Okay,
There is a growing number of us XDA members on the Vibrant platform who have just bricked out phones. Save for other DEV tools, which I have not used, do not have access, and do not know how to use, for all intensive purposes, this phone is Br'iKTed ! ! !
Here are the series of events
1. flashed the latest Bionix
2. Worked great, some bugs, but for the most part without incident.
3. Flashed new DOW Kernel,
4. worked great for 2 days.
5. then on night 2, the phone was stuck on the DOW Green robot screen
6. could not get into Recovery mode (none of the recovery modes)
7. Phone would not boot
8. ODIN back to stock
9. After Vibrant screen, the phone turns off. No soft keys, Nada!
10. Flashed JI5, Ji6, Eugene's Non Bricking Froyo (ODIN Files)
11. Same result, Turned off after Vibrant
and
12. still cant' get into recovery
I am having problems with the phone starting up and loading what I flashed.
I flashed JI5 Ji6, and Eugene's non bricking Froyo Rom
These 3 are the only ones I was able to find that is ODIN flashable
Why you ask?
I cannot get into Recovery, but I can get into Download mode. I can't get into any recovery at all. NOTHING. This is why ODIN seems to be my only option.
But regardless of any ROM i flash, my phone shuts off right after the Vibrant screen. No splash screen, no loading, no booting. .Nothing. It just shuts off.
I can't charge it either.
i get a Charging bootloop. HOurglass - battery shows up for a bit, then restarts over and over.
So in other words. it's ****ed.
Hope that explains it sufficiently. if you have any more questions or suggestions, Im open man, Im open.
Help me
So I'm not sure how DEVs would like to proceed on this.
TW (I've always loved your roms. Been following you since the first BIONIX 1.8)
Morific (If it's the Kernel, i'd like to know about it)
Thanks for reading guys. I wanted to give everybody a heads up.
I don't know what the problem is, but I do know that the phone does not work.
I'd appreciate some suggestions or anything.
And to inform the community that this problem is out there. I hope there aren't any more bricked phones.
Cheers,
have you tried using odin with the repartition checked
Yes I have.
Tried it with/ Without. Using Just the Tar file, using just the base file. I've tried it all.
Thanks
a4 moda said:
Yes I have.
Tried it with/ Without. Using Just the Tar file, using just the base file. I've tried it all.
Thanks
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have you tried to odin to ka6 or ka7? something with a bootloader
not to be that guy, but how does this pertain to development? This sounds to me like an individual case of something going wrong and not an overarching issue with current available software. Just in case I am wrong I am flashing Bionix, and the DOW kernel myself to see if I end up with the same issue. My suggestion is flash back to stock, and exchange your device for a new one from T-Mobile.
I totally understand what your going through. I'm having the exact same problem, the DOW kernel flashed ok but then it didn't want to come off and it totally has my phone stuck on that damn green robot screen.
I soft-bricked my phone once by pulling USB cable immediately after ODIN forced my phone to reboot after flashing. It was the first time I ever ODIN'ed my phone, and thought the reboot (ODIN calls it reset) was the final step of flashing, and unplugged the USB cable. Anyway the phone did not initiate final step of the installation of JFD image, and went into boot loop. You can't imagine how freaked I was. It wouldn't go into recovery mode even if I pressed volume up, down and power combo, because it didn't stop rebooting right after the Vibrant logo. I am not sure if bootloader was not installed correctly, though. But I kept the phone rebooting for a while to see what happens. No luck. Eventually, I followed someone's instruction, and pulled my battery out, plugged USB to my laptop and to my phone, started ODIN, and popped in the battery. The phone immediately restarted into download mode, and I was able to flash the phone again.
My experience may not help you as it appears that you are able to flash ODIN-flashables, at least. But I hope this helps someone who's experiencing similar issues. And I would try downloading a JFD image and verifying MD5 before flashing. It could be bad downloads of the image files.
Try to go to eugenes forum and he has a file to download...it is his unofficial jk2 froyo rom. Don't use the old "froyo that does not brick" Try to flash that in ODIN. I just used it tonight when I got stuck in stock recovery with a MBR Check sum failure. That should get u back to where u can fix ur phone. Also I don't click the repartition button in ODIN just causes problems for me. If u need anything feel free to P.M. me.
