9. If a COM port has turned Yellow in ODIN, then the device has been recognized. If it hasnt, unplug and plug your phone back in.
10. Dont select any options other than whats set at default.
11. Hit Start and be patient, takes me maybe 5 minutes to get back up and running.
NOTE: If you do not see a blue progress bar on the phone's screen after a minute;
11a. Turn your phone off by pulling the battery.
11b. CLOSE ODIN
11c. Start at step 4 again.
ODIN needs to be open and ready to flash before the phone is plugged in, in my experience. Its very picking about this, and not everyone has this issue, but I did and following all these steps helped me flash my phone more times than I can count the other day haha.
Hope this helped! and your $20, donate it to Wes, JAC, or Eugene to keep them making great stuff for our phone.
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Thank you thank you thank you
mffu said:
What if the phone does not boot. All happened after I tried to flash the kernel back to the stock one. USB plugged in, battery is fully charged- still no sign of life. Any solution for that? No recover or download mode!
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Same thing happened to mine when i tried odin. Now all i get sometime when it come on. are 7 rows of text that seems to be a code on screen in amber. Ishipped back 2 samsung. Since t-mobile won't take it after 14 days.
ok I screwed up guys.
I installed ROM manager from the market, flashed clockwork, it asked me if I wanted to partition and I said yes.
Now I just get a black screen at boot. I've managed to run odin and it says success. But I still just get a black screen after boot.
Little help?
I do have to say that if YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXTRACT A COMPRESSED FILE (RAR, ZIP,ETC) YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS FLASHING YOU'RE PHONE!! Odin or otherwise.
I am not being mean but at least stick to update.zip files flashed through recovery and make sure you read reviews of other users first, and understand the instructions completely.
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daddysays said:
I do have to say that if YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO EXTRACT A COMPRESSED FILE (RAR, ZIP,ETC) YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS FLASHING YOU'RE PHONE!! Odin or otherwise.
I am not being mean but at least stick to update.zip files flashed through recovery and make sure you read reviews of other users first, and understand the instructions completely.
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First: everyone was a noob at one time, so simmer down.
Second: Pleast post an update.zip that will make my phone work.
Cannot get past Galaxy S boot screen
I was using clockwork recovery installed through an update.zip file on my sd card. everything was working fine for about a day and then when i powered my phone off the next day and powered it back on it would not boot up past the Galaxy S screen. it goes to the Galaxy S screen and then goes blank but my hard keys stay lit up while my lcd is completely blank. I tried using the Odin method described in this thread and it seemed like it was going to work but i still cannot get past the boot screen. please help. willing to donate if needed
jmoney1017 said:
I was using clockwork recovery installed through an update.zip file on my sd card. everything was working fine for about a day and then when i powered my phone off the next day and powered it back on it would not boot up past the Galaxy S screen. it goes to the Galaxy S screen and then goes blank but my hard keys stay lit up while my lcd is completely blank. I tried using the Odin method described in this thread and it seemed like it was going to work but i still cannot get past the boot screen. please help. willing to donate if needed
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If you can see the samsung logo you are fine. Load up recovery and try a full wipe first. If that fails then you can odin back to stock and root again.
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1. If you have questions, there is a q and a forum for this device!!!!!!
2. THIS IS THE DEV PART OF THE FORUM. IE FOR DEVS POSTING STUFF FOR THE PHONE!!!!!
3. Learn how to Google. Not that hard. Example, you don't know what the *.rar extension is. GOOGLE IT!! Google knows everything.
4. If you don't have basic android or computer skills, don't try anything stupid. You do have a chance to brick your phone, even the pros like cyanogen have bricked their phones.
5. Don't offer cash for someone to fix your phone. Keep it in qna and some one will help you. Save your cash for the development that work hard on making these things work.
6. Can a mod please move this thread to qna.
7. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. USE THE SEARCH FINCTION BUILT ONTO THE FORUMS. IT WILL SAVE YOU TIME AND THEN YOU WILL NOT LOOK LIKE NOOBS THAT JUST GOT THIS PHONE BECAUSE IT HAD AVITAR IN THE BOX!!!!!
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cache.fs problem in odin
setzer715 said:
What have you done to put it in download mode? You should power off your phone, plug it into your computer. It should then enter the charge mode where you see a picture of your battery being charged (or if you were like me and screwed up somewhere you may see a little picture of a phone, computer and yellow triangle in between them). If you get either of those then press and hold all three VOL up, VOL down and power. AS SOON AS the screen goes black release ONLY Power and it should go into download mode.
