[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ech419:
Hey, I am from India. My Vibrant got Hard Bricked while flashing a Custom ROM. I sent my Phone for Repair to Texas, and now it is back at my friends place in Washington D.C.

Strangely, he said to me that when I ordered the phone through him about 3 months back, he said, that the Download Mode and Recovery Mode both worked on the Phone, and when the phone came to India and after using it for 2 weeks, I noticed that only the Download Mode worked and not the Recovery Mode at all.

Is it possible that any application had disabled the Recovery Mode during that period ?

Now, he says that after Repair, the Recovery Mode works on the phone and not the Download Mode. I have mailed him all possible combinations to make the Download Mode worked and are listed below in detail.

Are there any other Combinations than the ones mentioned below and any other suggestion than making a

Jig

and through

ADB

to get into the Download Mode?

Method 1:

Turn off the Phone.

Remove the Battery.

Remove the SIM Card.

Remove the SD Card.

Wait for 15 seconds.

Put only the Battery back in.

-Plug the Phone into the Computer with the USB Cable.

-Press and Hold the Volume Up and the Volumed Down Buttons simultaneously.

-Now Press the Power Button and once you get the Yellow Digger Download Icon let go of it.

-Unplug the USB Cable now from the Phone.

Method 2 :

Turn off the Phone.

Remove the Battery.

Remove the SIM Card.

Remove the SD Card.

Wait for 15 seconds.

Put only the Battery back in.

-Press the Volume Up Button and the Home Icon on the Touchpad simultaneously.

-Now Press the Power Button and once you get the Yellow Digger Download Icon let go of it.

(Also try using the Volume Down Button in this method if the Volume Up Button doesn't work.)

Method 3 :

Turn off the Phone.

Remove the Battery.

Remove the SIM Card.

Remove the SD Card.

Wait for 15 seconds.

Put only the Battery back in.

-Connect the USB Cable to the Phone and also the Computer.

-Wait till battery indicator is visible, and you can see the current charge in green.

-Press and Hold Volume Up and Volume Down Button.

-Press Power Button until the screen goes black, then let go of Power only.

-You should now see the Yellow Digger Download Icon and let go of all buttons.

-Unplug the USB Cable from the Phone now.

Method 4 :

Turn off the Phone.

Remove the Battery.

Remove the SIM Card.

Remove the SD Card.

Wait for 15 seconds.

Put only the Battery back in.

-Connect the USB Cable to the Computer only.

-Click and Open the "Odin.exe" that is attached to this mail and keep it running.

-Now Press and Hold the Volume Up and the Volume Down Buttons simultaneously.

-Now Plug in the USB Cable into your Phone.

-You should now see the Yellow Digger Download Icon and let go of all the buttons.

-Unplug the USB Cable from the Phone now.

(No need of pressing the Power Button here, but try it if this method doesn't work without it.)

Method 5 :

Turn off the Phone.

Remove the Battery.

Remove the SIM Card.

Remove the SD Card.

Wait for 15 seconds.

-Donot put the Battery back in.

-Plug the USB Cable into the Phone and Computer.

-Now Press and Hold the Volume Up and Volume Down Button simultaneously.

-Now while holding these Buttons, Put the Battery back in.

-You should now see the Yellow Digger Download Icon and let go of all the buttons.

-Unplug the USB Cable from the Phone now.