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help, after uploading the latest samsung Axura vibrant, I can not turn on the phone, no button is not working, so I can not do anything, as now, the phone in the trash if it can somehow revive it, I might add that this is not my first flash, I always ended up with everything well, please help

Why dont u try odin and get back to stock and try to flash again?
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phone does not respond to any buttons so I can not use the download mode

try buying/building a JIG, im not much of a pro with a JIG, but it'll get you into download mode, idk how it works, but wait for more answers is all i can say

JIG is not working, the phone does not respond

I just had this happen...take everything out of the phone, plug in usb to pc, hold down only the volume buttons, plug in the usb to phone, put in the battery and it should go right into download mode....
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jmcghee1973 said:
I just had this happen...take everything out of the phone, plug in usb to pc, hold down only the volume buttons, plug in the usb to phone, put in the battery and it should go right into download mode....
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That works when phone is soft bricked, this looks like a hard brick

I thought that only developers hard bricked vibrants, I didn't really ever think it could happen while flashing a rom? Was your battery charged at least at 20%? I have axura 2.2.5.7 and it flashed fine when I did it a few weeks ago this makes me not want to update to the newest rom.
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try charging the phone.

AustinKnight45 said:
I thought that only developers hard bricked vibrants, I didn't really ever think it could happen while flashing a rom? Was your battery charged at least at 20%? I have axura 2.2.5.7 and it flashed fine when I did it a few weeks ago this makes me not want to update to the newest rom.
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anything can happen when you flash anything to our phones.
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anything can happen when you flash anything to our phones.
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Ya I guess so hope you figure something out on this.
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xriderx66 said:
That works when phone is soft bricked, this looks like a hard brick
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Thats what I thought too. I just had this happen last night...no power, no buttons, no boot, nothing... DEAD. I tried this this morning and it worked.

I tried everything, no effect, unless the phone in the trash, unless you know another way to fix it, all the other roms work without a problem, the problem was only with Axura

HELP Epic 4g Not turning on or powering!!! =(

i tried installing the new Eb13 (froyo) alongside Clockword mod 3. power went out now my phone wont turn on go to recovery nor download!!! is my phone bricked beyond repair????

You can look at other forums about the same problem and a few tricks you can try. It can be something as simple as replacing the battery.
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notsosmrtgeek said:
You can look at other forums about the same problem and a few tricks you can try. It can be something as simple as replacing the battery.
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no i have a spear battery and no dice!!! ill keep searching and thanks for the info!!! =)

Caballero777 said:
i tried installing the new Eb13 (froyo) alongside Clockword mod 3. power went out now my phone wont turn on go to recovery nor download!!! is my phone bricked beyond repair????
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did the power go out while you were installing it? or did you try to flash a rom that was rfs not ext4? also my phone has a had time goint into download or recovery cuz ive done it so much the buttons are worn out i think. i have to hit it multiple times before it works. keep trying... but we may need more info as to what all happened to assist you further

fury15 said:
did the power go out while you were installing it? or did you try to flash a rom that was rfs not ext4? also my phone has a had time goint into download or recovery cuz ive done it so much the buttons are worn out i think. i have to hit it multiple times before it works. keep trying... but we may need more info as to what all happened to assist you further
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yeah their is a picture of a cellphone and a computer with an exclamation point in the middle!!! i post it to download and the computer doesnt read it!!! =(

Yeah that happened to me before
Your phone got disconnected when using odin
Well it kinda of a hassle to get the computr to read it, and get it into download mode, but I can assure you your phone isn't bricked! just keep trying
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I had this problem before also, I fixed it by rebooting my PC, and then booting into download mode, and Odin back to stock. It did take a few tries though.

Caballero777 said:
i tried installing the new Eb13 (froyo) alongside Clockword mod 3. power went out now my phone wont turn on go to recovery nor download!!! is my phone bricked beyond repair????
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I've had this before. You need to purge the power in your phone. Take battery out and hold down the power button a few times.
This will purge power and memory.
Then boot into download. # 1 and power and then odin.
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castro08 said:
Yeah that happened to me before
Your phone got disconnected when using odin
Well it kinda of a hassle to get the computr to read it, and get it into download mode, but I can assure you your phone isn't bricked! just keep trying
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Odin is not working for me what so ever!! this is so frustrating!!! lol everytime i connect the usb without the download i get the update zip!!!

