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I installed the odin one click from the CAPTIVATE .... and now the phone only flashes AT&T LOGO the usb is not working any more, not charging not doing anything, and i can't get it by any means in download mode or other mode again. The only thing it will do is flash AT&T logo.... can i get it fixed. or i will have to put it for sale as parts ? thanks hope someone can give me a good advice and help me repair it ...
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I installed the odin one click from the CAPTIVATE .... and now the phone only flashes AT&T LOGO the usb is not working any more, not charging not doing anything, and i can't get it by any means in download mode or other mode again. The only thing it will do is flash AT&T logo.... can i get it fixed. or i will have to put it for sale as parts ? thanks hope someone can give me a good advice and help me repair it ...
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It can definitely be fixed, it's just a matter of how easily it can be done. Have you tried some of the unusual combinations people have come up with to get into download mode. For example removing the battery, holding power + volume down + home and then reinserting the battery whilst these buttons are held?
Also, if you can't get into download mode that doesn't mean you have to sell it as parts. Samsung will be able to repair it, if they can't tell what you did then perhaps they'll repair it for free under warranty.
Sometimes I just wonder why people try to install low-level software on their device that ISNT MEANT for their device. There is a reason, the captivate has a different model number and that is because it requires DIFFERENT software.
This comes close to me flashing the BIOS for an AMD motherboard on my X58 Intel motherboard.
reason for people installing other software is in my case because im STUPID !!! I stood almost 24 h reading forums in my country and stuff , and i googled ODIN the first link was this ODIN ONE CLIK i entered read about things there and it seamed to be for my phone, and from there we know the story. I did not think for one moment that the soft was for another phone. After i broke it i read all 42 pages and realized that.
I can't get the phone to do anything.... i can't charge it ... it's like the USB does not exist. If i start the phone unpluged, when i plug the usb in turns oFF , ass soon as i take out the USB it will start again to flash the AT&T logo...
I hope if i can't fix it, that SAMSUNG service will change it or can repair it and not charge a hunormus amount of money for that
you have give me hope telling that it can be fixed by samsung , and i still am opened for advices from u guys
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Sometimes I just wonder why people try to install low-level software on their device that ISNT MEANT for their device. There is a reason, the captivate has a different model number and that is because it requires DIFFERENT software.
This comes close to me flashing the BIOS for an AMD motherboard on my X58 Intel motherboard.
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This reply of yours was rude and not helpful to OP. He's waiting for someone to help him not bash him.
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This reply of yours was rude and not helpful to OP. He's waiting for someone to help him not bash him.
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thanks, im not going to be upset if people make fun, they can do it because i was so stupid not to see that the soft is for another phone and brake it with my own hand. Isn't on this forum someone that works for Samsung and can tell me for sure what to do , or if the service can do ?
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thanks, im not going to be upset if people make fun, they can do it because i was so stupid not to see that the soft is for another phone and brake it with my own hand. Isn't on this forum someone that works for Samsung and can tell me for sure what to do , or if the service can do ?
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if we´d have this guy here, the galaxy s would be worlds top android device out of the box, since this guy would perfectly know what the problems are with it and could easily manage to incorporate fixes found here or based on testing people made here...
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if we´d have this guy here, the galaxy s would be worlds top android device out of the box, since this guy would perfectly know what the problems are with it and could easily manage to incorporate fixes found here or based on testing people made here...
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i was not referring to a developer from samsung or an engineer, i was asking for a guy that works in a Samsung service, and could tell me if my problem can be resolved in the service.
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i was not referring to a developer from samsung or an engineer, i was asking for a guy that works in a Samsung service, and could tell me if my problem can be resolved in the service.
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Why don't you just call them and ask yourself?
Im sorry but you screwed up. Im sure samsung can fix it but charge you heaps of money. You could always "loose" your phone if you have insurance
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If not then try flashing a new recovery via fastboot using adb
Man this suck I hve the same proble and waiting for a Jtag for repair the boot
be pattient.
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thanks, im not going to be upset if people make fun, they can do it because i was so stupid not to see that the soft is for another phone and brake it with my own hand. Isn't on this forum someone that works for Samsung and can tell me for sure what to do , or if the service can do ?
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Maybe you should just ease off the pedal.
/hunormus....definitely re-using that at some point
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Man this suck I hve the same proble and waiting for a Jtag for repair the boot
be pattient.
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what is Jtag ? i will go on monday at service because in weekend u can't find operators or services open
maybe i will get a nice service guy that will say oh doesn't start (battery empty ) doesn't charge , here is another one
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nothing works, only AT7T logo
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Maybe you should just ease off the pedal.
