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F'd up my vibrant i could use some help!!

hi guys... so i don't know how i got this vibrant soooooo far gone .. im afraid i have gotten it too far...
i was doing a odin back up and odin froze!... i did nothing for hours!!!! finally i shut off the program.... the phone rebooted into a screen with a picture of a phone with a triangle then dots to a computer!!!
omg!!! so im freaking out.. anyone know if there is a way back from this?? i can't even get back into recovery mode!!
please any help will do......

there was a thread about that issue, turn off your phone, unplug the usb cord, plug the usb cord. hold vol up and vol down and the power button. it will come on but when it goes off release the power button and keep holding down the vol up and vol down. should go into auto download mode. then u can reload it via odin.

xsilvercivicx said:
hi guys... so i don't know how i got this vibrant soooooo far gone .. im afraid i have gotten it too far...
i was doing a odin back up and odin froze!... i did nothing for hours!!!! finally i shut off the program.... the phone rebooted into a screen with a picture of a phone with a triangle then dots to a computer!!!
omg!!! so im freaking out.. anyone know if there is a way back from this?? i can't even get back into recovery mode!!
please any help will do......
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this is normal just continue to download mode as normal.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=741027

you can save your device through odin, plug your phone in to your computer and try to go into download mode may take a couple tries, and flash the stock ROM you can find on these forums

i have already tried the sequence to get it into download mode... it doesnt work... tried adb and nothing registers....
anymore ideas? looks like im going to have to do a warranty exchange.

The only way I can reliably get to download mode is: power off, remove battery, replace battery, hold both vol buttons, plug in usb. works every time though.
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ok so that actually worked!!!! i pulled the battery ... pluged the usb cable in and while holding volume up and down buttons i forced the battery in.. and now its in download mode!!!!
now here is my next road block.. whenever i tried to use odin i cant get pass that file analysis part and nothing happens..
any ideas? i looked it a thread and it said to reboot my computer into safe mode and disable digital driver sig.. still not working..
ideas on how to get pass the file analysis part?

Best way for us to help you, is for you to help yourself first, educate yourself and post this in the right forum please and we would all be more than gracious to help you out

sorry
hey guys thanks for all the help and suggestions... at first i just thought i would post in a development sections for some reason that made sense to me.. and im sorry if i posted in the wrong section....

xsilvercivicx said:
ok so that actually worked!!!! i pulled the battery ... pluged the usb cable in and while holding volume up and down buttons i forced the battery in.. and now its in download mode!!!!
now here is my next road block.. whenever i tried to use odin i cant get pass that file analysis part and nothing happens..
any ideas? i looked it a thread and it said to reboot my computer into safe mode and disable digital driver sig.. still not working..
ideas on how to get pass the file analysis part?
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are you using a .pit file? and if so is it the right 512 .pit file?
if both those are yes, delete the one on your system and re-download it.
I had this same exact problem a few weeks back Odin would hang on the pit file, just redownloaded and it worked like a charm.
and just a quick reminder of everything out for the Vibrant right now
Only stock firmware use the 'PDA' option a pit file, and re-partition
froyo firmware use the 'PDA' option and a pit file, no re-partition
JACs kernels use the 'CSC' option and no pit file, no-repartition

i have a Bell Vibrant and all the methods don't work. i tried the 3 button (remove batt,place in batt, plug USB, wait for the the ''star" to appear, hold VOL+/- and POWER and wait for the screen to turn off, release POWER, but it just goes back to recharging screen. tried it 40 times
tried the power off, remove battery, replace battery, hold both vol buttons, plug in usb. no go as well.
ANything else? I'm stuck at the boot screen (the 'S' glowing part).

This is what always works for me.
Unplug your USB from your phone
Makes sure ODIN is ready to go on your PC
Hold down the Down Volume and Power until the download screen comes on
Then plug your USB back into the phone

fire up odin
pull your battery
connect phone to pc WITH THE BATTERY OUT
hold volume up+down and power
put battery in while still holding those buttons
the screen will light up with....something. Wait for the screen to blink and then release the buttons.
You are now in download mode!

i will try those methods. Thanks.
crap, still no. just keeps showing the battery charging. i remember rescuing my htc magic so many times, but no go on this guy.....
Odin all fired up when doing this......

