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[Q] HELP! I'm Desperate... I think i bricked my phone. PLEASE

So i am a complete idiot and just bricked a phone yesterday and luckily managed to get it exchanged at att.
The new one is having tons of trouble getting into download mode using the button combinations. I wanted to load the I9000 euro roms as I had successfully done to my previous phone. I did the first step in loading the csc and pda files and accidently forgot to uncheck autoreboot. Anyways... I pulled the battery out before it could reboot. I still couldnt get it into download mode so I booted into the android without applying the second step of the pit fil and the modem file. I am not used to using the sdk so was planning to root and intall a terminal program to "su reboot download"... I tried using the oneclick root to complete the job and it rebooted me into recovery, but apparently since i didnt flash the pit file, my power button doesnt work to access the menu..(volume rocker does).
Now it wont boot into anything except into recovery and I cant do anything about in it.... i have tried everything on oneclick odin instructions and can not get there... is there anything i can do from the sdk to get into download mode... it kind of appears that my phone is recognized when i plug it in cuz windows beeps saying that it recognizes the device...
HELP ME PLEASEEEEE
I THINK I DESPERATELY NEED TO GET INTO DOWNLOAD MODE SOMEHOW!!!
I HAVE TRIED EVERY WAY LISTED ON

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
use method 3

Wrong forum, but how in the world did you "brick" your last phone? These phones from what lots of smart people say are not brickable, and these guys on here have tried. And if you did in fact brick your old phone why would you decide to put another ROM on?

First calm down. If it boots you are ok.
You can do what Akachay said. Or pull the battery unplug the usb. Start odin put the battery back in hold down both volume keys then plug in the usb cable it should boot into download mode.
It is very hard to brick this phone

IllegalOpcode said:
First calm down. If it boots you are ok.
You can do what Akachay said. Or pull the battery unplug the usb. Start odin put the battery back in hold down both volume keys then plug in the usb cable it should boot into download mode.
It is very hard to brick this phone
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Do this. The phone has to be off. Hold both volume buttons and plug in the usb. It will into dl mode. No power button necessary.
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IllegalOpcode said:
First calm down. If it boots you are ok.
You can do what Akachay said. Or pull the battery unplug the usb. Start odin put the battery back in hold down both volume keys then plug in the usb cable it should boot into download mode.
It is very hard to brick this phone
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I second this method. Calm down and take your time. It WILL work trust me ive used it a few times on both my captivate and vibrant.
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I third that the volume button method.... I pull the battery, reinstall it, plug in usb, hold down volume buttons. Works every time. Any other method is a total crap shoot.
If using Odin make sure its open before you do this so that it will recognize the connection.

If you can talk to the phone with adb you can also try "adb reboot download".
Good luck.
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Thanks so much to the help and support... seriously the buttons for download mode did not work... had to learn the adb sdk method
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xmarkx88 said:
Thanks so much to the help and support... seriously the buttons for download mode did not work... had to learn the adb sdk method
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Its always a good skill to know

This is not the Q&A section of the captivate...please next time UTFS of this lovely forum, and post it on the right section.
Rafyvitto

flashman2002 said:
Wrong forum, but how in the world did you "brick" your last phone? These phones from what lots of smart people say are not brickable, and these guys on here have tried. And if you did in fact brick your old phone why would you decide to put another ROM on?
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Why do people say its impossible to completely brick the phone? Unfortunately I did it due to stupidity, and it bricked quite easily.

Coriolis3ffect said:
Why do people say its impossible to completely brick the phone? Unfortunately I did it due to stupidity, and it bricked quite easily.
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People say that because the word "brick" is thrown around quite liberally. These phones have been nearly impossible to legitimately brick. About the only way I can think of is spontaneous hardware failure

OP, I thought I bricked it yesterday but d/l method works, don't worry...

moving my own issue here as i think i really HAVE bricked the phone. did alot of reading but apparently still did it wrong. flashed the PIT file only to the phone and now ive got a lovely and not very heavy paperweight. does not even turn on using the power or volume combo even after i pulled the battery for 5 minutes. Any clues? im pretty sad about this.. read that its pretty hard to brick these phones but im not so sure that is the case

ill also mention i was being dumb and didnt realize i was on the i9000 page reading instructions at the time. i was using the instructions from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765032 and the problem occured after i flashed the pit successfully and then was resetting the battery when i found out it was completly dead

bamonkey said:
ill also mention i was being dumb and didnt realize i was on the i9000 page reading instructions at the time. i was using the instructions from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765032 and the problem occured after i flashed the pit successfully and then was resetting the battery when i found out it was completly dead
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Seems lately over on the odin3 page alot of people are doing dumb things just like me. looks like ill be able to return it in the next few days but i just want to stress that while people are stating its really hard to brick these phones i would NOT recommend doing any kind of firm flashes unless you are totally comfortable with exact instructions or turning your phone into a complete brick and getting a warranty exchange. I hate to say it but im a little unsure of myself on these firmware upgrades now. its not really a click-and-be-done process yet so i think ill just hold out and hope the froyo upgrade fixes the gps issue because otherwise i still love this phone

[Q] Froyo Official for Captivate, Can we use it on our SGS?

