For the last 2 weeks I was unable to upgrade to Froyo via Kies.
Today, after my patched KIES brings the 2.2 Froyo update, I started the process. It works fine downloading the new files, Kies switches to installing the update & the phone changes to a yellow fullscreen and KIES saying not to turn off during the update etc.
After 30 minutes nothing changes and i unplug the USB cable and the phone turns into a black screen with a PHONE to PC connection separated by a PINK TRIANGLE.
If someone could help and give an answer please leave a reply or a link to a tutorial.
The phone is working again..see the full story on the last post!
Now i am in download mode!!
i push the buttons randomly and now i have the yellow robot triangle!
You are back on download mode now. That's a good sign.
reflash to Eclair via ODIN first. Then flash to froyo.
Thanks for your reply!
but how could i simply restart the phone?
I just want to wait until the official update...
Unlikely you can, looks like your update process botched and the software on your phone isn't properly installed - you can't turn it on again.
I leave the phone in download mode at 11.PM and when i wake in the morning it was all black.
And now it is finaly stucked! the buttons didn't respond.
when i plug the charger the result is the same...black screen of death!
frank_zappa said:
I leave the phone in download mode at 11.PM and when i wake in the morning it was all black.
And now it is finaly stucked! the buttons didn't respond.
when i plug the charger the result is the same...black screen of death!
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probably battery needs to be charged first.. ( wait 1-2 hours charger connected )
then try to go to Download more (Power Key + Menu + Volume Down)
start Odin v1.7
flash and Eclair ROM (2.1) JM8 for example..
then hopefully you can go back to Froyo..
In the end I succeed to repair my phone!
After three days of frenzy button-pushing I've managed to get into recovery mode.
I deleted all the data, wipe the cache, then I tried all variations of Odin flash that I found.
Finally, the version that works and pleased me was a stripped ECLAIR 2.1JM1. (tonight's 72 hours since I've never connected the USB or charger!).
Quadrant score is 975 (I did not need more on how it's work ...and Froyo is just a far desire).
After all the sufferings, i realize what it means to have a working SGS instead of a shiny brick!
PS, Thanks to all the good people who encourage me this week!
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Hi everybody, I've looked through lots of posts, but can't find one similar to my issue.
This morning I woke up my phone was off, and would not start at all. At first I thought the battery was dead, so I plugged it into charge. I've been charging it all morning, but the charging screen does not show the green battery icon, it in fact shows a totally grey icon, and cycles on and off when plugged in.
Also, more importantly, I can't get the phone started. When I press the power button, the Samsung spash screen shows up for about 3 seconds, and then the phone shuts off again.
I've tried to get into recovery mode (vol up + home + power), and the same thing happens as a normal boot: spash screen for 3 seconds and then power off.
However I can get into download mode (vol down + home + power) - I see the large yellow triangle and the phone stays on until I pull the battery.
So I have no idea what is wrong with my phone at the moment.
I have Eclair stock JG9, and have only done the SGS sim unlock, and the SBL flash from JH2 to get recovery + download from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201
Now the SBL flash I did was not the current "aries" one, but the older first one titled "gt-i9000_sbl_rcvdl_fix_final.tar.md5" which I did back in September when it first came out, and I have never had any problems with my phone since then. Also, I have never rooted or flashed any other roms on the phone.
How do I get my phone working again? Any ideas? Could it be a bootloader problem?
Thanks so much for whatever help you can give me!
Hmmm. That icon you see is the phone telling you kernel or bootloader is screwed. I get it often from failed kernel updates. See if you can install jm8 and see. Reason i said jm8 is that its a known stable rom
If no good then im sorry but ya phone is stuffed
Sent from my GT-I9000
ickyboo said:
Hmmm. That icon you see is the phone telling you kernel or bootloader is screwed. I get it often from failed kernel updates. See if you can install jm8 and see. Reason i said jm8 is that its a known stable rom
If no good then im sorry but ya phone is stuffed
Sent from my GT-I9000
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Thanks for the info. I tried to reflash my phone as the tech support people told me over the phone.
I couldn't get Kies to recognise it in download mode, so I used Odin with the ugjh2 pda/phone/csc, a 512 pit, and the repartition option set on. It didn't make any difference - phone still didn't boot. So I took it back to the Bell store, and they sent it out for repairs.
same problem
My phone has just done the same thing. I never flashed anything to it. It has JH2 directly from Bell (Canada).
The last thing I did was verify that I could enter recovery mode, that worked. Then I verified download mode, that worked also. It wouldn't exit download mode. I waited 10 minutes and finally pulled the battery. Now it won't boot.
plug in USB -> grey battery and blank screen, alternating every 5 seconds
Power up -> initial boot screen "Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000m..." for 5 seconds and shuts itself off
enter recovery mode -> nope, get the initial boot screen as if I was just trying to power up
enter download mode -> yes, no problem
how did things turn out with your repair?
Just sent mine in for repairs also after reading this
POLL: Bell I9000M Internal SD Issues?
Apparently it is a dead/corrupted internal SD card. Only happens to Bell phones and can't be fixed by end user.