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STiGLOGiC said:
not to be that guy, but how does this pertain to development? This sounds to me like an individual case of something going wrong and not an overarching issue with current available software. Just in case I am wrong I am flashing Bionix, and the DOW kernel myself to see if I end up with the same issue. My suggestion is flash back to stock, and exchange your device for a new one from T-Mobile.
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Completely reasonable. This pertains to development because if there is an endemic problem with one of our ROMS or KERNELS (not pointing fingers, just pointing out the possibilities that I know of, there could be more), people in our community need to know. Hence, I titled it "PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT"
Thanks. I hear you about Tmobile. I'd rather not have to dump my problem on Tmobile if I can fix it, because I flashed the rom. Despite the fact that Tmobile JFS leaves something to be desired, they did deliver me a working phone. So i'd like to exhaust all possibilities before calling it quits.
hackman17 said:
I totally understand what your going through. I'm having the exact same problem, the DOW kernel flashed ok but then it didn't want to come off and it totally has my phone stuck on that damn green robot screen.
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Exactly.
jaetm83 said:
I soft-bricked my phone once by pulling USB cable immediately after ODIN forced my phone to reboot after flashing. It was the first time I ever ODIN'ed my phone, and thought the reboot (ODIN calls it reset) was the final step of flashing, and unplugged the USB cable. Anyway the phone did not initiate final step of the installation of JFD image, and went into boot loop. You can't imagine how freaked I was. It wouldn't go into recovery mode even if I pressed volume up, down and power combo, because it didn't stop rebooting right after the Vibrant logo. I am not sure if bootloader was not installed correctly, though. But I kept the phone rebooting for a while to see what happens. No luck. Eventually, I followed someone's instruction, and pulled my battery out, plugged USB to my laptop and to my phone, started ODIN, and popped in the battery. The phone immediately restarted into download mode, and I was able to flash the phone again.
My experience may not help you as it appears that you are able to flash ODIN-flashables, at least. But I hope this helps someone who's experiencing similar issues. And I would try downloading a JFD image and verifying MD5 before flashing. It could be bad downloads of the image files.
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Thanks for the heads up. I've gone through this myself many times. And i'm sure your post will help others out there. My problem (as well as many others on here with the same ROM and KERNEL I used) seems to be different and unique. Something that ODIN won't cure.
vibrant2010 said:
Try to go to eugenes forum and he has a file to download...it is his unofficial jk2 froyo rom. Don't use the old "froyo that does not brick" Try to flash that in ODIN. I just used it tonight when I got stuck in stock recovery with a MBR Check sum failure. That should get u back to where u can fix ur phone. Also I don't click the repartition button in ODIN just causes problems for me. If u need anything feel free to P.M. me.
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Yes, tried that too. Same result. Vibrant.. then shut off.
Thanks anyway.
I had actually just had Bionix-v 1.2.1 and the new DoW combo to try out Voodoo Sound. I really loved the sound quality, but battery drain was not adequate as being my daily driver, even though I set it to run at 1ghz and used a sleep profile. After just over 2 days of use, I backed out by ODIN'ing to JFD and I installed Bionix-v 1.2.1 again. Only thing I have noticed so far is GPS not initiating immediately after it's turned on. I would go into GPS Test app, and turn on GPS after the app is started, but I get no satellites for at least 1 min. I used to get a lock within seconds, not minutes. I will try ODIN again tomorrow and see if it fixes. I guess I was lucky enough not to get a bootloop again though.
But I can't see why you and I would have any issues after the Bionix+Dow combo. Wouldn't ODIN just clear everything up? I even repartitioned when flashing, so my guess is that my system, data, datadata, etc., are all reformatted completely? Am I missing something?
I had the same problem. I flashed DoW and then the next day my phone didn't want to turn on. I pulled the battery and restarted it. It didn't want to start up all the way. It got to the vibrant screen and shut off. luckily for me, my replacement phone that I ordered a week ago came in the same day. I sent off my old phone letting samsung/tmo take care of it.
This exact same thing happened to me.
I too had the phoen bricked after flashing the DOW after Bionix 1.2.1
I have been flashing since the G1. This is the first time I've ever bricked a phone.
Hoping to get it fixed this weekend
Yo OP
Coming from a very scary brick my self, (phone wouldnt even turn on, bad dead horse test).
