Hello,
So my phone was working before it got stuck in a boot loop. However, the download mode did not work. Whenever I entered the download command into adb, it would restart as if it was going into download mode, but then it would reboot again.
Ironically, it is able to go into CWM recovery when I enter the command. I tried to do a factory reset on the phone in CWM and reflashed CM7 and now I am stuck in bootloops.
Every loop it displays a quick message in recovery "E: Can't mount sd card".
Someone please help! I am going to get a jig, but is there any other option besides that?
Thanks..
Also, my 3 Button Combo doesn't work...and I am assuming my warranty is voided so I can't send it to Samsung?
In response to your Samsung question, yes, you cannot send it to Samsung, as the modifications have made it non-warranty. Sorry to have to say that.
On the positive side, a jig should be your best bet. That should kick you into download mode where you can flash back to stock.
Okay, thanks for the quick response
Please use the ROM-specific sticky. That's what they're here for.
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I updated my galaxy with KIES,and after restarting my phone go to logo SAMSUNG and vibrate every minut.And then is dark screen.
I can`t go into recovery or download mode.
What can i do?
First of all you could have it posted in QnA
Second, use search.
And third -> Go to recovery mode (vol+ + home + power)
do hard reset and wipe cache.
Report if it helps
Of course you will lose ur settings, accounts...
Maybe try first wipe-cache only.
I think you didn`t read my post carefully, I wrote that I can not get into recovery mode.
srecko76 said:
I think you didn`t read my post carefully, I wrote that I can not get into recovery mode.
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why not just simply pull your battery, and enter recover mode again?
srecko76 said:
I think you didn`t read my post carefully, I wrote that I can not get into recovery mode.
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3-Button-Combo Bug? Why you haven't fixed it before flashing another firmware?
You've bricked your Phone.
U have usb debugging on? If yes try 'adb reboot recovery'
If no download mode, no recovery... Samsung only can help.
Hey guys,
I posted in a thread in Q&A.
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I just want to be clear ...
So I last night I flashed JPK, PDA/MODEM/CSC with 512pit installed latest oneclick lag fix 2.1.1, SGS tools and other basic apps. Was running perfect all night except that RAM seemed to be eaten up easily.
Then this morning Advanced Task Killer Froyo Beta started acting up. So I tried a reboot and then I got this black screen issue.
Tried reflashing JPK again. Just successfully flashed JH2 but still the black screen.
Recovery/Download mode work. With 2.2 recovery mode I was getting SDCARD connect errors on screen, but since JH2 I don't see them. Tried wiping cache partition, and factory reset. Still black screen. I've tried without external SD and SIM and just recently with external SD.
In this JH2 recovery mode "update media, finished" and Apllyting MultiCSC works properly too. When in recovery mode, Kies tries to recognize it, but boot/blackscreen I get nothing.
Is there anything else I can try? I have read through this whole thread, but it's a lot to read and understand. Anything with ADB? When in recovery mode ADB shell returns a device not found
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Just wondering if you could help out please? Not getting an responses there.
hatdrawn said:
Hey guys,
I posted in a thread in Q&A.
Just wondering if you could help out please? Not getting an responses there.
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- Reflash with Odin
- Do a Factory reset
I've done that with JPK and JH2 to no prevail
xan said:
U have usb debugging on? If yes try 'adb reboot recovery'
If no download mode, no recovery... Samsung only can help.
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Please tell me,how can i do that.
hatdrawn said:
Hey guys,
I posted in a thread in Q&A.
Just wondering if you could help out please? Not getting an responses there.
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can you go as past the boot screen?
are you able to issue commands?
I can't get past the boot screen on either FW
there was a topic in the Dev forum with some people that were able to successfully come back to 2.1 after flashing 2.2
but i don't remember the tittle of the topic
they originally had the same problem you have reported
if you can find it, then you'll be able to use the same methods they used to come back to a funtional 2.1
I've looked. I tried going to 2.1 but it's the same issue.
New thin though. I now have a image frozen on screen of a box with an arrow coming out of it and the android standing next to it.
What does that mean?
How you get there?
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How you get there?
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You can't get to USB Debugging unless your phone is working.
It's my issue too, but I at least have the 3 button combo.
If you got debugging mode turned on in settings:
On a PC download android sdk, open command window in tools directory...
type "adb reboot recovery"
But I dont think it may help at all, its just to make u step forward
If you dont have debugging mode turned on in settings:
Only samsung.
MY Phone Condition:
My phone was previously install with voodoo rom and use clockwork recovery to restore to my stock rom that i backup and it crash half way.
My phone was hardware lock this mean no matter how i press the volume and power button , i will never get into download mode. non of the method posted work !
My phone cannot use "adb reboot download" because there is no OS and it was stuck in the recovery loop.
It does not have clockwork recovery because i formatted my internal sdcard
If i do have clockwork recovery and i use restore image or install new from zip , i still stuck in the recovery mode after reboot several times.
