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Phone will not go into DL mode

I don't get it. When i try and get my vibrant into dl mode using this method -
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.) *Added this: Power off your phone before trying to get into download mode, and then....*
Hold down both volume buttons at the same time and while holding them down plug the usb into your phone.
- all that happes is a green battery bar comes up. Tried it on my roommates vibrant and it went straight into dl mode. WTF?
*EDIT - Phone is rooted and running the factory rom. I'm trying to install the JI6 update found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803492

I really don't understand why its so hard for people to get into DL mode.
Unless your soft bricked you don't need to go through all these steps.
'adb reboot download ' in adb is all you need to do.
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Your phone sounds hardware locked
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw

Alkaloid said:
I really don't understand why its so hard for people to get into DL mode.
Unless your soft bricked you don't need to go through all these steps.
'adb reboot download ' in adb is all you need to do.
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It's hard for me because i don't know much about command lines and such. I'm still new to this. My buddy is over here and he finally got it into dl mode by doing adb. So we're at least started

and now i'm soft bricked...

Do You have the samsung drivers installed to use odin ?
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw

dominoslave said:
It's hard for me because i don't know much about command lines and such. I'm still new to this. My buddy is over here and he finally got it into dl mode by doing adb. So we're at least started
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Well now you know, my friend.
It's really not hard to learn how to use ADB.
If you plan on messing around with your phone, you should definitely familiarize yourself with it.
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yeah, i installed the drivers last night along with odin. we were using odin to install the JI6 update and it stopped midway. the fact that we can only ude adb to get into download mode is frustrating since windows no longer recognizes my phone

Yeah I'm not familiar with adb enough to advise but you should be able to find what you need on this site if I find anything I think can help I'll post back good luck man
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw

now im soft bricked and i cant even go into download mode? what do i do.

Check the bible man its on the sticky by the way email thegreat520 you can search for him on this site I hear he's great at helping people when they are bricked
Still flashing , thanks to odin & tw

VooDoo bricked me, can't fix with Odin?

ok guys, i have unbricked my vibrant before after the OTA update about 5 weeks ago. i am pretty new at this smart phone stuff, but was pleasantly surprised i was able to get odin to fix the brick. about an hour ago i launched the stupid VooDoo in the OCLF app and the phone now will go as far as the animated galaxy "S", then go blank. i attempted the Odin flash about 5 times now with the same result each time, just boots up past the vibrant screen to galaxy S then goes blank. when the phone restarts or reboots after the odin flash a message in red reads DATA WIPE FAILED between a few yellow text lines. when i try to reinstall packages through boot screen i get the same message i got after the OTA brick, E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip now the phone was rooted with the OCLF before i launched VooDoo. can somebody help me out?!?

Odin back to stock. That should fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475

jnutz said:
Odin back to stock. That should fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
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I second this comment. Flashing back to stock shall help. I've soft brick my phone and unbricked it recently.
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Anybody else have an suggestions?? like i said in OP i have tried to flash back to stock, about 5-6 times now, all with the same result. phone goes blank after galaxy S screen and music. thanks

As mentioned in a million threads, you need to flash Eugene's "froyo that doesn't brick." Then flash whatever firmware you want.

flashed the froyo successfully from eugene. cool set up, major issue though, i have no application storage now. there are a ton of apps in manage apps and i cannot uninstall any of them. can i fix this somehow??

i'm going to try flashing froyo back in it so it works, not select repartition. then restart odin, select repartition and flash the old vj12 rar and see if that works

Never seemed to get the answer to this. What is the purpose of "Eugene's froyo that doesn't brick?"
Why do some people suggest flashing that, before they odin?
Did eugene take everything down from xda, I can't even find that anymore.

i actually found what i though was the froyo that doesn't brick but it was actually his jk2 version. i clicked Eugene's link on one of his posts and it took me to his site and thats were i got it. i did some searching and actually found the "froyo that doesn't brick", it fixed my baby! i couldn't do anything once flashed but i was then able to flash back to jdf then j16 and all is well. i have flashed like 10 roms into her since this weekend with success, i am back to running j16 with some extras as the games i play don't support 2.2

I'm trying to use Odin but my pc (win xp) is not recognizing my phone. Should i try another pc with vista or win7?

Did you install the drivers
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spyda23 said:
I'm trying to use Odin but my pc (win xp) is not recognizing my phone. Should i try another pc with vista or win7?
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+1 for the drivers.

spyda23 said:
I'm trying to use Odin but my pc (win xp) is not recognizing my phone. Should i try another pc with vista or win7?
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Check your driver and be sure you phone is in download mode.

jackhuny said:
Check your driver and be sure you phone is in download mode.
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When i'm in download mode, it doesn't recognize it. When i'm in recovery mode, Odin recognizes it. If i turn my phone on and plug it in, my pc recognizes it, drivers are ok.