/hunormus....definitely re-using that at some point
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i did not get your post
ickyboo said:
Im sorry but you screwed up. Im sure samsung can fix it but charge you heaps of money. You could always "loose" your phone if you have insurance
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you don't have these option very often in this country... i know only one person that has these type of insurance...
Well there is a way of getting your phone working by putting a file on your sd card but you'd have to look for that .
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Well there is a way of getting your phone working by putting a file on your sd card but you'd have to look for that .
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can u give a link or more details pls
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Sometimes I just wonder why people try to install low-level software on their device that ISNT MEANT for their device. There is a reason, the captivate has a different model number and that is because it requires DIFFERENT software.
This comes close to me flashing the BIOS for an AMD motherboard on my X58 Intel motherboard.
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Actually, you should try it... I've been told that flashing Intel boards with AMD firmwares allows unlimited overclocking! or not.
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This reply of yours was rude and not helpful to OP. He's waiting for someone to help him not bash him.
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Rude ? He is right ^^
There is no easy way to tell someone he is a moron^^
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Rude ? He is right ^^
There is no easy way to tell someone he is a moron^^
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I'm sorry for that. It's a little bit of frustration speaking there. But I guess you have a way bigger problem. Although that post about putting the right file on the SD seems interesting (but I haven't heard of anything like that before).
But if you can, returning the phone and hoping that samsung will fix it will be the easiest fix.
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I'm sorry for that. It's a little bit of frustration speaking there. But I guess you have a way bigger problem. Although that post about putting the right file on the SD seems interesting (but I haven't heard of anything like that before).
But if you can, returning the phone and hoping that samsung will fix it will be the easiest fix.
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im sure samsung can fix it evan by changing the sd in the phone with the correct soft will solve it, but i want to see if there is another way of doing it
Hello everyone, first post I'm an android noob, I love gadgets and cell phones, but am not computer savvy. I am almost ready to flash my first ROM onto my captivate, which is currently running android 2.1 update 1, OCLF v2.2+ Donate Version, autokiller, autostarts, and has touchwiz and Launcher Pro Plus (launcher pro is the default skin), but before I flash to a new ROM, I want to make sure I'm doing everything right to minimize the possibility of bricking my captivate. I think that is all the relevant information but let me know if there is anything else I should mention... I LOVE LOVE LOVE my captivate and I'm a teacher with more debt than income so I would really be quite sad if it bricks.
OK here's the rundown!
Clockwork Recovery
I don't really understand the different versions of Clockwork Recovery, but I know that I have *some* form/version of it on my captivate. I rooted using RyanZA's OCLF (MAJOR props to him; his app made me me fall in love with my phone/android in general) which I *think* made me get Clockwork Recovery, or maybe it was busybox. About a month ago I downloaded Titanium Backup, which I also *think* made me download Clockwork Recovery. Then I deleted TB about an hour later because at the time I didn't have any use for it (although I guess perhaps now I should get it back). Most recently I downloaded the "pro" or "full" or something version of ROM Manager (what a great app, I'm surprised something so essential isn't already part of android. I forked out the 5 bucks because, like RyanZA, the dev deserves the props if you can afford it, but nothing other than "free stuff" appears in the "download ROM" section, which sounded super convenient, and was supposed to come with the paid version... anyone know why this might be?), and I know for sure that I installed/downloaded/? Clockwork onto my phone through the ROM manager because I just did it like two days ago. --> OK I Just went into ROM Manager to look at it again and it says "current recovery: Clockwork Mod 2.5.1.2"
Anyway the reason I'm asking about this is because I remember reading a couple of different articles that said something like "make sure you have the right version of clockwork before you flash to a new ROM or you will brick your phone and you will never be happy and nobody will ever love you." However I might be thinking about busybox? which brings me to:
Busybox
To be honest I never even really understood what exactly busybox is but I think I read somewhere that, like clockwork, it said something like "make sure you have the right version of clockwork before you flash to a new ROM or you will brick your phone." I do not know if I have it on my phone or not, much less what version.
OCLF v2.2 Donate
So I am going to undo the lagfix, but not undo the root that came with the OCLF app that came with the app because I need it to stay rooted. Is this a problem? I switched the scheduler back to "cfq" because that was what it used to be, but I used "deadline" before I started planning the ROM flash. Fun fact: I have no clue what any of that means, but boy did it make things speedy
Which ROM?
I know this has been asked before and I know it comes down to preference, but given the information about the current state of my phone, is there a particular ROM that you would suggest? If that doesn't make sense, what I mean to say is, does anyone know if, for example, people who have at any point used a lag fix are predisposed to bricking their phone during a flash, or if people who run Clockwork Recovery can't use ROM x?
