Hi,
I think I might have Bricked my Samsung Captivate, I cannot get my phone to boot any further then the reovery mode menu, I can't get my computer to reconize my phone, I can't ODIN to reconize my phone, I've been reading everything I can find, and trying everything I can, but I am still unable to get it to do anything except boot into recovery mode. Is there anything else I can do or try?? Any help would be great, Thanks.
d0zer069 said:
Hi,
I think I might have Bricked my Samsung Captivate, I cannot get my phone to boot any further then the reovery mode menu, I can't get my computer to reconize my phone, I can't ODIN to reconize my phone, I've been reading everything I can find, and trying everything I can, but I am still unable to get it to do anything except boot into recovery mode. Is there anything else I can do or try?? Any help would be great, Thanks.
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Unplug the USB, pull the battery. Then put the battery in. Hold both volume keys down and plug in the usb cable. If you see a yellow icon with the android dude in it, congratulations, you're in download mode. Now use odin to reflash your firmware.
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I tried flashing my SGS to Froyo. I used Odin3 1.3. But now my phone wont boot, i just get a screen with a phone showing that it cant connect to pc... ''Phone''..!..''PC''
Please help
deranqed said:
I tried flashing my SGS to Froyo. I used Odin3 1.3. But now my phone wont boot, i just get a screen with a phone showing that it cant connect to pc... ''Phone''..!..''PC''
Please help
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Put the phone back into download mode and flash with another firmware and Odin 1.0
I just had the same problem, took out the battery, restarted into download mode and updated successfully using kies.
i cant get into download mode, i have only been albe to do that through ADB. And when i plug my SGS into my pc nothing happens, it just has the same picture on the phone...
It seems your phone is stuck in download mode:
- remove phone from pc
- restart odin
- mark reboot phone
- connect phone
- if the com port shows up you can hit "start"
hope this works
When this this advice from the (also) Austrian Guy don't help but the Batterie out and wait 10 Seconds.. And then go back to download mode should help..
It's probably bricked like mine, I mean, if you were unable to access download mode with the button combination (Vol-/Home/Power) and you only had access to download mode with adb. I just sent mine to repair today.
My recommendation to everyone is that NEVER flash your phone if you are unable to access download mode with the button combination as it will be rather hard to adb reboot it again to download mode if you don't have access with adb to it
Probably someone comes to say that "I have flashed many times with adb reboot download method and my phone is still fine" but even so, it is not safe to do that.
Hi
first of all thank you for so much info.
I spend more than 10 hours looking for a solution on other posts but can't fins a solution.
my phone is bricked and i am not able to get to the download mode or the recovery. before I bricked it I was able to get the download mode with adb with since i tried odin, i have the phone --!-- computer
I am in canada so returning it would be a hassle. any help would be much appreciated to get to the download mode
thank you very much
Download Odin.
Take out the SIM, SD card, and battery. Launch Odin, replace the battery, and plug the USB cord in, and just press down on the volume up and down buttons.
This should boot it right into download mode, then flash with Odin.
This phone is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to brick.
man, i tried that maybe 50 times no kidding!
still no download mode
SeriousBizznass said:
Download Odin.
Take out the SIM, SD card, and battery. Launch Odin, replace the battery, and plug the USB cord in, and just press down on the volume up and down buttons.
This should boot it right into download mode, then flash with Odin.
This phone is virtually IMPOSSIBLE to brick.
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Hold the volume buttons first then plug in the usb. Thats what works for me. You have to have odin open first like he said.
just tried and still nothing....
if somebody is located in montreal, i would love to meet them to check that out
Athailias said:
Hold the volume buttons first then plug in the usb. Thats what works for me. You have to have odin open first like he said.
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Having Odin open makes no difference if his button combo is not working. Unfortunately some people are not aware that there phone does not have the 3 button combo working.
what is your solution when you don t have the 3 button combo working?
The only thing you can do if there is no way to reach download mode is to contact At&t or samsung and see if they can repair the phone for you.
Have you tried using a different usb cable, someone mentioned that some USB cables dont work right with the captivate, try the one that came with the phone.
I know odin doesnt matter, but if he is going to flash with odin it helps to have it open first is all I meant. As far as that screen and no three button combo I think you are done... bricked... sorry, dont take my word for it though.
I could enter download mode with key combination before applying Cog's Beta5.5...
I've returned my cappy for exchange.
I am trying with the cable that came with the phone. I don't have another one.
I just bought this phone out of ebay. I will give it this week end to try and find a solution.
I really don't see any as of now but we'll see...
I will try return the phone to the ebay seller as i asked him before buying it if you could go into download mode! and he said yes!
man, I hope i find a solution!
what happens when you try and start your phone normally -- boot screen loop, anything?
Can you get into recovery mode?
when I try to start it normal I get the phone--!--computer
I am sure I tried recovery mode without any success. I am telling I spent so much time on this forum that my wife is going to start being jalous
How do you get to recovry mode again? I tried so many things, that I don't remember
you can't get the phone to be recognized on your computer? Could do ADB to boot into download.
But the battery trick should work.
Pull the sim, external sdcard, and battery.
Hold down the volume buttons and plug in the USB
Then jam the battery back in.
It might take a few times to get it.. but it should get into download mode. I just restored mine doing this trick when it was stuck on this screen.
Really we need to have a youtube vid of this technique
younescito said:
when I try to start it normal I get the phone--!--computer
I am sure I tried recovery mode without any success. I am telling I spent so much time on this forum that my wife is going to start being jalous
How do you get to recovry mode again? I tried so many things, that I don't remember
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Hold down both volume buttons then hold down the power button until the boot s screen flashes two times then release the power button.