When your using Odin, are you using v1.7, are you using the correct stock JFD tar, when you repartion, are you using the correct pit file. Sounds to me that your partions are screwed, so try the pit approach first. If you phone wont boot at all after this, with odin open go into download mode by holding the vol rockers only, and plug USB in.
Then flash JFD.
black spirit said:
Yo OP
Coming from a very scary brick my self, (phone wouldnt even turn on, bad dead horse test).
When your using Odin, are you using v1.7, are you using the correct stock JFD tar, when you repartion, are you using the correct pit file. Sounds to me that your partions are screwed, so try the pit approach first. If you phone wont boot at all after this, with odin open go into download mode by holding the vol rockers only, and plug USB in.
Then flash JFD.
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I spent over 12 hours working on this when it happened to me yesterday. Tried every tar and pit file and all versions of Odin I could find. There is no way to fix it with Odin. It is BRICKED!
If you have not already done this, I recommend doing this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
Bay Wolf made a nice software for the computer that pretty much shows you a step-by-step instruction on how to flash to stock, reroot, and flash the new ROM of your choice. This program will push you into download mode, clockwork recovery, etc. There is a video on that link that will also show you a step-by-step instruction. Try that out if you haven't, and let us know how it goes.
That program comes with a PIT and TAR file for you to use as well.
Even if you say it is, this is not a Development thread and belongs in one of the other forums. I understand your frustration, however TW did not flash your phone, you did. Coming on here with a "PSA" that their ROM or Kernel loaded itself on your phone and broke it is not the way it should be done. Did you, before posting this, go to the TW irc for help or pm Sombionix or any other TW Dev?
Since you can Odin, Odin to stock 2.1 then connect to KIES mini while in download mode, if you can, and take the OTA.
drewdude007 said:
I spent over 12 hours working on this when it happened to me yesterday. Tried every tar and pit file and all versions of Odin I could find. There is no way to fix it with Odin. It is BRICKED!
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I thought the same when it happen to me.
Nothing would work, but went that approach and happy days.
s1_odin_20100512.pit
and
T959UVJFD.tar
are the only ones you need, and if your good with your flashing, just do a pit first, no pda.
And if your still getting to download mode, ect, and dont have the computer /!\ phone icon on the screen, sounds like a soft brick.
jellette said:
Even if you say it is, this is not a Development thread and belongs in one of the other forums. I understand your frustration, however TW did not flash your phone, you did. Coming on here with a "PSA" that their ROM or Kernel loaded itself on your phone and broke it is not the way it should be done. Did you, before posting this, go to the TW irc for help or pm Sombionix or any other TW Dev?
Since you can Odin, Odin to stock 2.1 then connect to KIES mini while in download mode, if you can, and take the OTA.
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I see where you're going, but he did not blame TW or anyone else. He may just be warning some people/asking for help. I do however agree that he posted in the wrong section.
Also, why would he need to pm sombionix or a TW dev before posting this?
SamVib said:
I see where you're going, but he did not blame TW or anyone else. He may just be warning some people/asking for help. I do however agree that he posted in the wrong section.
Also, why would he need to pm sombionix or a TW dev before posting this?
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Because he started off with his problem stated as:
1. flashed the latest Bionix
2. Worked great, some bugs, but for the most part without incident.
3. Flashed new DOW Kernel,
Your phone probably IS charging.
Your /efs nodes may be messed up. Do you have a backup of your /efs?
Try reading here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859914
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Sooooo, I may have bricked it. Any help would be appreciated.
So I got my new sd card and figured i would go ahead and partition for future use, if needed for apps2sd, or any other reason. Instead of going through adb I thought I would save myself some time and just do it from Rom Manager.
Now most of you probably already know what happened. Being as the storage on our devices is called "sdcard" I am humbly assuming that it thought I wanted to partition THAT.
Phone wont boot. Tried factory reset, but no surprise there, it did not work. Can get into download mode and reset menu.
Do I need to flash the factory pda, phone and boot files? Will that work? Where can I get it (preferably without the bloatware and root?????)? Do I need a specific version of odin or will the same one i used for my behold 2 be ok?
Sorry if any of this is stupid, I read these forums cause I want to learn as much as possible about my phone, but have limited experience messing with it. Might try Eugene's froyo just for kicks before I go back to factory. But is this the correct route, or should i just get a replacement?
