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How to guide to fixing your phone triangle computer bricked vibrant.

I have solved this problem for me I am not sure if this will work for everyone.
I have used pieces from other users so I can't take credit for anything, just helping the community.
I realize there are others out there that claim to do the same thing however after spending 1/2 a day doing it those ways, none worked till I did this, that is why i posted this guide, for people coming from bionix 1.31 or similar roms and using one of those guides causing a soft brick issue, this is what flashed mine back to 2.2 official firmware from a bricked state.
this will also work to flash a phone back to stock to send back for warranty if it is rooted and voodoo'ed.
Please follow this guide exactly. If a step doesn't work try again from the start then do not continue as this won't work for you.
1. your phone looks like this
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2. in this mode your phone will be seen by this version of odin here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=478059&d=1293895557
3. dl and install the odin program works on win 7 64 bit no issues.
4. dl this ka6 update (this is a factory flash for odin) http://www.multiupload.com/GZT6ZYFX46
5. extract the ka6 zip to your desktop and rename the (.tar.mp5) file to (.tar) change the extension only DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME! < this is the trick it will not flash any other way once this is done it will flash right through.
6. open the odin program.
7. connect the phone get it to the screen like the pic in step 1.
8. the 1st ID:com box will turn yellow and have some id numbers in it.
9. click the pda button under files select the .tar file you made in step 5.
10. it will display the link to the file on your desktop in the pda text box.
11. DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING OR RE_PARTITION THIS MAY NOT WORK>
12. CLICK THE START BUTTON ONLY>
13. DO NOT UNPLUG ANYTHING YOUR WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE>
14. THE PHONE AND ODIN WILL STRAT TO DISPLAY LINES THAT MOVE LEAVE THE PHONE TILL THE FIRST BLOCK ON THE TOP OF ODIN SAYS PASS IN GREEN!
15 your phone will reboot and everything will be back to stock 2.2
16. you may need to wipe your phone through the factory privacy menu reset again then all is stock.
Thanks to all the link I used.
If this works for you please click my tanks button and let me know.
Ian

Lmao where is the guide?
Edit: There it is!

And more threads beating the same old horse to death
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sorry was finishing the links

Stefan your being a *****, stop being a f***ing loser and do something with your life, instead of wasting your time bashing all these forums.
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ameedi600 said:
Stefan your being a *****, stop being a f***ing loser and do something with your life, instead of wasting your time bashing all these forums.
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Seems my lack of appreciation seems to make it look like im trying to "TROLL"
Let me start by saying thanks OP for this guide, now that's out the way, there are dozens of guides for this problem, this one provides no new information hence same horse being beaten to death
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I had no idea you were actually being appreciative but you would have to forgive me because of the way you are bashing other forums for helping the android community.
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there are lots of new people every day that come join xda and when you slam them they find other places and get comfortable there.some of you learn alot then become big headed thanks for allllll these helpful post i love to learn every possible way to beat a brick,thanks for the post

stefan.buddle said:
Seems my lack of appreciation seems to make it look like im trying to "TROLL"
Let me start by saying thanks OP for this guide, now that's out the way, there are dozens of guides for this problem, this one provides no new information hence same horse being beaten to death
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you have a point, the OP's post somewhat redundant and probably not needed.
But you know what's more unwanted in this forum? A trash talker like you who's relentlessly being a jackass.
Please Mod, ban this dude.