My phone does not mount to internal sdcard because i don't even know what i did on this part.
I believe i screw up my partition of the phone.
DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
You need the Samsung USB driver and you can get it from Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
First Part
1. Download update.zip from the link below. This was post by another member.
The post is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
2. Place the update.zip in tools folder so you can push it into your phone by using adb command
3. Plug usb into the phone and your phone should be on the Android system recovery <2e>
4. Use your volume button to select reinstall package, don't press power button yet.
5. constant "adb push update.zip /sdcard" from computer , you will get permission denied.
6. While you are constantly pushing the adb command from computer. press the power button on the phone so it install update.zip from sdcard.
7. This is the part where it force adb push into sdcard without permission
8. once the update.zip install completed. unplug the usb cable from the phone and take the battery out.
9. put the battery back to the phone then press on both volume button.
10. While holding both volume button , plug in your usb cable and it will boot to download screen.
If you need use Odin to flash your phone to original stock rom. Go to the Second Part
Second Part:
If you get black screen with only 4 light on the bottom after flashing from Odin.
Follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728698
There should be T959-PDA.tar,T959-CSC.tar and T959-Phone.tar within the package.
Check "Re-Partition" , "Auto Reboot" and "F.Reset Time" check box. Use the PIT 0512 version. Use "PDA", "PHONE" and "CSC" from the link above.
After flashing with Odin, you will loose the download mode. repeat the first part and you are good to go.
Here is the link on rooting the phone
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_Samsung_Galaxy_S_(Vibrant)
If your phone is hardware locked, how are you able to get into recovery? Hardware locked phone means no recovery and download mode.
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If your phone is hardware locked, how are you able to get into recovery? Hardware locked phone means no recovery and download mode.
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my hardware lock mean cannot use the button method to get into download mode and using adb reboot download does not help too.
Im pretty sure hardware lock does not mean no recovery. Just no button download mode
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you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
No, it means both.
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you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
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i was about to give up. i was trying to push update.zip and do adb reboot download left and right and no luck untill i found this method. It took me a week to figure it out
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No, it means both.
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my recovery was working because i was stuck in the a loop. ya , this update.zip pretty much do both download mode and recovery mode.
What the point of this? Does the other thread not cover this??
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What the point of this? Does the other thread not cover this??
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Are you asking or you are insulting ?
jaex said:
Are you asking or you are insulting ?
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probably asking. Considering there is another thread on the same topic that has been on the front page for over a week now, with several pages of replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
EDIT: So you were bricked and hardware locked and got yourself out of it? If thats the case then yets its different than that thread and why didn't you just come out and say it?
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probably asking. Considering there is another thread on the same topic that has been on the front page for over a week now, with several pages of replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
EDIT: So you were bricked and hardware locked and got yourself out of it? If thats the case then yets its different than that thread and why didn't you just come out and say it?
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You figure it out after all. I already stated the condition of my phone ! My phone was pretty bricked at that point. There is way for me to push any files into the phone because i don't have permission and my phone will not go to download mode by using the volume button. It just stuck at recovery mode.
There are guide out there teach you to use "adb push download". This method only work if you are in your phone and you turn on debug mode. My phone crash at the clockwork recovery bootloader. Then i formated my internal sdcard that hold the clockwork. next i push a stock update.zip that does not have su and busybox so i lost the capability to push anything into the phone.
no download mode , no permission, no sdcard --> You tell me how can i use the method that post few week ago ?
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you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
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Thank You
Thank ! You save my phone !
unfortunately, i was one of those careless people to brick my phone via Voodoo.
Firstly, i tried to "FLASH" the disable_voodoo zip file via Clockwork, i put it in root, and never created any folders. i knew i had to disable voodoo before flashing but my steps were wrong.
sadly enough, my phone was also HW locked, so i got it exchanged. now im not using voodoo YET and i my new vibrant can handle OC and has the recovery/download mode via buttons.
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unfortunately, i was one of those careless people to brick my phone via Voodoo.
Firstly, i tried to "FLASH" the disable_voodoo zip file via Clockwork, i put it in root, and never created any folders. i knew i had to disable voodoo before flashing but my steps were wrong.
sadly enough, my phone was also HW locked, so i got it exchanged. now im not using voodoo YET and i my new vibrant can handle OC and has the recovery/download mode via buttons.
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i use shell to create the file that disable voodoo. after disable voodoo , i was able to do restore and install new rom unfortunately after restore or install new rom , it still reboot into recovery.
I also forgot to disable voodoo, and this was before there were fix instructions posted. So i basically effed up my phone to the point of being stuck in the samsung recovery loop, no hardware download mode, no clockwork recovery, no update.zp, no adb download.
I really thought I had completely bricked my phone, I tried this just out of desperation and what do you know, push update.zip over and over and click and it goes through, which allowed me to get into download mode.