Deliximus said:
i will try those methods. Thanks.
crap, still no. just keeps showing the battery charging. i remember rescuing my htc magic so many times, but no go on this guy.....
Odin all fired up when doing this......
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Did you make sure that the USB was unplugged when you used my method of holding down the volume down button and power button together until the download screen came up?
If you are familiar with ADB. You can also power your phone on and then plug in the USB and then type in the command line:
adb reboot download
to get it to reboot into download mode.
You can also use this command from the recovery console if you are able to get to it.

mesajoejoe said:
Best way for us to help you, is for you to help yourself first, educate yourself and post this in the right forum please and we would all be more than gracious to help you out
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Dude, the Vibrant is new to us all. None like it. So dev wise its harder to explain and understand when we are used to coming from a one press method, now were using Odin, and Thor's hammer to flash our phones, which is god awful, no pun intended.
Dont flame your fellow Vibrant user cause he doesent understand the 613 steps it involves, and every other way to do so. Help the kid.
I am also in this position, just using a finger in the socket method, if its on it'l shock me, know what i mean. Just try it all. I have a feeling its getting harder and harder to brick phones because the manufacture is not retarded, they fix them right back, and ship them back out to customers who need replacements. I know this as a friend works at an AT&T shipping warehouse.
So cant we all just hit a bong, or get a long? And help?
If someone could explain all this 512PIT, PDA, and CSC, and Phone. It would help so much, sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Just sayin.

"Oh man, I am so high right now, i have no idea whats going on."
-Towelie

aloxotls said:
Did you make sure that the USB was unplugged when you used my method of holding down the volume down button and power button together until the download screen came up?
If you are familiar with ADB. You can also power your phone on and then plug in the USB and then type in the command line:
adb reboot download
to get it to reboot into download mode.
You can also use this command from the recovery console if you are able to get to it.
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Yeah man, i'll try it again!! And when do I start typing (sending out the adb command) when the power turns on? Thanks.
Question is: when i press power+vol Down, the boot splashscreen comes on (Galaxy S etc etc).....

I am sorry you have a Bell Vibrant, it is a little different than my phone. I found this hope this helps
HOWTO GET INTO DOWNLOAD-MODE:
- Turn off your Phone
- Hold VOLUME DOWN + HOME Buttons
- While holding VOLUME DOWN + HOME Buttons press POWER Button until you reach Download-Mode
- Release all Buttons
I also read that some of the Bell Vibrants had their Download/Recovery mode disabled.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754673&highlight=bell
As far as the adb command I would start as soon as it powers on. It will say "error:device not found" at first, but just keep on hitting arrow up and hitting the enter in the command window until it accepts the command.
Good Luck

ji6 update no com message in Odlin after plugging in holding both volume buttons.

Anyone run into this? Did a search on the forum but got nothing...
This is what I am following
Step 1.) 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)
Step 2.) 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.
Step 3.) Leave all check boxes the way they are. Do NOT check the repartition box.
Step 4.) Click the PIT button and select the 512.pit file
Step 5.) Click the PDA button and select T959UVJI6.tar and then click Start

This true?
STEPS:
1. Power down phone with no USB cable connected.
2. Once you see “good bye” connect USB cable.
3. Wait till battery indicator is visible, and you can see the current charge in green.
4. Hold vol+ and vol-.
5. Press power until screen goes black, then let go of power only.
6. Should see the yellow digger.
7. Once your in download mode open up Odin v1.3:
8. Uplug your USB Cable and plug it back in until you see a Green COM port show in Odin
9. Check PDA under Files [downloaded]
10. Press PDA button and point this to the .tar file extracted from the firmware update. (T959UVJI5(FUS).tar)
11. Press Start and be patient you will see progress bars on your phone and in Odin if all is working properly.
http://www.molotovbliss.com/android...amsung-galaxy-s-vibrant-gps-fix-without-keis/

Whats the phone usb setting suppose to be? I've tried Media player, mass storage and samsung Kies with no luck.

It doesn't matter what your phone's USB settings are. You have to make sure you have the Samsung drivers loaded on your PC. And, you have to make sure you're in download mode. Here's the process the I follow (copied from somewhere on here I'm sure, sorry I can't give proper credit), it's worked for me every time:
1. Start ODIN Odin3. [Android + SLP], through ODIN select the .pit file from the ROM you want to flash.
2. Hit "PDA" button, and through ODIN select the .tar file from the ROM you want to flash.
3. Plug your TURNED OFF PHONE into the USB cable
4. Wait for the Battery/ charging indicator to start
5. 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.
6. If a COM port has turned Yellow in ODIN, then the device has been recognized. If it hasn't, unplug and plug your phone back in (I always have to do this).
7. Don't select any options other than what's set at default unless the particular ROM's instructions say otherwise.
8. Hit Start and be patient, it 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:
9a. Turn your phone off by pulling the battery.
9b. CLOSE ODIN
9c. Start at step 1 again.