If you plug your phone into your computer (powered off) and nothing happens then you just be bricked. Call TMO and play dumb and hopefully get a replacement.
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I FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE CACHE.RFS PROBLEM!!
http://www.fractionalphones.com/?p=121
i commited the mistake of partitioning the sd card using rom manager.....so then i tried this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745547
flashed the EU version , then i strggled going into dowload mode again....i finally got into download mode using adb ...and when i was flashing it , it suddendly stopped and then the phone to pc symbol appeared
i dont know what else to do...i've been up all night and the phone is not even mine :'( please help
also my phone seems to be locked ....
Can you get phone into download mode? Install odin and all windows drivers. Take out batt plug up usb hold vol up and down and put in battery. If that doesn't work there is a cable you can but that might force it into download mode
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stephenj37826 said:
Can you get phone into download mode? Install odin and all windows drivers. Take out batt plug up usb hold vol up and down and put in battery. If that doesn't work there is a cable you can but that might force it into download mode
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i"ve tried that but no luck =/
Can you get adb to work?
I had the same thing happen earlier, I was flashing back a stock ROM in Odin, which I have done before, and this time it was doing the cache files and the phone went black and removed from Odin, now this PC-Computer icon is up. Holding down the power-button just blanks for a second then puts back to the phone-pc screen, my phone was hardware locked so the power+volumes does nothing, and the computer won't recognize the phone in adb.
Mothafizzy said:
I had the same thing happen earlier, I was flashing back a stock ROM in Odin, which I have done before, and this time it was doing the cache files and the phone went black and removed from Odin, now this PC-Computer icon is up. Holding down the power-button just blanks for a second then puts back to the phone-pc screen, my phone was hardware locked so the power+volumes does nothing, and the computer won't recognize the phone in adb.
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exactly....we are having the same problem....we cant do anything but watch that damn sign
did you fix it?
sadly mine was that way and I had to get it replaced
nomadrider123 said:
sadly mine was that way and I had to get it replaced
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so i guess if you soft brick a hardware lock vibrant ur out of luck?
so you called tmobile to get a replacement?
El Cipitio said:
so i guess if you soft brick a hardware lock vibrant ur out of luck?
so you called tmobile to get a replacement?
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If you have tried everything twice and nothing worked .Don't mess around with customer services. You need to talk to tech services they got me a replacement
Download Mode trick.. it worked for me.
Ok guys! here you go.... If you feel like you semi-bricked your phone and cannot boot into download mode.. there is a trick that might work for some or it might not doesn't hurt to try, but damn sure worked for me... Make sure phone is connected to computer with ODIN Opened,..
1. Unplug your phone from usb
2. Take out battery (and mini sd and sim)
3. Plug usb back into phone.
4. Hold down up and down volume keys while putting battery back into the phone. IT SHOULD BOOT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE. if not sorry. Sometimes when people flash back and forth the up and down volume keys get reversed... so try volume down and power.. or volume up and power. GOOD LUCK!!!
tee34life said:
Ok guys! here you go.... If you feel like you semi-bricked your phone and cannot boot into download mode.. there is a trick that might work for some or it might not doesn't hurt to try, but damn sure worked for me... Make sure phone is connected to computer with ODIN Opened,..
1. Unplug your phone from usb
2. Take out battery (and mini sd and sim)
3. Plug usb back into phone.
4. Hold down up and down volume keys while putting battery back into the phone. IT SHOULD BOOT INTO DOWNLOAD MODE. if not sorry. Sometimes when people flash back and forth the up and down volume keys get reversed... so try volume down and power.. or volume up and power. GOOD LUCK!!!
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No luck, currently going through a relentless trial-error process of different usb-battery-sim/sd-volume-power buttons. Just found out insurance which I thought was covered on my phone via Asurion through T-Mobile is only covering one of the phones on my line, yet I bought them both with warranties at the same time... Pretty bummed, Only is looking like paying the deductable fee for a new phone as if lost/stolen.. Hope something pulls through.
Just a small deviation
1. Take out the battery
2. Plug the USB into the phone
3. Plug USB into the PC
4. Hold down the Volume up/down + Power button with one hand
5. Put the battery back in with the other hand
6. Wait for the phone2pc icon to flash 2 times and on the second time when the screen goes black release only the POWER BUTTON
7. When you see the digging Android you can let go of the Volume buttons
That is the only way I could get it to work
Today was I was watching the video on how to flash darky's resurrection.zip rom,
then zi tried flashing it to my wifes Vibrant , I folloeed the video step by step. I used odin I get the green light saying the phone passed then when it reboots it get stuck on the galaxyi900 screen and it doesnt boot up. Ive flashed the thing with odin at least 10 -15 times after and still no luck, it keeps getting stuck at the opening. My wife says if I dont fix it I have to buy her a new phone. Someone save me please!!!!!!