BTW - although it is a LOOOOONG video.. this might help folks out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iefapF1yZhE&feature=related
Not sure if it will help, but I've also read that you should use the actual motherboard usb ports and not a hub or any kind of "external" ports (i.e. the ports on the front of the tower)
i did all that stuff.
I ended up returning it to the ebay seller who will send me another captivate.
thanks guys
My download was working on cog 2.2 beta before i flashed back to stock using odin. Now when I try to enter download mode i just see the charging symbol. So the only thing that has changed is software. Could odin3 remove my download mode? What can i do?
Its been a rough night for me. I did a Nandroid backup which turned out I needed to restore after something else failed. After restore I did not have what I expected.
Anyway, to make a long story short, I ended up in a situation that no matter what I did, I could not get into download mode. Only recovery.
The good news is that after trying several different things, I finally found I had the original base rom I was using still on the SD card (even though I had done a Master Clear). I guess maybe the only thing that will empty the SD card is to format it.
I have no idea what I would have done had I not had a Clockwork zip on there.
A couple of days ago I rooted my phone, and now my phone is stuck on "Galaxy S GT-I9000" boot screen, stays on that screen for about a minute, and restarts, and gets to the same "Galaxy S GT-I9000" screen. It loops forever, until I take out the battery.
I cant get the phone in recovery mode, I cant enter download mode, and the phone isn`t recognised by the pc, it only charges when connected to a pc with usb.
I`ve tried two different computers, no good.
Odin don`t find the phone, so flash is out of the question I guess. Any help here, is it possible to fix?
Thanks in advance
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Download mode recovery jig .
Need to access download recovery or take phone to a service centre as first step .
jje
Is the only way to make a jig or to send it to service?
Unless you can put a file on the phone by some other means and then enter recover mode .
Recover mode install file transferred from PC and install .
Odin access download mode and install firmware from PC .
Or Harry Potter Mode .
jje
Can I use the sd card and use recovery mode from that? I mean, can I transfer som files to the sd card, insert that in the phone and enter recovery mode or download mode?
Just asking
You say you can not get to download mode or recovery mode .
If the phone was bootable then you can put files on external sd card copy them in phone to internal sd card .
Reasonably certain that recovery has no option to use external card as source .
jje
peleri said:
A couple of days ago I rooted my phone, and now my phone is stuck on "Galaxy S GT-I9000" boot screen, stays on that screen for about a minute, and restarts, and gets to the same "Galaxy S GT-I9000" screen. It loops forever, until I take out the battery.
I cant get the phone in recovery mode, I cant enter download mode, and the phone isn`t recognised by the pc, it only charges when connected to a pc with usb.
I`ve tried two different computers, no good.
Odin don`t find the phone, so flash is out of the question I guess. Any help here, is it possible to fix?
Thanks in advance
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You pressend volume down button and Power button to get into download mode?
If this does not work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
If you get into this mode, please have a look on this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11003642#post11003642
Ok, then the only option is to send the phone to Samsung for repairs, incredibly boring.
I can not understand why I can`t get into recovery mode or the download mode, 3-button combination did work the other day, but now it no longer works.
peleri said:
Ok, then the only option is to send the phone to Samsung for repairs, incredibly boring.
I can not understand why I can`t get into recovery mode or the download mode, 3-button combination did work the other day, but now it no longer works.
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You can - you need a special USB plug, just read my post above yours
I do know about the usb jig, I guess that is my only option.
Well, thanks for helping out
Sorry for the wall of text, but this is all the information that might help.
So I bricked my captivate.
When starting the phone has a boot screen, then the screen turns black.
My phone is one of the unfortunate ones that have 3 button combo disabled, and it will not go into download mode with a button combo either.
I've plugged the phone into the computer, and all the drivers work except the "Samsung Mobile MTP Device", which I'm under the assumption has little to nothing to do with ADB.
I've opened adb, and the phone is detected, but when I try to reboot to recovery or download mode it will hang, like the command is not being sent over.
If I unplug the phone, it just gives me an error message about protocol fault.
Thoughts?
At this point I'm thinking I might have to make a jig.
Thanks for any advice you can give.
You are correct, a jig is in your future. Insert jig, download mode opens automagically, reflash something else.
I would consider flashing something with GB bootloaders because that will get you your button combo back. Then just flash bootloader-free packages from then on out (they're compatible with everything) and you won't have to worry about button combos (or a hard brick) again.
Good luck!
my wifes new captivate also needed the jig to do anything on it, but after completely updating the phone she didnt like it, so she's back to square 2.1
Did you try checking if Odin is detecting your phone?
Well I can't get it into download mode, so no, Odin is not detecting the phone.
Yes!
I got a jig, and was able to get it into download mode.
Flashed it with Odin without a hitch.
Hello.
I do need some help. I tried installing CMW and when I rebooted it, it simply doesn't work anymore. It doesn't turn on. I hold power button and anything happens. I tried entering in download mode, recover mode and nothing. I tried using Odin. It detects the phone, but nothing happens. Setup connection forever and ever.
Can anyone help me?
P.S. I've ever googled, but I didn't find anything.
andersonajx said:
Hello.
I do need some help. I tried installing CMW and when I rebooted it, it simply doesn't work anymore. It doesn't turn on. I hold power button and anything happens. I tried entering in download mode, recover mode and nothing. I tried using Odin. It detects the phone, but nothing happens. Setup connection forever and ever.
Can anyone help me?
P.S. I've ever googled, but I didn't find anything.
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If ur phone detected by ODIN, may be u can recover ur phone back try these steps : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2226030