Dave08 said:
It doesn't matter what your phone's USB settings are. You have to make sure you have the Samsung drivers loaded on your PC. And, you have to make sure you're in download mode. Here's the process the I follow (copied from somewhere on here I'm sure, sorry I can't give proper credit), it's worked for me every time:
1. Start ODIN Odin3. [Android + SLP], through ODIN select the .pit file from the ROM you want to flash.
2. Hit "PDA" button, and through ODIN select the .tar file from the ROM you want to flash.
3. Plug your TURNED OFF PHONE into the USB cable
4. Wait for the Battery/ charging indicator to start
5. 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.
6. If a COM port has turned Yellow in ODIN, then the device has been recognized. If it hasn't, unplug and plug your phone back in (I always have to do this).
7. Don't select any options other than what's set at default unless the particular ROM's instructions say otherwise.
8. Hit Start and be patient, it 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:
9a. Turn your phone off by pulling the battery.
9b. CLOSE ODIN
9c. Start at step 1 again.
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Thanks a lot.

In my case the phone is recognised by Odin 1.3 only in recovery mode. When I get into a Download mode no yellow com message and I can disconnect and reconnect as many times as I want to no avail. And I have USB drivers installed and I can do "adb reboot download" as well. This is when I do all this with the phone off. When I do it with the phone on, it will be recognised by the Odin, but after I choose the pit and the rom and click the "Start" it will go int SetupConnection and then "All threads completed (succeed 0/failed 1)

Seems like I am having trouble even getting into the download mode the phone just boots up as regular, trying to reinstall samsung drivers right now.

now I am getting this
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
grRRRRR

Yeah no matter what I do my phone just seems to boot into regular mode.

ludeboye said:
Yeah no matter what I do my phone just seems to boot into regular mode.
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Try this plug the usb cable into the computer with you phone off hold vol up + down and plug usb into the phone .
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ludeboye said:
Yeah no matter what I do my phone just seems to boot into regular mode.
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I had problems with ODIN my first time too. First of all, are you running windows 7? If so you need to download and install the correct drivers. There is a thread on xda with both the 32 and 64 bit drivers. Another thing, I have readwhat seems like a dozen different methods for getting into download mode, but only ONE has ever worked. Plug your phone up to your computer and wait for the battery charging icon to completely show up... THEN hold down both volume buttons and power on. Let go of ONLY the power button when the screen goes black. A few secs later you should be in download mode. As for ODIN not seeing your phone it really sounds like you just need the drivers installed. Make sure "usb debugging" is turned on in settings> applications> development. One other thing to note, once in download mode with ODIN up and running you MUST unplug your device from the usb then plug it back in. Once you do this ODIN should see your phone. Now you should be good to go! I hope this helps and good luck!

Tried that, tried this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxearzXrVY
No luck, this is really frustrating argh

I can get into download mode and my drivers that I have downloaded from Samsung site allow me to do adb shell stuff. So I assume that the driver is OK.
But no luck being recognised by Odin and only in the Download mode.
Really strange.

xxwhitehawk said:
I had problems with ODIN my first time too. First of all, are you running windows 7? If so you need to download and install the correct drivers. There is a thread on xda with both the 32 and 64 bit drivers. Another thing, I have readwhat seems like a dozen different methods for getting into download mode, but only ONE has ever worked. Plug your phone up to your computer and wait for the battery charging icon to completely show up... THEN hold down both volume buttons and power on. Let go of ONLY the power button when the screen goes black. A few secs later you should be in download mode. As for ODIN not seeing your phone it really sounds like you just need the drivers installed. Make sure "usb debugging" is turned on in settings> applications> development. One other thing to note, once in download mode with ODIN up and running you MUST unplug your device from the usb then plug it back in. Once you do this ODIN should see your phone. Now you should be good to go! I hope this helps and good luck!
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Yeah I am on 7 64 bit, installed the samsung 64 bit drivers. I will try this 2-3 times I guess. I hear some newer vibrants are locked from using hardware keys to get into download mode.... true?

ludeboye said:
Yeah I am on 7 64 bit, installed the samsung 64 bit drivers. I will try this 2-3 times I guess. I hear some newer vibrants are locked from using hardware keys to get into download mode.... true?
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Honestly I wouldnt mess with a hw locked phone . You should try to get it replaced . There is an adb command to get to download mode if you want to try that .
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When I first used ODIN, it didnt recognize my phone either. After open device manager on my pc (windows vista), I saw that I was missing a Gadget Serial Control driver. I had a lot of trouble finding it, but read in an android forum that Samsung NPS was needed to use ODIN. I dont think that is true, but I installed it and found that I had all my needed drivers. JI6 flashed without a problem at all.
As far as d/l mode. I removed sd and sim cards. Have USB plugged into computer with ODIN opened. hold Vol + and vol - simultaneously while plugging the USB into the phone. D/L mode should come up automagically. If it doesn't, you will need to find the thread on how to go into it via ADB.
Hope this helps...

