yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Android Development] AgentFour20:
I only know of one rom that will do this all others dont replace this file. Eugenes jk2 unofficial odin will overwrite these files aswell as ji6 ota. So switching roms should not effect your abillity to get to recovery.
[Vibrant Android Development] gioffon:
worked !!!! now i can join recovery by hardware..

still no luck on download =S

any pressing order suggest ?
[Vibrant Android Development] AgentFour20:
Hold volume up and down with phone off

Then plug in usb cable
[Vibrant Android Development] gioffon:
GODFATHER worked at first try !!!

Let's play with those roms :D

Btw I didn't try that method b4, just the volume up + power and volume down + power
[Vibrant Android Development] serendipityguy:
adb reboot recovery

device not found

Please help
[Vibrant Android Development] gioffon:
Must be drivers problems, test it in another PC or system restore ur PC
[Vibrant Android Development] serendipityguy:
I have installed and reinstalled the drivers.

The current state is a grey battery on the screen when connected.

I remove the cable, press the vol up & Down with the finger on the home button and hold the power till I see the samsung vibrant logo.

then I connect the phone and the PC does not recognize the phone.
[Vibrant Android Development] AgentFour20:
To use adb the phone must be on and connected. It sounds like you are doing it with the phone off.
[Vibrant Android Development] serendipityguy:
The Phone is on & connected, Vibrant & Samsung logo on the screen.

from cmd C:\adb version

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.26

C:\adb reboot download

*daemon not running. starting now on port ####

*daemon started successfully *

error: device not found

what's not happening?
[Vibrant Android Development] untermensch:
Your phone must be fully booted, then Settings-->applications-->development

and turn on usb debugging THEN plug in the usb cable THEN you can use adb

reboot if you can't get past the vibrant screen then you can try to make the

jig that will boot the phone to download mode and then you can use odin to

recover the phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551
[Vibrant Android Development] wiedroid:
Does this method only work for Vibrant ?

Mine is I9000 (International) with no download/recovery mode
[Vibrant Android Development] distortedloop:
I wouldn't risk this on my i9000. Go to the i9000 forum, development section, there's a three button fix posted there by Richthofen. Also, I think that one of the newer firmwares rewrites the pbl and sbl...you're much safer taking those approaches than trying a method written for the Vibrant.
[Vibrant Android Development] nzahorchak:
My phone (tmo vibrant) won't turn on after applying this fix. Instead of rebooting, it just shut down.

EDIT: Had a local repair shop jtag it back to life, only to have a Kies update kill it again. Sending it to Samsung now with my fingers crossed I don't get dinged with a ridiculous repair charge.
[Vibrant Android Development] chrisvibrant:
Hi guys I am new to this but I love you man been trying for days to get to dl dont know how to work adb but what I did was download the zip file to my desktop put mass storage an debbug on an just moved it in an it work!!!!!! yeah

Thanks again for the zip
[Vibrant Android Development] dominoslave:
After finally getting my phone unbricked this was the first thing i did so I no longer had to use the jig to get into dl mode. Thank you so much
[Vibrant Android Development] Androidawg:
THANK YOU

Thanks to the OP. I had given up hope of being able to work on this phone b/c of this stupid HW lock. Now it is fixed and I am ready to One Click Root. I have some research to do to figure out which ROM I want to load.
[Vibrant Android Development] Tuxxperia:
finally i've gone through whole topic, and i have a question:

I have I9000 from Tmobile SK, it is not HW locked and it is not called Vibrant.

I thought i can use this update.zip, so i put it in /sdcard and used adb RebootRecovery. I tried installing this update but i got Error 7 Unable to install blablabla (someone above me had the same error). So i wanna ask whether it is problem that i need update.zip for I9000, or what?

I've read that error can be caused by not being Vibrant.

Do someone please have any suggestions? I'm not able to enter neither Recovery nor Download mode without PC :(
[Vibrant Android Development] untermensch:
you stated that your phone is not HW locked and is not a Vibrant, Why are you

trying to install this ?!?!?!?!?!?!? the likely out come will be a bricked phone, and

is exactly the reason I made sure that this will only install on the Vibrant. If you

want to break your phone get a hammer and smash it to pieces.

try this for the I9000:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=821698
[Vibrant Android Development] Duce HD2:
I tried this method yesterday to clear bootloader and get vibrant's one back...long story short, flashed, completely bricked my phone with no hope in getting it back to life.