This thread should be moved to General, no disrespect. It's simply in the wrong category.
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I fixed this a little differently and without having to wipe my device. Figured this out after a bad kernel flash through odin. My vibrant had this screen and would not be recognized in any windows os on multiple computers with all kinds of drivers and many versions of odin.
You'll need a pc running linux. If you don't have one, temporarily boot ubuntu off a cd or usb (google it).
Install heimdall either from a binary package if your on 64 bit or compile from source like I did if you have a x86 system. We don't need the gui just the cmd application.
If you compile make sure you compile the libusb that comes with heimdall first. Also if your on ubuntu or a debian variant you will need to install build-essentials from apt or synaptic.
Now type the following command in a terminal window do not press enter:
heimdall close-pc-screen
Pull the battery from the phone put it back in and plug in the usb. Now turn the phone on and hit enter to run your command when the phone starts to turn on.
You may see the script start to run and fail or not work at all. There is a sweet spot to hit enter and run that full cmd. if it didn't work try again. Took me like five tries.
When successful your phone will just boot back into your rom as you had it. Though you may want to reinstall now since something clearly went wrong.
Hope this helps.
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ewidtfeldt said:
I fixed this a little differently and without having to wipe my device. My vibrant had this screen and would not be recognized in any windows os on multiple computers with all kinds of drivers and many versions of odin.
You'll need a pc running linux. If you don't have one, temporarily boot ubuntu off a cd or usb (google it).
Install heimdall either from a binary package if your on 64 bit or compile from source like I did if you have a x86 system. We don't need the gui just the cmd application.
If you compile make sure you compile the libusb that comes with heimdall first. Also if your on ubuntu or a debian variant you will need to install build-essentials from apt or synaptic.
Now type the following command in a terminal window do not press enter:
heimdall close-pc-screen
Pull the battery from the phone put it back in and plug in the usb. Now turn the phone on and hit enter to run your command when the phone starts to turn on.
You may see the script start to run and fail or not work at all. There is a sweet spot to hit enter and run that full cmd. if it didn't work try again. Took me like five tries.
When successful your phone will just boot back into your rom as you had it. Though you may want to reinstall now since something clearly went wrong.
Hope this helps.
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My phone had the PHONE!PC screen and I could ODIN it back to stock, in windows. Just search for PHONE!PC and there are PLENTY of guides to this. You've got to make sure you've got NO driver/device problems in windows for this to work.

Trust me its possible to put your phone in a state that windows will not recognize it. My post was meant to help those individuals. Thanks for your input though also.
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It should be mentioned that you can only flash from that screen with one of the newer SBL already on the device. Otherwise you will have to get into Download Mode to ODIN. I can speak from experience when I bumped the spacebar trying to get my device into Download Mode and ODIN began to flash away. Left me with an almost completely unresponsive device. If you are unsure whether you have flashed a ROM containing the newer SBL, then you are much safer getting into Download Mode as usual and going from there. Whether it be 3-button or a JIG.

I couldn't even jig. I solder for a living and made my own. No luck.
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I have had my phone at this screen before, I simply rebooted holding the keys, went into download mode and used Odin...

ewidtfeldt said:
Trust me its possible to put your phone in a state that windows will not recognize it. My post was meant to help those individuals. Thanks for your input though also.
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not if it's at that screen. Samsung Gadget drivers are your friend.

@ ianandamy
This guide applicable for other android phones by Samsung ?
we are using modified cable to get boot mode. hope we dont ve to use that modified cable anymore.
B/R
Subrata.mobi

I can't answer that although I would assume if you use the official update for your galaxy phone and remove the .mp5 extention it should.

subratamm said:
@ ianandamy
This guide applicable for other android phones by Samsung ?
we are using modified cable to get boot mode. hope we dont ve to use that modified cable anymore.
B/R
Subrata.mobi
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I think all Samsung phones running android can use Odin. You will need the correct .tar and .PDA files for the phone you are using as the vibrant ones will not work on any other phone. Don't quote me on this though, its just my guess.
~EDT \m/~

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i see there have been like 100 DL's of the toolkit, yet no feedback?? im assuming everything is working well? I dont have a factory cable so i am i bit leery to try this out

Well holy **** that was an adventure! Most definatly didnt work all the way. Process seemed to work, but upon a reboot I was greeted with the "red screen" I have now read so much about lol
Didnt have to make a cable, it did install the bootloader so I caught dl mode from that and restored it (literally took most of the night of reading and trial and error)

will see what happens now. rebooted twice now, still looks normal.