Hi all,
A question for you smarter people, Can we somehow use the Captivate rom in our machines? I'm thinking we need to mod somethings here and there but is it a good idea?
Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797374
Edit: Yes I think this should be in Q&A but I would like the question in Devs as it will give the modders/hackers/devs a heads up on the release of the rom
Edit Edit: Don't install this! Breaks ****

Yes, I would like to know if we can use this on our SGS.

Should be that we need to flash a 2.2 i9000 kernel for proper hardware support.
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IT WORK´S out of the box!!!

lowrider_05 said:
IT WORK´S out of the box!!!
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Have you flashed it yet? Don't it disable your front camera as captivate don't have it? And isn't Captivate a 850mhz/2100mhz 3g phone while we use 900mhz/2100mhz ?

yes i flashed it but theres no Phone Service!!!! I ty with JPK Kernel and tell you if it worked

lowrider_05 said:
yes i flashed it but theres no Phone Service!!!! I ty with JPK Kernel and tell you if it worked
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You might want to try a JPK modem with it too as I have feeling that it would work. Maybe if we extract the PDA file from the archive we can use odin to do it.

I did it
i just flash mu euro samsung galaxy s with troyo official for captivate and guesss ??? work very well but dont know how to get into recovery mode
edit. sound is not ok

ronalgps said:
i just flash mu euro samsung galaxy s with troyo official for captivate and guesss ??? work very well but dont know how to get into recovery mode
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Could you get into recovery mode before the flash? (vol Up + Home + Power when phone is off) ??

ronalgps said:
i just flash mu euro samsung galaxy s with troyo official for captivate and guesss ??? work very well but dont know how to get into recovery mode
edit. sound is not ok
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try adb
RazvanG

ickyboo said:
Could you get into recovery mode before the flash? (vol Up + Home + Power when phone is off) ??
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no
i just dont know wat to do for to get recovery mode

RazvanG said:
try adb
RazvanG
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hey but the sgs is not root

ronalgps said:
hey but the sgs is not root
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no need to have root access
just plug your phone into the PC with debug mode ON (Settings->Applications->Development->USB Debugging) and run the script file (recovery.bat)
phone should restart in recovery mode
RazvanG

RazvanG said:
no need to have root access
just plug your phone into the PC with debug mode ON (Settings->Applications->Development->USB Debugging) and run the script file (recovery.bat)
phone should restart in recovery mode
RazvanG
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good thank but now when i plug usb in phone it rest de phone jejjjejej
i think to i have to use this rom for the rest of the life of this phone

somebody help?

Too fatalistic buddy. Have more hope. In the meanwhile, could u tell us about the GPS performance?
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xmonkee said:
Too fatalistic buddy. Have more hope. In the meanwhile, could u tell us about the GPS performance?
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how can i test de gps

hey how is with your phone

ronalgps said:
how can i test de gps
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I don't know, you're the guy called "ronalGPS"
Kidding, kidding. Install GPS Test (if you're wifi is working). See how many satellites you can lock-in indoors and outdoors and how long it takes. But if you haven't done it before with the stock roms, not really sure if you would be able to assess comparatively.
What exactly is wrong with your phone, btw? What happens if you try download mode (VolumeDown + Power + home)?

xmonkee said:
I don't know, you're the guy called "ronalGPS"
Kidding, kidding. Install GPS Test (if you're wifi is working). See how many satellites you can lock-in indoors and outdoors and how long it takes. But if you haven't done it before with the stock roms, not really sure if you would be able to assess comparatively.
What exactly is wrong with your phone, btw? What happens if you try download mode (VolumeDown + Power + home)?
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hey sorry for ask that stupidness question i just cant test this right now
the official troyo just kill my battery in 30 minute i have 3 battery and all are empty
1 cant get in download mode
2 no recovery
3 if i plug the usb the phone restart mmmm
i dont can install any app from my sd card only from the market
about the GPS indoors 6 and outdoors 12