Started flashing....got to Creating bootloader 2 (or something like that)....phone then turned off ....game over!

All I have to say, is ''BE VERY CAREFUL" before you flash this .zip, because the kind of brick you get out of this (if so) is irreversible, unfortunately there is no getting out of it. Going to tmobile tomorrow to see what I can do.

I'm not bashing the author or anyone else what-so-ever, I'm just emphasizing the kind of brick you'll get it if it happens to go south.....
[Vibrant Android Development] azsamsancho:
Sorry, I am still anoob but want to make sure i understand the directions entirely:

1) install the phone drivers which can be found at:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728929

2) put update.zip on the internal sd card (the 12 gb one)

3) turn on USB debugging in Settings-->Applications-->Development

4) download the attached adb.zip, unzip it and put it no my C: drive

5) Open a CMD and go to c:\adb

6) RUn the command adb RebootRecovery.bat

(Does this imply i do not need the Android sdk??)

7) when in recovery use the vol up and down buttons to navigate and power button to select reinstall packages

Can anyone confirm this and my understanding of the process?

Thanks!!
[Vibrant Android Development] AgentFour20:
That's correct. If you have android sdk cd to that folder and use command adb reboot recovery, then reinstall packages from the phone. This is for vibrant only so don't try it if your phone is not a vibrant.
[Vibrant Android Development] azsamsancho:
Thank you it worked!! My phone is HW unlocked :D
[Vibrant Android Development] felixparley:
Thanks

This might be a little late getting the information out but better late than never. Originally when we (my wife and I) got our phones neither would get to download or recovery mode with the volume keys method.

After the UVJI6 update my wife's could and mine still could not. The adb method always worked. The only difference is that my wife got the OTA and I used kies mini since I wanted to update before I had left the county on a business trip. (I figured the unlock methods would still work, but that is a different issue.) I never thought to check if the phones could get into recovery mode after seeing the thread here.

In the end I used the update.zip provided by the OP and it worked. I really wonder why the update provided by kies did not include updating this issue when the OTA did.

Anyway, many thanks. Especially with a possible update coming in the near or not so near future I am now more confident in my recovery ability.
[Vibrant Android Development] Tuxxperia:
yep, i realised it later :) now its all ok. Thanx
[Vibrant Android Development] uehsgerg:
other rom

Does that mean I can use I-9000 rom on my Vibrant? Thanks
[Vibrant Android Development] Marmle:
Bricked my phone... Does not power up or do anything just black.:mad:
[Vibrant Android Development] yahase:
same here. Tmobile already sent me a new phone.

Bionix 1.3.1 - Hard Brick Samsung Vibrant 3/4/2011
[Vibrant Android Development] Smithben1983:
I just did this and maybe I'm dumb but my phone is now bricked... wont turn on just black is this what this was made for I am at a lost. how can I fix this?
[Vibrant Android Development] DynamicXL:
I just did the same thing, my phone is completely black, won't even turn on. Any solution?

I tried the Odin to stock method no way to get into Download mode :(
[Vibrant Android Development] ali1276:
I do not know if this work or not, but try this:

Hold down Vol up+Vol Down and have cable in port

Put the battery in after that

You should be in download mode

Try again and again if it does not work first time
[Vibrant Android Development] Segnaro:
It's dead. Were you trying to overwrite i9000 bootloaders?

You needed to flash both the primary and secondary Vibrant bootloaders. This zip only gives you a Vibrant SBL so you end up with a brick.
[Vibrant Android Development] celeox:
Guys I have soft bricked my phone please advise if any hope i can get into download mode but not recovery. I have a vibrant and need to see if someone can give me directions how to un-brick
[Vibrant Android Development] kyle51:
get odin and the pit and tar files (if you havent already)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1047087

power off the phone

open odin

hold volume up and down

plug usb in

or

open odin

pull the phone battery

plug usb in

hold vol up and down

push battery back in (while holding vol buttons)

both of these ways should put you in download mode, if they dont straight away just keep trying and try different ports on your computer :)
[Vibrant Android Development] adamcooks:
If he flashed the newer bootloaders, only hold volume up when you put in battery ( usb connected )
[Vibrant Android Development] kyle51:
that aswell, i just copied what i wrote to another person and forgot to add that :)
[Vibrant Android Development] dj02:
does anyone know if this will work on sgs4g, running gb 2.3.3?
[Vibrant Android Development] AdamOutler:
You might want to take the download down. It's not safe to flash a SBL without a PBL and a PIT.
[Vibrant Android Development] adamcooks:
It is really dangerous to use ODIN on hardware locked phones... Too high chance of failure to flash. ((