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Neeshers said:
Updated the Toolkit with the new TWRP (2.6.1.0)
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when i tried to restore it keeps saying waiting for devices and im using fastboot cable??? appreciate for any helps!!

the links are not working

Neeshers said:
KINDLE FIRE 2 TOOLKIT + RESTORE
Downloads:
Toolkit​Restore​
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Any chance you could re-upload the files?
Ta

bump. need files uploaded again

can anyone reupload the files?

Files please.
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Honestly. With the complexity of this device you're better off learning how to do stuff without the toolkit.
If you have a specific need I'll point you in the right direction to acquire the information.
Start Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40127157
-> Sent from my mind to your screen.
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

wronk restore file
in the restore download is only a Video, please reup the File, thanks

Desperately need the files to be mirrored. This 30Kbps download speed is killing me.
Wait, it just dropped to 0. Now it's back to 20Kbps.
It shouldn't take 2-3 hours to download a file only 200MB in size.

reset on boot

i did something very stupid.
i was gonna go back to factory settings.
to do that, i boot into custom recovery ( i forget the name but it has a purple background )
i was gonna click on wipe factory settings but accidently click on wipe to install new custom rom. and i resetarted my phone and now it wont boot.
when i put it on charge, it starts booting without i press the power button and it resets itself after sony logo comes up, and it is doing that until i unplug the charge cable.
when i plug it on computer, nothing happens even i push the power button..,
i cant enter fastboot
i cant enter custom recovery
i simply cant do anything..
anybody has any idea about waht to do ?
thx

anyone?
edit: nevermind. problem solved.. by throwing it on the wall..

cafenetland said:
anyone?
edit: nevermind. problem solved.. by throwing it on the wall..
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which custom ROM? Is your booloader locked or unlocked?

gripfly said:
which custom ROM? Is your booloader locked or unlocked?
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was unlocked. but not really important anymore.. i was so angry that i just throw it on the wall..
i know i shold have waited a bit more but could not help it.. its dead now. thx anyway..

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Wow. You probably could have fixed it in about 5 minutes by flashing a stock rom with Flashtool.
Oh well. Make sure you buy a different device to replace it. This one is obviously too much trouble for you.
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kingvortex said:
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Wow. You probably could have fixed it in about 5 minutes by flashing a stock rom with Flashtool.
Oh well. Make sure you buy a different device to replace it. This one is obviously too much trouble for you.
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i tried it. it did not work.. it was reseting itself after flashing the stock rom too.

I take it you did a full wipe when flashing?
In any case, you probably did yourself a favour.
If you're the type of person to smash an expensive piece of electronics beyond repair when you're having problems with it, perhaps you shouldn't be flashing mods to your devices. Use this knowledge in future.
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kingvortex said:
I take it you did a full wipe when flashing?
In any case, you probably did yourself a favour.
If you're the type of person to smash an expensive piece of electronics beyond repair when you're having problems with it, perhaps you shouldn't be flashing mods to your devices. Use this knowledge in future.
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well. u r right.. what can i say. it just happened in a matter of time.. i regret it but cant bring it back. and im very very sorry for that i've done.

There was really no need. If people read the forum they'd see its almost impossible to kill your phone with any option in recovery.
Accidently wiping system is like swapping out the hard drive in your PC. Of course it won't boot, but with the right software and 5 minutes you can get it installed again.
All you needed to do was get it into flashmode (nothing shows on screen) by holding volume down and plugging in usb, then flash anything you want using flash tool.
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Sony Xperia T Recovery Mode How To?

Have a Sony XPeria T here and it's locked an an android lock screen, (Code forgotton). So I'm trying to get into recovery and wipe data and I've looking all over the place and I found this does not work.
Enter Recovery
Keep pressing volume up when you see the sony logo on boot screen.
Use the volume up and down buttons to navigate, power button to select.
How can I wipe the data without getting into the phone? It's never been rooted and if I can't get into the phone I can't root it.
PS, can we get rid of the video's on here they are so annoying

