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Grrrr, Why Me! Help

Well I've had my Vibrant for about a month now but have not been in a rush to root because there aren't really any ROMS available yet. I've donated so I'm excited to see what comes about. Any way I decided to go ahead and root today because frankly the bloatware was getting on my nerves. So I rooted the phone basically just flashing the upsate.zip and then flashing recovery via rom manager. Now I'm a bit frustrated because immediately after rooting:
1. My Vibrant is laggy as all hell!
2. Google apps crashes repeatedly
3. My damn market no longer works! Can't download apps via market anymore
4. My Sync is now broken, it says synced but definitely does not sync anything any time anymore.
What gives? Others have obviously had no problems and I'm certain I didn't do anything wrong, I've been rooting and flashing since the days of G1 and have had a Mytouch and most recently a Nexus One. I'm not fantastically versed but I'm no n00b all the same.
Also what's up with the radio? My phone rings and the ringer is low then a few seconds later gets loud also the delay between the time I dial a number and the number rings is pretty big, I've taken two phones and called one to check.
Any way I'm frustrated and unroot is not working, I attempted to unroot but yet remain rooted with all the same headaches.
Some help would be appreciated.

Go ahead and use odin to get back to stock. Yes you will lose your data.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734475
You should be back to stock at this point. Then use this file to get root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723479
There really isnt much else to do. You dont even need the recovery, yet, but use clockwork through market to get it. Choosing Vibrant as the recovery option. Download the busybox app from market to get the newest one.

unfortunately my phone does not boot into download mode. I've tried holding volume down and power, no dice it just boots up normally. ive also tried holding volume up and power to the same result....And I don't know of any other way to use Odin without download mode. After rooting my phone nothing works properly.

justanothergirl said:
unfortunately my phone does not boot into download mode. I've tried holding volume down and power, no dice it just boots up normally. ive also tried holding volume up and power to the same result....And I don't know of any other way to use Odin without download mode. After rooting my phone nothing works properly.
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You have to hold volume up and down while holding power. Once the screen goes black release power and continue holding volume up and volume down.
Your other option is with adb to do "adb reboot download" and it will reboot into download mode.
Once you get the hang of holding the volume up and down it's a piece of cake.

try installing one of eugene's ROMs through Clockwork, and see if that fix's anything.
Make sure you have the samsung drivers installed on your computer.
Odin can be tricky, here's my sure fire way that i get into Odin every single time.
DO NOT HAVE YOUR USB PLUGGED IN YET
1) Start odin load your .pit file and rom into PDA
2) Go into stock recovery
3) Now plug in the USB cable, Odin should recognize a phone is connected
4) In recovery select Reboot System
5) Immediately press the Volume Up/Down Button all the way in, (2 clicks)
6) should load the yellow triangle and say download mode plus Odin should recognize it immediately

Okie doke, thanks guys, I went ahead and used Odin to return to get back to stock so I'm going to just root again, I have no idea why things got so screwed up when I rooted and flashed before. Getting into download mode was annoying but this is what worked for me:
1. Turn off phone
2. Plug USB in
3. Wait for green charging screen
3. Hold Volume Up, Volume down, and Power.
5. Let go of power as soon as the screen goes black.
Open Odin and load files then hit start....and back to stock I went.
Thanks again!

Flashing JL4 Help Needed

I must be doing something wrong here.
I have Odin 3 1.70.
I have the .tar file JJL4 thread in the development forum.
Samsung drivers are installed.
I take out the battery, then put it back in, then hold vol+/vol- and hit power and I'm in system recovery screen.
The last entry on the phone says installing muti-CSC.
I then connect the phone to the PC and it recognizes something on Com3. I then load the tar file in the pda section of ODIN. I'm not loading the PIT file.
When I click start, odin says file analysis, then setupconnection, then nothing else happens after that.
I don't need the .pit file, right? If I use the .pit file, does that erase the programs and data that I had stored on the phone?
Help?