LMAO........... yeah my wife said the same thing...... sounds like you may have not disabled the voodoo lagfix before the flash.
you will probably need to flash back to stock. I am not sure what is stock on this phone I am going to assume it is the same Vibrant.
If you can get into recovery and you did have voodoo installed disable it. If not you can disable it on your phone and copy the folder and then load it into the internal sd card messed up phone and replace the old folder.
Then you may need to use Eugenes froyo that does not brick as a intermediary flash. if you can Odin that (use Odin 1.7) then when it you flash it do not check the repartition box. When it is beginning to reboot, do not let it fully reboot, pull the battery. Then Redo the Odin as described below:
Open Odin.exe and plug a usb cable to your computer that will connect to your phone (do not plug it in to the phone yet, just the computer)
Hold down both volume buttons at the same time and while holding them down plug the usb into your phone. You should see a COM message show up in Odin.
Leave all check boxes the way they are. Check the repartition box.
Click the PIT button and select the 512.pit file
Click the PDA button and select T959JFD.tar and then click Start
When it is done you will be back at stock. Then Root the phone and go from there.
still getting the loop! this phone is jacked up. I can enter download without pressing the power button, cause it turns on and off itself
My phone just keeps flashing the opening Samsung galaxy s gt-i9000
Oh good I don't know the pit or .tar files sorry
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Omar50 said:
still getting the loop! this phone is jacked up. I can enter download without pressing the power button, cause it turns on and off itself
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take the battery out, wait 30 seconds, plug the usb cable in, and then hold both the volume buttons and slide the battery in. Presto! Download mode.
This has saved me numerous times lol. Then just flash JDF like oka said
i dont have problem entering download mode. When I flash with odin I get a pass on it. but when the phone reboots it stays on the opening screen go on and off
i download the heimdall suite 1.1.1 and the necessary windows program to run it. when i plug my phone into download mode heimdall start button isn't accessable. am i missing something?
figured out hoew to get access to start button, dont use partition. now it gets error on recognizing the device. Im so frustrated right now I need a smoke!!!!!!!
Omar50 said:
figured out hoew to get access to start button, dont use partition. now it gets error on recognizing the device. Im so frustrated right now I need a smoke!!!!!!!
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Depends on what you smoke........
You may need the pit 513 file instead of the pit 512 file, these mapping files are a bit different and it may be a cause. Hard to know without seeing the phone
Also you could do a full wipe if you can get into recovery, wipe cache, phone reset and dalvik wipe (in advanced) then try That may work better for you.
It is recoverable.......... and also the best way to get your wife to calm down......... a romantic restaurant with candle light........ you go on Tuesday and she goes on Thursday........
Hope you get it fixed..........
thanks for the support but no luck I tried 513 pit nothing my phone still wont boot up I still get the opening screen then it shuts off and starts again.
im really having a bad day now i tried flashing the stock rom 2.2 with odin now the phone wont even power on! i guess its really a brick. i bought myself a paper weight
so i was reflashing to cm7 #71 last night and i always do a clean install by formating boot system and cache. after i formated the 3 idk why but i let the phone shut off.
now i am stuck at just the vibrant logo. i have tried getting into cwm and download mode with no success. i plugged it in to the computer to see if i can at least access to adb no help there either.
does any body have a solution to this on this?
Um, first question; why do you format /boot? No where in any directions do they tell you to format that as that's where you're kernel is located.
And, if you can't access dl mode with the hardware buttons, why didn't you headed the large red letters telling you not to use CM7 if you can't access dl mode without the hardware buttons?
Have.you tried vol+ vol- and then USB? If you're running gb bootloaders (which you shouldn't be), then I don't know the button combo.
But the only way to recover is by geting into dl mode and Odin back to jfd.
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I always format/ boot. Its a cleaner install and have no problems going from multiple kernel changes. I could get into download using button combo before I flashed. Now I cant
avengethis1 said:
I always format/ boot. Its a cleaner install and have no problems going from multiple kernel changes. I could get into download using button combo before I flashed. Now I cant
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try this always works. take battery out phone, plug in usb to pc and phone hold vol + and -, and insert battery at same time, should put u in download mode.
Assuming u have a froyo bootloader
1) Power down ur phone
2) hold volume up + volume down then plug ur phone to a PC or laptop....don't let go of two volume buttons...
3) should b in download mode...