GrandMstrBud said:
Have a Sony XPeria T here and it's locked an an android lock screen, (Code forgotton). So I'm trying to get into recovery and wipe data and I've looking all over the place and I found this does not work.
Enter Recovery
Keep pressing volume up when you see the sony logo on boot screen.
Use the volume up and down buttons to navigate, power button to select.
How can I wipe the data without getting into the phone? It's never been rooted and if I can't get into the phone I can't root it.
PS, can we get rid of the video's on here they are so annoying
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If you're not rooted, you obviously don't have a recovery... Flash a stock FTF file corresponding to the phone model you have. If you don't know how to do this, read the very first post of the General section (which I recommend you do anyway before asking questions, since they might already have been answered in there).
Tip: Flashing a stock firmware gives you the option to wipe all data, without root or recovery, without even starting Android.

Antiga Prime said:
If you're not rooted, you obviously don't have a recovery... Flash a stock FTF file corresponding to the phone model you have. If you don't know how to do this, read the very first post of the General section (which I recommend you do anyway before asking questions, since they might already have been answered in there).
Tip: Flashing a stock firmware gives you the option to wipe all data, without root or recovery, without even starting Android.
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I've got the flash tool and registered about 3-4 hours ago and still nothing so that's why I was looking for another way. Is there a way to use that without registering?

GrandMstrBud said:
I've got the flash tool and registered about 3-4 hours ago and still nothing so that's why I was looking for another way. Is there a way to use that without registering?
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Registered for what? I don't recall having to register to download Flashtool? If it's installed just open it and use it. You probably have a different program.

Antiga Prime said:
Registered for what? I don't recall having to register to download Flashtool? If it's installed just open it and use it. You probably have a different program.
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It was from the Sony website, I think called Emma. Found it searching around earlier. Got the one on here downloading, 45 minutes and counting on my 50mb connection

GrandMstrBud said:
It was from the Sony website, I think called Emma. Found it searching around earlier. Got the one on here downloading, 45 minutes and counting on my 50mb connection
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Ok, well Emma is not Flashtool. Don't know anything about Emma, so if you're gonna do it with that, then I have no idea and can't help you. But it most likely can be downloaded from the All-in-one thread in the Q&A forums.

Antiga Prime said:
Ok, well Emma is not Flashtool. Don't know anything about Emma, so if you're gonna do it with that, then I have no idea and can't help you. But it most likely can be downloaded from the All-in-one thread in the Q&A forums.
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Yes that's the one I have downloading now the one in the Q&A,
Thanks for your help

Antiga Prime said:
Ok, well Emma is not Flashtool. Don't know anything about Emma.
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'Open Emma' is Sony's official flashing software for xperia devices. Read up on it it's also what I use when I go back to stock, got a crap netbook set aside for it.
Http://developer.sonymobile.com/flash-tool/use-the-flash-tool-for-xperia-devices/
"To give up is a sign of your weaknesses, but to keep going is a sign of madness"

neosnake991 said:
'Open Emma' is Sony's official flashing software for xperia devices. Read up on it it's also what I use, got a crap netbook set aside for it.
Http://developer.sonymobile.com/flash-tool/use-the-flash-tool-for-xperia-devices/
"To give up is a sign of your weaknesses, but to keep going is a sign of madness"
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I meant, I've never used it, so I can't comment on how to use it. I know it's Sony's official software; but just because it performs the same functions as Flashtool, does not mean they are the same program.
I've never had interest in it since Flashtool works perfectly fine, and is developed by XDA developers instead of Sony developers.

You missed the point of my post, I was given a link for anyone else that wanted to know about it . As for me it's my last chance saloon as I have a unlocked bootloader.
"To give up is a sign of your weaknesses, but to keep going is a sign of madness"

neosnake991 said:
You missed the point of my post, I was given a link for anyone else that wanted to know about it . As for me it's my last chance saloon as I have a unlocked bootloader.
"To give up is a sign of your weaknesses, but to keep going is a sign of madness"
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Flashtool works with unlocked bootloaders as well...