I had a similar problem using the same version of Odin. Then I flashed it again using Odin 1.30 and it worked fine.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

You need to get your phone in Download Mode, not Recovery. If you see a yellow Android with a shovel, you're in Download Mode. Check out the stickies and the Vibrant Bible.

Well, all of the instructions say to hold vol+/vol- and then power. When I do that it takes me into the recovery screen.
How do I get it into the download screen then?

I have never seen this posted here or anywhere but this is how I get into download EVERY time. I also don't go into every post though lol.
With the phone off hold the volume buttons down THEN plug in the usb to the phone it will go straight to download mode. USB needs to already be plugged into PC too if that wasn't obvious.
I think the way it's actually posted though is Volume +, Home button, and Power not both volumes. I have never gotten it to work that way and I stumbled onto the above way by accident.

blizzard1017 said:
I have never seen this posted here or anywhere but this is how I get into download EVERY time. I also don't go into every post though lol.
With the phone off hold the volume buttons down THEN plug in the usb to the phone it will go straight to download mode. USB needs to already be plugged into PC too if that wasn't obvious.
I think the way it's actually posted though is Volume +, Home button, and Power not both volumes. I have never gotten it to work that way and I stumbled onto the above way by accident.
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Wow, you think that would be in the guides somewhere.
Phone off, holding both vol+/vol- and then plugging usb cable into the phone put my in downloading mode.
Was I doing something completely wrong before? Why wasn't it going into download mode?
Thank you much!
Flashing now, fingers crossed.

Turn off your phone, plug your phone in and when you see the green charging. Hold the. Volume up and
Down keys and the power key until you see the download mode.

Ok, so ODIN succeeded. It rebooted and got hung at the S.
I went into recovery mode, cleared the cache and rebooted again and I'm still stuck at the S?
What now?!
EDIT: Went into recovery and cleared cache again and I'm back up now.

great news! now you know how to odin. but majority of the time you will have to use a back up like titanium backup or nandroid from cwm to restore your apps and stuff. when using t-backup make sure not to select missing apps plus system data cause that can cause some force closes!

Z4 mod isn't working for me on this. Should it be?
What else will root this version?

lexluthor said:
Well, all of the instructions say to hold vol+/vol- and then power. When I do that it takes me into the recovery screen.
How do I get it into the download screen then?
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Ur doing all right but holding power its only volume don't hold power for download mode.
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

HELP: Cannot get back into Download Mode...Truly Bricked??

I'm pretty sure I just bricked my **@#*& phone trying to Flash the Semaphore 1.6.0Bm kernel
It failed the first time around when I tried to flash it via Odin.
So I took the battery out like I usually do then went to put it back into download mode... To my surprise I cannot get into download or recovery mode anymore.
I've tried all button methods and none worked. I can't get past the screen that has the cell --- computer screen.. Looks like I may need a jig now...?
Any other ideas that I might be able to try?
Thanks.

What happens when you three finger boot and just keep holding it? Same screen you have now?
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App

efan450 said:
What happens when you three finger boot and just keep holding it? Same screen you have now?
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA App
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You mean holding the Vol up & down, Home and power button?
Same thing.
I've left the battery out for over 20 minutes, tried it while plugged into the computer, the adapter and not plugged in at all.. Still nothing.
This sucks..

if the phone doesn't do anything at all you can probably take it in to your service center and tell them it wont turn on but it didn't get wet or anything... ubless they have some magical way to get it into download then they'll replace it if you're under warranty.
Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500

Load up Ubuntu or something and load up heimdall command line. There should be an option to kick it out of the connect to PC screen.
Sent from my ADR6350 using XDA App

