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[Q] Phone will not power on after failed Odin restore

I decided to upgrade to Cog2.2beta5 from Cog2.1.4 today using ROM Manager. Everything seemed to go well but after install and reboot all I got was a black screen and subsequent reboots landed me at the same result.
So I thought restoring back to stock with Odin One Click from this forum, the one with all the ROM files built right in, was the best next step. I downloaded Odin and followed the instruction to the T and it got stuck at the PIT step. After a few attempts at it now my phone won't even power on. I've let it sit without a battery in for several minutes and even charged it on a wall charger for 30 minutes just to make sure it wasn't a dead battery. Still won't power on or respond at all.
I'm fairly new to all of this... Any ideas on what would cause a total melt down of the phone to the point of not even powering on? It has been flawless for me since launch.

Didi you download the drivers? also did you unplug the phone while doing the flash>/

pull battery sim and sd if you have one
Wait a minutes or so
plug in USB
hold vol up and down
put in battery
If the phone does not immediately go to download mode, you have a fancy paper weight that doesn't even weigh that much.

chibixzero said:
Didi you download the drivers? also did you unplug the phone while doing the flash>/
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I did download the drivers and from everything I could see, my system and Odin recognized the phone without issue.
I had to unplug it during the process because the process froze in the same spot for well over an hour. I didn't see any other choice.

l7777 said:
pull battery sim and sd if you have one
Wait a minutes or so
plug in USB
hold vol up and down
put in battery
If the phone does not immediately go to download mode, you have a fancy paper weight that doesn't even weigh that much.
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Guess it's a paper weight then because the phone won't power up at all let alone go into download mode.
Thanks for your time guys.

sounds like you might have done exactly what i did with my first captivate and yes it IS bricked! i know you will read "its impossible" to do that but i "thought" i followed the correct steps and flashed only a pit file. what it does is repartition your file system but apparently nothing is added after that...
not sure what steps you took on odin but it sounds like you got the same error i did and then the same issue so im going to assume the same thing has happened here...sorry matey

tnt533 said:
Guess it's a paper weight then because the phone won't power up at all let alone go into download mode.
Thanks for your time guys.
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I had mine hosed for a while and this is what I did to get it back.
When it is unplugged and everything is out of the phone (sd, sim, batt) , hold the power button down for 10 sec, then release.
Put in battery, hold vol up + vol dwn, Plug into different usb port, Plug into phone.
That should get you into download mode

Mine did this too and the steps mentioned fixed it for me
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I too accidently only wrote the pit file and it wouldn't do anything at all just blank screen . Make sure you remove everything open Odin one click, plug in your phone with the USB cable, hold down volume up and down and plug in battery it should start in download mode. It does work.
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samsung captivate wont turn on after failed odin update
got an at&t samsung captivate. I want to try on something new with this phone so I search on some articles on how change rom..
first got the download mode showing on my phone then i connect it to pc with odin3 already started, I click on start button however my phone just suddenly shut off. tried turning it on but nothing happens. tried 3 key combos still wont turn on, tried removing sim, sd and batt connect phone without batt then pushing vol up and down then inserting batt still nothing. tried charging it, no light came up, still wont turn on..i would like to ask some help if how to turn my phone back on..
sorry for bad English
thank you

boangon said:
got an at&t samsung captivate. I want to try on something new with this phone so I search on some articles on how change rom..
first got the download mode showing on my phone then i connect it to pc with odin3 already started, I click on start button however my phone just suddenly shut off. tried turning it on but nothing happens. tried 3 key combos still wont turn on, tried removing sim, sd and batt connect phone without batt then pushing vol up and down then inserting batt still nothing. tried charging it, no light came up, still wont turn on..i would like to ask some help if how to turn my phone back on..
sorry for bad English
thank you
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What did you try to flash with Odin? (with version, variant #, with/without bootloaders)
What was the Odin log?

nothing, no roms yet. i was in the first part of the instruction. this is what i follow
1. Download and install the correct drivers below (mac and linux don't need drivers)
2. Plug in your usb cable to your phone and computer
3. Open Odin
4. Enter Download Mode (see below)
5. Click Start
6. Be Patient, the first boot will take a while
where can i find the odin logs?