Any answers, i could really use the help

what version of Odin are you running? not that it should matter. try pulling the batt, hold volume up and down, insert batt while volume buttons are pressed then plug in USB and wait for it to go into download mode then release buttons. see if Odin recognizes it then.

try a different cable too if above doesn't work

Turn your phone off open odin hold down volume up and down,now plug in the usb this will get you into dl mode now you need to flash Froyo ~~~That does not Brick! rom with odin. Right after you flash that get back into download mode open odin first then with the phone ( power the phone off give it a min, hold down the volume up and down keys, now insert the usb cord BAM download mode) flash back to whatever rom you want.

Hey I'm not so tech sabby could you help wit steps to do the same cuz kind of have same prob. With voodoo

Technowiz said:
Hey I'm not so tech sabby could you help wit steps to do the same cuz kind of have same prob. With voodoo
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Or you could do the same steps I have already given and it will work, you do know how to use odin right?
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think got a brick

phone wont charge and when usb in says mounting error any thoughts . should i try a jig

try Odin back to stock....can you get into download mode?

no stuck believe in clockwork recovery w mounting error

So you took the battery out then plugged it into usb held volume up and down put the battery back in and it goes to recovery and not download?
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ok....
open odin....
connect USB to PC but not phone....
shutdown phone....
hold both volume keys... then insert usb to the phone...
phone should go into download mode...odin SHOULD connect automatically...
load pit and tar files and go back to stock...

Technowiz said:
phone wont charge and when usb in says mounting error any thoughts . should i try a jig
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Heres a thought.... Why not learn how to do something simple as getting into download mode and using ODIN. WHY must you post the SAME THREAD 3 TIMES in 3 different sections of the VIBRANT FORUM. You're asking to get the ban hammer.

brian_v3ntura said:
Heres a thought.... Why not learn how to do something simple as getting into download mode and using ODIN. WHY must you post the SAME THREAD 3 TIMES in 3 different sections of the VIBRANT FORUM. You're asking to get the ban hammer.
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This
Sent from the Bermuda Triangle.

if you read i cant get to download mode stuck on recovery screen everytime i turn on posted that several times too

read this ..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
and/or
that... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
and dont double/triple post the same question in different section sir....its not cool

on the tar file do i leave it as a zip
or extract as well and create a folder?

and do i repartion

CAREFULLY READ the second link in my previous post....the extension of the .tar file should be .tar dont extract ****!!! load the .pit and .tar files!!!! go back to stock!!!!

now odin does not show phone connected but coputer notices the phone wat do i do

got it to download mode but odin doesent see it

unplug it then plug it in again
Nero +dow1.3+oclf

tried it again nothing

Close odin unplug phone open odin plug phone in
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Tonicacid said:
Close odin unplug phone open odin plug phone in
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yeah....and make sure you got the correct drivers and they're installed

odin stuck at cache rfs should this take a while

Just let it run
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Unbricked my phone without recovery mode

I apologize in advance if this has been posted before as I do not frequent this site much.
So I just tried to download 2.2 via kies and ended up bricking my phone. I followed it step by step so I don't know where I went wrong.
So in the process of me trying to unbrick my phone I tried to get into recovery mode with no success.
I got fed up trying to access download mode by vol. up/down and plugging in usb and decided to just go ahead and open Odin with the usb plugged into my phone and laptop still not in download mode.
On Odin it was on ID: COM 10 so i said screw it, I put in the pit and pda and hit start.
What do you know. it worked !
My phone is up and running now and I'm now trying to find an alternative way to get 2.2 on my vibrant.
Just wanted to share.

If you weren't in DL mode then what screen were you on?

The com number is unimportant. There is a deodexed stock version of 2.2 in the dev forum posted you could use that instead of Kies...... I would

I have only been able to access the phone via odin in download mode and the computer-phone mode, whatever its called.
These are the techniques I use to access d/l mode consistently. It depends on which software was installed prior to crash however, as they seem to alter the method somehow.
phone off then vol + and vol -, and plug in usb, the most common one. If that doesn't work, its usually phone off then vol - and power. This seems to be for the older versions of android. Also, keep the back cover off, because if it doesn't work, just pop the battery out and in.

leechdweler said:
I apologize in advance if this has been posted before as I do not frequent this site much.
So I just tried to download 2.2 via kies and ended up bricking my phone. I followed it step by step so I don't know where I went wrong.
So in the process of me trying to unbrick my phone I tried to get into recovery mode with no success.
I got fed up trying to access download mode by vol. up/down and plugging in usb and decided to just go ahead and open Odin with the usb plugged into my phone and laptop still not in download mode.
On Odin it was on ID: COM 10 so i said screw it, I put in the pit and pda and hit start.
What do you know. it worked !
My phone is up and running now and I'm now trying to find an alternative way to get 2.2 on my vibrant.
Just wanted to share.
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The ID: COM 10 means that Odin is communicating with your phone in download mode. lol

I thought I noticed this too a while back (when odin 1.8 leaked), but I figured my memory from the previous night's flashing was inaccurate. I'll remember to try if I've tried everything else to no avail.
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All~G1 said:
If you weren't in DL mode then what screen were you on?
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The screen on my phone: picture of a phone and a computer next to it.
So I guess this mean that I don't need to be on download mode on my phone in order to unbrick it. Sweet!
Now only if I could find an easy way to update to 2.2
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leechdweler said:
The screen on my phone: picture of a phone and a computer next to it.
So I guess this mean that I don't need to be on download mode on my phone in order to unbrick it. Sweet!
Now only if I could find an easy way to update to 2.2
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There is a very easy way to get to 2.2.
Root you phone, install CWM and flash a 2.2 rom. There is a Stock 2.2 ROM that will bring you back to un-rooted status if you are worried about warranty.

