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Bricked phone, can I get it replaced?

I was reflashing my phone, while in download mode, the power went off, and now my phone won't turn on or anything. I think my phone is bricked.
I bought the phone a week and a half ago. Will AT&T accept my phone for a replacement if I say it just stopped working? I have the $4.99/month Wireless Insurance, but won't they deny it when they find out I've been messing with it? What should I do?
Thanks!

Before you take it back, make sure it isn't bricked. Remove the battery, replace it, hold both the volume buttons, plug in the usb and see if it takes you to download mode
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Kaik541 said:
Before you take it back, make sure it isn't bricked. Remove the battery, replace it, hold both the volume buttons, plug in the usb and see if it takes you to download mode
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It's bricked. Replaced battery, won't turn on no matter what I do to it.
There's a small scratch on the screen, and the micro USB charging port cover is messed up a bit from something sticky getting in there.
What should I tell AT&T? What's the likeliness of them declining my claim? Can they tell that it's been tampered with even though it's bricked?

Wrong forum. But I would use my insurance instead and tell them it just quit on me...

Try plugging into the computer, remove the battery reinsert the battery. Then hold volume up and power till red text comes on the screen from there switch to holding both volume buttons down and power then when the red text flashes to black release power and continue to hold both volume buttons. That should get you back to the downloading digger bot.

Tehwall said:
It's bricked. Replaced battery, won't turn on no matter what I do to it.
There's a small scratch on the screen, and the micro USB charging port cover is messed up a bit from something sticky getting in there.
What should I tell AT&T? What's the likeliness of them declining my claim? Can they tell that it's been tampered with even though it's bricked?
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They won't give you a hard time on the software side - to them off is off - they can't tell if you bricked it - they will send it somewhere and have it flashed.
BUT - if there is something sticky in the USB port then they do have grounds to deny your claim - for all they know you poured juice in there.
Good luck.

Get it into download mode and flash it again with odin. Likely not bricked.
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alphadog00 said:
They won't give you a hard time on the software side - to them off is off - they can't tell if you bricked it - they will send it somewhere and have it flashed.
BUT - if there is something sticky in the USB port then they do have grounds to deny your claim - for all they know you poured juice in there.
Good luck.
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If there is something sticky there it means he put something sticky there lol.
And also, follow thedamn directions people are giving you man. Your phone isntbricked, I dont even know of anyone who has bricked their phone yet..

Mattwp103 said:
Try plugging into the computer, remove the battery reinsert the battery. Then hold volume up and power till red text comes on the screen from there switch to holding both volume buttons down and power then when the red text flashes to black release power and continue to hold both volume buttons. That should get you back to the downloading digger bot.
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votum said:
If there is something sticky there it means he put something sticky there lol.
And also, follow thedamn directions people are giving you man. Your phone isntbricked, I dont even know of anyone who has bricked their phone yet..
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I tried everything suggested, nothing happens. The power went out, while flashing new firmware, now the phone won't turn on no matter what I do. I already tried peoples suggestions.

Tehwall said:
I tried everything suggested, nothing happens. The power went out, while flashing new firmware, now the phone won't turn on no matter what I do. I already tried peoples suggestions.
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The AT&T screen doesn't come up?

Guys we have been told a gazillion times about this...what does this have to do with Development?! Jesus....

Which firmware were you using at the time and which one were you flashing?

also make sure the battery is charged

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The AT&T screen doesn't come up?
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Nothing does, I tried every combo, SIM card in and out, replacing battery, USB plugged in and out, download mode, regular power button, recovery mode, what the guy suggested above; everything.
Not a single thing shows up on the screen.

You glanced over my question.
The version of firmware you were using before the flash and during the failed flash can be very pertinent to the key combination you need to get into download mode =P

Zilch25 said:
You glanced over my question.
The version of firmware you were using before the flash and during the failed flash can be very pertinent to the key combination you need to get into download mode =P
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I had the stock firmware, installed the JM5 firmware, reinstalled the JM5 firmware, while doing so, they power went off.
Just pressing Volume Down + Power got me into Download Mode everytime.
Edit: And yes, the battery was charged, it was at about 67% when I was flashing the firmware. How can I charge the battery for the heck of it when the phone is dead? Normally when you plug in the USB cable there's a charging animation on the screen. Nothing comes up at all, can a dead phone charge a battery, or does the software need to send the power to the battery?

Honestly I've had flashes fail at varying points during the flash and I've gotten the black screen before, ALWAYS I've been able to get it to work by following these steps:
Pull out everything, SIM, SD, Battery, USB, EVERYTHING
Close Odin (If it's open)
Reopen Odin
Insert battery, hold vol down (If this doesn't work hold both volume buttons NO POWER)
While holding the button(s) plug in USB
Don't touch the power at any point, if this fails and you want to try the other key combo, start the process over completely.