[Q] [SOLVED]Need Help - Download Mode

I am running Firefly 2.05. I was attempting to reset with odin. I started my phone in download mode and I forgot to enable usb debuging. Odin of course wouldn't recognize the phone. I couldn't get it to power off so I pulled the battery. Now when it starts I have a black screen with a computer and phone icon with an exclaimaton point in the middle. I can't get the phone to boot up. As far as I know the OS wasn't changed; it's just permanently stuck with this logo on the screen. I tried downloading this sdk and adb won't recognize the device either. Is there anything I can do? Thanks...

Heres what you do.
1) Pull the battery so you KNOW the phone is off.
2) Put the battery back in
3) Hold down BOTH volume keys at the same time. Do not let go and do not touch the power button
4) Plug in the usb cable while holding down the volume keys, the device should turn on and go into download mode
5) Start odin and go about your business

Followed the directions exactly and get the same phone with a computer and an exclamation point.

Try the above, then try the steps in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fMk0PhA_qc
If those don't work, my download JIG will. It's only $10 with free shipping. You can buy one HERE...

Thanks for all the help guys. I think I am going to need a JIG. Did I need USB debugging for the Odin clear or is just being in download mode all it needs? When I did my initial install of Firefly the Odin one click and master clear worked fine, but I can't remember if I had debugging mode on.

Subv3rsion said:
Thanks for all the help guys. I think I am going to need a JIG. Did I need USB debugging for the Odin clear or is just being in download mode all it needs? When I did my initial install of Firefly the Odin one click and master clear worked fine, but I can't remember if I had debugging mode on.
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Download mode doesnt even know/care if debugging is on or not. so, no.

Are you sure you are holding both volume buttons down all the way?
Also, make sure your external sd (if you have one) and SIM card are taken out.
Make sure that the phone isn't plugged in when you pull out the battery (the phone can stay on without the battery if you are plugged into the computer)
Not really sure how this could have happened by just pulling the battery while in download mode if nothing was being done to the phone at the time. Yesterday, while I was trying to get odin to recognize my phone through a VM I must have pulled the battery while in DL mode at least 10 times and had no problem)
Edit:
Proper odin steps:
1. Install drivers for your os given in the original odin3 post (or the computer won't recognize your device while it's in DL mode and therefore will never get to odin)
2. Open odin3 (needs to be open before you plug in the phone)
3. Turn off phone, unplug from charger/computer and pull out battery, SIM, SD cards.
4. Replace battery (phone should still be completely off)
5. Hold both volume buttons and plug in the usb cable to your phone (should already be plugged into your computer)
- Need to keep holding the two volume buttons down tight until the download mode screen comes up (should be pretty much instantly) -
Those are the steps I follow to the letter whenever I use odin (about once a week)

build a jig yourself, or buy one. it will get your into the download mode.

I managed to get it into download mode. Odin shows a com port but the start and master clear options do nothing. I click the button and they grey out, but nothing happens as far as download progress. Any ideas what to try next?

Did you try multiple ports

I finally got it working. It required a JIG to get it into download mode and then starting Odin as windows administrator allowed it to finally do the flash and master clear. Thanks for everyones help; I really appreciate it!

[Q] HELP!!!Cannot restore to stock ROM

Hi there I got a Samsung captivate SGH-I897 and I got a custom rom installer from Rom Kitchen. I wanted to go back to stock rom but once i get into download mode the phone not loading the rom ODIN stays in DO NOT TURN OFF THE TARGET!please help get out of that and use my phone again!the Base Rom i Used on custom rom is XWJS5 v9.6 with Firebird Kernel
Thank you for your time

close odin 1 click, unplug phone leave it in d/l mode, open odin plug phone back into usb, you should see a com port then like 7 or 3 or something. then hit start. Sometimes I have to repeat process 3 or 4 times before odin works right. if it isnt doing anything unplug it, remove battery put battery back in hold volume buttons down when u plug it back into usb and should go back to d/l mode. make sure odin is opened first.