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ive tried every combo i can think of. still just sits at vibrant. was able to make a jig that put it into DLM but then was getting reconized at all by my computer even with all the correct drivers..... i think i actually might be outta luck
You could get a JIG which will automaticly put it into download mode. It can be found here http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0053H73JQ/ref=redir_mdp_mobile/188-7446597-2980456
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yea i was able to make one for 2 dollars and it works beautifully just now i cant get the computer to reconize the phone. i have the right drivers loaded but its seeing it as some crazy junk
edit: well got all the drivers working. made a new better jig and was able to get odin to reconize it.
didnt flash though. seemed jammed up. so i took it off of odin which left the phone in the phone to computer screen( PROGRESS) plugged it back into the computer. odin saw it and presto! back up and running on JFD
Ditto
I have done the same thing! Sent you a pm... Let me know what driver config you had to use to get it working.
Thanks!
Sometimes my I5500 won't turn on.
This has already happened 2 times (with two different firmwares I5500XWJPL and I5503TTLPJP9). The phone shows absolutely no signs of life - screen is black, no sounds, nothing.
I tried everything: pressing VolumeDown+Center+Power, VolumeDown+Home+Power, with or without battery/SIM/charger/SD. Tried removing battery for 30 minutes, charging battery in external charger.
Sometimes when charger is connected, it shows green battery on the screen, but still won't boot.
Last times I spent several hours fiddling with it until it finally turned on..
Can someone tell my if there is a fast way to revive the phone next time this happens?
Maybe your arm11boot is damaged, but still partly working. You need replace that partition. I saw arm11boot partition image in one Russian FW. I can't remember actual name. You can try that, but caution. You might brick your phone compleatly!
sorry for reviving this thread.
but I got the same problem now. Tried to use ROM Manager to install CWM Recovery (following a blogpost explaining how to install a Custom ROM on the SG5). Might have accidentally clicked a different CWM Rec. version than I thought I did. However, ROM manager showed a message, telling me that CWMR was installed correctly.
So I wanted to boot into CWMR up to flash my device with the latest CyanogenMod 7 port from MADTeam. Used the "boot into recovery" option from ROM manager for that purpose. The next thing I know is my phone not reacting to anything.
Tried all methods mentioned afore (Vol- + Home + Power / Vol- + Center + Power, with/w.o. SD card and/or battery inserted). Screen keeps being off, no sign of life, phone wont even do anything when plugged to my PC or a charger.
The phone has been rooted properly before and was running Stock 2.1. Houston, we've got a problem.
Rigardi said:
sorry for reviving this thread.
but I got the same problem now. Tried to use ROM Manager to install CWM Recovery (following a blogpost explaining how to install a Custom ROM on the SG5). Might have accidentally clicked a different CWM Rec. version than I thought I did. However, ROM manager showed a message, telling me that CWMR was installed correctly.
So I wanted to boot into CWMR up to flash my device with the latest CyanogenMod 7 port from MADTeam. Used the "boot into recovery" option from ROM manager for that purpose. The next thing I know is my phone not reacting to anything.
Tried all methods mentioned afore (Vol- + Home + Power / Vol- + Center + Power, with/w.o. SD card and/or battery inserted). Screen keeps being off, no sign of life, phone wont even do anything when plugged to my PC or a charger.
The phone has been rooted properly before and was running Stock 2.1. Houston, we've got a problem.
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Take your battery out, put it back in and turn your phone on, then it will boot up into recovery mode. I also have this problem from time to time, sometimes it boots into recovery, sometimes not and i have to remove/replace the battery.
I actually thought that this might be a useful feature for say - if you wanted to upgrade a friends phone to cyanogenmod in the pub, for example.
did try that. now even had the battery removed for about an hour. put it back in. still no reaction on pressing the power button or one of the combinations that should put it into recovery or download mode. no sign of life when plugging the phone to my computer or the charger.
I do fear the worst, though I dont know how ROM manager was actually able to brick the phone that badly.
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did try that. now even had the battery removed for about an hour. put it back in. still no reaction on pressing the power button or one of the combinations that should put it into recovery or download mode. no sign of life when plugging the phone to my computer or the charger.
I do fear the worst, though I dont know how ROM manager was actually able to brick the phone that badly.
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In that case then this also happened to me - While exploring the rom manager application after first ever flashing my phone i accidentally selected the wrong phone model from the 'flash clockworkmod recovery' option and my phone was gone forever. Perhaps your problem is similar.
(Luckily it was under warranty and they replaced it. The method worked so well in fact it happened 'accidentally' a second time i acquired a 3rd i5500 out of the box )
bought mine already used, so no chance for a warranty replacement :/
gonna give it a shot with a usb jig now, maybe i can get the thing into d/l mode with that, so I can revive it with odin.