The biggest things that concern me are 1. stability 2. that the ROM is still supported 3. froyo 4. easy sync/integration with everything google (mail, maps, calendar, etc). I like a clean, elegant look and feel, but I imagine I can skin whatever ROM to my liking. I am leaning towards Cognition, simply because I seem to read that one the most often.
Thank you for any help, it is greatly appreciated
Any other advice out there or links to good guides would be great too
oh hey sorry one more thing, as long as I'm asking noob questions: I know that live wallpapers drain battery but I love the earth one with a black background, looks so damn good. Anyway does it drain the battery CONSTANTLY as long as it's the wallpaper or only when you're on the home screens and can actually see it?
thanks again guys!
Hello everyone, first post I'm an android noob, I love gadgets and cell phones, but am not computer savvy.
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Welcome! As has been said, come on in, the water's fine!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE my captivate and I'm a teacher with more debt than income so I would really be quite sad if it bricks.
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Don't be afraid of your phone. Just don't be stupid about it. READ EVERYTHING.
Clockwork Recovery
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ClockworkMod comes to you via Rom Manager. The reason you don't see the list of downloadable roms is.... they ain't none for that list. There are a few Roms, but they are not subscribed (or whatever) to that service. You gotta get 'em here from their respective threads in xda.
Busybox
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Tibu will give you the option to download and install the latest busybox. It'll give you a button at the bottom that says Problems? That button will put the latest on your phone.
OCLF v2.2 Donate
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You'll need the root actually to get anywhere at first so yeah, disable the lagfix but leave the root.
Which ROM?
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Try them all! They all have their plus and minus. I like cognition, but I've tried Deviant and CDE too. Only way to know what ya like best is take a bite of each.
Any other advice out there or links to good guides would be great too
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Make sure you can do the 3 button thing to get into recovery or download modes. As far as I know that's the only way you can really 'brick" your phone. Some cappy's can't do any 3 button combos from power off. This is bad as you can't get out of the loop into recovery. DesignGears has a post about this, with a fix if you have this issue. Find it, Read it, Know it. And stuff.
Get the androidSDK and learn about abd. Sometimes this can get you out of trouble when nothing else can. There are tons of references to it in xda and google will get you a ton of reading material. Beyond a single post in scope to explain that one. Here's a start: http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
Familiarize yourself with Odin and Odin One-Click. Not sure where to point you there as I found my info slogging through the cognition beast...err... thread. Pretty sure you can find a couple threads by DesignGears in development that will get you the programs and get you started.
oh hey sorry one more thing, as long as I'm asking noob questions: I know that live wallpapers drain battery but I love the earth one with a black background, looks so damn good. Anyway does it drain the battery CONSTANTLY as long as it's the wallpaper or only when you're on the home screens and can actually see it?
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I dunno that!
OK, well first off, thanks Sulphur. Bummer I can't use ROM Manager to download new ROMs, that would make things even easier.
Sulphur4724 said:
Make sure you can do the 3 button thing to get into recovery or download modes. As far as I know that's the only way you can really 'brick" your phone. Some cappy's can't do any 3 button combos from power off. This is bad as you can't get out of the loop into recovery. DesignGears has a post about this, with a fix if you have this issue. Find it, Read it, Know it. And stuff.
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Damn it's a good thing you said that. I just tried it to make sure that I could go into recovery mode... I always assumed that I could...
I seem to be one of those people that can't go into recovery mode using the three button press method. What's worse is that I have a mac so I (think) I can't use odin either.
Does this mean I can't fix my phone is it soft bricks while flashing? I can't take that risk...
*sniff*
people say cognition is so cool too...
Go on the development section. There is a fix for the there button issue and cog roms keep it intact
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Komodo Rogue said:
I seem to be one of those people that can't go into recovery mode using the three button press method. What's worse is that I have a mac so I (think) I can't use odin either.
Does this mean I can't fix my phone is it soft bricks while flashing? I can't take that risk...
*sniff*
people say cognition is so cool too...
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Dang. That sucks. Did you look for DesignGears thread on the 3 button issue? There's another one another guy posted but I don't remember who.
No Odin is bad yeah, if you soft brick. You can look at Heimdale (link to it on the Cognition DL page here). But it sounds fairly complicated. Might be fun just to figure it out and seein' as you're on mac it may be your only option. No idea where to send you to learn how to use it tho, just know that it can be used on a Mac.
Good luck to ya!
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Go on the development section. There is a fix for the there button issue and cog roms keep it intact
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Based on what I read, it seems like I need odin to apply the fix though, right? Thanks though!