I ve tried all these the problem is that I am at Phone - ! - PC and its hard to get to Download Mode but after many tries I all of a sudden I get in that mode then nothing more I can do!

Does Odin recognize the phone when you connect the USB cable when your phone is in download mode? Also which OS is your PC running? I was having an issue with Odin not pushing the stock rom and I had to start it as administrator in Win 7 to get it to work.
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Yes DOES recognize the phone but not pushing the ROM on it!I am on Windows 7 and i always run ODIN as Admin!
Any ideas?

I've heard Odin can be flaky and may take several attempts before it will work. I would keep trying. Also possibly change which USB port you are using on your computer and see if that helps. I was in this exact same scenario last week. I would turn on the phone and get the computer/phone/exclamation point of death screen. I couldn't get the phone to boot or into download mode without using a JIG. Finally on about the third try Odin worked for me. I started Odin as admin and almost as soon as I plugged in the phone to USB I hit flash and it worked. Best of luck...

Odin is not flaky. It works if you follow instructions. It's the user's fault, not the software.
Anyway, this is probably the ten millionth time I've posted this in the last hour, but here's how to get into download mode if nothing else works. If this doesn't work, you hard bricked your phone and would need a JTAG flash.
Loggik said:
Unplug the phone from the computer and remove the battery, SIM, and external SD if there is one.
1. Open Odin one click.
2. Plug the phone in (without the battery in the phone). Do not press any buttons, especially the power button.
3. Press and hold the volume rocker (holding down both volume up and down).
4. Insert the battery while holding the volume rocker.
5. The phone should boot into download mode. You can then let go of the volume rocker.
Now wait 30 seconds (if you press "Start" too soon, it will not work). Then press "Start" and your flash should finish.
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my phone is in download mode but odin hung once i unplugge and plugged back in ever since phone isnt see by odin or pc?

Yes, as I stated in my post above; you must reboot your phone every single time you go into Download mode. What I mean by that is that if you go into Download mode and plug your phone in, then unplug it, you cannot plug your phone back in unless you reboot your phone.

Loggik said:
Yes, as I stated in my post above; you must reboot your phone every single time you go into Download mode. What I mean by that is that if you go into Download mode and plug your phone in, then unplug it, you cannot plug your phone back in unless you reboot your phone.
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if youre reffering to me my cappy was bricked all it will do now is go into download mode if i do the 3 resistor trick to force it to but then its not seen by pc now

leo5111 said:
if youre reffering to me my cappy was bricked all it will do now is go into download mode if i do the 3 resistor trick to force it to but then its not seen by pc now
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Didn't realize that you weren't the OP. Regardless, I was referring to you.
Anyway, this is a more serious case than I thought. Have you used the AIO Captivate Tool? If so, did you install the LibUSB drivers? Those will disable Odin from working (I'm probably going to PM Bay_wolf sometime soon about that...).
Do get everything working again:
Plug the phone in while it's in Download mode. Open the start menu, right click on "Computer", and click "Manage". In the left sidebar, select "Device Manager".
There will be a dropdown labeled "LibUSB Devices" or something with the word libusb in it. Find that dropdown, right click the Samsung USB Device or whatever it's called and select "Update Driver Software...". Then select "Search automatically for updated driver software."
An alternative is to just use the "Flash to Stock" option in the AIO tool. This and the above is assuming that you had used the AIO Tool and installed the LibUSB drivers previously. If you have not, then you may have to try and re-install the Samsung drivers. If that doesn't work, ask to borrow a friend's computer for now to flash back to stock, because this happened to me before and I didn't know how to fix it, but I was about to re-install Windows anyway so I never figured it out.