**** update to issue in post 5
Here look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743875
ElahC said:
Here look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743875
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Thanks, makes sense. Download mode does not appear to be working now though, think i got into on accident trying to get to recovery mode.
Is it vol down plus power?
How do you know if you are in download mode? Once when i was in what i thought was download mode it said please wait downloading or something, big yellow characters, and when i hit menu in recovery mode it sent me to a screen with a little mailbox and an arrow coming out of it pointing to a little green android.
Which is dl mode?
ok, i got it into dl mode and when i flashed back to stock it still had a blank screen, like the post above says. But then when I tried to flash Eugene's froyo rom it froze on cach.rfs in odin and the screen on the phone went black. So after about an hour i pulled the plug and tried again, same thing, now when i go to flash back to stock, like previously, it does the same thing, freezing when odin gets to cache.rfs
Also the cell phone goes to a screen that has a cell phone and a computer and the link is broken by an exclamation point. cannot get into recovery mode from there but can get back to download mode.
Any help with all of this?
People have been saying that it could be a problem with your Operating System. Mines is Windows 7 64 - bit and when I use Odin it worked but I have experienced what you have; Odin getting stuck on cache.rfs. You can try on a Windows XP based computer to see if you have any success in that. Also you can possibly be using the wrong Odin. Try the Odin from either : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475 , or : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558 . When I was using Odin it would get stuck on cache.rfs but I tried a different Odin and it worked fine again. Really hope this helps and sorry for the late response.
cache.fs problem in odin
ElahC said:
People have been saying that it could be a problem with your Operating System. Mines is Windows 7 64 - bit and when I use Odin it worked but I have experienced what you have; Odin getting stuck on cache.rfs. You can try on a Windows XP based computer to see if you have any success in that. Also you can possibly be using the wrong Odin. Try the Odin from either : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475 , or : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740558 . When I was using Odin it would get stuck on cache.rfs but I tried a different Odin and it worked fine again. Really hope this helps and sorry for the late response.
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I FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE CACHE.RFS PROBLEM!!
http://www.fractionalphones.com/?p=121
Well first off, ive been at this for 2 days and its frustrating. I am new to this flashing and rooting business and ended up bricking my phone from using the wrong files in metamorph and never backing my stock files up. It would give me a blank screen with the red LED lit up and all my home buttons on the bottom lit up. I followed the Odin directions and actually got my phone to stock. But it was extremely laggy and and i had no service and my SD card just kept connecting and reconnecting. Well i followed the flashing kernel threat because someone told me to try that so i can get the stock kernel or whatever on the phone. That failed and now im sitting here with my phone displaying a phone icon and a computer icon, then a caution symbol in the middle. Someone pleaseeee help me fix this.
l2,
I've been there 3 times this morning already as I hadn't flashed a new zImage to this particular device yet until this morning. What you need to do is get the stock files from http://rapidshare.com/files/415661977/SPH-D700-DG27-8Gb-REL.tar.html and s1_odin_20100513.pit (it must be 13, not 12). Boot into Download mode (hold 1 when powering on). Start Odin 3, check Auto Reboot and Debug En. Choose your PIT file, and under PDA choose the SPH-D700-DG27-8Gb-REL.tar. Plug in your phone, once it is recognized in Odin click Start. This takes about 10 minutes, I know it looks like it hangs up a couple of times but it should keep going. Let me know if that helps.
khalaan said:
l2,
I've been there 3 times this morning already as I hadn't flashed a new zImage to this particular device yet until this morning. What you need to do is get the stock files from http://rapidshare.com/files/415661977/SPH-D700-DG27-8Gb-REL.tar.html and s1_odin_20100513.pit (it must be 13, not 12). Boot into Download mode (hold 1 when powering on). Start Odin 3, check Auto Reboot and Debug En. Choose your PIT file, and under PDA choose the SPH-D700-DG27-8Gb-REL.tar. Plug in your phone, once it is recognized in Odin click Start. This takes about 10 minutes, I know it looks like it hangs up a couple of times but it should keep going. Let me know if that helps.
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okay ill try all of that but Where can i get the 13 pit file?
It can be downloaded from this link.
http://www.4shared.com/get/6aSCPmEf/s1_odin_20100513.html
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It can be downloaded from this link.
http://www.4shared.com/get/6aSCPmEf/s1_odin_20100513.html
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thanks so much man ill try it out. One question though. I already started this odin thing and its doing its thing. its about half way done but its using the 12...can i just shut my phone off and put it in download again when its done and use the 13 and it will work?