Zilch25 said:
Honestly I've had flashes fail at varying points during the flash and I've gotten the black screen before, ALWAYS I've been able to get it to work by following these steps:
Pull out everything, SIM, SD, Battery, USB, EVERYTHING
Close Odin (If it's open)
Reopen Odin
Insert battery, hold vol down (If this doesn't work hold both volume buttons NO POWER)
While holding the button(s) plug in USB
Don't touch the power at any point, if this fails and you want to try the other key combo, start the process over completely.
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This man speaks the truth, listen to him.

If your insurance covers damage then destroy the phone and call att and tell them its been destroyed.
if not then it is possible that the power outage could have caused your phone to zap.

Flashing or not if you spilled stuff into the usb port your screwed. Week and a half and you scratched the screen and did that? I have tried to scratch mine with no succes. I say ditch that phone and get a GO phone. And have a mod delete this pointless thread already!!!!

[Q] No really, I bricked it...

OK, I've been reading here for 6 days all manner of Captivate unbricking. Here is my story...
I picked up a Captivate on the Rogers network. I connected it to my email server (Exchange 2010) with no problems, poked around, noticed the lag, noticed the SMS time issue, then promptly rooted, installed clockwork, and then threw cognition 2.2 beta 9.1.3. Quite frankly I was shocked at how much faster it was.
Anyways, after a day of poking around, I could not get my email to my exchange server running (tried the email.pak floating about), so I actually decided I was going to go back to the backup I made of my phone using clockwork before I installed cognition. When I restored my backup, I thought I had bricked my phone.
I let it rest for a day, then came back here, and found one of the 3-4 different variations of the 4 button download mode combo that permitted me to do the 1 click restore. This restored me to the AT&T version of 2.1. It worked, but was less than desirable.
I decided that at that point I really wanted to go back to stock, so I downloaded the stock backup on the Rogers Captivate wiki page, and did the restore using clockwork. The phone has not been the same since.
When i turn it on, I get an at&t splash screen, then in about 20 seconds I get the at&t "jingle", but the splash screen stays on. I can't seem to find any key combination that will permit me to get back into download mode so I can restore using the One Click that worked for me the first time. I have tried:
1. 3 button salute with USB in first, battery out initially.
2. 3 button salute with USB plugged in *as* I was inserting the battery.
3. Power and volume down (both with and without USB, and with battery being plugged in after USB and "during" insertion of battery)
4.Power and volume up with same combo's as #3.
5. Just volume up and volume down with same combo's as #3.
In all cases Odin was running before USB connected, running as administrator. I'm running 64bit windows, but I'm sure I have the correct drivers because I did this the first time with Odin and download mode and I haven't added or changed anything. But just for arguements sake I did uninstall, and then install the drivers again.
Any combination of power and volume buttons just gives me a battery charging logo. Occasionally when holding up until the second black screen I will get a quick indication that the computer might see something, but it dissappears withing a handful of seconds showing it promptly removed.
I'm downloading the Android SDK in the hopes that when I get the normal at&t splash screen after the "jingle" that something might actually be running in the background and maybe I can adb reboot download it but I'm not holding my breath.
Anyone seen this that has managed to get out of it? I'm starting to think the "unbrickable captivate" can be bricked. Assuming it is bricked, short of taking it back, is there anyone on the internet that can jtag these and in some fashion bring back to life?
Cheers,
Tim

This doesn't belong in Development.

MikeyMike01 said:
This doesn't belong in Development.
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ditto
and download mode is easy.
1. start odin3 and have data cable plugged into the computer
2. insert proper files if needed
3. hold volume up and volume down for 2 sec (no power button needed) then insert usb cable, continue to hold volumes till either the download mode screen pops up or odin3 sees the phone(if you bork the phone bad enough you can corrupt the download mode image, i did it with the not to successfull manhatten project kernel) but despite the screen being black it very well may be in download mode.
4. start flash
5. if it doesn't work send it to me ill find a use for it
alternatively if the phone can go passed the splash screens and boots fully you can adb reboot download. just get the development kit and drivers on your pc.

Dani897 said:
ditto
and download mode is easy.
1. start odin3 and have data cable plugged into the computer
2. insert proper files if needed
3. hold volume up and volume down for 2 sec (no power button needed) then insert usb cable, continue to hold volumes till either the download mode screen pops up or odin3 sees the phone(if you bork the phone bad enough you can corrupt the download mode image, i did it with the not to successfull manhatten project kernel) but despite the screen being black it very well may be in download mode.
4. start flash
5. if it doesn't work send it to me ill find a use for it
alternatively if the phone can go passed the splash screens and boots fully you can adb reboot download. just get the development kit and drivers on your pc.
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Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.