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Dang. That sucks. Did you look for DesignGears thread on the 3 button issue? There's another one another guy posted but I don't remember who.
No Odin is bad yeah, if you soft brick. You can look at Heimdale (link to it on the Cognition DL page here). But it sounds fairly complicated. Might be fun just to figure it out and seein' as you're on mac it may be your only option. No idea where to send you to learn how to use it tho, just know that it can be used on a Mac.
Good luck to ya!
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Thanks for pointing that out! It's WAY beyond my modest computer knowledge (I was using Terminal and typing in Unix commands, I'm sure it was all totally amateur, but I felt like such a computer bad-ass ), but now I actually have an option, where before I had none! Thanks!!
So about a week ago I tried to flash the alpha honeycomb rom. Played around with it a bit, but since Im in India I need my Tab to make calls via wifi back to the states, so I restored back to just before the flash. Then I saw there was a new build of Koush's kernal so I flashed that. About 3 days ago I started getting a weird wifi modem error and I would have to reboot to get wifi back. I just thought at first it was because the internet at my hotel isnt exactly amazing, and maybe i was building up a cache somehow? Honestly didnt really have a clue, but I didnt really care. Last night it got strange tho, I suddenly only had .90 mb of internal storage. I couldnt do anything because i had 0 space. So I deleted a few apps as fast as I could and used titanium to move everything else to the SD. I rebooted into cwm and wiped the cache, dalvik cahce, and even factory reset to no avail. then I downloaded the newest Koush rom thinking that if I just flashed another rom Id be fine because it would repartition and start fresh. Apparently not so much. I just bootlooped at the Verizon screen somehow. So again, thinking i knew what I was doing, tried to restore. Nooooothing again. Then I had to go to work so I got a buddys laptop and rebooted into download mode, installed heimdall on the pc and proceeded to try to flash the stock files from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=955342&highlight=vzw ... thought all would be well, but I got an error saying descriptor not found. So i reinstalled the driver thinking that was the error I got. Tried again and got an error -12. So i unplugged to see if I could do aaannnything in cwm... and my screen did this... has anyone seen this or know how screwed I am?? Im in Mumbai for 12 more days and I think Ive had the tab for about 2.5-3 months so far... kinda screwed huh?
Don't worry!
This is my icon, I have been friend of it. My Tab still surive, see my signiture.
You will be back soon, I belive.
By the way, yours is CDMA , right?
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rainbow ng said:
Don't worry!
This is my icon, I have been friend of it. My Tab still surive, see my signiture.
You will be back soon, I belive.
By the way, yours is CDMA , right?
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You don't have a signature right now, just sayin'.
This statament :
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state I am using the Tab to browse through the forum
If u using GSM tab, I think I can help
Your case seem the stock rom u mentioned is not a full set rom with modem and phone, try to unzip the rom,is there dbdata.rfs? the icon only mean software brick which will back to life easily.
sadly im using cdma
Dude calm down. Thats an alternative download mode. Find a cdma stock firmware that you had search around for it. follow the guide of reflashing and you should be up and running again
Have a look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967175
This is the one that worked for me. Good luck!
So why have you posted in this forum?
The "non forum mod" mod strikes again... In his usual manner.
Sent from my "better than an iPad" tab.
so I made an attempt to flash the stock files. Hiemdall said it worked, but the progress bar on the tab never went past about halfway, overnight. Now it wont show that download screen unless its plugged into a power source and it turns itself off randomly then immediately turns back on into the download screen and does that process repeatedly. If I plug into the pc it is unresponsive and then turns off after a few min WTF did I dooooo?!?!
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so I made an attempt to flash the stock files. Hiemdall said it worked, but the progress bar on the tab never went past about halfway, overnight. Now it wont show that download screen unless its plugged into a power source and it turns itself off randomly then immediately turns back on into the download screen and does that process repeatedly. If I plug into the pc it is unresponsive and then turns off after a few min WTF did I dooooo?!?!
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If you plug into a power source, without trying to turn your Tab on, do you get a battery icon?
Sounds like your battery is dead, in which case, if you can get it to charge you may yet be able to reflash...
Try letting it charge for at least a few hours and then take another crack at flashing.
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The "non forum mod" mod strikes again... In his usual manner.
Sent from my "better than an iPad" tab.
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Because im sick of seeing non-dev posts in the dev section. Its irritating to see and baffling how anybody could not have enough common sense to realise that posting stuff like this in here is wrong, We have a Q&A and Gen forum for that.