If you have it going with the 12 already I'd give that a try, if it doesn't work you can always get back into download mode and do it with 13. I couldn't get 12 to ever start it would always sit for 20m and do nothing.
khalaan said:
If you have it going with the 12 already I'd give that a try, if it doesn't work you can always get back into download mode and do it with 13. I couldn't get 12 to ever start it would always sit for 20m and do nothing.
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okay yeah ill try. but its been sitting for like 10 min at half way on the status bar...
That is way the devil too long, go ahead and unplug your phone, hit reset in odin, set it up like I instructed, reboot your phone to download mode, and give it another go.
yeah lol okay i thought so. haha
Alllll fixed. Thank you guys soooo much for helping out. Im going to root again but i'm not gunna mess with metamorph this time lol, whats a good root? Im learning all this stuff and idk what one i should do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8628341#post8628341
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" Solved - Bricked Epic - tried everything "
I bricked my Epic last weekend and am feelin' ya on all the stuff you did to unbrick it. Glad to hear that all is well~
I screwed my setup up and had to do the Odin method yesterday. I didn't read this post before hand, and I used the ****12.pit instead of the 13. What is the difference in the two? My phone seems to be working just fine with the 12. One problem I found I don't believe I had before is theming the dialer_tab_activity.apk FCs the phone on hangup, but when I put another one in unthemed, it works fine.
help
I cannot get phone to load any tar completely.. they all stop and phone's screen goes purple. Most the time it hangs in odin at the zImage and then sometimes it gets a few bars going .. and hangs at factoryfs.rfs. Any help
You don't need the pit file when flashing a tar rom. It's only for modems and kernals. I have used Odin and haven't used the pit. Works just fine.
Okay, i just joined. Sorry if i sound ignorant (most likely cause I am) but i am fairly certain i semi-bricked my Epic, okay so it started when i flashed the CyanogenMod it was very laggy so i figured i did it wrong, quickly using clockwork i flashed VIPERrom (FRoZeN) DK28 all looked fine but then my phone's service started acting up, so i tried to re-flash CyanogenMod. This ***** it up worse it got stuck at the Samsung boot logo, now i am trying to revert to Stock but Odin nor my Cpu recognize the Device.
Extra info that might help, I have the Stock Tar, Odin 1.6 with Pit, can get into both download and CW recovery...
Help this ignorant fool please T_T
The Boxinator said:
Okay, i just joined. Sorry if i sound ignorant (most likely cause I am) but i am fairly certain i semi-bricked my Epic, okay so it started when i flashed the CyanogenMod it was very laggy so i figured i did it wrong, quickly using clockwork i flashed VIPERrom (FRoZeN) DK28 all looked fine but then my phone's service started acting up, so i tried to re-flash CyanogenMod. This ***** it up worse it got stuck at the Samsung boot logo, now i am trying to revert to Stock but Odin nor my Cpu recognize the Device.
Extra info that might help, I have the Stock Tar, Odin 1.6 with Pit, can get into both download and CW recovery...
Help this ignorant fool please T_T
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You forgot to flash the EXT4 or RFS Kernel
http://android.stolenrobot.com/Epic4G/epic.htm
that comes with cyanogen it looks like just put either on your sd card then flash after you flash cyanogen in Cwm
Here is some more info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=935060&highlight=tutorial
iSaint said:
You forgot to flash the EXT4 or RFS Kernel
http://android.stolenrobot.com/Epic4G/epic.htm
that comes with cyanogen it looks like just put either on your sd card then flash after you flash cyanogen in Cwm
Here is some more info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=935060&highlight=tutorial
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I did flash EXT4 "CM6EXT4kernel-1-2-2011" this one to be specific.
The Boxinator said:
I did flash EXT4 "CM6EXT4kernel-1-2-2011" this one to be specific.
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did you wipe x3 ?
Argh! I just tryed to restore back to JM1 from JPO due to official FroYo being near. Flashed plenty of times before so I know what I'm doing. Set up the usual pda, modem csc etc and it started to flash then my phone went from the download mode screen to a greyish colour. I left it for a few minutes and nothing was happening and the flash had failed. Took the cable out pressed the power button and that was it, it will no longer turn on. Has anyone got any ideas, I wouldn't ask for help if I didn't need it.