im on xp and pc sees my cappy but odin execution 1.00 is stuck on examing files is there another version i should be trying? if it helps this is what i was trying to get off my phone when the crap hit the fan http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=940330 and i tried to put paragon 6 on and it kept erring because i needed to do a odin job first on it

I finally managed to turn my phone on last nigh by doing the following:
1.Open Odin
2.Get in download mode (it took me many tries but finally I made it)
3.Disconnect phone
4.Reconnect phone
5.Choose the PIT file
6.Uncheck Auto Reboot
7.Hit Start
After that I took out the battery put it back again and power up.the phone will boot but not show the main screen it will only vibrate!then i used the AIO pack to put it back in recovery mode and i reinstalled the Custom Firmware I was using. Now is on and working again!I really dont know now if I can flash back to stock!

niderium said:
I finally managed to turn my phone on last nigh by doing the following:
1.Open Odin
2.Get in download mode (it took me many tries but finally I made it)
3.Disconnect phone
4.Reconnect phone
5.Choose the PIT file
6.Uncheck Auto Reboot
7.Hit Start
After that I took out the battery put it back again and power up.the phone will boot but not show the main screen it will only vibrate!then i used the AIO pack to put it back in recovery mode and i reinstalled the Custom Firmware I was using. Now is on and working again!I really dont know now if I can flash back to stock!
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did you use thee pitfile came with odin in the all in one or did you select another pitfile if you used a differnt pitfile then comes with odin 1.00 that might be my issue

No no I dont use this on I use one I had on my PC.
I think the problem is a write protection as I can see when i connect the phone it displays a CDROM drive when I click on it, opens ok but I cant write anything on the phone.and every time I try to use ODIN to flash to stock it stays in DO NOT TURN OFF THE TARGET and nothing happens!
Any ideas on how to get back to stock firmware?

[Q] phone --/!\-- computer

Im pretty sure my phone is soft bricked, but it wont recognize in adb shell to reboot into recovery
(eg, "error: device not found") . At first windows kept saying device not recognized, so i reinstalled drivers and now it says Samsung Mobile Modem is good to go, but adb devices/shell still wont work. What do?

Have you tried odin
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Was just about to update, tried odin and it recognizes but it hangs at file analysis. Edit: On both odin oneclick and the manual pit and tar

do get unbricked you have to get it into download mode and then plug it into odin3 1 click to go back to stock 2.1
Here is the methods to get into download mode:
Method 1: Key Combination 1 (recommended)
1. Remove your battery, external SD card and SIM card
2. Reinsert battery and battery cover.
3. Hold down both volume buttons and while holding them down plug the phone in.
Method 2: Key Combination 2 (if method 1 doesn't work)
1. Remove your battery, external SD card and SIM card
2. Reinsert battery and battery cover.
3. Hold down both volume buttons and the power button.
Method 3: ADB (for advanced users.)
1. Download the android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html (NOT THE .EXE VERSION)
2. Drag it into the ROOT (top-most directory) of your hard drive.
3. Open the Command Prompt and navigate to the tools folder in the android SDK.
4. type adb shell then press enter
5. type adb reboot download then press enter
Method 4: Download Mode JIG
search for captivate JIG

no key combos work, and i tried adb, i dont have a usb jig (would be nice) but do i need one if odin recognizes it already?

1. Adb only work from inside the OS with usb debugging on. So that's out of the question
2.If the phone isn't in download mode it won't initiate download protocol and odin will hang.
My phone is recognized by odin in all modes except completely off, but will only work if in download mode.
If no combinations work a jig will do it.