Because there doesn't seem to be any active Tab mods here to move/move, the only way make the users who make the posts in here aware is to tell them. If they are not made aware they will post their next topic here.
If nobody else is prepared to make them aware and to try and cut the crap down, I will, and don't care what you think.
when i had the origional error that you had it was because i tried flashing a kernel via heimdell on a virtual machine. i had the same screen, when i got to work the next day with a laptop that was windows i just booted into download mode and flashed a working kernel and it booted right up.
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Because im sick of seeing non-dev posts in the dev section. Its irritating to see and baffling how anybody could not have enough common sense to realise that posting stuff like this in here is wrong, We have a Q&A and Gen forum for that.
Because there doesn't seem to be any active Tab mods here to move/move, the only way make the users who make the posts in here aware is to tell them. If they are not made aware they will post their next topic here.
If nobody else is prepared to make them aware and to try and cut the crap down, I will, and don't care what you think.
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I agree that the forums need clearing. But you ploughing into every single misplaced thread isn't going to help.
You do realise you can tell the op that this isn't the right forum AND help them and point them in the right direction. Doesn't sound too hard right? Maybe try it sometime.
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I agree that the forums need clearing. But you ploughing into every single misplaced thread isn't going to help.
You do realise you can tell the op that this isn't the right forum AND help them and point them in the right direction. Doesn't sound too hard right? Maybe try it sometime.
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And I do!
The point is that the help/advice had already been given on this one but nobody made the Op aware that he/she had posted in wrong place so would have likely done same again next time.
If nobody tells them how will they know? (apart from the obvious, ie reading forum titles.)
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And I do!
The point is that the help/advice had already been given on this one but nobody made the Op aware that he/she had posted in wrong place so would have likely done same again next time.
If nobody tells them how will they know? (apart from the obvious, ie reading forum titles.)
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I posted here because in other forums the general is mostly for those who have not rooted, and also have not flashed. In most cases people that know what theyre doing tend to only frequent the Dev sections, between that and the fact that all of my issues came from posts in the Dev section I thought this would be the correct place for it. apparently I am wrong, and sooo thankful that someone as heroic as yourself has stepped up to do away useless threads since we obviously have a space limit in our forum. wouldnt want to bog down our servers with my useless post of course...
regardless of the flaming and trolling... im still screwed, my post isnt moving and i will continue to ask those that know for help. thanks for the advice though, ill take it into consideration for my next post... now run along...
I have charged for about 9 hours now and still nothing could i have fried it somehow? If I bring it to verizon in the state its in, is there anyway for them to tell i flashed it? or will they just assume i did since it is pretty much in a state of brickiness as far as i can tell...
TIA and thanks to those whos British bigotry hasnt stood in the way of reading my post and attempting to lend a hand... where i come from the main purpose of a forum is to ask those who know for help and share the knowledge weve attained...
and im not getting a battery icon when i plug in, just the flashing on and off of the alternate download screen
thanks again
Ok to put this at rest coz its getting irritating. You are active old users. And you believe that tab needs more forum modding. I dunno what are the rules but when applying for a mod positions open apply or root for a candidate like yourself or nautious or bytork or anyone.
As for op does your tab get identified by your computer in odin or heimdell? As i said thats an alternate download mode. If computer identifies it. You can get a shot at flashing. Do it via a windows computer please. If tab is fried beyond repair which i doubt verizon will never know you flashed unless you tell them of course
sadly as of now the tab isnt read by the comp and i cant keep it in the download mode unless its plugged in
Ok lets get straight to the point, I got a brand new captivate from at&t. Ive always used custom roms but never had an android. So of course i wanted to flash a custom rom. So i prepared my phone and followed ALL instructions for flashing a custom ROM. I couldnt run any update.zip files thoe because of the stupid verify thing. So LISTEN, I took the patch that patches 3e recovery back to 2e recovery aka kernal swap.....then everything worked fine and i got cwm to load and installed Apex_7.
AFTER the install was complete i was so excited. I selected reboot now, the AT&T logo came up and then the screen went all jacked up(looked like a broke screen) then went to the samsung logo and just keeps replaying it.
So after seeing this i freaked out and pulled the battery. Then i went and researched before doing anything else i came to the conclusion i needed to download odin pre-packed so i downloaded the odin stock installer.
Now LISTEN I put my phone into download mode ran odin and it said it succesfuly installed after about 3 minutes. So i then turn the phone off then turned it back on, it booted to the at&t logo then the screen goes black and loads at&t logo again (constant loop that heats the phone up)
AND NOW if i try to get into download mode it goes to the battery screen with no animation just a battery and a loading symbol
ALSO( I have made a usb jig ) BUT my ohm meter will not read the resistance of more than 2 resistors when i add the third one it reads it really fast and then shows nothing.
