Download mode on Samsung Vibrant

Keep in mind, if you accidentally flashed the phone with European Galaxy S firmware, they have a home button which seems to have thrown off everything and causes our volume buttons to inverse (so what seems like up is volume down, and vice versa).

I will say though, that in the European firmware I am not sure if it was still just volume down and power, as I was very frustrated and swearing a lot trying to get the US firmware to work again...

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• Vibrant
• Galaxy S
• Samsung Galaxy S
• Phone

[Killedbyncf]

ok pls help me man, i got this shit down, and when its on regularly its detected, in download mode i get "USB NOT RECOGNIZED" and i already installed the drivers, help me please.

[totkrieg]

@Killedbyncf I dunno, I would go to XDA and ask them.

[Devilslayer20xx]

I don't know how to thank you enough for this video. If you made this video and wanted to help at least 1 desperate person you just did! thank you so much i got into download mode finally and i reflashed my phone into the 2.1 with no trouble. now everything is working like its suppose to. again thank you so much!

[totkrieg]

@Devilslayer20xx Glad I could help. The people who still have problems after watching make me feel bad because I am kind of an idiot, I only figured this out after effing up my own phone and trying a hundred ways of doing it before I finally found something that was working consistently. Good luck with the phone. I am so pissed at how samsung programmed it, can't wait for CM6.1 to finally be finished.

[totkrieg]

I wish I could help the people who this didn't work for, but there are a lot of possibilities. It might depend on what firmware you flashed, maybe your buttons are physically broken, this probably only works for the Vibrant and not the other Galaxy S phones. I am not the most savvy with new phones, this was just me putting together 2 & 2 for my situation really. I want to help, but this is about all I have and was made to prove that under normal circumstances this is how you get to download mode

[ben0katz]

I tried many different combo's until this (as posted just a little way down) finally worked for me. I used ODIN, it worked perfectly, was only in Samsung Galaxy S shiny logo screen for a few minutes before it started, all my data in tact and 2.2 Firmware.

Steps for DL mode (do them in EXACT ORDER)

-Remove SD card (unmount while phone is on to not lose data)

-Power off, remove SIM card and battery

-Pop in battery

-Hold both volume buttons

-Plug in USB

... and there it is, straight to DL mode

[cowspoo]

@Nwor1776 Thank you! Remove everything, then install battery. Hold both volume buttons. Insert USB. You'll see a yellow triangle with "downloading" above it.

Thanks NWOR1776

[Smiley66football]

bro u helped alot man!!! thanks

[ib1006]

thanks alot man

[akabooyaka]

when i press volume down and power button.. and my phone again turn on!! help me!!!

[nandan429]

hi i have samsung s5603 it was in download moad ,i was using multidownloader v5.5 ,wil updatin file its struk (hang) den i removed battery ,now its going in download mode plz help me ,plz reply

[dphathom]

@ben0katz Thanks. This worked. Holding power and Down didn't work for me. I have CM7, so I think it may have caused that button combo not to work. Pull out battery, put battery back in, hold both vol buttons, then plug in USB to power or computer and it will power on by itself to the familar Yellow Downloading screen.

Thanks!

[RobetPaulG]

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[hamrojivan]

@ben0katz the video didnt work for me eventhough i ve the same one as he does....USA model....but your direction works perfectly...... CHEERS TO YOU.........

thanks

[davidst95]

@ben0katz Thanks for the info. I spent a few hours trying to figure out how to load into download mode.