MikeyMike01 said:
This doesn't belong in Development.
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Could a moderator move this to Captivate General then? Sorry about that...

timmy22 said:
Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.
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just to be clear, you are holding volume up as well as volume down starting with the phone being powered down and continue to hold them after you plug in usb untill something shows on the screen?
if your phone is not seeing the volumes buttons you are one of the very unlucky few that had a problem at the most inopportune moment.
there is also a way where you hold all three buttons till the phone reboots twice, or something. let me try it and ill give more specifics.

timmy22 said:
Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.
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Pull the battery, open odin, plug usb into computer, hold vol up and down, plug usb into phone still holding vol buttons, drop in battery still holding vol buttons, when dl screen pops up and yellow com port lights up in odin release volume buttons. Do not touch power button at any time
Swyped...and sorry I don't proofread

Have you tried rebooting into recovery mode instead of download mode? Stock recovery is adb-ready and you should be able to adb reboot download. Its a long shot if you're having problems using button combo to get to d/l mode, but it's probably still worth a shot at this point.
If you were able to use 3 button combos before all this happened, and did NOT have to install the 3 button combo fix, its strange you don't have access to it now... Could restoring a Rogers Cappy to AT&T stock be the problem?

Dani897 said:
just to be clear, you are holding volume up as well as volume down starting with the phone being powered down and continue to hold them untill something shows on the screen?
if your phone is not seeing the volumes buttons you are one of the very unlucky few that had a problem at the most inopportune moment.
there is also a way where you hold all three buttons till the phone reboots twice, or something. let me try it and ill give more specifics.
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Yes, that's exactly correct. I do this:
1. everything pulled (battery, USB, sim, sd)
2. Open Oden (1 click)
3. Install battery
4. hold down (and keep holding) volume up and volume down
5. insert USB cable
6. depress (i.e. don't hold) power button
Goes straight to battery charging indicator.
If I swap #6 with holding the power button down, it continually reboots while just barely showing the battery charging indicator. I've tried letting go between black screens on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th black screen. Still no android dude with the shovel.

Try all the steps you stated but not the last one where you press the power button. Don't press the power button.

newter55 said:
Pull the battery, open odin, plug usb into computer, hold vol up and down, plug usb into phone still holding vol buttons, drop in battery still holding vol buttons, when dl screen pops up and yellow com port lights up in odin release volume buttons. Do not touch power button at any time
Swyped...and sorry I don't proofread
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Goes straight to battery charging.

johnny13oi said:
Try all the steps you stated but not the last one where you press the power button. Don't press the power button.
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Goes straight to battery charging.

Pull out battery for 10 seconds, hold volume up + down, connect usb into other usb port.
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Seriously, try adb. It works wonders.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

10tonhammr said:
Have you tried rebooting into recovery mode instead of download mode? Stock recovery is adb-ready and you should be able to adb reboot download. Its a long shot if you're having problems using button combo to get to d/l mode, but it's probably still worth a shot at this point.
If you were able to use 3 button combos before all this happened, and did NOT have to install the 3 button combo fix, its strange you don't have access to it now... Could restoring a Rogers Cappy to AT&T stock be the problem?
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Trying to get into recovery mode gets me the at&t logo and the "jingle", but no recovery mode menu to reboot, etc.
This is what I'm worried about, restoring the Rogers stock over top of the Odin 1 click restore (which is an AT&T image) has bricked it and prevents download mode from invoking.

fatttire said:
Seriously, try adb. It works wonders.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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I know, I played with adb before I bricked it. ADB needs to "see" the phone, it no longer sees it (I have three computers, all three can't see it, but they can see my friends cappy with no problems first time, every time). Same process for his phone works every time to get into download mode, but not on mine.
And yes, have tried other USB ports on the same computer, both on the mainboard, and on the front ports.
Keep the ideas coming though please, I will try every one.

timmy22 said:
I know, I played with adb before I bricked it. ADB needs to "see" the phone, it no longer sees it (I have three computers, all three can't see it, but they can see my friends cappy with no problems first time, every time). Same process for his phone works every time to get into download mode, but not on mine.
And yes, have tried other USB ports on the same computer, both on the mainboard, and on the front ports.
Keep the ideas coming though please, I will try every one.
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There's a trick to prompt download mode through a "jig" which you can hack together for about $2 in parts and a sacrificial microUSB cable...it works on the other SGSes, but I think it should work on the Captivate as well. Never tried it personally...

Merlin_reloaded said:
There's a trick to prompt download mode through a "jig" which you can hack together for about $2 in parts and a sacrificial microUSB cable...it works on the other SGSes, but I think it should work on the Captivate as well. Never tried it personally...
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I work in a tech shop so have access to electronics, sacrificial cables, soldering irons, resistors, caps, etc.... could you point me in the right direction?