PLEASE HELP ME I LOVE THIS PHONE MORE THAN MY IPHONE OR MY HTC.
Credit will be given. I know someone here can save me from the dreaded face-to-face with at&t!!!!
Edit: Also when i got the phone i noticed a line of dead pixels on the left side very hard to see unless u look closely think i could get the phone replaced by using this as my excuse. idk what to say to AT&T if i do have to return. But i really hope not ive never ever had such problems flashing anyphone.
Please do not double post. You already asked (correctly) in the Apex sticky. No need to start another separate thread.
I posted both places because my problem may or may not be related to Apex. If Apex has nothing todo with my problem then i have correctly posted here.
Edit: Im trying to kill 2 birds with 1 stone
You are not fully bricked if your phone powers on at all. Just need a working jig. You can buy them from multiple sources
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Please do not double post. You already asked (correctly) in the Apex sticky. No need to start another separate thread.
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I noticed you are running a captivate. Any idea's on what my problem may be?
Corrupt boot loader, 100% brick. Any tips links or any info would be very helpful.
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I noticed you are running a captivate. Any idea's on what my problem may be?
Corrupt boot loader, 100% brick. Any tips links or any info would be very helpful.
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I don't help people who think they are justified in double posting despite it being clearly against the forum rules.
mcord11758 said:
You are not fully bricked if your phone powers on at all. Just need a working jig. You can buy them from multiple sources
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Finally shed me some light. Thats awsome dude thanks. I made my jig exactly how they make theres it wont work. The only thing i can think is im touching the wrong pins. I touch the top and bottom pins on the micro usb closest to the 3.5mm headphone jack???
It takes allot of trail and error and if the resistance is not right it won't work. purchase one from somewhere, search captivate usb jig on youtube, should find a source
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I don't help people who think they are justified in double posting despite it being clearly against the forum rules.
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Now your spamming my thread with non-sense if you dont want to help then go on about your business. I simply told you I DONT KNOW IF ITS RELATED TO APEX OR NOT THATS WHY I POSTED BOTH PLACES. SORRY, you dont have to act immature and exclude me from help. (whats the point of this forum then) Now i know dont post in 2 places because arrogant people will be sure to add frustration to your problem.
Don't mind the bs, just get yourself a jig and hope it works
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mcord11758 said:
Don't mind the bs, just get yourself a jig and hope it works
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Thanks il try a couple more times with my homemade jig if not il purchase one.
Thanks again.
You'll need to build a new jig or buy one(Moiletechvideos is what I would suggest), because if you can't get into download mode then you cannot be helped any further. And Miami_Son is right, you're not exempt from the rules. I realize it can be frustrating if something goes wrong, but you need to just cast that aside for the time being.
Superalpaca said:
You'll need to build a new jig or buy one(Moiletechvideos is what I would suggest), because if you can't get into download mode then you cannot be helped any further. And Miami_Son is right, you're not exempt from the rules. I realize it can be frustrating if something goes wrong, but you need to just cast that aside for the time being.
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Ok i had my buddy come over and tried his jig that he bought online it looked like it had been manufactured just to be a jig we plugged it in and nothing ? any ideas
and i posted in the Apex thread to see if anyone could link my problem to apex then i also posted a similar story here to find a solution to my problem the Apex thread is just to narrow down the cause.
First, what is your phones revision ( on the back of phone, like 1008 ,1101 etc. ) i would just start over. Get that
phone in download mode, search for A10 TOOLBOX/captivate toolbox, everything you need is there. Two. Did your 3button combo work before? And your sure you cant get into recovery by your buttons?
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First, what is your phones revision ( on the back of phone, like 1008 ,1101 etc. ) i would just start over. Get that phone in download mode, search for A10 TOOLBOX/captivate toolbox, everything you need is there. Two. Did your 3button combo work before? And your sure you cant get into recovery by your buttons?
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I appreciate you taking your time to help. My phone is the SGH-I897 i could still use the 3 button combo before Odin and recovery but after i ran odin thats when everything got really jacked up now i cant get into recovery or download i think im not doing this jig thing right but if im correct i have a striped usb plug. With the screen facing down i have three prongs on the bottom and two on the top i touch the far right prongs top and bottom and hold for about 10 seconds. Thanks dude seriously I just got this phone and loved it but got tired of at&t bloating my phone with bs that eats my memory.
