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Help, its dead

My vibrant died today qq
I was trying to install an additional language, and pushed a libwebcore.so file to /system. Was doing that using a Terminal emulator
Probably did it wrong or whatever.... now, the phone boots to the Samsung vibrant screen and freezes like that.
I tried to enter download mode and flash the stock rom thats on this forum, but odin keeps saying "File analysis..."
Also *dont know if this helps* in the download mode screen, it says
"Appling Multi-CSC
Installing Multi-CSC"
Any help? Is my warranty voided? what do i do

thats not the download screen, that is the recovery screen. the download screen has a big triangle with an android and a shovel. you have to have your odin program up and running, first, then take your phone and remove the sim card and external sd card. once this is done, with the phone powered off, connect the usb cable to the phone from the computer. once connected, hold the volume down button down while pressing the power button. continue to hold the volume down button down until it loads into download mode. it will actually say download mode

basataom said:
My vibrant died today qq
I was trying to install an additional language, and pushed a libwebcore.so file to /system. Was doing that using a Terminal emulator
Probably did it wrong or whatever.... now, the phone boots to the Samsung vibrant screen and freezes like that.
I tried to enter download mode and flash the stock rom thats on this forum, but odin keeps saying "File analysis..."
Also *dont know if this helps* in the download mode screen, it says
"Appling Multi-CSC
Installing Multi-CSC"
Any help? Is my warranty voided? what do i do
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If you boot into recovery you should be able to open an adb shell and remove libwebcore.so. It's more than likely not bricked, but libwebcore.so is causing a bootloop, which results in a black screen and lit up touch buttons.

arghhh thanks for trying to help me out
I cant seem to enter download mode, it just stays on the vibrant black screen
and I can't do adb shell, because it shows the device is offline.
I'm losing my mind

Recovery mode, not download mode. Power + Volume Down + Volume Up. Hold all three till it says Vibrant, then let go.

In recovery mode, Odin just says "file analysis...."

You're not using odin, and besides, odin is for Download mode only. Recovery should give you options to Reboot, Reinstall Packages and a few others using the vol/pwr buttons on the phone, you should be able to access adb while the phone is in recovery mode.

hmmm Thanks for trying to help me, i really appreciate it.
I'm in recovery mode, and still says "error: device offline"

Well, crap. I forgot stock recovery isn't adb aware. You'll need to somehow push fakeFlash to the internal memory.
Not sure how to help you from here, but basically you're just going to need to get that new lib off the phone. May have to warranty it out.

This is really killing my brain cells
I just wish i could access download mode, but the bootlock is not letting me, i think
(check your pm bahnburner)

basataom said:
This is really killing my brain cells
I just wish i could access download mode, but the bootlock is not letting me, i think
(check your pm bahnburner)
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Checked and replied. Sorry you can't get to boot.

Would it be possible to get a clockwork recovery update.zip from someone and somehow get that on my sd (I know I probably cant mount it with the phone off) and then "reinstall packages"
Just wondering

I'm having the same problem
once i get into adb shell, what commands do I use to remove libwebcore.so?
UPDATE: I managed to reflash the stock firmware, however I'm still having the same problem. Any ideas?

Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/stl9 /system
rm -r /system/libwebcore.so

Try this.
1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off)
2. Don't turn it the phone on!
3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button!
4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen (turns the screen on when plugged in)
IF the phone screen does 'turn on' after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.
5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons.
6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black.
7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!
This *should* get you into Download mode. After that you should be able to use Odin to revert to stock, tar and instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
This fixed my 'odd' brick.

andershizzle said:
Try this.
1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off)
2. Don't turn it the phone on!
3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button!
4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen (turns the screen on when plugged in)
IF the phone screen does 'turn on' after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.
5. Now while it's on like this, hold the volume up and volume down buttons.
6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black.
7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!
This *should* get you into Download mode. After that you should be able to use Odin to revert to stock, tar and instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
This fixed my 'odd' brick.
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SO I'm having some difficulties, trying to revert back to stock using Odin, got into download mode, got the appropriate files from another thread, odin seems to be hanging on "file analysis", any suggestions?

How to get into Download Mode

Samsung Vibrant Download Mode
Method 1 (without ADB):
1. Take out battery, put it back in. (to turn the phone fully off)
2. Don't turn it the phone on!
3. Plug the phone into your PC, do not hit the power button!
4. See if the phone shows anything on the screen (screen turns on when plugged in) EX: Shows a battery, shows error messages if bricked, etc. Shows anything.
IF the phone screen does 'turn on' after being plugged in without you hitting the power button, so far so good.
5. Now while it's on like this, hold both the volume up and volume down buttons.
6. Hold the power button as well as the volume buttons until the screen goes black.
7. As soon as the screen goes black, let go of the power button! But DON'T let go of the volume buttons!
This is how I got into download mode to fix my 'odd' brick.
Method 2 (with ADB):
1. Turn your phone on
2. Go to Settings -> Application Settings
3. Enable Debug Mode
4. Plug your phone into your PC
5. Install Android SDK
6. Open Command Prompt
7. Type: cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
8. Type: adb reboot download
Either of these methods *should* get you into Download mode. After that you should be able to use Odin to revert to stock, tar and instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
Or flash anything with Odin.

