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Downloading... Do not turn off Target!!

I was just rooting my vibrant and when I turned it off and held down the volume rockers, it didnt go into recovery, it came to a screen that has an android shoveling saying Downloading... Do not turn off Target!!
What do I do?

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That's download mode. It's for flashing using Odin. You're perfectly safe pulling your battery and rebooting since you're not actually flashing anything.

You can also press the + volume button and power for a few seconds instead of pulling the battery.

phew, i came across the same problem, and it freaked me out...
thanks for the reassurance
Ernie

after a quick google search I found this... thanks. Its my moms phone she would have kicked my ass!

iamjames said:
after a quick google search I found this... thanks. Its my moms phone she would have kicked my ass!
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Haha same issue here, except it's my new phone xD
Resolved thanks to you nice members!

Thanks everybody.
you have saved my days. I was stucked with the same problem

Unplug the USB
When this happened to me, I powered off with Vol+ and the power button.
I unplugged from USB and powered on again with Vol+ and Vol- and power button, then I got to the recovery prompt.
Maybe USB cable in triggers download mode?

thx guys =D i was about to cry, my new galaxy s II just pulled the same trick on me =O

This is why in just about every phone forum on this site has a sticky that says very cleary to READ FIRST. When doing stuff like this to your phone or somebody else's phone for them it is important to know what you're doing. You can brick your phone very very easily if you don't know what you're doing. So do some more research,because you didn't even know what download mode was, which if you plan on trying out a bunch of different roms you'll be using it a lot.

mugenfiji0327 said:
This is why in just about every phone forum on this site has a sticky that says very cleary to READ FIRST. When doing stuff like this to your phone or somebody else's phone for them it is important to know what you're doing. You can brick your phone very very easily if you don't know what you're doing. So do some more research,because you didn't even know what download mode was, which if you plan on trying out a bunch of different roms you'll be using it a lot.
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hello guys mine did same thing. but once i boot it just says Vibrant and doesnt' boot up or go into recovery.

then odin back to stock with this process
power off phone
pull out battery
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper .pit and .pda file in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers

I am having hard time finding odin or the drivers. Every where I go they won't load. Can I get files or thread where I can find working ones. I am new at this and never used odin before
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Go to the development section (if your on a computer) and right at the top you'll see AIO toolbox.. download that and donate to the Guy( he made everything ALOT easier) once you download it everything because explains unself I hope this helps
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Thanks will try as soon as I get home. My brother (vibrant owner) been without a phone for 3 days
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ill be a lil more clearer
power off phone
pull out battery
GRAB THIS STUFF : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
turn on odin
attach phone to pc with usb cable
now while holding down both volume buttons put battery back in.
now you should be in download mode and go back to stock with odin from here!
make sure u put the proper .pit and .pda file in there proper places on odin and ur set to go.
Enjoy and also make sure u have the proper samsung drivers

I think those of us who use technology are used to problems and enjoy solving them. I did the same thing early as I was learning all about my phone; one thing I've noticed is doing research will only help you in the long run.

thx guys =D i was about to cry, my new galaxy s just pulled the same trick on me =O
pulled battery all wasw good on restart

Hello,
I have almost the same problem.
I have a SGS 2 and it was on "Downloading... Do not turn off" (not flashing anything by that moment) then i unplugged clable and turn it off.
Now i tried every method you all posted here and nothing... Just stays black...
Any sugestion ? I would apreciatte

BlackHoleDroid said:
I was just rooting my vibrant and when I turned it off and held down the volume rockers, it didnt go into recovery, it came to a screen that has an android shoveling saying Downloading... Do not turn off Target!!
What do I do?
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Download mode is very powerful and dangerous. To use this mode you need to be plugged into a computer with drivers installed and an application called odin running. You can just pull the battery out of your phone and turn it back on. You'll be fine.

Stuck at Galaxy S screen after Odin....