Are you using 1.0 or 1.3? I found that odin requires some black magic. it sounds crazy but i had to wave a chickenbone over my head while turning in circles chanting.... with a bra on my head, to get it to work. Then they came out with Odin1.3 which is much more stable, relax this phone is almost brick proof. just try again
[Vibrant Android Development] speoples20:
My phone is not hardware locked but my friends is. I want to flash this on his but I just want to make sure, we just need the .tar file and don't need a PIT file to flash this?
[Vibrant Android Development] dukei:
He used ODIN 1.3, as suggested in h@@p://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8541107&postcount=35

Now it doesn't even show battery while charging. How can he try again? How to make odin to reflash the phone?

By the way I saw some references to odin multi downloader 4.0+ for samsung phones. Why is this odin 1.3?
[Vibrant Android Development] momegao:
I am trying to do this fix but I have a hardware locked phone and i cannot pass the screen lock. Anyone knows how to pass that screen? This bug is amazing, you have the gmail username and password and don't work.....
[Vibrant Android Development] rbirg:
Thanks for this OP <3

Worked flawlessly.
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
for me odin is not going past Setup Connection

I see...

Added

Odin .3 Engine

File Analysis

SetupConnection

and dont get past that at all... tried 4 times now... anyone else... since I am still at setup connection if i reboot phone.. will it go back to android.. or will it phone ! computer
[Vibrant Android Development] richan90:
At this point Odin hasn't removed or added any files, so you should be alright.
[Vibrant Android Development] xanderdad:
My first time using ODIN, and it worked perfectly. My previously hardware locked phone now gets into recovery as designed. Thank you soooo much!
[Vibrant Android Development] Ry-Guy615:
Excellent! Long time reader, first time odin flasher.

Did this using Odin 1.3 on Win 7 64 bit.

Followed directions here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8543992&postcount=58

Thanks for this. I feel 100% better about this phone now. I'm not a big time flasher, but I like to be able to recover my data if something goes wrong.
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
lol.. it bricked me... I tried for about an hour.. on 3 different computers.. and I couldnt get past that 3rd step.... agree'n with the comment nothing has been changed... I rebooted so I could just use my phone and not worry about fixing my phone... and it bricked (phone ! computer)... lol.. so called t mobile... 3rd vibrant on the way... hopefully this bad boy isnt hardware locked...

back to the good ol G1 days for a few...
[Vibrant Android Development] richan90:
Your phone might still be able to get into download mode. Try pulling your battery, plugging the phone in, then hold the volume buttons. Then pop in the battery while holding the buttons and it might just work. You may have to try it quite a few times though.
[Vibrant Android Development] hourst2:
That sucks. My phone is not hardlocked (my sister's is), but my phone stalls on Odin every single time. This is no risk with my phone, but for a hardlocked phone this seems to veritable brick, since there is not much one can do about it. I am not willing to risk my sister's phone based on my experience with Odin. Is there no way to be able to flash this through Clockwork?
[Vibrant Android Development] iynfynity:
What if this thing brick my phone? What will I do?
[Vibrant Android Development] ronin4740:
Works as described. The steps are not terribly difficult - even an ancient fart like me can follow them successfully!

Thanks!
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
Ive tried but failed 5X now. not sure what is wrong. THANK GOD it didnt brick!