Caballero777 said:
Odin is not working for me what so ever!! this is so frustrating!!! lol everytime i connect the usb without the download i get the update zip!!!
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Caballero. Pm me your number. I can call you.
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zenvita said:
Caballero. Pm me your number. I can call you.
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thats the thing!!! this is my only phone! no relatives or anything!!! =( facebook is facebook.com/Caballero777

Try using different usb ports. After rebooting the computer. The pc will try to find ur phone again but if u get it to the download screen. Its just the matter of getting odin to work for you
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I had my phone do the exact same thing (die during flash). What you can try doing is leaving your battery out overnight, and in the morning, plug the phone in to your computer/wall, then plug your battery in.
Really what you need is to get your battery charged. If worse comes to worse, you could go to a Sprint Store, and tell them your phone died and you don't have insurance, and ask them to charge your battery, OR if you know someone else with your phone you could swap.

zenvita said:
I've had this before. You need to purge the power in your phone. Take battery out and hold down the power button a few times.
This will purge power and memory.
Then boot into download. # 1 and power and then odin.
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This is how I have delt with the same problem.. that and rebooting computer with phone still plugged in, with battery removed

I've Odin'd before and had the process freeze in the process and was forced to pull my battery in the middle. I got that same symbol described with the pc and the cell phone when trying to use the phone again after putting the battery back in. All I had to do was pull the battery again to get it back into download made.

Animas1020 said:
I've Odin'd before and had the process freeze in the process and was forced to pull my battery in the middle. I got that same symbol described with the pc and the cell phone when trying to use the phone again after putting the battery back in. All I had to do was pull the battery again to get it back into download made.
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Yeah it happened to me like that before and i solved it that way, but this time my computer is not reading my phone!!! So odin doesnt work and when it does read it odin stops all process and shuts off!!! ='(

Caballero777 said:
Yeah it happened to me like that before and i solved it that way, but this time my computer is not reading my phone!!! So odin doesnt work and when it does read it odin stops all process and shuts off!!! ='(
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How much is a bricked epic worth to you? Pm me with a price!
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Top Nurse said:
How much is a bricked epic worth to you? Pm me with a price!
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haha thats certainly an option!!!

Got my replacement!

Here's a small little "unboxing" I did. Try not to laugh too much at my southern-self I'm not good with a camera, I'm shy ^_^
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBRihHh4R-4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Lol nice... now odin your old broken epic and root your new one woooo first
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Nice unboxing makes me wish I had a brand new one

Hope you got one from a good batch that let's you overclock as high as you want or undervolt. I will be interested to see what differences you have between the two
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I can't believe they send a new 16gb sd card with the replacement. I need to replace mine as well, it has cracks on the top corner of the screen.
Edit: do you have to send a 16gb card back in order to not have a penalty?
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No you keep your old card battery charger everything only thing they want is the phone you even keep the old battery back
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I can't believe they send a new 16gb sd card with the replacement. I need to replace mine as well, it has cracks on the top corner of the screen.
Edit: do you have to send a 16gb card back in order to not have a penalty?
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steviee7 said:
No you keep your old card battery charger everything only thing they want is the phone you even keep the old battery back
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What he said. They say not to send it back. Just the phone.

Ok, so im trying to root using the same method i did last time. but i cant get the drivers to install completely 4/5 install fine but: CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM) is stuck on Installing driver software. Adb says the device is attached, but offline. Any suggestions? Usb debugging is enabled.

Didn't you already have the drivers installed?
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zanderman112 said:
Ok, so im trying to root using the same method i did last time. but i cant get the drivers to install completely 4/5 install fine but: CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM) is stuck on Installing driver software. Adb says the device is attached, but offline. Any suggestions? Usb debugging is enabled.
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1. Plug in epic
2. Go to device manager
3. Uninstall anything samsung, google, android, sprint and epic.
4. Check add or remove software a make sure all drivers are gone
5. Unplug phone
6. Install drivers using the exe
7. Root

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Didn't you already have the drivers installed?
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Yes, but when i plugged it in, it started installing stuff. I unplugged it, and plugged it back in. It worked this time.

Nice video

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Nice video
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Thanks. Lol

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zanderman112 said:
Ok, so im trying to root using the same method i did last time. but i cant get the drivers to install completely 4/5 install fine but: CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM) is stuck on Installing driver software. Adb says the device is attached, but offline. Any suggestions? Usb debugging is enabled.
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it will work without that one.

CrfEpic4g said:
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Forget something? lol

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Haha
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Nice... commense the rooting process
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I just had mine replaced this week and on low brightness settings the screen seems to have a yellow green tone. Turn up the brightness and the whites are as white as can be. Any issues with your screen on the lowest brightness?
As for over clocking I have had no issues @1300
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Experts Needed:Nexus S 9020a is bricked for real

I bought a bricked Nexus S form the marketplace. I tried to get it in to download mode and it is not working at all. The phone is charging so i know it has life in it. It is not recognized by fastboot or odin. I have a jig and I tried it and failure striked again. I really need experts because the phone is to nice for it not to work and i know it is no such thing as a fully software bricked samsung android phone.

That is amazing. I thought for sure that you could get it working with no problems.
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TheBassman369 said:
That is amazing. I thought for sure that you could get it working with no problems.
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I thought i could. I'm still working on it.

gasolara2002 said:
I bought a bricked Nexus S form the marketplace. I tried to get it in to download mode and it is not working at all. The phone is charging so i know it has life in it. It is not recognized by fastboot or odin. I have a jig and I tried it and failure striked again. I really need experts because the phone is to nice for it not to work and i know it is no such thing as a fully software bricked samsung android phone.
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power it off. power it on holding the volume up button and power button at the same time. if it goes into the bootloader mode, then its not bricked.