You can get it working on an external SD but you are limited to 2GB available and the internal remains unavailable. I got that far, could make calls, but my phone was still broken.
good luck
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My phone has just done the same thing. I never flashed anything to it. It has JH2 directly from Bell (Canada).
The last thing I did was verify that I could enter recovery mode, that worked. Then I verified download mode, that worked also. It wouldn't exit download mode. I waited 10 minutes and finally pulled the battery. Now it won't boot.
plug in USB -> grey battery and blank screen, alternating every 5 seconds
Power up -> initial boot screen "Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000m..." for 5 seconds and shuts itself off
enter recovery mode -> nope, get the initial boot screen as if I was just trying to power up
enter download mode -> yes, no problem
how did things turn out with your repair?
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I'm still waiting for my phone to come back. The website says parts expected dec 1st, which is this Wednesday. Hopefully that means they'll fix it and send it back, and I may get it by early next week. We'll see what actually happens.
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I'm still waiting for my phone to come back. The website says parts expected dec 1st, which is this Wednesday. Hopefully that means they'll fix it and send it back, and I may get it by early next week. We'll see what actually happens.
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Hi,
I also have quite similar problem. Mine is Galaxy s from docomo, Japan and I tried several things to root and add some other stuff and suddenly my body went down to bootlooping. . . Oposit to "Yatta - - - !!"
I really don't ask any more features than standard model so just wanna get my body as it was.
Will keep watching here.
hello have flashed virant android 2.1 russian on the captivate due to mistake after that volume button and screen rotation problems i had. i was recomended to flash captivate kernel - i donloaded it and flashed it with mistake - i think i flashed in in wrong place ( i do not remember if i chose PDA, CSC, or PHONE) after that i have a big problem i downloaded one clock odin make phone into download mode by pressinf 2vol buttons, inserting usb cable, than the battery - because other ays i cant enter download mode in odin one clock com4 recognizes i pusg start button but nothing after @DO NOT TURN OFF [email protected] notice is done phone still with the yellow android man in triangle and nothing happens, please help me to solve it i searched this captivate forum for half of a day but no answed found my phone is brick for now and i need a phoen for my work
is there any wariant for reflashing it?
by the way i tried to reflash it by odin vith the vibrant firmware it flashed but on first startup screen gone with different dots on it ( like bad tv signal on television) than it flashed and started but still with that problems can i go back to any working captivate firmware? and how? thanks
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hello have flashed virant android 2.1 russian on the captivate due to mistake after that volume button and screen rotation problems i had. i was recomended to flash captivate kernel - i donloaded it and flashed it with mistake - i think i flashed in in wrong place ( i do not remember if i chose PDA, CSC, or PHONE) after that i have a big problem i downloaded one clock odin make phone into download mode by pressinf 2vol buttons, inserting usb cable, than the battery - because other ays i cant enter download mode in odin one clock com4 recognizes i pusg start button but nothing after @DO NOT TURN OFF [email protected] notice is done phone still with the yellow android man in triangle and nothing happens, please help me to solve it i searched this captivate forum for half of a day but no answed found my phone is brick for now and i need a phoen for my work
is there any wariant for reflashing it?
by the way i tried to reflash it by odin vith the vibrant firmware it flashed but on first startup screen gone with different dots on it ( like bad tv signal on television) than it flashed and started but still with that problems can i go back to any working captivate firmware? and how? thanks
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Hello maxxis.
I actually run in to this all of the time. Odin *never* works the first time for me. It basically hangs and I have to screw with unplugging and plugging in my phone.
Do not take this as advice, this is what I have done and it works on my phone:
0) Make sure the 3 button combo gets you in to download mode. If not, stop, find a 3 button fix and make sure it works or make a jig: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841512
1) Start Odin. Wait for it to get ready.
2) Put your phone in download mode
3) Plug in your phone to a USB cable connected to the BACK of your MOTHERBOARD - no add-in cards, hubs, front ports or any other nonsense.
4) Try to flash with Odin. If it hangs, remove your phone, reboot and put back in download mode and try again. Do not unplug it if it is doing anything.
This usually works on my second or third try. Good luck!
You need to do a master clear. Or format the internel SD. Then flash vibrant rom.
Or try his post lol. I was too slow i guess
but i have captivate if i flash vibrant rom again it will not work correctly
Hi, i'm French, sorry for my bad English. OK, I have a GT9000 and a Captivate.Yesterday, I flash the phones (Download mode and Odin)since September so I was stuck many times but this time I need YOUR help. I flashed the GT9000 with a new rom, but it was unstable so I flashed it again with a stuck Rom... But the Captivate stock Rom!!! The phone didn't pass the AT&T animation and rebooted in loop. Try to go in download mode with the Captivate and GT9000 way. Nothing happen. And after 2 hours, the screen stay off, nothing happen. Stay in charge all the night, the top of cellphone was hot. I try to keep the download button pressed and put the battery, with cable connect on the PC and without(removed the battery 30 minutes between all tries). Tried the air-gun. Ordered the kit on Sparken but if the screen stay black...The Captivate is fine...
The captivate rom changes the buttons order on galaxy s , so you need a jig to force into download mode .