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I also forgot to disable voodoo, and this was before there were fix instructions posted. So i basically effed up my phone to the point of being stuck in the samsung recovery loop, no hardware download mode, no clockwork recovery, no update.zp, no adb download.
I really thought I had completely bricked my phone, I tried this just out of desperation and what do you know, push update.zip over and over and click and it goes through, which allowed me to get into download mode.
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nice , you just have to re-root and install the new rom again , if it brick again , just use this method and you are good again.many of us forgot to disable the voodoo before we restore or install new rom and this crashes the phone.
Need some help really bad
Ok so I have a similar situation as you did (OP), only mine is a bit worse... In my irrational "in the moment" fear of the situation, I used adb reboot recovery to get into recovery mode (HW locked phone) and I did the option that deletes all the **** on the phone and restores the phone to its original format (I think it reinstalled the OS or something, because it looks brand new). So now, whenever I boot up, it does the annoying black screen with the 4 glowing buttons thing for a while, and then eventually the OS actually shows up on the screen. Then it does "scanning media" thing over and over again, but thats not the main problem. I figured, hey this isnt so bad atleast I found your thread and would be able to use your method to help restore my phone... the problem is that somehow my "settings" button is totally gone from the app menu, and I cant get it into debug mode, so I cant use either adb or your method or ANYTHING!! My phone is practically bricked as I cant do anything because its constantly laggy and turns back to the black screen thing, and then when it is showing the homescreen I cant do **** because even swiping to another screen takes like 5 minutes to do cause its so laggy. So basically I ****ed up, and I really need some help.. Im kinda a noob at this whole thing and im really outa options as far as I can tell.. does anyone know what I can do to repair my phone? Thanks!
Wanting to know if i skip the, go into downloading mode, on the official upgrade will it brick my phone? Im asking this mainly because everything ive tried will not bring my captivate into recovery or dl mode. And i haven't been able to really find any help on getting past the 3 button problem. And samsun recomended i reboot the phone! But hope someone can help, would like to get 2.2 asap!
I recommend fixing your button combo just in case something goes wrong. What firmware is on your phone now? If you have a ROM with the advanced power menu you can use that to get into recovery. You can also use the adb reboot recovery command or use terminal emulator if the phone is rooted and type:
Code:
su
reboot recovery
Then install the attached file. You can also get into download mode the same way, but the first thing I would do is fix the button combos.
Currently I have jf6 cause somehow the ota update was never received! But what would be the best route for fixing my 3button recovery/dl mode? I would love to fix it before updateing to 2.2! Thanks for helping BTW!
Hi all,
I was just trying to flash a friend's phone after flashing my own Galaxy S countless times, but it wouldn't get into download mode. After searching the forum I tried one of the methods of getting it to go into download mode - Aries_P-SBL.tar.md5 the file was called. However, it failed, and now I can't get anything on the phone other than the phone to computer error icon. Tried 3-button download mode, no joy.
Is there anything we can do, or should he send it back and get a new one?
Cheers in advance!
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Hi all,
I was just trying to flash a friend's phone after flashing my own Galaxy S countless times, but it wouldn't get into download mode. After searching the forum I tried one of the methods of getting it to go into download mode - Aries_P-SBL.tar.md5 the file was called. However, it failed, and now I can't get anything on the phone other than the phone to computer error icon. Tried 3-button download mode, no joy.
Is there anything we can do, or should he send it back and get a new one?
Cheers in advance!
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Did it go in to download/ recovery mode before you flashed it? Sounds like you need a jig to force it in to download mode!
I could only get it into download mode by using ADB whilst the phone was on and correctly booted. It won't go back in now as I can't get the phone to boot!
make a home made jig resistor between pin 4 and 5 .... i think is a thread about it somewhere on this forum...
When I start Galaxy S I only see Clockworkmod text loading something and then it reboots.
When I try to enter Download mode, it does the same.
When I try to recovery, it does the same.
When I take battery off and insert USB cable and then battery, it shows that it starts charging but then it enters the bootloop. This should not be possible?
What to do next? Is the JTAG JIG only option and is it possible that it won't work?
Sort of the same here. My phone will start to the first samsung screen, shut off and reboot, and continue forever.
I tried flashing with odin but the phone shuts off before odin has a chance of flashing, any help? I would like to try out the android too, but the situation is forcing me back to apple phones.
I updated to CM 7.1 (2.3.7) from android 2.2 (stock)
On stock rom the key combinations did not work at first place. I had to go to download mode using: adb reboot download
Is this why I can't get to download mode? Since cyanogenmod does not touch the three-button-combinations?
Build a usb jig, Im confident it will work for you. Google it, you tube it, heres the link on this forum. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
My buddies phone was doing exactly what your phone is doing and I was able to use the jig to achieve DL mode and flash via odin. GL
Got the JIG.
It went straight to the download mode. Then reflashed to XXJVT.
Factory format and Cyanogenmod reinstall.
Works like a charm!
Thanks guys!