Take out the battery and hold the power button for 20 secs
Uncle Jimmy says hello

If you can go to bootloader mode, you can flash clockwork recovery and install a rom.
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No luck with the bootloader. Ugh this is a challenge!
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I think i need a JTAG service to revive this thing. I will pay the 50 bucks. By the time i buy all the equipment it wouldn't be worth it.

I need a pit file to reformat the phone. Please help.
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gasolara2002 said:
I need a pit file to reformat the phone. Please help.
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Have you checked samfirmware.com?
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Pit is in the. Tar

I will try it when i get the phone back in a couple of days. I only see the i9020T on there.
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Have you checked samfirmware.com?
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Most Terrifying expierence!

So i was odin-ing back to stock when for some reason Odin stopped. I start freaking out cause what else am i gonna do. My wife hates that i play with my phone.
Back in the early days of vibrant i effed up a voodoo lagfix (was able to fix it), but it cost me $50 buck when i had to send the replacment phone back after fixing mine.
So (like a noob) i unplug my phone and leave it in download mode. Nothings working.
I turn the phone off (again LIKE A NOOB), and it give me this angry picture of a cell connected to a PC...
Lost my Sh*t!!!!
However, was able to get into download mode, retore stock, and avoid a sexless month.
So, who has a good OMGZ-BRICKED-MY-PONE-OH-WAIT-NO-I-DIDNT moment...

I'd be willing to bet 99% of people on this forum have had this go down and freaked out the first time. It's one of those things that's inevitable when messing with this stuff.

i feel ya bro. I once spent 3.5 hours trying to odin before it went thru. I was sick to my stomach. Thought my phone was done!!

I once used a broken USB cable that I broke earlier (but forgot). It made very VERY poor contact with the phone so it disconnected if the phone was touched.
I used that cable with ODIN. Needless to say, it disconnected MANY times and I kept thinking I'm done. Finally I remembered the cable is broken and then I TOOK IT AND HELD IT AS TIGHT AS POSSIBLE with the USB contact.
Scarriest hour of my life.

I pulled the USB early, just before Odin says completed, on a bootloader flash. Holy **** what a scary moment. It booted up fine though.
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I know a sexless month is terrifying but its okay bro.
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dunkerya said:
I know a sexless month is terrifying but its okay bro.
No its not. Try dating for only 2 yrs and having them often.
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Lol, i tried flashing the gb bootloader, then my phone didnt boot up cuz odin failed and then it magicaly went to the computer phone screen, and i just flashed back the stock froyo bootloader.. o thought i was done for lol

Try being married for 20 yrs.....you get them often :-/
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Been there atleast 6 times, just kept trying and I get there
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Jose Quervo and Android don't blend well LOL
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Dan_Brutal said:
I pulled the USB early, just before Odin says completed, on a bootloader flash. Holy **** what a scary moment. It booted up fine though.
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Haha I did this too outdated odin and bootloaders dont mix. I had to flash it at least 5 times to get it to take. Odin wouldnt recognize on the com after every bad flash unless I reboted. The last time I couldnt get back to download so I flashed it in the phone!pc screen with a different odin and it worked like a charm. Stomach was churning like it was trying to make butter lol.
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First time I used ODIN my roomate accidentally unplugged my phone (cable was crazy loose)... wound up on the phone---!---PC screen and that was scary as crap. Took a little while, but I figured it out
Basically, unless you're in the realm of bootloaders, this phone is difficult enough to brick (which I'm very thankful for!)

grose65 said:
Been there atleast 6 times, just kept trying and I get there
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The burning question in my mind is, do you mean the failed upload attempts?
...or the month your kick-banned from hanky panky... because of course you keep trying, and eventually you get there. waka waka waka

Tried to flash my phone while driving, I hit a road bump and next thing, I know ODIN stopped working and my phone had a bunch of garbage display on the screen.
C*0000000*** something like that.
used Jig back to download mode. But the remaining 30 minutes drive back to my desk was horrifying.

Been there, done that
You tried to flash your phone while driving??
I used Clockwork mod to flash back to a Rom I liked better with a nandroid backup and it just got into a bootloop. I kept trying, but the only thing I could get to work was to Odin back to a stable Eclair build I had on hand.
BUT it gave me a red FAIL and just stopped mid-way through. However, when I unplugged and started my phone it came up just fine. PHEW!
Hours of fiddling and my wife was also all like "What the heck are you doing??? Can't you leave well enough alone???"
No. Of course not.

First time I got a soft brick I was scared as **** but then I learned about Odin I was so happy
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Dan_Brutal said:
I pulled the USB early, just before Odin says completed, on a bootloader flash. Holy **** what a scary moment. It booted up fine though.
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I never pull out early.... it's better if you let it finish.

Yea same problem lol
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lotherius said:
I never pull out early.... it's better if you let it finish.
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But if you finish your have a higher chance of your phone producing more phones.