Thanks guys.
Edit: My phone from stock has been able to access download mode.
Hope you have your lagfix disabled prior to flash.
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Hope you have your lagfix disabled prior to flash.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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Yep, always make sure thats the first thing I do. I'm quite an avid user of xda so I tend to keep up with what to do etc. I really have no idea whats happened. I've tried holding down the download mode combo for a while and nothings happened. When I connect the usb to the computer nothing happens, take it out and put it back in a few time I hear the 'noise' thing from Windows 7. So there must be some kind of life in it :\
I recently did the same thing with my SGS. I bricked it once already trying to flash so was really apprehensive about doing it again but I'm addicted to flashing from my WinMo days with HTC phones.
When I flashed from JPO to JM1 I used all the JM1 files (PDA, Modem and CSC), the 512.pit and selected repartition and all went well. Sounds like something may have glitched when doing yours, maybe a spike in the power or temporary loss of comms between phone and PC?
Have you looked into the homemade JIG thats been detailed in XDA? Might be worth a try if you're completely locked out
You could try this as it happend to me a few time backs
Remove the battery, hold down the buttons for download mode and dont let it go find a way to insert the battery.
Let us know when its done!
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I recently did the same thing with my SGS. I bricked it once already trying to flash so was really apprehensive about doing it again but I'm addicted to flashing from my WinMo days with HTC phones.
When I flashed from JPO to JM1 I used all the JM1 files (PDA, Modem and CSC), the 512.pit and selected repartition and all went well. Sounds like something may have glitched when doing yours, maybe a spike in the power or temporary loss of comms between phone and PC?
Have you looked into the homemade JIG thats been detailed in XDA? Might be worth a try if you're completely locked out
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Yeah I've seen those JIG's and I think atm that may be the only thing that will save me atm.
EarlZ said:
You could try this as it happend to me a few time backs
Remove the battery, hold down the buttons for download mode and dont let it go find a way to insert the battery.
Let us know when its done!
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Tried that :\ No luck unfortunately! This is what happens when your addicted to ROM flashing. Maybe I need help haha. Going to hold in download mode buttons for as long as I can to see if anything happens, will report back.
EDIT: Right finally getting somewhere. After holding in the download mode combination for 5 minutes I managed to get into download mode. I really have no idea why though? Anyways Odin isn't playing ball. Odin won't get past factoryrfs.rfs. I'll leave it there and see what happens
EDIT 2 : Nothing. Can anyone help me on this?
Got help elsewhere, run kies in comparability mode for windows xp and run as admin. Phones working for the time being
Thanks for the help from those who contributed, it means alot.
Phone will not turn on after Odin 1.7 flash ROM and it not showing charging also....i am also facing same problem... pleas someone help. urgent..
I am having the same issue, not powering on after flashing xcal with odin 1.7.
update: I fixed it using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911
Hope this helps you out!
I had the same problem and had started looking for a new phone.. :/ gutted! :/ I took the battery out, pressed download mode buttons, put battery back in and my phone sprang back to life... used ODIN again to flash new rom and phone was up and running again! Thanks for your help!
EarlZ said:
You could try this as it happend to me a few time backs
Remove the battery, hold down the buttons for download mode and dont let it go find a way to insert the battery.
Let us know when its done!
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Thanks so much it worked for me...
I can't ODIN back to a stock ROM.
I forgot to take disable Voodoo( I KNOW LMDSKDJ) and I ODIN like regularly,but it got stuck after 30 minutes of me waiting. I did the pull battery trick, and it didn't boot up, so I did the take out the battery and hold Volume and put back the battery trick.
I managed to get back to Download mode, but after trying to ODIN several times, it always hang at either "Get Pit for Mapping" or modem.bin, or not load at all.
I even tried to partition, but to no avail.
I've looked up several cures for this, but I can't simply find one. I hope I didn't eff up my phone.
Maybe your odin.exe is broken. Try redownloading it, otherwise it might be your pit file or stock rom that is corrupt.
One thing to try if Odin isn't working for you. Repartitioning seems to be the way to fix it, but Odin seems to get confused if there's a micro SD card when you repartition. Try turning you phone off, taking out the SD card and the SIM card while you're at it. Put the battery back in, get into download mode, and reflash stock. This helped me when I was having trouble getting back to stock from the horrible 2.2 off of mini kies. Not sure if this is the same issue you're having but I thought I'd throw it out there.