Another option is remove battery press and hold volume up and down plug in usb put in battery and the phone should go into download mode
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If you're not using Odin3 version 1.3 you should give that a try. Seems more stable to me, others say the same. See forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790026 (I can't post a working link since I'm a newbie here).

Odlin recognizes my phone no problem, I think its hardware locked "3 button issue" that prevents me to get into download mode. Now I need to figure outif its possible to get into download mode without pressing buttons.

Ok if you can use abd to get to download mode tar file has been created today that fixes hw locked phones Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=802763&page=2
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help please. bricked vibrant after oclf

ugh im tired of bricking my vibrant
so i have obsidian v2 and I installed OCLF 2.2+ and now i'm stuck at the vibrant screen. i only had 3 apps on my SD card and i moved those over to the phone storage.. then i went ahead and did the lagfix... it said it was done successfully and then restarted but now i'm stuck at the vibrant screen
did i do something wrong?? (obviously i did but what? lol)

Do you know how to use odin if not you should start reading up on it. To get into download mode open odin, now take your battery out of your phone then put it back in, hold the volume up and down button, now plug in your usb cord that should be plugged into your pc you should see download mode now fix your phone with odin now I let go of your hand
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I dont think there is a working LagFix for Obs.V2, odin back to stock and start over. This time dont try to lagfix.

yeah i was hoping not to have to do that (again) lol

Download Mode after phone ! PC symbol
odin failed and now i have the phone---!----pc icon.. i've tried all the methods of trying to get into download mode but nothing happens.
i'm pretty sure i don't have the hardware locked version because i got the phone prior to launch
nevermind!
I did the following:
1. take out the battery, sim and microSD
2. put battery in
3. ONLY hold vol down & power
4. plug in the USB and voila...download mode!
every method I read suggested using vol up+vol down.. none of those worked for me

Don't worry..read on
disturkis4u said:
odin failed and now i have the phone---!----pc icon.. i've tried all the methods of trying to get into download mode but nothing happens.
i'm pretty sure i don't have the hardware locked version because i got the phone prior to launch
nevermind!
I did the following:
1. take out the battery, sim and microSD
2. put battery in
3. ONLY hold vol down & power
4. plug in the USB and voila...download mode!
every method I read suggested using vol up+vol down.. none of those worked for me
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I got the same scary looking screen last weekend too but be patient!
FIRST: MAKE SURE you have the proper android driver installed in the PC!
SECOND: open control panel>device manager, if you see the T959 or something like android device under USB sub menu then you are good to go.
Then continue repeating what you had done: keep vol up&down after battery in, USB cable in, download screen on, release vols, either open Odin app before or after.
LAST: BE BRAVE! I almost gave up after going to three different local stores and none knew what to do

Did I Brick It? $20 Reward

Moving up from an Eris to the Fascinate. Rooted the phone successfully via reboot, SuperUser Icon.
Went to install Clockworkmod, put phone in Download mode, ran Odin said failed first try so I tried it again, didn't attempt to install clockwork phone rebooted and immediately went to the phone, triangle pc icon (bad right).
So I can't get the phone back into download mode. I can only get recover via battery pull, plug in usb cable, power on phone and then hold up volume and power button and I'll get to recovery. Reboot in recovery does nothing, update.zip comes up with an error and factory reset and clear cache do nothing. PC will not recognize phone via USB so I don't know what to do...
$20 Paypal to the first poster that can get me back on track. Detailed instructions/ideas please.
TIA

Have you tried the same steps that you use to get into recovery, but with the down volume button instead?
Sent from my SCH-I500 with Dirrk's LV 1250 voodoo lagfix installed.

Yes, it goes from the battery charging Icon (once I first plug it into the usb and power on).
If I hold up volume and power it goes to recovery.
If i hold down volume and power it goes to phone, triangle, pc icons.

Hokay.
Pull your battery and usb cable.
Leave your battery out.
Hold DOWN VOLUME and plug in usb cable, while odin is running in background.
Welcome to download mode.
Insert battery.
Continue with Odin madness.