I am in a situation where I rooted my phone but never made a recovery and now I did a factory reset and I only get a force close loop when booting and cannot do anything. I am not able to get into debugging mode to use ADB and the hardware buttons are not working any suggestions on how I can fix this
The only thing i did was remove some bloatware which is why I did not do a recovery since I wasnt removing anything important. Phone worked fine until I tried to do the factory reset now everything just force closes and cannot do anything

I turned my phone on then removed battey. hold vol up and down together then plug the phone in via usb to pc, should enter download mode after a few seconds (don't press the power button at all)I use odin to flash back to stock.

THANKS!
This saved my ass lol I was lookin at it like wtf? cuz odin failed and then when i reloaded and tried again nothing happened so i unplugged. I don't know what I was thinking when I did it, but I did lol.
Thanks again bro

sparks.calvin said:
I am in a situation where I rooted my phone but never made a recovery and now I did a factory reset and I only get a force close loop when booting and cannot do anything. I am not able to get into debugging mode to use ADB and the hardware buttons are not working any suggestions on how I can fix this
The only thing i did was remove some bloatware which is why I did not do a recovery since I wasnt removing anything important. Phone worked fine until I tried to do the factory reset now everything just force closes and cannot do anything
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just Odin back to stock and start over there is realy no other way to fix fc

OP: what youre doing in your hardware button combinajtion method is lettinf it boot, then pressing the up+down vol and doing a hardware reset (by holding power key). You can cut oout a step by holding tthe up down keys when you plug in. It should boot to download automatically.
Also, you should mention in your post that the button combination is different for people who flashed gingerbread bootloaders..
Another thing, i believe the newer android sdk moved the adb package to C:/android-sdk/platform-tools/ ..
To tthe person with the force close issue, read the OP, go into download mode and use odin to flash to stock.
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F**king vibrant

Ok I've looked everywhere, maybe not well enough but I have and I can't find the answer to my question. I installed the new official 2.2 on the 10th when it came out in canada here. My phone has worked "ok" for the past 2 days. (lots of new force closes and some major lag in some spots that didn't happen in 2.1) but that's besides the point. Today i was trying to set up a new wallpaper and all of a sudden the screen started flashing on and off. I couldn't do anything to stop it except pull the battery. Now when I turn on the phone it just flashes the opening screen that says "Galaxy S blah blah". and the only way I can stop that is pull the batt. I've tried hard resetting and all that but it always gets stuck at the openning screen. Now I'm still noobish to android stuff. Was too scared to flash anything before the official so if you have any advice that involves other programs/pc i'd appreciate a point in the direction of a walkthrough.
I'd hate to have to send it in and wait the 2 months it takes samsung canada to get it back to me.
Thanks.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732458

tried that, can't get into download mode. as soon as i plug it in it starts looping the boot screen.

canadianrider said:
tried that, can't get into download mode. as soon as i plug it in it starts looping the boot screen.
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Look up the "jig" solution. That will be guaranteed to set your device on Download Mode.

It was the same problem with my Vibrant. Solved with JTAG controller. But you'll waste your warranty in that way. Try jig solution first

Adb?
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ok i have android sdk/adb from when i pulled screen shots with 2.1 ... how could i use that to try and boot my phone

canadianrider said:
ok i have android sdk/adb from when i pulled screen shots with 2.1 ... how could i use that to try and boot my phone
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option 1
METHOD 2: STUCK AT VIBRANT SCREEN:
(and are not able to use vol+ vol- methods to access downloader/recovery)
You will need the samsung ADB drivers installed for your phone as well as ADB...
ACCESS DOWNLOAD MODE
1) remove back cover and take our sim card and sd-card.
2) take out the battery
3) hold ALL 3 buttons down at the same time. (Vol +, Vol -, Power)
4) while holding down those 3 buttons put the battery back in
5) continue holding all 3 buttons until the vibrant disappears and reappears... once it reappears, release all 3 buttons
6) Setup ODIN and get it all setup and ready... (if you are flashing your phone via odin)
6) now connect your phone to your pc via USB cable
7) open a cmd prompt and navigate to the folder with ADB and type ADB REBOOT DOWNLOAD
8) Your phone will reboot into the download screen... go back to ODIN - A com port should now appear for your phone...
9) Click start and wait for your phone to do its thing
Option 2
***First you must have ROOT***
Download Terminal Emulator from the Market
open terminal emulator
**you may need to change to default android keyboard for proper inputting
1.) type "su" and press enter
a dialog box will appear asking for root access and say yes (obviously)
2.) type "reboot recovery" and press enter
at that moment, ur phone should reboot into Download Mode to load Alternate firmwares for like Eugene's Vibrant4 ROM etc......
this it what it should look like...
#su
#reboot download
Option 3
or you can download and install quick boot from the market which you then can make a shortcut to reboot into recovery with just one click