I don't know where you got the PIT and PDA files from but try this place:
http://androidspin.com/2010/08/09/how-to-restore-or-recover-your-samsung-vibrant/
I would download all from there, it worked for me a week ago when I almost bricked my phone
Also, make sure only two check boxes are checked, noting else!
Good luck and update with progress!
If u flashed dow kernel without disabling voodoo then ur phone is bricked and u can't odin back. Trust me I've tried and to no avail, I really need a fix for my phone.
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Usually persistance is key.
Take everything out (sim, battery, sd) and boot up ODIN with all the files ready to go. Hold the up and down button on your phone and then connect it to your computer. Put the battery in and let go of the volume buttons and that should put you into download mode. Odin away. If it doesn't work, keep trying. I bricked my phone pretty badly to the point where when it was plugged in, it wouldn't even charge, but doing this, I was able to get into download mode and get it working. It took a while to work, but it did work.
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I had the same happen to me with an update on the dead horse kernel. Odin wouldn't recognize the phone the first few times and when it did it would hang. I would suggest that every time it does not flash successfully, unplug, close and re-open odin, and start download mode over. Start fresh every try.
I have never bothered disabling lagfix when odining back and have never had an issue..I don't believe lagfix or voodoo in general is causing problems for odin .
And I have used odin many many times
After re-downloading ODIN and the pit/tar files, I managed to successfully ODIN back to the stock ROM.
I would imagine it was a corrupted ODIN, but I've been using the same one for mulitple ODINs.. lol
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Cheers!
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First off - i've searched all day & stayed in IRC for over 40 mins without a hit so i'm looking for a little help.
I was upgrading to Froyo from a "stock" Continuum today using Odin. Everything seemed smooth - got a pass message & unplugged the usb cable. Now nothing (won't power up, etc) & i can't get into download mode.
I've tried all of the button/cable/battery combos that i could find. I have tried to flash a recovery using Odin & it gets stuck with the message "setup connection" in the message box.
I know my pc is seeing the phone (though you can't access the SD card or memory) & Odin is seeing it (yellow box) but i can't seem to get past this point or go back to the original.
Any help is appreciated.
mountainmanscg said:
First off - i've searched all day & stayed in IRC for over 40 mins without a hit so i'm looking for a little help.
I was upgrading to Froyo from a "stock" Continuum today using Odin. Everything seemed smooth - got a pass message & unplugged the usb cable. Now nothing (won't power up, etc) & i can't get into download mode.
I've tried all of the button/cable/battery combos that i could find. I have tried to flash a recovery using Odin & it gets stuck with the message "setup connection" in the message box.
I know my pc is seeing the phone (though you can't access the SD card or memory) & Odin is seeing it (yellow box) but i can't seem to get past this point or go back to the original.
Any help is appreciated.
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Try pulling your battery and holding down the power button for a slow count of 20 to see if download mode comes back. After that, you should be good to flash stock ec07 and then recovery kernel. After that, whichever rom you choose. If that doesn't work, I'll try to get into IRC at some point tomorrow (today).
That didn't work either - screen is still blank & it won't progress in Odin. I'll jump back into IRC if anyone has any other ideas - thanks.
i dont know what to tell you continuums are very hard to brick and if u cant get into download mode then theres not that much u can do im afraid I was talking to adam outler about trying the unbrickable mod on a continuum but he does not have one to test. now he got the fascinate to work so id pm him and see if he'll let you send your phone to him
Hey TXwolf - i had to run out for a while - saw where you got on IRC earlier. Verizon is sending me a new phone, so i guess i'll just give up on saving this one...
mountainmanscg said:
Hey TXwolf - i had to run out for a while - saw where you got on IRC earlier. Verizon is sending me a new phone, so i guess i'll just give up on saving this one...
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I'll be in irc in a few if ya wanna give it another shot
I too manged to brick my phone to point to where I can not even get to the download screen. I have the same problem as OP, Odin will not move past SetupConnection when trying to recover following this post.
androidforums.com/continuum-all-things-root/457453-oh-crap-i-screwed-my-phone-up-recovery-guide.html
Any further help would much appreciated seeing as how I am past my warranty period and do not really want to buy a new phone.