I get from Odin

Added

Odin .3 Engine

File Analysis

SetupConnection

Then nothing. I shutdown my AV, firewall, and made sure I had Odin 1.3

I think I may just try to remove all signs of root / mods and try the OTA and take my chances.
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
Btw - Odin COM10 shows up (yellow box) when I plugged in
[Vibrant Android Development] untermensch:
I have updated the OP with a test file that is less risky to flash, make

sure you can get into download mode using the battery pull method

before attempting to flash anything in this thread! if it does not work

the first time STOP!
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
I am unable to get into the download mode via any key press. I used all methods from the [THINK TANK] thread. Even Eugene's method does not work.

METHOD 5: ODIN ERROR - ODIN HANGTHANKS 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.

So I should not even try the test flash. correct?
[Vibrant Android Development] AgentFour20:
That why its called hard locked . Use adb to into dl mode .
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
yea - adb to DL mode works fine.

I rebooted my PC

stopped all AV, firewall, anti malware

reinstalled the drivers again (just to be safe)

rebooted the phone to download mode via adb

Odin saw it on com 10

flashed the test.tar....and it worked fine.

rebooted to DL mode again

flashed the vibrant fix......worked!!!

Thanks all.
[Vibrant Android Development] reddv1:
Also Fixing Over Clocking Freezes!!

This fix worked perfect, fixed the hardware lock issue, but also fixed the Over clock issue where the Samsung Vibrant freezes after a few minutes when overclocked to 1.2GHz!

Edit: Actually it doesnt fic Over Clock bug, sorry.
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
Basically a hard locked phone that bricks has no adb... I even spent 30 minutes... (timed it) trying the method that was posted at the top of pg4... just to see if i could make it happen.. no go...

I must say.. its very humorous... the people that continuously try and insist if you do it their way (one of 3 ways) that it will get into download/recovery.... as if you didn't try... Even eugenes method doesnt work... best bet in my opinion.. is to call tmobile... get them to send u a new phone... tell them it is stuck at vibrant and they will walk u thru hardware method of factory resetting... just say it isnt working.. you cant get into recovery.... they WILL send you a new phone... phones are just too new to be out of warranty... as long as you dont have water damage/cracks etc... you dont have to worry about getting charged...

or... do like I did.. ( am hardware locked.. and am the OP of the THINK TANK recovery thread ) ... try and flash this... if odin errors... keep ur phone in download mode... disconnect usb... and keep trying odin... hopefully it will work for you... if not.. and you pull the battery and it bricks... call t mobile and let them walk you through the hardware method factory reset... it wont go... then they will send u new phone....

ORRRR better yet... call t mobile... tell them your phone is stuck... have them walk you through hardware reset... tell them it doesnt work... get them to send u new phone.... THEN flash.. if it errors.. u have phone on way.. if it flashes... then call t mobile back and tell them you got it :)

Kind of sheisty... but the way I see it... its their phone software error... not ours... do what ya gotta do! because if you just stick it out with hardware locked vibrant.. and eventually flash something wrong... and you are out of warranty... you WILL have a $500 brick... period
[Vibrant Android Development] iynfynity:
Which file did you use? there's so many files I don't know which is the fix for the hardware.
[Vibrant Android Development] iynfynity:
@renocivik

Do you think that telling tmobile that you have a hardware locked phone will get you to replace a new phone even if its working though I really haven't received the ota.
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
Check out the OP (first post) of this thread. It has 2 files for download. A test file and the fix file.

I would also highly suggest checking the MD5 for the Vibrant recovery fix download just to be sure its not corrupted.
[Vibrant Android Development] untermensch:
I hacked redbend_ua so that it wont reboot so now there is the possibility

to not use ODIN to flash these files. But I am not willing to risk bricking my

phone to develop it further I did test by flashing modem.bin back and forth

from the UVJFD to UVJI6 a bunch of times.

here are some links to provide you with enough info to brick your phone for good :-)

http://z4ziggy.wordpress.com/2010/09...ng-redbend_ua/

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765724

http://forum.samdroid.net/f49/bml_fl...ua-i9000-2036/
[Vibrant Android Development] richan90:
No ROM flashed through Nandroid can break this fix right?

What about flashing stock ODIN roms such as stock JFD and JI6? I would think that they don't include a new bootloader.
[Vibrant Android Development] takato23:
if i can't enter to download mode by hw and do this, it will be fixed?
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
Correct.