[Q] Bricked My Phone :-(

Hi
I tried to upgrade my phone, I9000s, from 2.3 to 2.4 this afternoon via Odin and it has gone wrong and I think I have bricked the phone.
I cannot get into download mode now, I could before after bricking, but not now, and all I get is the phone and computer symbols.
Can anybody advise me what I do next.
I am in the UK
Thanks

2.4 rom for i9000? I think that you' ve done something terribly wrong...
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If you tried to go from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4 and you got screwed bootloaders, you might need to take your phone to service. But try reading this guide first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134975. Hope you get your phone up&running again
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mealmond said:
Hi
I tried to upgrade my phone, I9000s, from 2.3 to 2.4 this afternoon via Odin and it has gone wrong and I think I have bricked the phone.
I cannot get into download mode now, I could before after bricking, but not now, and all I get is the phone and computer symbols.
Can anybody advise me what I do next.
I am in the UK
Thanks
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u mean from 2.3.3 to 2.3.4. so the mistake is
when u turmed ur phone to download mode and connect to pc . Odin didnt regonized ur phone and u press start ? as many ppl want flash fast .
so try this
1st : Move ur battery out . plug ur phone to recharge w/o battery if ur screen turn on . then press vol down+home+power . if not do the same with battery .
if those doesnt work check the :
2nd : remove battery . open Kies to ur PC plug ur phone with USB cable to connect with ur pc , w8 some mins to regonize ur phone if ur screen trying to get on plug the battery to ur phone to recharge via pc then try to get download mode . if nothing of those doesnt work for u then u must
3rd Buy USB JIG from ebay or get ur phone to service (if u had rooted phone u will pay)

It happened to me before...
The only solution was buying a jig on ebay to unbrick the phone.
Before that i sent my phone to repairs and it was solved.
Good luck
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The little compute symbol with the arrows is a version of download mode. It is the emergency flash mode and odin should still recognize it and u should be able to flash a full firmware that had bootloaders
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its really rare to screwed ur main bootloader on the SGS.. maybe you could buy the jig but i`ve never tried the jig but maybe you could try to take out your battery and wait a couple of minutes.. maybe half hour to be safe, before you try to switch on your phone.. but after you place back the battery make sure you doesnt touch any button except the 3 button combo for download mode.. i`m not sure why but that has been the case for me when i got screwed during flashing new rom when i push other button such as the home button before the 3 button combo the phone just didnt respond..

lgkahn said:
The little compute symbol with the arrows is a version of download mode. It is the emergency flash mode and odin should still recognize it and u should be able to flash a full firmware that had bootloaders
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+1 to that
if not buy a jig off ebay, like $5
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Hi
Thanks for all the replies, sorry I have not been back on.
Not sure how I managed it, but I got back to the point of the yellow download symbol again and flashed the stock 2.3 Gingerbread I had on file.
All is now working again but it is showing as 2.3.4.
Something has obviously got mixed up though, as I am in the UK and now have Swisscom on start up and close down.
It all appears to be working ok and after a while I managed to root it again.
I suppose I should really looking in to flashing it again so I don't have the Swisscom coming up, but I will leave it as it is until I feel a little more brave after my near miss.
Thanks again.
Martin

mealmond said:
Hi
Thanks for all the replies, sorry I have not been back on.
Not sure how I managed it, but I got back to the point of the yellow download symbol again and flashed the stock 2.3 Gingerbread I had on file.
All is now working again but it is showing as 2.3.4.
Something has obviously got mixed up though, as I am in the UK and now have Swisscom on start up and close down.
It all appears to be working ok and after a while I managed to root it again.
I suppose I should really looking in to flashing it again so I don't have the Swisscom coming up, but I will leave it as it is until I feel a little more brave after my near miss.
Thanks again.
Martin
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you must have installed jvr swisscom firmware

Hi
Could somebody point me to the correct version of 2.3.4 for the UK for me to flash.
I have had another look at Samfirmwares but I am still unsure of the correct version for the UK.
Also, on checking my phone, it is marked as CSC unkown, it that something I need to worry about.
Thanks
Martin

mealmond said:
Hi
Could somebody point me to the correct version of 2.3.4 for the UK for me to flash.
I have had another look at Samfirmwares but I am still unsure of the correct version for the UK.
Also, on checking my phone, it is marked as CSC unkown, it that something I need to worry about.
Thanks
Martin
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The only 2.3.4 are XXJVR and XXJVS.
Look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011901
CSC is the APN setting. You can set it yourself actually.