PapaKaster said:
I too manged to brick my phone to point to where I can not even get to the download screen. I have the same problem as OP, Odin will not move past SetupConnection when trying to recover following this post.
androidforums.com/continuum-all-things-root/457453-oh-crap-i-screwed-my-phone-up-recovery-guide.html
Any further help would much appreciated seeing as how I am past my warranty period and do not really want to buy a new phone.
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If this is frenzifun, from android forums, this is what happened to him
He started a flash of stock ec07 with pit and repartition checked. It flashed params.ifs, boot, SBL and recovery. Then it removed itself (frenzifun, if you could post the flash log for others it might help them) from there, it wont go into dl mode. I was trying to help him in irc, but I'm out of options, other than making a jig. The only thing I can think of, that's causing this is the somehow the button mappings for vol down got erased. I'm not sure how it would, though. Especially since it should be a hardware mapping, independent of any software. And if that is the case, I don't know how to fix it.
If this isn't frenzifun, disregard everything I just said.
Txwolf1980 said:
If this is frenzifun, from android forums, this is what happened to him
He started a flash of stock ec07 with pit and repartition checked. It flashed params.ifs, boot, SBL and recovery. Then it removed itself (frenzifun, if you could post the flash log for others it might help them) from there, it wont go into dl mode. I was trying to help him in irc, but I'm out of options, other than making a jig. The only thing I can think of, that's causing this is the somehow the button mappings for vol down got erased. I'm not sure how it would, though. Especially since it should be a hardware mapping, independent of any software. And if that is the case, I don't know how to fix it.
If this isn't frenzifun, disregard everything I just said.
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I am not sure who frenzifun is but this still doesn't sound good for my situation. What I can tell you is I was following directions to try an update my phone from 2.1 to 2.2 using Odin. I believed the process was completed, not realizing it was not and unplugged my phone from the computer. From that point on I have not been able to turn the phone on or get the the download screen. Here is the odd thing if I plug the phone into my computer Windows recognizes and Odin can see a COM port but I still can not get past the setup connection when following the directions to try a recover my phone.
PapaKaster said:
I am not sure who frenzifun is but this still doesn't sound good for my situation. What I can tell you is I was following directions to try an update my phone from 2.1 to 2.2 using Odin. I believed the process was completed, not realizing it was not and unplugged my phone from the computer. From that point on I have not been able to turn the phone on or get the the download screen. Here is the odd thing if I plug the phone into my computer Windows recognizes and Odin can see a COM port but I still can not get past the setup connection when following the directions to try a recover my phone.
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If that is the case, we might be able to do something. Can you meet me in irc at 830 central, tonight?
Txwolf1980 said:
If that is the case, we might be able to do something. Can you meet me in irc at 830 central, tonight?
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Txwolf I do appreciate the offer and I am in PST and that would 630 my time but I need to take of a few things after and I am not sure I could make that time. One of my places to go is my local Verizon store to see if there anything they can do.
PapaKaster said:
Txwolf I do appreciate the offer and I am in PST and that would 630 my time but I need to take of a few things after and I am not sure I could make that time. One of my places to go is my local Verizon store to see if there anything they can do.
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Unlessvyou have a hookup, i doubt verizon will help. What I was gonnavtry o garuntees here) is
1. Try flashing in odin with pit, but leavevrepartition unchecked. That most likely won't work, but it's a shot.
2. Use the heimdall version ofvthe guide. I think that may have a better chance. I'll hang out in irc for a while tonight. Just in case.
Txwolf1980 said:
Unlessvyou have a hookup, i doubt verizon will help. What I was gonnavtry o garuntees here) is
1. Try flashing in odin with pit, but leavevrepartition unchecked. That most likely won't work, but it's a shot.
2. Use the heimdall version ofvthe guide. I think that may have a better chance. I'll hang out in irc for a while tonight. Just in case.
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I just got home but will again be leaving soon. I am sorry if you waited in IRC for me. You are right Verizon did nothing.
PapaKaster said:
I just got home but will again be leaving soon. I am sorry if you waited in IRC for me. You are right Verizon did nothing.
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Its all good. Try the suggestions I gave you, when you have time. If they don't work, I'll have some down time tomorrow or sunday. Just let me know, and we'll see if we can make the schedules match