[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
LET ME MAKE THIS VERY CLEAR - MOST OF YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO ACCESS DOWNLOAD MODE OR RECOVERY VIA HARDWARE BUTTONS....

BUT NEWER PHONES SEEM TO HAVE HARDWARE ACCESS DISABLED.. THIS IS A WORKAROUND FOR THESE LOCKED OUT PHONES...

THERE IS NOW A ODIN FLASHABLE FIX FOR H/W LOCKED PHONES

SEE THIS THREAD - THANK YOU untermensch

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804305

METHOD 1: ACCESSING DOWNLOADER/RECOVERY:

(if the following directions do not work... then your phone may be locked out from using hardware buttons to access downloader/recovery)

Download Mode:

With the phone powered off

Plug in the USB cable.

Turn the phone on it's side and use both thumbs to hold (left thumb) Vol Up and (right thumb) Vol Down

Press and hold the power button with your right index finger til you see "Virbant" release the power button and it should say Downloading.

Recovery Mode:

With the phone powered off

UnPlug the USB cable.

Turn the phone on it's side and use both thumbs to hold (left thumb) Vol Up and (right thumb) Vol Down

Press and hold the power button with your right index finger til you see "Virbant" release the power button and it should be on the recovery screen.

METHOD 2: STUCK AT VIBRANT SCREEN:

(and are not able to use vol+ vol- methods to access downloader/recovery)

You will need the samsung ADB drivers installed for your phone as well as ADB...

ACCESS DOWNLOAD MODE

1) remove back cover and take our sim card and sd-card.

2) take out the battery

3) hold ALL 3 buttons down at the same time. (Vol +, Vol -, Power)

4) while holding down those 3 buttons put the battery back in

5) continue holding all 3 buttons until the vibrant disappears and reappears... once it reappears, release all 3 buttons

6) Setup ODIN and get it all setup and ready... (if you are flashing your phone via odin)

6) now connect your phone to your pc via USB cable

7) open a cmd prompt and navigate to the folder with ADB and type ADB REBOOT DOWNLOAD

8) Your phone will reboot into the download screen... go back to ODIN - A com port should now appear for your phone...

9) Click start and wait for your phone to do its thing

ACCESS STOCK RECOVERY

1) remove back cover and take our sim card and sd-card.

2) take out the battery

3) hold ALL 3 buttons down at the same time. (Vol +, Vol -, Power)

4) while holding down those 3 buttons put the battery back in

5) continue holding all 3 buttons until the vibrant disappears and reappears... once it reappears, release all 3 buttons

6) now connect your phone to your pc via USB cable

7) open a cmd prompt and navigate to the folder with ADB and type ADB REBOOT RECOVERY

8) Your phone will reboot into the stock recovery and flash whatever update.zip you need :)

METHOD 3: STUCK AT PHONE ! COMPUTER:

Plug in the USB cable.

Turn the phone on it's side and use both thumbs to hold Vol Up and Vol Down

Press and hold the power button with your right index finger.

The screen will go black, continue holding.

The screen will come back on, you'll see the same Phone to Computer icon

Continue holding, the screen will go black

The screen will come back on, you should see "Vibrant" release the power button and you it should go into Downloading

METHOD 4: STUCK AT PHONE ! COMPUTER:

(and are not able to use vol+ vol- methods to access downloader/recovery)

CALL TMOBILE AND BEG FOR THEM TO REPLACE UR PHONE..

METHOD 5: ODIN ERROR - ODIN HANG:(THANKS EUGENE363)

When you can't get into Download MOde....

assuming you just got a Hang in ODIN Flasher...

1. Un-plug usb from Phone ( But still plugged into the Computer )

2. Pull Battery

3. Let the Phone sit for 15 to 30 seconds

4. Plug in USB to Both Phone & PC if not already

5. Hold Both Volume Buttons

6. Put Battery in while still holding Volume Buttons.

My Phone is HW Locked as well, with a v1 board.

every-time I get odin hang, doing the above always results in letting me re-flash.