Yeah I know but the ease of not looking for a ftf to flash is better, I use Flashtool a lot and am not putting it down, just some times I don't have time to waste.
"To give up is a sign of your weaknesses, but to keep going is a sign of madness"

Hello there

Hi all
I am Completely new at this
I just got an xperia zr as a gift and want to get it rooted
I tried searching the forums but it didn't help
I recently updated my phone via pc companion to 4.4.4
An acquaintance told me that if I use towel root, the phone will root
But that hasn't helped either
I've been searching all day for a solution
I am willing to pay the price to get my phone rooted,get rid of bloatware,move apps to sd
Any help will be highly appreciated
Regards

1. Go to Xperia ZR General forum.
2. Look carefully and see a thread named - "[GUIDE] How to root 10.5.1.A.0.283 [Locked Bootloader]". One of the top threads.
That's it. No search needed, just look. Definitely not "searching all day".

rickyrock3 said:
Hi all
I am Completely new at this
I just got an xperia zr as a gift and want to get it rooted
I tried searching the forums but it didn't help
I recently updated my phone via pc companion to 4.4.4
An acquaintance told me that if I use towel root, the phone will root
But that hasn't helped either
I've been searching all day for a solution
I am willing to pay the price to get my phone rooted,get rid of bloatware,move apps to sd
Any help will be highly appreciated
Regards
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You didn't come across this, right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-zr/help/xperia-zr-rootin-problem-t2877961

I went through the thread but am still not able to understand how it works
I downloaded doodlers easy rooting tool kit
I extracted adb files
And then runme_win.bat
The cmd.exe windows days the system can't find path specified

I've just checked the thread (and the actual thread that it points to), and in no place there was any need to run anything named runme_win.bat.
It has been a common saying across XDA-Dev board for a while, and it still stands true:
If you don't understand what you're going to do with the phone - don't do it. Read enough information until you do, and if you still don't - then leave your phone alone. Otherwise chances are you'll end up with a brick and having to pay someone else to get it back to working condition.

That's so true jack but you know Curious mind and all...
Just wanted to get my phone rooted
That's the reason why I mentioned earlier that I might as well pay some one to do it for me rather than trial and error methods
For people like me towel root was the best
But you are 1000s miles away can you suggest if since I've can root it for me
After all we need technical genius like you for your expertise
Any help would be great

rickyrock3 said:
That's the reason why I mentioned earlier that I might as well pay some one to do it for me rather than trial and error methods
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Here in XDA, your best bet is yourself. Anyways, rooting 4.4.4 involves FLASHING something, if you are scared of this, just downgrade to 4.4.2 and use towelroot. (Relax, FTF errors are scarce, but you will get covered in warrenty.):good:

Thank you for the reply
Paulson881
Could you be kind enough to guide me through the process step by step I mean in a layman's language
It would be appreciated

rickyrock3 said:
Thank you for the reply
Paulson881
Could you be kind enough to guide me through the process step by step I mean in a layman's language
It would be appreciated
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1. Install flashtool and Z drivers
2. Get a 230 FW and a 283 FW, put those in \flashtool\firmwares\
2B. Only do this if you already on 283 build, flash 230 FW on flashmde, only include KERNEL.
3. Power on. You will notice bugs, ignore them.
4. Use towelroot.
5. Flash 283 FW, again only include KERNEL.
6. Power on, the bugs are now gone.
7. install superSU/superUser and update binaries.
Done and Enjoy. to get more info and (most importantly, RATIONALE), read http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-zr/general/guide-how-to-root-10-5-1-0-283-t2873841:good:
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rickyrock3 said:
Thank you for the reply
Paulson881
Could you be kind enough to guide me through the process step by step I mean in a layman's language
It would be appreciated
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It is imperative that you go thru the entire process following the exact steps. If you encounter just ANY problem (although highly unlikely) flash the 230 FW in FULL, (including WIPE everything), And start again.:good:

Wow that really worked
Thank you so much guys
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Now can any one tell me how to move my third party apps to sd card
I have just 4 gb storage
I tried using apps to sd, link to sd,clean master,but none of the third party apps are getting transferred to sd card
I have class 4 32gb card
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