Sometimes it takes more than one try to get into download mode. I just take the battery out for a little while. Put it back in and hold only the volume up and down buttons while it is off and plug in the USB cable.
One thing though, when holding down the up and down volume buttons, it is very easy to mistakenly press the power button because it is exactly opposite of it.

Cant enter Download mode

My friend has a i5801 which i recently had her change to the zhjpe 2.2 rom.
she does not like it so tried to flash back to the indian 2.2.
BUT ever since the flash to zhjpe, the default download mode switch combo does not work(Vol down+menu+power). BTW it worked on the indian 2.2.
What i've tried and failed so far
1. I rooted the phone (superOneClick) and installed terminal emulator. entered following command
su
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reboot download
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It says not found on second line
2. used the battery method:
remove cards and battery, insert usb, hold both volume keys (up+down) pop in battery with keys held...
boots into OS !!
i dont wanna try ADB...coz i cant get her phone physically now
any other method. please suggest.

You did it the wrong way!
Power off phone, hold home and volume down button, and press power button(you'll see the Samsung logo with GT-i5800/1)
Done.
You are in download mode, you can use Odin now
Alternate method
(Seems like you are rooted)
open terminal emulator
type "su" (without the quotes)
hit allow on the popup that asks for superuser permissions
next type "reboot download" (again no quotes)
Another way
power off
launch odin
connect data cable to phone and pc
power on phone
look closely at odin, in one second you'll see the yellow box, press start then and the phone enters download mode and flashing starts

I did try the commands, apparently they did not work. i shall try...anyway my friend seems sick of her phone's battery life and might even change it first chance she gets !!
anyway thanks for the replies

You can go into forced upload - switch off the phone, hold volume up, menu and power together and you go into forced upload. Set up just like for download mode and flash. Done!
Sent from my GT-I5800 using XDA App

Edit - please change menu to home.
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Hopeless....

there are 6 days from now...l have no recovery,download or fastboot mode...only this fu**ing LG logo...l can use adb commands on windows 8.1 but it not help very much because my device is not rooted and and can't run adb shell( device read-only error)...all l have to do is to root the phone, BUT HOW..I've tried manualy install root to get adb shell work...no chance...l have another laptop with ubuntu,but this time my device is attached offline on ubuntu terminal...HELP!I dont know what to do:crying:
edit:LG G2 F320L
is there some way to get fastboot mode working if i'm not rooted?...
edit2: 3 weeks and l found nothing for my phone:crying
edit3: 4 weeks and no chance to get my phone back ...

Which phone? Asking for help with zero info on what you're using and what you've done isn't likely to illicit much.
Just do a full reset (from power on) and then flash stock kdz.

LenAsh said:
Which phone? Asking for help with zero info on what you're using and what you've done isn't likely to illicit much.
Just do a full reset (from power on) and then flash stock kdz.
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sorry...F320L korean version
How can l do a full reset from power on?

Press and hold power button until it turns off. Then press and hold power button and volume down then power button thrice
Sent from my LG-D802 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

vPro97 said:
Press and hold power button until it turns off. Then press and hold power button and volume down then power button thrice
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l can't turn it off with power button...when l press it my device restart and lget LG logo..l can turn it off only if l pull the battery out.....tried this trick with physical button ....but it doesn't work:crying:

manager77 said:
there are 6 days from now...l have no recovery,download or fastboot mode...only this fu**ing LG logo...l can use adb commands on windows 8.1 but it not help very much because my device is not rooted and and can't run adb shell( device read-only error)...all l have to do is to root the phone, BUT HOW..I've tried manualy install root to get adb shell work...no chance...l have another laptop with ubuntu,but this time my device is attached offline on ubuntu terminal...HELP!I dont know what to do:crying:
edit:LG G2 F320L
is there some way to get fastboot mode working if i'm not rooted?...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142 , hope it helps bro , goodluck

l send my phone to LG service 2 day ago and they contact me today....bad news: my phone can not boot to the end and can't be recognized by any device(original LG tools and cables etc.) to be repaired.l have to send it back...... where the phone was purchased(Singapore)

I feel bad for you but hope you've learn a lesson, read more and more and more before doing anything to your phone. If you don't know or not sure or unclear, don't go for it yet.
Anyway, still under warranty?

votinh said:
I feel bad for you but hope you've learn a lesson, read more and more and more before doing anything to your phone. If you don't know or not sure or unclear, don't go for it yet.
Anyway, still under warranty?
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No warranty...and believe me that l always read before making something wrong with my phones...bad luck....my last hope it could be jtag solution but is expensive..