Sorry forgot to say that adb wouldn't work
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buy this, it will solve your problem in seconds:
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mengbo said:
buy this, it will solve your problem in seconds:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...44426&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_723wt_1139
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probably going to go with that, i tried a teardrop no soldering jig, it just made me frustrated and put my phone into worse condition than the phone-!-comp state lol

dsilvan55 said:
Sorry forgot to say that adb wouldn't work
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Why even mention adb then, let alone give instructions and a link?
OP
Take the battery out, hold both volume buttons, plug in usb cable, keep holding volume buttons and insert the battery.
Try that to get to download mode.
once in download mode, put the back cover on so the battery doesn't fall out during the odin flash.

studacris said:
Why even mention adb then, let alone give instructions and a link?
OP
Take the battery out, hold both volume buttons, plug in usb cable, keep holding volume buttons and insert the battery.
Try that to get to download mode.
once in download mode, put the back cover on so the battery doesn't fall out during the odin flash.
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not working, im gonna have to get a jig, thanks though

I tried the jig will do you right though. I promise.

Dont flash a PIT. You don't need to flash PIT, PBL or SBL. They can only make things worse. Phone--/!\--PC means an incomplete flash was performed... It's been marked as not complete in the Params.lfs. Just complete a flash and you should be rollin'. Try flashing a modem.

AdamOutler said:
Dont flash a PIT. You don't need to flash PIT, PBL SBL. They can only make things worse. Phone--/!\--PC means an incomplete flash was performed... It's been marked as not complete in the Params.lfs. Just complete a flash and you should be rollin'. Try flashing a modem.
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Wow, learned something ... Thought it would take atleast a kernel if not a whole stock .tar or odin 1 one click.
Didn't know that just any flash would to it... Interesting.

It depends... As long as the kernel wasn't damaged, it will actually try to boot.... Dunno how WELL it will boot, but it won't give you the triangle at least.

Ah ... I see

yeah, I posted a youtube video about UART on a Captivate... In the video, about midway through, I pulled the USB cable while flashing a modem. It soft-bricked the phone. It's not that the phone was damaged, but marked as unbootable because it was in the process of flashing. Where things go wrong is if there's a bad USB cable used. In that case, corrupted data may be on the phone.

AdamOutler said:
Dont flash a PIT. You don't need to flash PIT, PBL or SBL. They can only make things worse. Phone--/!\--PC means an incomplete flash was performed... It's been marked as not complete in the Params.lfs. Just complete a flash and you should be rollin'. Try flashing a modem.
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Wow this actually helped a lot, i tried flashing again and it worked, without it being in dlm, Thanks! I still bought the jig though and im sure it will come in handy.

Runnin Andromeda 3 now, thanks!

[Q] I think I bricked my Captivate flashing Serendipity

I had Cognition 4 flashed but had a problem that whenever the battery was removed when the phone was on, about half of my apps, wifi, and texting would force close on reboot and never be able to open until I reflashed Cogntion. Because of this, I decided to try Serendipity VII. I put the zip file on my phone, rebooted into recovery, then tried to do the same thing that I did for Cognition. When I did this it said that it was installing, then said install complete without rebooting. I decided to reboot the phone, and when I tried, it keeps looping on the att screen. I do not see the battery charge signal when I plug it in. I see a loading gear for the battery for about five seconds, then the screen has electric looking blue lines flash through the center and then nothing. I cannot boot into recovery or download, it just keeps looping on the ATT screen.

Make or buy a jig to force it into download mode.
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slow_DC4 said:
Make or buy a jig to force it into download mode.
Sent from 234 Elm Street
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How do I force it into download mode?

So you tried flashing a GB rom without first flashing GB bootloaders?
You should have read and followed the installation instructions on the Serendipity download page. Start Odin one click,see if you can get phone into download mode by any combo and see if Odin sees it. Flash stock and start again.
*If you're not on Gingerbread, you should be shot*

cappysw10 said:
So you tried flashing a GB rom without first flashing GB bootloaders?
You should have read and followed the installation instructions on the Serendipity download page. Start Odin one click,see if you can get phone into download mode by any combo and see if Odin sees it. Flash stock and start again.
*If you're not on Gingerbread, you should be shot*
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Ya, I had a feeling I should have read more about it, but I was anxious and stupid. I didn't do any of those things. No matter what I try I can't get to recovery. How would I get into download?