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The captivate rom changes the buttons order on galaxy s , so you need a jig to force into download mode .
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I hope it will work because like I said the screen didn't switch on now. I'll be back in France next week to try this method.
did you ever fix this?
Did you try the POT android tools by opda team to put the phone in Download Mode?
Hi everyone! I have Captivate(1008 batch) with Phoenix Ultimate firmware. Today I tried to flash it with batch Gingerbread. Seems like my mistake was that I forgot to turn off lagfix. Odin halted. Now I'm getting "phone-!-PC" screen each time I connect phone to PC...
I can not get cappy into download mobe(tried all 3 ways)
Odin doesn't see phone...
Do I have any chaces to repair my phone or it's a brick? Is there a chance that jig will help?
There's a new thread in the dev section about a one click unbrick from that screen. I read that it's just downlad the software, plug in phone and click run.
AdamOutler made this -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
Ok, thanks I'll try that! BTW which fimware should I flash if my cappy is back to download mode? As I understand Phoenix formated my phone memory into ext4 filesystem. Is that possible to flash stock Gingerbread on ext4 filesystem?
UPD: Unfortunately software unbrick doesn't help I got "Phone is not connected" message. My PC doesn't see phone at all
The Jig should work, assuming you don't have mixed bootloaders. If you do have mixed bootloaders, JTAG service will be what you need.
If you do manage to get back to download mode, use the JF6 Odin 1-click.
You can get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Here's another suggestion that I did with a 1008 that I had a while back. open Odin 1 click to prepare for download mode. (make sure it's not one with the three button fix - if you one click from gingerbread to 3 button fix stock, it is a certain hard brick).
Remove battery, count to 10, replace battery.
hold the vol up and vol down buttons at the same time until you see the screen flash. It should flash every 5-7 seconds as long as you continiuosly hold the buttons.
When you see the screen flash, insert usb cord (with it already connected to computer).
This got me to download mode. It mat take a few tries. sometimes it's a challenge to get to DL mode from this screen. This procedure worked on my 1008. Hope it works.
A jig may work too, but it n ever worked for me on the 1008.
Thank you guys. Hope your suggestions will help!
With the phone and PC screen the Jig will work for sure try and make one or u can buy it.
You can also try this, Remove the battery open odin 1 cick and plug the cable to the usb port at the back of the PC and then the phone and now put the battery see if the odin lits up if yes you are done.
I solved the problem(even without jig). So writing my solution, hope this will help someone.
1) I went home to use another PC. Installed Samsung drivers there.
2) I tried different key combos. Vol Up + Vol Down didn't worked but Vol Down + USB entered Download mode.
3) One guy from russian android forum told me to try with Odin 1 click 2.1 stock firmware. Only this version of firmware connected to my soft bricked phone.
One more time thanks everyone for your replies
For future reference.
If your phone turns on (you can see anything on the screen), then you do not have a perminate brick, and a jig will work.
And your filesystem/lagfix does not matter with odin 1click. It resets everything to the way it came, nomater what you came from. (It even works on cm7 witch repartisioned it and used MTD).
I have the same problem as you. I can't get get the one-click unbrick to work (doesn't detect a device). I ordered a jig yesterday, hopefully it comes soon. I have a 1010 though, which I heard had more problems than others.
use a JIG
i made my custom JIG for 60 cents, save my Cappy after a failed cyanogen install.
hey, i am posting this for a friend who bricked his phone and doesn't know much about it..
he was running serendipity 7 which is a jvo rom, and tried flashing the pauldiddy remix theme, which says is only meant for jvp and jvq roms. i used a jig, to get the phone into download mode, and the computer detected it when i plugged in the usb. but when i tried to use odin one click to go back to stock, it would get stuck at the "Do not turn off target". im not sure if anyone knows a fix for this, or if i should try using the method from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310 instead, but i figured i would ask before i messed around with it too much
any feedback would be appreciated
how long do you wait before throwing in the towel? it does take a minute or two to finish it's task ? And are you opening Odin before you hook the usb to the phone ?
waited probably about 5-10 minutes. yeah i opened odin first, and it detected the phone and showed the Added! text
Just out of curiosity, what is the phone doing right now that you're trying to use Odin on it?
The reason I ask is that if you can get to CWM recovery, you might just be able to re-flash the rom (assuming it's a wipe package) and it would take care of the issue.
i cant get into recovery, but i can get into download (using the button combos). not sure if that means anything either
Well keep trying, and you might want to try the odin 1 click. I have a Cappy that got dipped in the pool, it would not go into recovery at all but I could get the download all the time, But it kept getting stuck at the i896 screen or the AT&T screen (odin 1 click) after 3 weeks of trying and having to wait 3 days for it to come out of it's coma it now works fine. If you try the odin 1 click it might work for you just make sure it's not ver 10.10 I think (look under battery). What screen does it go to once you press power IE: black screen rogers screen etc. ?
ive tried using odin 1 click.. like i said, the first time odin actually picked up the device, but it wouldnt get past the "do not turn target off" prompt. but i tried plugging it in again, and now it doesnt seem to even pickup the phone. when i when i try to boot the phone, its just a black screen. thanks for the input though