Wife's phone was HW locked. I flashed the fix and now I can get into Download/Recovery via the 3 finger salute.
[Vibrant Android Development] takato23:
and mine is broken going to samsuns usa service... fuuuuuuuuuu :'(. But to use this fix first i need to enter download mode and use odin???
[Vibrant Android Development] iynfynity:
i have seen that the test file is for to see if the odin can flash your phone right? so it's 100% sure that it won't brick any phone?
[Vibrant Android Development] Moped_Ryder:
No such thing as 100% my friend :)
[Vibrant Android Development] Kubernetes:
Wow, terrific job. My phone is un-hardware locked! I'm still going to wait for Froyo before flashing any custom ROMs, but it's good to know that my phone is now unbrickable. Let's just hope this fix holds through any future updates.
[Vibrant Android Development] iynfynity:
but it does it have a high possibility that it will work?
[Vibrant Android Development] :
Please answer:

need ticked "Phone Bootloader Update"?
[Vibrant Android Development] PSP_Hacker:
You can enter download mode by going to your PC and using adb by typing into a console this: "adb reboot download"

The phone should take a few seconds to restart and then enter download mode. You have to use ODIN to flash anything.

If you don't have ADB, ODIN, or the Samsung drivers, find them in the forums.

Also, before flashing anything at all, PLEASE read the original post. It will save yourself from any bricks.
[Vibrant Android Development] radpsxlist:
Add one more success to this. I followed the instruction step by step. I ran the test file first to be safe. Then with heart pounding and sweaty palms (no warranty bought second hand) I clicked the button on the live file. And after a reboot SUCCESS!! Let the rom flashing begin.
[Vibrant Android Development] gamefreakgcb:
HOLY CRAP. It worked. I was unable even boot into download mode using ADB. But i kept trying and could get into recovery from ADB, then rebooted from there and while device was displaying Vibrant on it, I sent the command to reboot into download mode and, voila, it worked. I can now access the Recovery and Download mode using the volume buttons. Oh man this is great, I was literally about to return the phone if T-Mo didn't give me a replacement.
[Vibrant Android Development] manjish:
yess!! this surely works......mine was hardware locked...august batch of phone......and if i bricked my phone i could not send it to tmobile.........but gathered some courage and flashed this thing......the test file made me confused as i was not too familiar with the odin......loaded the fix file and flashed......and after 5 seconds i had a working recovery and download mode.....with very much ease!!!

thanks a lot to all who made this possible......from my heart......

and how can i brick my phone now?? :D:D:D

@Moped_Ryder

its around 100 % if you do it right ,tead the OP and also see the instructions in a thread that he reffered on the first page........odin is the most safest way to do THIS as it is stated in galaxy s forums
[Vibrant Android Development] renocivik:
@ iynfynity

Well I wouldnt tell them its hardware locked.. I told them my phone froze installing a new update.. and i waited and waited.. and after an hour I did a battery pull... I mean.. honestly.. nothing against the techs.. but they dont know enough about these phones to troubleshoot beyond a few steps listed to them... if they follow the script without successfully fixing.. they send u a new phone if your phone is within the 1 yr warranty... (the lady told me my phone had 1 yr warranty)

This is part of the reason there is all this bs with the G2 rootkits and such... how they say you cant root it... or anything... not because they are trying to block us out... but instead prevent us from bricking phones that they end up replacing...
[Vibrant Android Development] iynfynity:
GOD DAMN IT!! i flash this to my phone! and you know what?! it worked!! yeah!! my phone can now go to download mode!!!! :)))
[Vibrant Android Development] AgentFour20:
congrats . you were a little hesitant .
[Vibrant Android Development] aznchillin:
it works!!! thanks a million!
[Vibrant Android Development] sinean:
All is good!

Followed the tut and now I have recovery and download mode. THANKS!!!!!

I used odin v1.30 and no need for PIT file

AWESOME!!!!!!!!

STOKED!!!
[Vibrant Android Development] sasquatch_hero:
Ok, new at this, but just so I'm sure, is this what I do?

1. Connect phone with USB debugging on

2. Load ADB

3. Enter download mode in ADB

4. Run ODin and select the vibrant_recovery_fix.tar file

Kind of paranoid about doing this wrong since I'm hardware locked...
[Vibrant Android Development] AgentFour20:
Correct try the test file first .