JIG
10 char

Thanks for all the help, I will be buying a jig from amazon for about ten bucks. I hope this works. But if it doesn't, at least this will teach me to read instructions before doing something that I don't understand very well.

to get into download mode press volume down instead of volume up to get u into recovery, at first i screwed up too somewhat like you so what i did is removed the battery for a minute, put it back in press volume down middle and power button to get into download then use odin to flash a new 2.3.4 gingerbread that u can get from this forum just look through and ull find it, make sure u put the pit file phone file, pda and csc files and make sure u check the repartition auto reboot and freset time checked on then press start hope it helped

srkoza said:
to get into download mode press volume down instead of volume up to get u into recovery, at first i screwed up too somewhat like you so what i did is removed the battery for a minute, put it back in press volume down middle and power button to get into download then use odin to flash a new 2.3.4 gingerbread that u can get from this forum just look through and ull find it, make sure u put the pit file phone file, pda and csc files and make sure u check the repartition auto reboot and freset time checked on then press start hope it helped
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Ya, holding the volume button in any combination does noting, I hope a jig will fix it. But thanks anyway

jmj45 said:
Ya, holding the volume button in any combination does noting, I hope a jig will fix it. But thanks anyway
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Sir try this one last thing, remove your USB Cable from your PC, remove your battery...
While holding down both (Up and Down) volume buttons, insert the battery and THEN connect your phone to your PC through USB, see if this puts it into Download mode.
If not, try doing the same just holding down the DOWN volume button. Hope this helps, it seems as if these combinations kind of vary from phone to phone. Cheers

Mr. Janderson said:
Sir try this one last thing, remove your USB Cable from your PC, remove your battery...
While holding down both (Up and Down) volume buttons, insert the battery and THEN connect your phone to your PC through USB, see if this puts it into Download mode.
If not, try doing the same just holding down the DOWN volume button. Hope this helps, it seems as if these combinations kind of vary from phone to phone. Cheers
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I tried this and all it did was do the att loop screen thing. Also, my computer dinged that it saw a usb device being plugged in, but then the restart loop restarts the phone and continues this indefinitely. Thanks for the help anyway.

You don't need to buy a jig, just go do that thing where you get three (or four) resistors in series that totals 301k ohms and touch them to specific contacts in the usb port of your phone... look it up on xda, it's worked for most people.

abmicyau said:
You don't need to buy a jig, just go do that thing where you get three (or four) resistors in series that totals 301k ohms and touch them to specific contacts in the usb port of your phone... look it up on xda, it's worked for most people.
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Thanks, but I already screwed up my phone by doing something that I did not fully understand, it's a small wonder that I can use Linux and not be too confused. I think I will take the easy way out with this one.

Hmm I remember that often when I tried to put my phone into recovery mode or download, whenever I held the Power Button down, it would just keep looping. When you but the battery on and connect your phone, make sure you are not holding the Power button, just the volume ones. Perhaps it is your case?

Mr. Janderson said:
Hmm I remember that often when I tried to put my phone into recovery mode or download, whenever I held the Power Button down, it would just keep looping. When you but the battery on and connect your phone, make sure you are not holding the Power button, just the volume ones. Perhaps it is your case?
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It loops if whether or not I hold any buttons down. If I hold the power button down while trying to get into download mode, then it just turns it off.

Turn off the phone, remove the battery, get a stock odin one click for the captivate.
I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 seems to be a reliable flash when I run into trouble.
Start odin, plug the phone into the USB cable, hold the volume up/down key or try any combination up/down or both. Insert the battery and hopefully it will go into download mode.
Been reliable so far...

Hi. I'm unable to get into recovery mode after I flashed the Talon kernel as per the instructions here.
http://www.team-continuum.net/forum...ses/(guide)general-installation-instructions/
I'm consistently able to get into download mode and reflashed the talon 0.1.2 kernel as per the instructions there, but still to no avail. Any other suggestions to get my phone into CWM ?
Im trying to flash Continuum 6

Might as well get the Jig easy Download mode xD. I made mine myself cost a whole $2.50 for one xD