[q] downloading do not turn off target

HELP HELP HELP -- I recently plugged my phone into my com to transfer music. samsung kies then started up and told me i needed a firmware upgrade. I proceeded to upgrade and mid upgrade i received an on screen message that my device wasn't recognised and the upgrade was auto cancelled. I now have a message with bright yellow/green trianle that says "do not turn off target". I have reinstalled kies - no luck. knocked phone on and off -no luck. i'm at a loss with what to do with the phone now !! phone not even being recognised by com or kies. Can anyone help please??? many many thanks in advance... thanks. ian.

Seems that you're new to that, so let me explain: if you see the yellow triangle with the android, you're in download mode. Normally, you access it by pressing power+home+vol down buttons while screen is off. As long as you can access download mode, your device isn't bricked. Now that you can't access anything else than download mode, you have to flash a new firmware with Odin. I recommend you to search for the JW4 firmware here in general section. There you should find help on how to flash it(best is Faryaab's thread).

maybe you can try and do a hard reset and flash a ROM from yr SD card..reboot in recoverymode..if the phone does not reboot..try and run the rooting program,might work.But most likely you'll have to reinstall the firmware...
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i see someone posted your answer already.Good luck!!
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kvandermade said:
maybe you can try and do a hard reset and flash a ROM from yr SD card..reboot in recoverymode..if the phone does not reboot..try and run the rooting program,might work.But most likely you'll have to reinstall the firmware...
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Yep, I don't think that he has rooted, so flashing a ROM won't work.

hmmm....i get it..best thing to do i think,when it's up and running again..DoOMlords easy rooting kit worked fine for me.No problem getting it to work and you've got more options to fix any problem..good luck to the poster anyway xx
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kvandermade said:
hmmm....i get it..best thing to do i think,when it's up and running again..DoOMlords easy rooting kit worked fine for me.No problem getting it to work and you've got more options to fix any problem..good luck to the poster anyway xx
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I don't really think that he rooted his phone ever before, so I don't think that he needs root now... but if he wants to try it out, CF-root or DoOMlords rooting kit are the right choises.

galaxy tab 8.9 p7310 rooting problem

Hi everyone,
I am new here but i ran into a problem...i am currently trying to root my tablet using the original_root.zip or some name i forgot. I read the instruction correctly and done it correctly but i seem cant access the recovery mode... I turn off the tab, hold power on and volume down button, 2 icon show up, i choose the small box which is the recovery mode, then the tab just go black. Nothing happens afterward... I even wait for almost 1 hour and i just notice it just didnt do anything.. Anyone could figure out what is really happening?
Here's my tablet description for info
Galaxy tab 8.9 p7310 wifi only
Android 3.2 honeycomb
Thank you andi am sorry for my english... Getting rusty these days...

zarulhairee said:
Hi everyone,
I am new here but i ran into a problem...i am currently trying to root my tablet using the original_root.zip or some name i forgot. I read the instruction correctly and done it correctly but i seem cant access the recovery mode... I turn off the tab, hold power on and volume down button, 2 icon show up, i choose the small box which is the recovery mode, then the tab just go black. Nothing happens afterward... I even wait for almost 1 hour and i just notice it just didnt do anything.. Anyone could figure out what is really happening?
Here's my tablet description for info
Galaxy tab 8.9 p7310 wifi only
Android 3.2 honeycomb
Thank you andi am sorry for my english... Getting rusty these days...
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I had this problem before. Try to reflash stock recovery or cwm recovery. The how-to thread is in stickies.
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Okay, i will try. Thanks
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Okay, i have read the how-to section but i dont know how to flash my tab and i am afraid that i may accidently damage my tab. Can you help me? Maybe explained to me on how to flash? Cause i read on the how to it said to go to the recovery mode which i cant... Sorry for troubling you..
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zarulhairee said:
Hi everyone,
I am new here but i ran into a problem...i am currently trying to root my tablet using the original_root.zip or some name i forgot. I read the instruction correctly and done it correctly but i seem cant access the recovery mode... I turn off the tab, hold power on and volume down button, 2 icon show up, i choose the small box which is the recovery mode, then the tab just go black. Nothing happens afterward... I even wait for almost 1 hour and i just notice it just didnt do anything.. Anyone could figure out what is really happening?
Here's my tablet description for info
Galaxy tab 8.9 p7310 wifi only
Android 3.2 honeycomb
Thank you andi am sorry for my english... Getting rusty these days...
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See this thread .. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406137