Thanks for your responses.
I tried the OneClick.jar heimdall method but it seems to not recognize that the phone is even plugged in.
I did just purchase a USB jig off ebay, I'm guessing that this is my last option before having to bring it back to Telus for a replacement

have you heard of One-Click UnBrick?
I have seen that screen a few times. This worked for me every time to get it back into recovery...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310

studdyhalllooser said:
have you heard of One-Click UnBrick?
I have seen that screen a few times. This worked for me every time to get it back into recovery...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
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Thanks for the Link but I gave this a try and unfortunately the phone isn't picked up by any of my computers (XP, Mac OSX & Ubuntu), when connected Via USB. Failed everytime

iwebsource said:
I've tried all button methods and none worked. I can't get past the screen that has the cell --- computer screen.. Looks like I may need a jig now...?
Any other ideas that I might be able to try?
Thanks.
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I got this same problem when I installed CM7 on my T959d for the first time and Odin hung after clicking [Start]. Rebooted my phone and was greeted with a nice soft-brick screen. What a scare that was.
Here's what I did:
1. Take out the battery from the phone.
2. Plug the phone via USB to the PC (odin was open)
3. Hold down [VOL -] key
4. Hold down [POWER] key
I don't remember if the SGH-GTI9000 screen popped up, but if it does, wait for it to switch back to a black screen and then release just the [POWER] key, keeping [VOL -] pressed.
That put me back in Download Mode. Fired up ODIN again and the flash was successful this time around.
edit: Also, the Semaphore kernel i see in i9000 is for JVS roms. I'm not sure how that would affect darkys, since it's a JVR rom.

boot loops at recovery???

So I have done some searching but nothing I've tried help or not the same issue.
I was trying to root everything seemed to go fine. Phone reboots and now all it does is goes to a screen with blue letter at the top left that says recovery and then reboots. I've tried to power button home button volume key combo same thing happens. Phone keeps looping, so I pull the battery. As soon as I put it back in it starts looping again, even without me trying to turn it on.
Am I screwed? I have tried adb but it cant find the device, I assume because it keeps rebooting. Does Samsung have something like the HTC RUU or would that not matter because of the boot loop?
Any help would be great!
Thanks

PATasorus said:
So I have done some searching but nothing I've tried help or not the same issue.
I was trying to root everything seemed to go fine. Phone reboots and now all it does is goes to a screen with blue letter at the top left that says recovery and then reboots. I've tried to power button home button volume key combo same thing happens. Phone keeps looping, so I pull the battery. As soon as I put it back in it starts looping again, even without me trying to turn it on.
Am I screwed? I have tried adb but it cant find the device, I assume because it keeps rebooting. Does Samsung have something like the HTC RUU or would that not matter because of the boot loop?
Any help would be great!
Thanks
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Most probably wrong file flashed. Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423

Rosli59564 said:
Most probably wrong file flashed. Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423
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I have tried that but I cannot get into download mode or recovery. It just hits the black screen with blue text and reboots.

re: reboots
PATasorus said:
I have tried that but I cannot get into download mode or recovery. It just hits the black screen with blue text and reboots.
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If you cannot get into download or recovery mode by using the
Home+VolumeDown+PowerButton or Home+VolumeUP+PowerButton
then you will need to purchase a "USB JIG" from an online store or from
eBay, it's very inexpensive $5.00 or less shipped.
You plug it into the USB port of the phone after the phone is fully
powered down. After doing that it takes less than 3 seconds for
the phone to go into "download mode" automatically.
Once its in download mode and you unplug the jig you can Odin
flash the official stock firmware/rom and have a fresh start.
I have been using a JIG for years on many models of Samsung Android
phones and it works GREAT! It even worked perfectly on a friends HTC.
Good luck!