Oh, nevermind, found it in the i9000 forum. Will test first thing in the morning!
Cheers,

I bricked one today as well. Exactly what you are talking about here. The only thing is that i was still under the 30days so i swapped it out for a new one. As of right now ive been debating whether i want to do the voodoo fix (which i think is what bricked it to begin with)

[Q] MIGHT have hard bricked phone :(

So I was attempting to flash back to stock with Odin (I was using Assonance 5.2). I turned the phone off, then while holding the volume buttons plugged in the USB like normal. Then Odin said added the phone, then I hit start. And it seemed like it was working just fine, then all of a sudden the screen on the phone turned red. Then the status bar on Odin stopped moving completely (stayed for awhile). So I think I made the next big mistake of just disconnecting the USB and taking out the battery. So now the phone won't turn on. So I'm not sure I hard bricked the phone or what? Anyone have any idea? Thanks!
I've plugged the phone into the outlet charger, still nothing happens. This happened like maybe 15 min ago. No action when plugged in the computer or charger. Can't even boot into recovery I don't think. the power button was giving me some trouble earlier today. whenever I was trying to wake the phone up, it seemed to take a few clicks of the power button to wake the phone. This happened only after I flashed Assonance 2.5, so I wanted to flash to an earlier version of the rom. thanks!

What you want to do is get into Download Mode, and flash with Odin One-Click JF6 to get your phone working again..
Have you tried all the various button combos to get into Download Mode? .
If the button combos don't work, you can always try to build/buy a JIG which will force your phone into Download if it's still possible on your phone.

I've tried to get into download mode, but can't seem to do it. I've tried holding the volume up and down button then plugging in the usb (which didn't work). then i tried the taking the battery out, then holding the volume up and down button and power button, then plugging in the usb, then reinserting the battery, then taking my hand off the power button (which didn't work). what is the JIG method?
edit. ok i have no clue wtf just happened, but i am currently in download mode using odin and flashing back to stock.....this is just too weird.....sooo any rom suggestions?

Look in my signature for an example of a JIG.

norcal einstein said:
Look in my signature for an example of a JIG.
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cool i'm actually gonna go ahead and get one this things......JUST in case of future screw ups that don't have a happy ending

i clicked on the link but it won't let me go the page. below is the message it gave me.
marefin, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

marefin said:
cool i'm actually gonna go ahead and get one this things......JUST in case of future screw ups that don't have a happy ending
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Definitely a great idea having the jig. Nor cal can attest to the late night save that jig provided me.
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[Q] Boot Brick

Okay I was using odin one click it was at rebooting device after it completed pushing stock onto the phone thats when I discounted the usb.... should have waited two secs I know but now the phone doesn't seem to get past the att world phone screen keeps looping over and over I have tried all the key combos different times and ways, vol up and down being held doesn't get to download mode the screen remains black plunging in seems to get to charge mode where even plunging into the wall charger it loops trying to calculate the battery status... any method I haven't tried... I did get it to boot once full and was usable didn't think to redo odin at the time and restarted back to this mess...tried three different jigs using the 100k 5% X3 even through its not a full brick due to the button combos gotten no where. Please Help

Search the forum to build a jig in order to get into download mode. Or you may need to buy one just in case in the future.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...69977&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_623wt_1139

Try this:
Open Odin and plug your cable into your computer but not your phone yet
Pull battery on phone and put it back in
Hold both volume buttons down and then plug your phone in
It should go into download made and you can reflash the stock ROM

Can anyone please help, i have the exact same problem. No matter how i try to enter download mode, it just gives me a charging sign and when i start my phone, it goes into an infinite boot loop.

Try this:
1. Remove battery from phone, SIM card and MicroSD card (if you have one)
2. Wait AT LEAST 10 seconds with your phone in this state
3. Hold Volume Up/Down, don't let go
4. While holding the volume keys, insert the battery
If this worked, you should be in Download Mode almost instantly.
There are a lot of key combos for Download Mode, this is just one of them. If all the button combos don't work, you need to build/buy a JIG to force your phone into Download Mode.

norcal einstein said:
Try this:
1. Remove battery from phone, SIM card and MicroSD card (if you have one)
2. Wait AT LEAST 10 seconds with your phone in this state
3. Hold Volume Up/Down, don't let go
4. While holding the volume keys, insert the battery
If this worked, you should be in Download Mode almost instantly.
There are a lot of key combos for Download Mode, this is just one of them. If all the button combos don't work, you need to build/buy a JIG to force your phone into Download Mode.
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Ahah Thats the same exact steps I was able to get the phone to boot that one time instead of the up down I was still attempting it to get past the loop holding the power button instead using those steps, if I had know it would have been one of the only times I would see it in there I would have pushed it to download with adb though...
can't test getting it to download mode now took it back fit the description of the standing on/off issue with the device still honored by warranty. And I wouldn't have posted without searching everywhere to make a jig, I made three of them though I noticed it still didn't get to download mode. I made sure that the last two jigs were done correct. Think that when it was disconnected from odin it wasn't done finalizing after the stock push gah >,< live and learn and do something else to the cappies XD.
Thanks for the link placing an order just in-case ~whistles looking around then side to side pushes another rom~ lalala

