[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mamasboy32:
Hi all

I would like to thank everyone in advance and hopefully someone will be able to guide me to resolve my concern, Bell Samsung Vibrant will not go Pass the Galaxy S logo once powered on.

-Was the Phone ever rooted in the past? No, it's less than 2 weeks old, First ever Android, previous Windows mobile/ Iphone User.

-Did I encounter any error? Yes, Invalid or Damaged internal SD, I believe my main mistake was taking the battery off while the device was left powered on. The device was stuck on a loop cycle then after.

-Did I install any Apps on an External SD card? No, never got a chance to.

- Why not save the hassle and just return/ repair phone from your carrier? Unit bought online from craigslist and was not provided with a receipt, Paid a decent price and confirmed IMEI doesn't have any negative file from carrier at the time of purchase.

- Did I contact Samsung Canada at all? Yes and they won't take any accountability as the carrier must follow their own repair/ return process.

Just a Summary of what was done:

Charged and attached for atleast an hour.

- Tested by plugging it to the Wall charger (Device assumed OFF), the screen goes on a loop cycle from the Galaxy S Logo to a blank black Screen back to the Galaxy S logo and so on.

-Attached and tested

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USB ports (Windows 7 64 bit) and the screen goes on a loop cycle however this time I get a drained battery logo and a stuck time capsule in the middle of the screen.

Downloaded Samsung softwares: Kies_1.5.1.10074_2_6, Kies_1.5.0.10024_74, Kies_1.5.1.10074_45.

-The device only goes on a loop cycle from a drained battery logo back to a black screen while connected to the USB port. It appears the device is not being detected. No visible partnership between Bell Vibrant device and the Kies drivers.

Desperate to attempt anything, I even tried rooting the device by attempting all possibilities to get it to Recovery mode or Download mode however my best efforts did not avail. Before anything was attempted, I confirmed the device was powered off first before taking the battery out.

-Held down the Up volume button and Power button and released the power button only

-Held down the Down volume button and Power button and released the power button only

-Pressed Up volume, Down volume button and Power button and released the power button only

-Held down the Down volume button, Home button and Power button and released the power button only

-Held down the Down Volume button, Home button and Power button and released the Home(middle) button only

-Held down the UP volume button, Home button and Power button and released the power button only

-Held down the UP volume button, Home button and Power button and released the Home(middle) button only

Also downloaded Update.zip and android-sdk_r06-windows.zip

-extracted and confirmed SDK was installed successfully however my device was not detected. Ran from CMD [unable to enable the USB debugging in Applications]

-confirmed the how to steps taken intended for Bell.

Im still optimistic that I can expect the best possible outcome from this situation or I have to hunt down the individual who sold the device :cool:

Please verify if I can attempt an alternative or if took a wrong turn with any of the steps mentioned above.

If you live locally in Toronto [GTA] and would like to take on this challenge, Please PM me..

Feel free to drop your comments as to how this issue can be resolved. Please!:o

Thanks in advance!

Kind Regards,

mamasboy