Rigardi said:
bought mine already used, so no chance for a warranty replacement :/
gonna give it a shot with a usb jig now, maybe i can get the thing into d/l mode with that, so I can revive it with odin.
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what about the Emergency DLoad Mode, which is not the Download Mode? Did you try it?
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how do I access emergency d/l mode?
UPDATE
I actually CAN get download mode (or what I assume it to be) running by pressing Vol- + Menu + Power (while Vol- + Home + Power wont do anything, nor does the USB jig that arrived today). Took me some time to discover this, as this doesnt seem to be the usual 3-button-combination used. BUT: while the phone is now recognized by my PC, it wont show anything on the screen.
Odin (tried 4.28 and 4.43 on both win7 x64 and x32 and everyting related to Kies shut down) does now detect my phone. However, it always gets stuck at "Setup Connection" when I try to flash the stock rom or CWMR. Tried different approaches (from starting DL-mode with the phone being connected to my PC to separately starting DL mode and then connecting, starting it up with the battery already being in place, starting it up with sliding the battery in place while holding the 3 buttons etc.), none of them gets me further so far.
Another hint I found was setting the Baud-rate of the Samsung mobile modem to 203400, but this, unfortunately, didnt change anything.
Anyone got a lead on how to get Odin finally started properly?
Rigardi said:
UPDATE
I actually CAN get download mode (or what I assume it to be) running by pressing Vol- + Menu + Power (while Vol- + Home + Power wont do anything, nor does the USB jig that arrived today). Took me some time to discover this, as this doesnt seem to be the usual 3-button-combination used. BUT: while the phone is now recognized by my PC, it wont show anything on the screen.
Odin (tried 4.28 and 4.43 on both win7 x64 and x32 and everyting related to Kies shut down) does now detect my phone. However, it always gets stuck at "Setup Connection" when I try to flash the stock rom or CWMR. Tried different approaches (from starting DL-mode with the phone being connected to my PC to separately starting DL mode and then connecting, starting it up with the battery already being in place, starting it up with sliding the battery in place while holding the 3 buttons etc.), none of them gets me further so far.
Another hint I found was setting the Baud-rate of the Samsung mobile modem to 203400, but this, unfortunately, didnt change anything.
Anyone got a lead on how to get Odin finally started properly?
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ops, sorry: I miss your previous message!!
Now I got it and read this last post.. let some time to think about it, I'll replay soon.. but, generally speaking, at this point there's not so much you can do..
If you can get it into Download or Recovery mode, then you should be fine.
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Rigardi said:
UPDATE
I actually CAN get download mode (or what I assume it to be) running by pressing Vol- + Menu + Power (while Vol- + Home + Power wont do anything, nor does the USB jig that arrived today). Took me some time to discover this, as this doesnt seem to be the usual 3-button-combination used. BUT: while the phone is now recognized by my PC, it wont show anything on the screen.
Odin (tried 4.28 and 4.43 on both win7 x64 and x32 and everyting related to Kies shut down) does now detect my phone. However, it always gets stuck at "Setup Connection" when I try to flash the stock rom or CWMR. Tried different approaches (from starting DL-mode with the phone being connected to my PC to separately starting DL mode and then connecting, starting it up with the battery already being in place, starting it up with sliding the battery in place while holding the 3 buttons etc.), none of them gets me further so far.
Another hint I found was setting the Baud-rate of the Samsung mobile modem to 203400, but this, unfortunately, didnt change anything.
Anyone got a lead on how to get Odin finally started properly?
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download mode is Vol - / Central Button / Power..
Im aware of that. However, Vol- + Menu + Power is the only key combination that the phone will react upon.
Anyway. Brought it to a mobile phone shop on friday, called them on monday and according to them, the phone should be fixed by tomorrow, wednesday. Seems like ROM manager has done damage that cant be undone without knowing how to handle a JTAG device. But at least its not completely broken. Learning that will cost me 25 Euros, though.
One final update to this: Got the phone back today, they were indeed able to fix it.
Conclusion:
While installing a non-fitting CWM-Recovery through ROM Manager will make your Galaxy 5 unfixable via Odin, it still can be saved by making proper use of a JTAG.
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One final update to this: Got the phone back today, they were indeed able to fix it.
Conclusion:
While installing a non-fitting CWM-Recovery through ROM Manager will make your Galaxy 5 unfixable via Odin, it still can be saved by making proper use of a JTAG.
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... for only 25 €!!!
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