PATasorus said:
I have tried that but I cannot get into download mode or recovery. It just hits the black screen with blue text and reboots.
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Take the Battery out hold Vol down button and home replace battery should get you into download mode

Miketyler said:
Take the Battery out hold Vol down button and home replace battery should get you into download mode
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Just tried that, same thing happens. Reboots.
If you cannot get into download or recovery mode by using the
Home+VolumeDown+PowerButton or Home+VolumeUP+PowerButton
then you will need to purchase a "USB JIG" from an online store or from
eBay, it's very inexpensive $5.00 or less shipped.
You plug it into the USB port of the phone after the phone is fully
powered down. After doing that it takes less than 3 seconds for
the phone to go into "download mode" automatically.
Once its in download mode and you unplug the jig you can Odin
flash the official stock firmware/rom and have a fresh start.
I have been using a JIG for years on many models of Samsung Android
phones and it works GREAT! It even worked perfectly on a friends HTC.
Good luck!
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I will look that up. Thanks!

The JIG did the trick. Thanks!

S8 Stuck in Download Mode / Boot Mode.

Hey guys,
So I was on lunch break and left my phone on the cup holder and all of sudden I looked at my phone and it was in boot mode so I tried to reset it so I could use it, but I wasn't able to press any of the buttons to choose the options. Yet I was able to hold my power and volume button to turn it off but it would just come right back to the boot mode. After messing around with it a bit more I was able to get it into download mode by holding bixby, power, and the volume button, but the same thing still happened I wasn't able to select any of the options. I've tried putting my phone into safe mode when my phone died, but it would just send me straight to the boot mode. What I remember was that I had a system update at the time and I pretty much kept ignoring it and trying to find a way to bypass it so that I wouldn't be require to keep doing the system update. I was searching other threads to find my issue but it doesn't seem like no one's ran into this issue yet, or I just haven't come across it yet. I'm just trying to factory reset my phone at this point haha.
Thanks!

Did you try flashing using odin?

vwjfazed said:
Hey guys,
So I was on lunch break and left my phone on the cup holder and all of sudden I looked at my phone and it was in boot mode so I tried to reset it so I could use it, but I wasn't able to press any of the buttons to choose the options. Yet I was able to hold my power and volume button to turn it off but it would just come right back to the boot mode. After messing around with it a bit more I was able to get it into download mode by holding bixby, power, and the volume button, but the same thing still happened I wasn't able to select any of the options. I've tried putting my phone into safe mode when my phone died, but it would just send me straight to the boot mode. What I remember was that I had a system update at the time and I pretty much kept ignoring it and trying to find a way to bypass it so that I wouldn't be require to keep doing the system update. I was searching other threads to find my issue but it doesn't seem like no one's ran into this issue yet, or I just haven't come across it yet. I'm just trying to factory reset my phone at this point haha.
Thanks!
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same problem as mine. but i try flashing it using odin but another problem comes up. (com)port problem.

Gandalf02 said:
same problem as mine. but i try flashing it using odin but another problem comes up. (com)port problem.
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try to go directly back in download mode and do it again without edit something. I had that one time and this worked for me

Laiyox said:
try to go directly back in download mode and do it again without edit something. I had that one time and this worked for me
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The problem is when I exit the odin apps or reset or pull out the cord and put it back in it wont detect the phone. so I need to off the mobile again and charge it til it powers on after 4 hours of charging. thats my problem, and that serial(com)ports problem pops up.

Gandalf02 said:
The problem is when I exit the odin apps or reset or pull out the cord and put it back in it wont detect the phone. so I need to off the mobile again and charge it til it powers on after 4 hours of charging. thats my problem, and that serial(com)ports problem pops up.
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Did you mean that Odin don't recognize any com port?? Or that the PC don't recognize your device??
Remember u need the Samsung drivers installed so u can properly flash with odin.
Take a look at windows device manager, connect your phone and see what happened, in the USB check for Samsung USB composite device, or see if at least any new hardware is detected, and the window blinks a couple of times.

Gandalf02 said:
The problem is when I exit the odin apps or reset or pull out the cord and put it back in it wont detect the phone. so I need to off the mobile again and charge it til it powers on after 4 hours of charging. thats my problem, and that serial(com)ports problem pops up.
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You should install Samsung USB drivers, just search on google Samsung USB Drivers. Then try to flash again. Hope you get that fixed.