EDIT: the number next to the big CE is 0168 or what u might want is 1105 rev 0.4
EDIT: Also i dont understand what the diff is between rogers 2.6 and captivate 2.5 and how can i use these tools without a booting phone.
yaboydrew said:
Ok i had my buddy come over and tried his jig that he bought online it looked like it had been manufactured just to be a jig we plugged it in and nothing ? any ideas
and i posted in the Apex thread to see if anyone could link my problem to apex then i also posted a similar story here to find a solution to my problem the Apex thread is just to narrow down the cause.
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Does your buddies JIG work just fine in other phones? If so you may have a short in pin 4 or 5 of your USB port. Are you able to issue the "adb reboot download" command when the phone is bootlooping? I have ADB command videos on youtube just search for them for help on that. Either way if you can't get it resolved with any conventional methods, I can restore the phone using advanced JTAG just PM me for info.
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Does your buddies JIG work just fine in other phones? If so you may have a short in pin 4 or 5 of your USB port. Are you able to issue the "adb reboot download" command when the phone is bootlooping? I have ADB command videos on youtube just search for them for help on that. Either way if you can't get it resolved with any conventional methods, I can restore the phone using advanced JTAG just PM me for info.
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ive searched around on using adb i dont get how it will work do i download the android sdk and run cmd and cd:/ the adb then execute command but i thought in order for the phone to communicate with the adb wouldnt it have to be in debug mode and booted up
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I appreciate you taking your time to help. My phone is the SGH-I897 i could still use the 3 button combo before Odin and recovery but after i ran odin thats when everything got really jacked up now i cant get into recovery or download i think im not doing this jig thing right but if im correct i have a striped usb plug. With the screen facing down i have three prongs on the bottom and two on the top i touch the far right prongs top and bottom and hold for about 10 seconds. Thanks dude seriously I just got this phone and loved it but got tired of at&t bloating my phone with bs that eats my memory.
EDIT: the number next to the big CE is 0168 or what u might want is 1105 rev 0.4
EDIT: Also i dont understand what the diff is between rogers 2.6 and captivate 2.5 and how can i use these tools without a booting phone.
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No problem bro, if i help just hit thanks. If cant figure our making the jig, i would just buy. Its a good investment for the future especially if tour flashing roms. Mobiletechvideos has one for 8 bucks and ships in couple days. They work wonders. The A10 toolbox/ captivate toolbox. Worka great, just search google and. Install it. Its got everything youll need packed inside. EX: it comes with the drivers, odin1click and 3buttonfix odin ( which youll need to do)
It also comes with the pda and tar files youll need, it also lets you root it but i suggest the one click root for captivate, get all that done first and well go from there.
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No problem bro, if i help just hit thanks. If cant figure our making the jig, i would just buy. Its a good investment for the future especially if tour flashing roms. Mobiletechvideos has one for 8 bucks and ships in couple days. They work wonders. The A10 toolbox/ captivate toolbox. Worka great, just search google and. Install it. Its got everything youll need packed inside. EX: it comes with the drivers, odin1click and 3buttonfix odin ( which youll need to do)
It also comes with the pda and tar files youll need, it also lets you root it but i suggest the one click root for captivate, get all that done first and well go from there.
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Thanks man, i just got to get it into download mode. I shoulda just bought a jig in the first place i spent 20 bux on the materials to make a jig. Im inpatient person il trial and error for hours before waiting a couple days for a jig but i dont see why my homemade jig would be any dif from theres it consist of 301k resistance and a micro usb
Hi,
I own a Captivate on Rogers (Canada).
I had the ROM Firefly 2.6 (or 2.4) and decided to change to something quicker or at least different.
I decided to put Cyanogen 7 on it, because many people told me to.
I succeeded in installing Cyanogen and it worked great, easy to use, fast, ultra fast reboot, nice looking... but not all the software I was looking for.
So I decided to change again to a JVQ SIMPLY.
Put it on the SD, move it to sdcard via Astro under Cyanogen and reboot in recovery mode to install update from sdcard.
It wrote that it was ok, and needed to reboot.
Now the only thing I have is "booting" from
- the very first screen with Galaxy S I9000 on it to
- a second one with Galaxy S Cyanogen(mod)
I can access the screen with the little android guy in the public works sign, yellow, with Downloading... and Do not turn off Target!!! (did it trying hard reset).
I couldn't reboot with 3 buttons (tested many methods), the one with Odin, I never ever succeeded with that one, and it continues changing from a screen to another without stopping but if I remove the battery of course.
What can I do from there?
Thank you for your help... again...
Just for clarification, did you do the Odin One-Click to stock? If you can get to the download screen (the yellow sign / "Do not turn off target" screen), you should be able to flash back to stock.