Recently i bought a GT-i9000. When I tried to boot the phone, it got stuck in a boot loop. The phone had CyanogenMod installed. I figured I'd try to use an Odin reset with this stock firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290577
The phone enters download mode fine, the file flashes in odin successfully. But upon restarting, the phone brings up the Galaxy S screen and stays there.
Nothing happens, I've left it for over 15 minutes.
Does anyone have any advice?
Thanks, im pretty new to the Galaxy S.
Had a Hero, Desire HD and an Atrix, but this is confusing me...

Get into recovery wipe everything(data/cache/dalvik cache) again and reboot
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Thanks, but it won't boot into recovery.
I boot into recovery by using VolUp, Power and Home buttons correct?

MiniDolan said:
Thanks, but it won't boot into recovery.
I boot into recovery by using VolUp, Power and Home buttons correct?
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ammm, I normally do VolUp, Home, and then Power, I really don't know if the order is important.
If you can't get into recovery, you should be able to go into download mode with VolDown, Home, Power.
Probably you installed a rom without the required bootloaders, this can happen when upgrading from foryo to gingerbread using a custom rom without bootloaders.
Go to Samfirmware and download JVP rom, make sure the PDA file has "_sbl" on the filename, this should mean it includes the gingerbread bootloaders.
Best of lucks!

MiniDolan said:
Thanks, but it won't boot into recovery.
I boot into recovery by using VolUp, Power and Home buttons correct?
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Nop it's volup,homebutton,power, hold it until the name of the phone appears and then release, it should enter cause you have a boot image
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gtluis said:
ammm, I normally do VolUp, Home, and then Power, I really don't know if the order is important.
Yes it is otherwise you'll end up powering up the phone
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I don't know if you flashed it with a pit, but if you didn't, try to do it that way.
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Thanks everyone. Tried a different firmware and now everything fine. the phone works and recovery works. but my sim isnt recognised :S the phone is network unlocked so i have no idea why it isnt working :/

MiniDolan said:
Thanks everyone. Tried a different firmware and now everything fine. the phone works and recovery works. but my sim isnt recognised :S the phone is network unlocked so i have no idea why it isnt working :/
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How??? if its the internet check the apns and if it just dosn't appears on the statusbar check if the baseband is installed
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Restarted the phone and everythings fine phew. It just didnt recognise in any way that i had a sim card in there. but after a restart, everythings working

Great!!!!
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Hey man, I got that same thing, literally as you described it, could you please provide me the link for update that did finally work for you, since I've tried 3 different and still no such luck...
Any help is highly appreciated!
Cheers,
Matt

Help-custom rom killed my phone

Hi! I tried to install a new ROM in my i5800 but Odin blocked after one minute and I disonected my phone. When I try to turn my phone on, three icons show up: mobile-usb-computer. The point is, I can't turn my phone on and I don't know what to do. Help please!

did you open odin as administrator?
are you able to get into download mode? (phone is turned off now you hit the power on the menue and the vol - button at the same time and keep them pushed)
if yes then reflash a rom like kyorarom according to the great tutorials we have in xda
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What do you mean by odin blocked your phone? If you disconnected halfway thru flashing almost definitely you have hsrdbricked your phone... if you csn get into download mode tthen its ok, only a soft brick
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It's the black screen of death :s
I already get it, remove your batterry, wait and try to flash again
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once my flashing process failed too
but i just flashed it again and it worked...
keep trying to get into download mode...

bscraze said:
If you disconnected halfway thru flashing almost definitely you have hsrdbricked your phone...
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I already disconnected my phone during flash, and after get the black sreen of death, my phone worked
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yes i can get in the download mode, i tried flashing it again but it doesen't work, odin didn't block my phone but itself, i didn't run it as administrator because i am the only user on the laptop. can someone please give me the link of the tutorial? thanks!