Bricked LG g2 d800 think soo

Hi guys,
I have LG G2 d800. try to restore back to jelly bean, and rooted the phone. meanwhile took the KK update and the problem starts from there. I read the forums about not taking the update once rooted. But I was too late for that. I read most the forums to fix but haven't found my problem fix.
here is the problem lies
I am on Cyanogen recovery on the screen. wipe out everything from the phone. even the cache partition.
My computer don't read the phone. adb is not working. tried to see the list of device on adb but shows unauthorized device.
only thing work sideload on adb. tried to install twrp recovery zip file or rom zip file. stuck on 47% . then it shows error.
I see there is a fix through twrp recovery. but my adb is not working. tried different drivers but wont give me dice.
any help on this highly appreciated. or you can guide me for that.
thanks in advance.

Here's what I did:
I grabbed SRKTool and nuked my download mode. Then when attempting to enter download mode I was instead kicked into fastboot. From there I flashed stock partition images, rebooted into download mode, and then was able to flash a stock kdz/tot with the LG software.
All data lost, but phone was unbricked. All of this software was run inside a virtual machine on a Linux or OSX box as well.
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Thanks for reply. let u know how I went through.
downloading srktool 2.1

dgranillo said:
Here's what I did:
I grabbed SRKTool and nuked my download mode. Then when attempting to enter download mode I was instead kicked into fastboot. From there I flashed stock partition images, rebooted into download mode, and then was able to flash a stock kdz/tot with the LG software.
All data lost, but phone was unbricked. All of this software was run inside a virtual machine on a Linux or OSX box as well.
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I downloaded the srktool2.1 but the problem is, it waiting to connect the device. my phone is cwm recovery screen but guess phone is not talking to the computer. so as I mentioned no adb connection.
anyother way to get back in life.

hemanshu025 said:
I downloaded the srktool2.1 but the problem is, it waiting to connect the device. my phone is cwm recovery screen but guess phone is not talking to the computer. so as I mentioned no adb connection.
anyother way to get back in life.
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I believe in SRK Tool you can nuke download mode two ways. One of which is while in download mode itself. Try entering download mode and selecting the proper option. Sometimes an unplug/replug is needed to get the phone recognized.

I did try. My phone is on Cyanogen screen. Try to plug and unplug but nothing happens. Tried SDK tool and tried to side load cm12 Rom but gets error after 47%. Don't know what to do.
In SRK tool after choosing options it stays on waiting for device. Nothing happen
s after that. Even plug n unplug.

Reboot into download mode. I believe you can also do it via adb with SRK Tool, but that is not what I did. There are two ways to build your download mode with SRK Tool. One of them is used when you are connected via download mode. That is the path I took.
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dgranillo said:
Reboot into download mode. I believe you can also do it via adb with SRK Tool, but that is not what I did. There are two ways to build your download mode with SRK Tool. One of them is used when you are connected via download mode. That is the path I took.
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My problem is, Phone is not talking with computer. I have started adb server and type adb devices and it came up with 09oikjn76568 unauthorized.
I believe my phone is not talking adb commands via computer. I have read here in some forum, your phone has to be on debugging. but in that case I my phone doesn't go beyond CYANOGEN RECOVERY.
Thanks for reply. If you have any other suggestion please let me know.

If you reboot into download mode you will bypass the debugging need.
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dgranillo said:
If you reboot into download mode you will bypass the debugging need.
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Kind of noob question. How you go in download mode. This is what I did to get in download mode. Turn off the phone and by holding power up button and same time pluging USB connected to computer. I booted into cyanogen recovery screen.
Am I doing right?
If not please let me know. Thanks for reply.
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Hemanshu_Patel said:
Kind of noob question. How you go in download mode. This is what I did to get in download mode. Turn off the phone and by holding power up button and same time pluging USB connected to computer. I booted into cyanogen recovery screen.
Am I doing right?
If not please let me know. Thanks for reply.
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Make sure the phone is off. Then, while holding the Volume-Up button, plug your phone into the usb cable.

That's exactly what I did but it boots back to cyanogen recovery.
Thanks for reply.

hemanshu025 said:
That's exactly what I did but it boots back to cyanogen recovery.
Thanks for reply.
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Do you mean TWRP recovery? Make sure you are not pressing the power button when you are hold the up volume button ....... It should go immediately to download mode when you connect it via usb if your download mode isnt nuked ........ then u can flash back to stock using TOT method.