OK, that worked, now my PC is recognizing the device a serial item and it's not coming up in Odin?

re-open odin.

Nothing still, feels like a PC, driver issue now....

tmoneyr007 said:
Nothing still, feels like a PC, driver issue now....
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32-bit = wikifilez (replace with .com) /root%20files/epic4g/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
64-bit = wikifilez (replace with .com) /root%20files/epic4g/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip

As you have obviously had it working before, have tried restarting your computer....can you use adb when in recovery mode?

I got you back to download mode, what do I win

Whats the update after rebooting?

adrynalyne said:
I got you back to download mode, what do I win
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I'm all good, rooted, clockwork, super clean rom. Thanks Forum
Beer money in your Paypal, I honor my offers!
Thanks

You need to post what fixed your problem so others can be helped in the future

Tried a friends computer, installed 32 bit drivers (my PC is Win 7 64bit and it didn't like recongizing the phone).
Run Odin
Pull Battery
Hold Down Volume button
Plug-In USB Cable
Download mode began
Installed Battery
Ran clockwork via Odin PDA
Installed, rebooted correctly
Happy Ending, Beer money for the help and I got my phone squared away!

Just for future reference, if you have the correct drivers installed win7 64 bit works fine....that is what I have as welll...glad you got it

adrynalyne said:
I got you back to download mode, what do I win
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Victory!!!!

I had this problem before. Odin didnt want to do its job if I put the phone in download mode with the data cable plugged in.
You could try unplugging the data cable.
Pull the battery.
Put the battery back in.
Hold volume down and do a short press of power maybe like 1 second long.
wait till it goes into download mode.
Open Odin.
Plug in phone.
That should work. It would fail every time for me if I didnt do those steps.
Hope it helps!
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guys my phone had that triangle of death, but after doing the instructions here i got it into download mode and downloaded all the files from the odin thread and did the reset and now it's just stuck at the samsung screen flashing over and over... can someone help me?

itzjonjon69 said:
guys my phone had that triangle of death, but after doing the instructions here i got it into download mode and downloaded all the files from the odin thread and did the reset and now it's just stuck at the samsung screen flashing over and over... can someone help me?
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Did you use odin3 one click back to stock?....if so either flash again or download again. Sometimes things get corrupted.

newter55 said:
Did you use odin3 one click back to stock?....if so either flash again or download again. Sometimes things get corrupted.
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i used odin3, i re downloaded everything like 5x's and its still stuck on the samsung screen and just reboots over and over... I think i really ****ed this one up :/ called verizon should get a replacement here tomorrow

so we all seen this before...

yes I majorly effed up. installed a rom or at least attempted to. Rbooted device then got thrown into the endless boot and reboot mode. powered off device then back on. same deal. put my phone into download mode by pressing the volume up and down combo and it worked. okay went into odin and went to flash and effed up once again. now Im stuck on the |PHONE--/!\--PC| logo. read up on all posts in here about it people have had success but i am not one of them. my phone isnt hardware locked since I was able to get into download mode via key the three key press. what on earth have i done? shoul I call it in and have it replaced or try something elese. oh and wehen I plug my phone into pc it downloads th drivers it needed but doesnt show as connected. ugh what am I doing wrong?

The phone pc logo is the download mode. Odin away back to stock. Just press start on Odin.

how? which buttons should I nnot check off and how to i flash to stock? im a effen noob and played with fire when I shouldnt have

odin will not detect my phone.

jaquaslife said:
odin will not detect my phone.
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1. Power your phone off all the way.
2. Unplug the cable.
3. Fire up ODIN (as admin if you have vista/7)
4. Hold vol. up and down, and plug USB into phone.
5. ODIN should now detect your phone, and you will be in download mode.

Longcat14 said:
1. Power your phone off all the way.
2. Unplug the cable.
3. Fire up ODIN (as admin if you have vista/7)
4. Hold vol. up and down, and plug USB into phone.
5. ODIN should now detect your phone, and you will be in download mode.
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Plus pull the battery and take out the sim and the sd card then do the above Read up on the sticky in the Gen section S15274N did the posting has all the info for you there

i did get back in AND ROOTED WITH BIONIX 1.3.1.

jaquaslife said:
i did get back in AND ROOTED WITH BIONIX 1.3.1.
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First time that happened to all of us, I'm sure we all freaked out for a bit, but now you know how to pretty much fix any soft brick, not so scary now.

This phone is damn near impossible to brick...glad things worked out!

I was up till 330 am. Was definetly a scare. But thanks for the help now off to enjoy it
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