To offer my own advice if it ever happens again, what I've been able to do is:
1. Pull the battery out
2. Put it back in
3. Open Odin
4. Hold Both Volume Buttons (without holding the power button)
5. Plug the phone back in
It went immediately into download mode for me, Odin managed to time out several times while I was trying to flash a co-worker's Captivate to the official Froyo leak. One of those times I couldn't even get the phone to come up with any screen. I really do think this thing cannot be bricked.

BeowulfShaeffer said:
That has been my experience so far, too. I've "bricked" twice, once with an "all black" screen, and once with the phone-!-computer screen. I've yet to need a jig, though I thought I may have needed it last night when I got the "all black" screen.
Keep trying the different button press methods to get into download mode. It took me 4 attempts to get from "all black" to "phone-!-computer" to a happy robot digging away.
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if you are out of luck, you may have to build a jig or buy one online.
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Ive used odin before changing roms and have gotten to download mode with combos on my last cappy before that night (dramatic music) en ways..
did some more digging on this bad ass info and learning community "XDA" hehe as to how it got the way it did, I found out I was updated with the new patch when I sent it for screen change to this shop, so...using odin one click with this creates a hang time to where it looked like it was finished after pushing jh6 (which was totally off should have used odin 3 and pushed jh2 then clockwork update to jh7) so thats when I disconnected (second noob mistake of the situation) basically blowing the finalization out and key combs for recovery and download mode. and im guessing the jig was made wrong too at this point >,<.
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wmason92 said:
Can anyone please help, i have the exact same problem. No matter how i try to enter download mode, it just gives me a charging sign and when i start my phone, it goes into an infinite boot loop.
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If you cant get your jig to work take it in to warranty (if your water inicators are sound and no physical damage) and say its power cycling on off at random times (which is true.. ) and it did it when you were sync to mini kies, did it an hour after the OP heh good luck
and I have yet to see the infamous yellow pc sign >,> <,< it can stay on the yellow brick road... thanks for the responses btw

Well the same thing happened to me and i got stuck with in an unlimited boot animation. Ive trying everything key combo possible and ive tried a jig but it just makes it reboot, and yes im sure im touching the right pins. If anybody can help with this dilemma i would really appreciate it. I want to return with warranty but my phone has a custom boot animation so im sure att probably wont accept it if they notice it.

wmason92 said:
Well the same thing happened to me and i got stuck with in an unlimited boot animation. Ive trying everything key combo possible and ive tried a jig but it just makes it reboot, and yes im sure im touching the right pins. If anybody can help with this dilemma i would really appreciate it. I want to return with warranty but my phone has a custom boot animation so im sure att probably wont accept it if they notice it.
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Purchase jig from ebay, or google and try igo jig.
If your phone is turning on with jig you are not touching the right prongs. I know, I know it is not easy, but unless it if touching just right, it can turn your phone on.

Holy ******** i got it to download mode! For some reason i kept touching the same pins and nothing would happen. After about readjusting for about 5mn it finally worked!!!!

It has to be just so. Happy to hear

Wait, now its in download mode but my computer keeps saying usb device not recognized.

wmason92 said:
Wait, now its in download mode but my computer keeps saying usb device not recognized.
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That happens try a different usb port or just borrow someone else computer, I used my networking classes computer my laptop was doing the same thing when I was change roms.

Changed the title to fit the issue, this is not a soft brick this is a boot brick that can affect the charge indicator in power off state as well. So whats the difference the soft brick is when you flash a rom incorrectly and you get the att world screen constantly staying on, the key combinations still work when the phone is like this.. in the case with a boot brick the att screen cycles over and over and the jig may or may not work I haven't been able to fully test it here in this state I have seen a packager attempt to finish once on the recent one but all the key combos I could find didn't function my noob guess is the phone forgot how to ride a bike (meaning is hasn't connected keys to recovery that was being flashed or hardware to there states without being booted normally) ultimate fix is if its in warranty (meaning no physical damage or water) take it back for power on off. the soft brick i've seen before and have fixed with odin 2-3 three times, and ive seen a blown kernel type too where keys and odin fix up like new.