I tried the Odin 1-click, but I think that it won't work right now because I can't access the administrator rights (from work).
I must try from home tonight.
Will it remove everything like the fact it is root?
Thank you for your answer by the way.
The lack of admin rights is very possibly why it won't work. There's also the chance that without admin rights, you're not able to install the samsung drivers. Either way, waiting until you get home sounds like a good idea.
You might be able to do the Heimdall one-click without admin rights, but it would probably be wise to read up on that one first as it's in Beta right now.
The one-click to stock will put your phone in the state it came out of the box, but leave all your personal files on the phone. You will have Eclair 2.1, unrooted, straight as it came from (in your case) Rogers. Any pictures, music, etc you saved on your internal sd card (not the microSD) will still be there, but you'll have to re-root and reinstall any rom you want.
Ok, so I tried different Odin (one click) I found here, and the last one, from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126704&highlight=odin
I flashed the PIT only, because I didnùt know what to put where... bad idea, now my phone doesn't switch on.
Soween said:
Ok, so I tried different Odin (one click) I found here, and the last one, from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126704&highlight=odin
I flashed the PIT only, because I didnùt know what to put where... bad idea, now my phone doesn't switch on.
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Uh oh. Does your phone show any signs of life at all? Any lights come on, buzzers buzz, whistles whistle, etc?
No, nothing.
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No, nothing.
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Sorry to have to tell you this, but it looks like you might have fully bricked yourself.
If you are still under warranty, you can try to send it in for warranty service. If not, or if you aren't comfortable taking that route, look for a member named connexion2005 (or mobiletechvideos on google), who can do JTAG service for you for $50.
The JTAG thing is the special cable made from special resistor, right?
Or do you mean it is hard break and only expert can do something?
Thank you very much for your help and your support.
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The JTAG thing is the special cable made from special resistor, right?
Or do you mean it is hard break and only expert can do something?
Thank you very much for your help and your support.
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You're thinking of a Jig, which is a set of resistors that kicks the phone into download mode.
Unfortunately, you need JTAG, which is a special service that rewrites the bootloaders to the phone so that it can boot normally. That's something that you either need to be fairly knowledgeable about electronics to do yourself, or something you'll need to send in (to Samsung or mobiletechvideos) to have fixed.
Yeah I thought of a jig...
Ok, I will try the warranty, perhaps it is so much messed up, they won't find anything...
I will let you know.
See you.
Soween said:
Yeah I thought of a jig...
Ok, I will try the warranty, perhaps it is so much messed up, they won't find anything...
I will let you know.
See you.
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Good luck - hopefully your next time around with custom Roms will go better.
I did many, many things with WInMo and never encountered any brick (sometimes I was close to the cliff, but never fell).
Since I have this Captivate, I not sure to really like it, I am fond of android either, and I don't take enough time to read carefully each post...
I think it is time for me to take an iphone...
Although you could do that, I think you'll find if you give yourself a little time with Android you'll come to really like it.
Don't get me wrong - the iPhone is a well made product. But it is one thing, and only one thing. Android devices can really be anything you want.
But that's my opnion. Do with it what you will.
People like you are gold, taking time to help newbie with the always same questions, don't selling android is the best (other are selling ios is the best), ...
I'll see what kind of hone I can find, because the Atrix was a cool phone I liked, and I always liked HTC (qtek before)...
Apple is expensive!!!
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People like you are gold, taking time to help newbie with the always same questions, don't selling android is the best (other are selling ios is the best), ...
I'll see what kind of hone I can find, because the Atrix was a cool phone I liked, and I always liked HTC (qtek before)...
Apple is expensive!!!
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Thank you. I'm just trying to repay the many favors everyone else here on the board has done for me in the past.
Definitely look around - if the Captivate isn't working for you, there's plenty of Android phones that are every bit as good. I've also had good luck with HTC phones in the past, and Motorola's not bad, either.
And yes, Apple is expensive. Can't argue with you on that one.
This might be stupid question but, is your battery charged ?
Hi,
aww.W.T.F, I hope so yes... it was on the usb for hours... you put me a doubt... I need to check now!!
I asked Rogers for warranty, they charge $35 for an exchange, and 5 days to wait, I think this is a little bit too much. But I will do it.
What I discussed with a guy is that I will finish my current subscription with Rogers and take the HTC Sensation with Virgin... Another try with android, to follow jmtheiss.
I will continue to let you know about how it goes.
If my profile is closed tonight, this will be because I will be too ashamed because I had an empty battery...
P.S. Ok it is not the battery... I'm waiting for my new one and will send this one to warranty (I'll see what they can find or not...).