To switch off your phone. Hold the power button about 10 second. you will see screen completely black, or unplug your battery.
To do hardware reset for F320L. Press and hold power+ volume-, when LG logo appear release power button only and press power again. You can see Hard reset mode.
After that, if your phone still not reboot. Try to flash KDZ or TOT in download mode.
To access download mode : Press volume- and plug your phone to PC
If you can not access download mode. plug your phone to computer and check what driver you have in device manager. If you got only Qusb-Bulk. Its bricked completely.
If you plug your phone to Windows and got a lot of message come up to format it. press cancel and don't format it. then follow :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142

cccho said:
To switch off your phone. Hold the power button about 10 second. you will see screen completely black, or unplug your battery.
To do hardware reset for F320L. Press and hold power+ volume-, when LG logo appear release power button only and press power again. You can see Hard reset mode.
After that, if your phone still not reboot. Try to flash KDZ or TOT in download mode.
To access download mode : Press volume- and plug your phone to PC
If you can not access download mode. plug your phone to computer and check what driver you have in device manager. If you got only Qusb-Bulk. Its bricked completely.
If you plug your phone to Windows and got a lot of message come up to format it. press cancel and don't format it. then follow :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2582142
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with buttons combinations l can not get DL or recovery mode... driver shows LG Phone device in windows device manager...before, the led was flashing red but now is green all the time with LG logo on display...l send it to LG service in my country and they told me my device doesn't comunicate with repair tools..they haven't support for korean version, only europeans models....with windows 8.1 l can use adb commands but can't root the phone to use adb shell(root),so without root no chance to do something....with ubuntu 13.10(use wubi to get dual boot) l can see in terminal serial number but my phone appears to be OFFLINE...so no chance to do something with this method.....there is not support for LG G2 jtag....l'm depressed...3 weeks with no hope

Why haven't you sent it off yet mate?
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vPro97 said:
Why haven't you sent it off yet mate?
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when l'm using VRoot app ad ex....this app recognized my device lg g2 f320L , but the software is from F320s..so this avoid warranty...solution is to change the motherboard...but it is 250 fuc''g euros

Can you use adb to push file into /system folder ?
This is the only way to replace your build.prop file to change F320s to F320L

Well I am a bit confused... mostly because this isn't so clear...
When you hold power button it reboots, but if you continue to hold it, it will shut itself down.
It's this way on LG G2 D802 and should be the same on yours.
When it's shut down, hold volume down and then power, when you see the LG Logo release the buttons and hold again volume down and power button. This should get you to recovery...
Try it like this?
I play around with my G2 alot and I have had the LG logo issue several times.
I use PhilZ Touch Recovery and TWRP to backup valuable files.
PhilZ Recovery with AROMA File Manager and if that isn't set up I use TWRP Recovery.
You need a USB OTG connector for this...

cccho said:
Can you use adb to push file into /system folder ?
This is the only way to replace your build.prop file to change F320s to F320L
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heve to be rooted to do this ...and i can't root it

IrfanCore said:
Well I am a bit confused... mostly because this isn't so clear...
When you hold power button it reboots, but if you continue to hold it, it will shut itself down.
It's this way on LG G2 D802 and should be the same on yours.
When it's shut down, hold volume down and then power, when you see the LG Logo release the buttons and hold again volume down and power button. This should get you to recovery...
Try it like this?
I play around with my G2 alot and I have had the LG logo issue several times.
I use PhilZ Touch Recovery and TWRP to backup valuable files.
PhilZ Recovery with AROMA File Manager and if that isn't set up I use TWRP Recovery.
You need a USB OTG connector for this...
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no way to go to recovery or DL mode with physical buttons...when l hold down and power after l see LG logo ,my phone shows on display only chinese charaters....with power and volulme up + insert usb my phone shows download mode on display but it's not the really DL mode

manager77 said:
no way to go to recovery or DL mode with physical buttons...when l hold down and power after l see LG logo ,my phone shows on display only chinese charaters....with power and volulme up + insert usb my phone shows download mode on display but it's not the really DL mode
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Try this for getting to download mode it worked for me:
1.) don't push any buttons, just plug phone into computer using usb cable
2.) push and hold power button + volume up button
3.) do not let go when you see LG logo, continue holding
4.) after a few seconds you should be in download mode

hookinafish said:
Try this for getting to download mode it worked for me:
1.) don't push any buttons, just plug phone into computer using usb cable
2.) push and hold power button + volume up button
3.) do not let go when you see LG logo, continue holding
4.) after a few seconds you should be in download mode
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no chance to get DL MODE

there should be a way of doing it through linux???
restoring everything back to your phone