wmason92 said:
Well the same thing happened to me and i got stuck with in an unlimited boot animation. Ive trying everything key combo possible and ive tried a jig but it just makes it reboot, and yes im sure im touching the right pins. If anybody can help with this dilemma i would really appreciate it. I want to return with warranty but my phone has a custom boot animation so im sure att probably wont accept it if they notice it.
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I have the same thing happening to me. Att boot screen, then it loops on the ROM logo, over and over. I get 1 vibrate then 2 following also. I purchased a Jig on ebay but it just keeps rebooting the phone, doesn't get it into download mode.

glaze76 said:
I purchased a Jig on ebay but it just keeps rebooting the phone, doesn't get it into download mode.
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Very odd - I've never heard of that with a jig.

glaze76 said:
I have the same thing happening to me. Att boot screen, then it loops on the ROM logo, over and over. I get 1 vibrate then 2 following also. I purchased a Jig on ebay but it just keeps rebooting the phone, doesn't get it into download mode.
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Have a link to which one you have? It sounds like the solder points on the jig were a little weak. This can happen if they aren't good welds. If you want give one of mine a shot. I'll refund you if it reboots your phone...
Buy one HERE...

I had a boot brick happen to me just the other day. I was running Andromeda 1.1 with stock kernel & modem, and tried to tinker with swapping the AT&T boot screen using connexion2005's video on the subject (NOT insinuating any blame at all, his videos are fantastic).
I tested it successfully the first time, then flashed back the i9000_param_lfs, and pushed a new image to the device again (everything was exactly the same, with the exception of the boot_screen.bat script not making the phone ask for superuser approval while pushing the new logo_ATNT), and everything looked ok.
Reboot device, and...boink.
Black screen, no image at all on power on, only charging screen when usb cable connected. ADB, nothing. 3 button, nothing. Vol up+down, remove battery, insert usb cable, do hokey pokey, nothing. 5 attempts at the 100k resistor jig, for hours, nothing. No download, no recovery. Seems like the phone was toast.
Strange how I had just done this successfully earlier in the day, to now having it completely hard brick this phone.
I ended up taking the phone back to a local warranty center, and they swapped it (1008) for a 1010 (gps works fantastic on this one, btw)...I just hope there's no bill coming if they find out it was rooted and flashed. *crosses fingers and uses any and all karma*
Any ideas what happened? Did I scramble this things boot loader? I've heard how hard it is to fully brick this phone, and looks like I succeeded. How lucky.
I'd just like to know what went wrong so when I (or anyone else) root and flash next time, the chances of this happening are reduced (or better understood).
Thanks

[Q] Bricked + power button not working

I'm stuck in a pretty crappy situation. The phone is on some weird bootloop. When it boots, the AT&T screen comes up, then some weird multi-colored screen comes on, the phone turns off, and this process repeats.
I know how to put it into download mode, but the phone turns on as soon as I put the battery in. I'm not sure how to have it powered off with the battery in long enough so I can hold the volume buttons down and plug the USB in. If I could at least get into download mode and flash something via Odin, I could possibly fix it.
Any suggestions?

did you try, remove battery, plug in usb, hold power and both volume buttons then insert battery? or even just hold vol down and power then insert battery?

adobrakic said:
I'm stuck in a pretty crappy situation. The phone is on some weird bootloop. When it boots, the AT&T screen comes up, then some weird multi-colored screen comes on, the phone turns off, and this process repeats.
I know how to put it into download mode, but the phone turns on as soon as I put the battery in. I'm not sure how to have it powered off with the battery in long enough so I can hold the volume buttons down and plug the USB in. If I could at least get into download mode and flash something via Odin, I could possibly fix it.
Any suggestions?
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did you try, remove battery, plug in usb, hold power and both volume buttons then insert battery? or even just hold vol down and power then insert battery?
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(psst, he said his power button is broken)
You dont need to use the power buttons to enter download mode. Just hold both volume buttons and plug in usb. Though tbh I haven't had to do it in so long my memory is a bit foggy on whether it was both volume buttons + usb or just volume up + usb. Either way one of those should work. Im pretty sure you should be able to do it without the battery inserted.
When all else fails, jig it. Jig it hard.
Herp derp Captivate Tapatalk 2

fractaline said:
did you try, remove battery, plug in usb, hold power and both volume buttons then insert battery? or even just hold vol down and power then insert battery?
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Well, the power button doesn't work, so I haven't tried the latter. It's not rooted, so trying to get into CWM wouldn't really do much. When I try to plug in the USB, hold the volume buttons, and plug in the battery last, the phone just goes to the battery charging screen. If I take the USB out.. it stays there.
I'm not sure why the phone turns on by itself as soon as I put the battery in. My sister has the same model, and she has to hold the power button to turn it on. :/
I just turned it on, and it's stuck on the AT&t screen instead of bootlooping. This is the first time it has done this after the bootloop began. Odin recognizes it. Is this ninja download mode? If so, could you please point me in the right direction of getting out of this mess? :x This is my sister's fiance's phone, I own a SGS4G. Really don't wanna risk this phone any more than I already have, lol.
Thanks, guys.
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To be more specific, I attempted using this to root the phone, which resulted in this situation. Not sure if that's even helpful, but it can't hurt.