bono.tadic1 said:
yes i can get in the download mode, i tried flashing it again but it doesen't work, odin didn't block my phone but itself, i didn't run it as administrator because i am the only user on the laptop. can someone please give me the link of the tutorial? thanks!
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Are you on windows vista or 7??? If yes then right click on odin and click RUN AS ADMIN...
Odin should open up. Now flash a safe rom like kyorarom or kryllios.
Hope this helps....
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy 3 with CM7 A7.

yes i am using windows 7. is it ok if i use this rom: v5.0 Sekhy's X'Mas Edition? what version of odin should i use?

stuck at logo.png download..

when i turn my phone the boot screen appears, and after that it says kernel g3 mode or something like that. after that is just black screen.

Try to reflash but remove SD card and similar card.
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Try to install Stock ROM like XWJKP and after install go to recovery and make WIPE data and cache.
Don't forget to run Odin as Admin.

mosak said:
Try to install Stock ROM like XWJKP and after install go to recovery and make WIPE data and cache.
Don't forget to run Odin as Admin.
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without bootloader...if u will disconect ur phone when flashing stock rom with bootloader....u will hardbrick it for sure..
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Kyrillos' ROM GWK74 Alpha4
powered by
CM7-kernel 1.2--800Mhz

bono.tadic1 said:
yes i am using windows 7. is it ok if i use this rom: v5.0 Sekhy's X'Mas Edition? what version of odin should i use?
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Yes. Sekhy's rom is safe. By 3minutes odin should display - reset
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy 3 with CM7 A7.

i don't know how to install Stock ROM like XWJKP , if this doesen't work i will have to buy a new phone

stuck at zImage download..

bono.tadic1 said:
i don't know how to install Stock ROM like XWJKP , if this doesen't work i will have to buy a new phone
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Download a stock rom from sammobile.com. then open odin as admin, tick one package and select the file you downloaded, if its not tar, unzip it and select csc and choose the csc file and same for phone and pda but do not flash the bootloader. Then put your phone in download mode and make sure odin's box turns yellow. Then click start. After bootup, shut down your phone and go into recovery(hold both vol buttons+ home+power button). Then wipe cache partition and factory reset there. Then reboot.
Cheers
Sent from my i9003 powered by Poseidon's Rom + UC kernel

i can't flash my phone anymore, that's the problem, everytime when i want to flash it nothing happens. the download mode just stays on my screen.

bono.tadic1 said:
i can't flash my phone anymore, that's the problem, everytime when i want to flash it nothing happens. the download mode just stays on my screen.
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That doesn't make sense. Either u can boot into download mode and flash, or you can't boot into it at all. Pull the batt and try a reflash...
Cheers
Sent from my i9003 powered by Poseidon's Rom/Dxkp9 Junior + UC kernel

galaxy note screen blank

helppppp my screen blank after i flash plzzz help canot on
and i try charge canot. picture batery not apear. pllzzz sory bad english

Lol your English really sucks any way can you get it to 3 button download mode ?? If you can then you can fix it...
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what did you flash? helps if you say what file it was

Awh, I felt bad just as he yelled help me plux I is bad english! But yeah.. Of you're able to hold what is ot on Note.. Volume down, home and power, then you shud get to dload mode. Flash PDA, using Odin for PC, (find a stock image.. )
And be careful next time.
Put the phone into wall socket for an hour or two, it prob. can't charge thru PC when soft-bricked. Usual stuff.
Good luck, don't worry.
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[Q] wont boot in anything

Hello everyone..
suddenly the phone switched off and can't enter recovery, download mood and the system as well.. so I can't use Odin also.. what should I do with this issue ?
stuck on Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 screen..
thanx for help anyways

Recharge your battery?
Maybe you have a bad battery check serial of battery, if it starts with BD then you need to go to Samsung store if you can and get it swapped over.
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He is struck on bootscreen his battry would be alright ......did u tried right key combination vol down + home + power
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There must be a reason it suddenly turned off, so checking the battery is a legitimate suggestion.