I feel for ya, I hate having hardware issues when a software issues happens..
follow fractaline's instructions: Odin ON, battery out, Good USB cable with good USB port Insert, (this is where it gets tricky), hold down volume up and volume down, whilst 2 seconds later putting the battery back in.
if you see the screen with something that looks like this, http://movilzone.org/files/2011/09/Captivate-Download-Mode1.jpeg
or this,
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BwmbWV5u6h8/TvNq1jXT7oI/AAAAAAAAMpU/_Mh4V9LMYd8/s1600/Semi-bricked.jpg, Then you can flash a kernel.
Were you on gingerbread 2.3.5? if so I would recommend this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294477&highlight=corn
if you flash corn there is an option in CWM to install root I believe.
I used to flash the corn kernel all day to fix my 2.3.5 problems.
it really depends which version you previously were running. which is hard to tell since it wasn't your phone... more info needed, i'll be back in the morning. hope this helps.
Oh and on the hardware side of things, you could take the back plate off, the plate under the battery, and clean all the crap out. i find with mine i often get dust particles that interfere with my power button. there is a guide to properly tear down a captivate on xda somewhere... I've posted on it before as well.
or, take your fingernails and try and peel back the plastic on the edge of the glass up by the power button, if you can pull it back enough to blow air in there sometimes you can dislodge/clean out whatever is obstructing the power button.
Edit: if you do get it rooted, bring it up to ICS, it's fantastic up here

adobrakic said:
Well, the power button doesn't work, so I haven't tried the latter. It's not rooted, so trying to get into CWM wouldn't really do much. When I try to plug in the USB, hold the volume buttons, and plug in the battery last, the phone just goes to the battery charging screen. If I take the USB out.. it stays there.
I'm not sure why the phone turns on by itself as soon as I put the battery in. My sister has the same model, and she has to hold the power button to turn it on. :/
I just turned it on, and it's stuck on the AT&t screen instead of bootlooping. This is the first time it has done this after the bootloop began. Odin recognizes it. Is this ninja download mode? If so, could you please point me in the right direction of getting out of this mess? :x This is my sister's fiance's phone, I own a SGS4G. Really don't wanna risk this phone any more than I already have, lol.
Thanks, guys.
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To be more specific, I attempted using this to root the phone, which resulted in this situation. Not sure if that's even helpful, but it can't hurt.
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I think you were not on Gingerbread and you attempted to flash a gingerbread kernel. That is why it is bootlooping. You can flash back to stock (Gingerbread or froyo) and that should solve your issue. I'm trying to download and get the stock froyo kernel for you so you can flash that again. Just an FYI, applying root through CWM would require the use of the power button.
Try flashing this in the PDA in Odin. It is the stock froyo kernel.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vx5r7hr3iokj764/zImage.tar

@Bacon, it was version 2.2. I can't get to download mode because the phone turns on as soon as I put the battery in. I'm not sure why it does this. Also, I don't get the bricked screen because it just bootloops. The AT&T screen comes on, then this comes on, the phone turns off, and this repeats. I'm assuming that the multi-colored screen would be the SGS screen, or something similar.
Oh and on the hardware side of things, you could take the back plate off, the plate under the battery, and clean all the crap out. i find with mine i often get dust particles that interfere with my power button. there is a guide to properly tear down a captivate on xda somewhere... I've posted on it before as well.
or, take your fingernails and try and peel back the plastic on the edge of the glass up by the power button, if you can pull it back enough to blow air in there sometimes you can dislodge/clean out whatever is obstructing the power button.
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If it comes to that, I'll definitely keep this in mind.
@Red Wow, I'm stupid. -_- I don't know how I missed the "Requirements" on that page. Thanks, I'll try your .tar now.
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Ah, unfortunately that AT&T screen wasn't download mode. I guess I'm just gonna have to keep trying until I finally get it into download mode. I just don't get why it's this difficult.

adobrakic said:
@Red Wow, I'm stupid. -_- I don't know how I missed the "Requirements" on that page. Thanks, I'll try your .tar now.
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Ah, unfortunately that AT&T screen wasn't download mode. I guess I'm just gonna have to keep trying until I finally get it into download mode. I just don't get why it's this difficult.
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You're not stupid. I added that after reading your post to prevent others from getting into the same situation.
As for download mode, if you don't have a jig, try this:
Take battery out
Plug phone into computer
Hold down Volume Buttons
Put battery in

adobrakic said:
@Red Wow, I'm stupid. -_- I don't know how I missed the "Requirements" on that page. Thanks, I'll try your .tar now.
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Ah, unfortunately that AT&T screen wasn't download mode. I guess I'm just gonna have to keep trying until I finally get it into download mode. I just don't get why it's this difficult.
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I can't tell you how many times i flashed the wrong kernel because i didn't read that it was for my version! lol!
that screen is unsettling...
well it's tough to say what to do next... just keep trying for a download mode. I've never used a Jig, perhaps that would be a good investment. Maybe use a one click.. I don't know..
I don't suppose this could be a bootloader issue could it?
EDIT: You're sure you have a reliable USB port/Plug? it's very important that both are good.

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You're not stupid. I added that after reading your post to prevent others from getting into the same situation.
As for download mode, if you don't have a jig, try this:
Take battery out
Plug phone into computer
Hold down Volume Buttons
Put battery in
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When I do that, I get to this screen. I'm assuming that's the battery charging screen, but the picture of the battery never comes up, just that refreshing icon.
If I keep holding the volume buttons, the phone seems to turn off in this state. I tried immediately unplugging the USB cable and letting go of the volume buttons once it does this. It stays off (if it's actually off). However, when I hold the volume buttons down and plug the USB back in, it just goes back to that screen. No download mode.
@Bacon
I don't suppose this could be a bootloader issue could it?
EDIT: You're sure you have a reliable USB port/Plug? it's very important that both are good.
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To be honest, I have no idea if it could be a bootloader issue. I'm knowledgeable of Android as far as a user goes, I know nothing about the OS past rooting it, and tweaking it to OC/UC, etc. Also, I believe that the USB port/plug is reliable. It's the same combo I used prior to bricking it (lol). However, I have about 8 different ports and a few different cables as well, I'll give those a go.
Thanks for the help guys, I really do appreciate it.

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@Bacon
To be honest, I have no idea if it could be a bootloader issue. I'm knowledgeable of Android as far as a user goes, I know nothing about the OS past rooting it, and tweaking it to OC/UC, etc. Also, I believe that the USB port/plug is reliable. It's the same combo I used prior to bricking it (lol). However, I have about 8 different ports and a few different cables as well, I'll give those a go.
Thanks for the help guys, I really do appreciate it.
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Man I wish I could help more, i tend to be a hardware guy so i'm not much help other than telling you how to fix you power button... just keep flashing the crap out of it i guess. see if anything sticks...

Open a dos window and go to KK4_Root\Tools (probably on your C:\ drive)
Type:
Code:
adb wait-for-device reboot download
and hit enter.
Now try booting the phone with it plugged in again. If the computer recognizes it during the bootloop, it will issue it the command to boot into download mode.
Otherwise, I would suggest getting a download Jig. It will put you into download mode every time.

@Bacon
All good buddy, thanks so much for your help.
@Red
Holy ****, that worked perfectly. I'm in download mode right now, and am in the process of using a one click to get back to stock.
I'll post back with results.
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This is the one click I was using. It won't flash bootloaders at first to prevent bricking, so I'm now in Android system recovery. I'm wanting to get into download mode again, but I guess since it's not in bootloop, the command Red gave me doesn't get me there. I need to get back into download so the bootloaders can be flashed. Any suggestions as to how I could get there again?

the most success I've had is using kies mini up to 2.3.5 and then using corn from there on.
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Does it always boot to recovery? You could just pull the battery and then try to let it boot normally.
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@Bacon
Don't I need the phone to boot up for kies, though?
@Red
Yes. As soon as I put the battery in, the AT&T screen comes on, and then the Android System Recovery <3e> screen comes on.
When I try to plug in the USB, hold the volume buttons down, and plug in the battery last, it simply goes to the battery charging screen. I don't know why it doesn't go to download mode. I've tested the volume buttons in the Android System Recovery screen, both work just fine.

If you could get that power button to work you could try wiping data. That might get it out of that funk.
Try this:
Open a dos window and go to KK4_Root\Tools (probably on your C:\ drive)
Code:
adb reboot recovery --wipe_data

Crap, my computer doesn't seem to recognize the device when it's in the Android System Recovery screen. Should I try prying open the power button and seeing if I can get it to work? Don't see any other way out of this. I wish the soft-key buttons could be used for 'enter' instead of just the power button. :|

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Don't I need the phone to boot up for kies, though?
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Shoot, sorry i misread i thought you said you had gotten it partially fixed... my b.
I was just commenting how I'd had the most success using a one click to stock and moving up with kies. I'm afraid you may have to wipe data, which would suck.
Try the power button first. It's really easy taking the hardware apart. Just don't strip the tiny screws.... i only have three of the 6 holding my back plate in. You really don't need them all
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Honestly man, at this point, I wouldn't care if I had to repurchase all of the apps that I had if it was necessary to get the phone working. I'll YouTube some instructions for disassembly. Hopefully it'll get me out of this jam.