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[Q] did i brick it?

So this may have been dumb.. or actually it was very dumb.
But i was using the odin one click downloader, and it got stuck at setting pit file so i figured i'd unplug the phone and pull the battery to reset it. However now it won't turn on
Did i brick it?
Thanks

Probably not. Try using this method to put the device back in Download mode.
Remove the battery, sim card, sdcard if you have one
Insert the battery
Hold both Volume buttons, don't touch the power button
Plug in the USB cable and continue holding both Volume buttons

Neurp said:
Probably not. Try using this method to put the device back in Download mode.
Remove the battery, sim card, sdcard if you have one
Insert the battery
Hold both Volume buttons, don't touch the power button
Plug in the USB cable and continue holding both Volume buttons
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I have to say.. I LOVE YOU!
Haha, i went to bed with the iphone all setup thinking i would have to use it. Thank you soo much!!
*Edit* I still love you, but do you have any advice on how to get odin one click to recognize it?
The phone goes into download mode now, but the computer says it's an un recognized device so odin doesn't see it
*Edit2* Ahh i got it, What i did was switch USB ports while it was in download mode and somehow that got the computer + odin to recognize it
Thanks again Neurp, you saved me and my phone

Trust samsung device are one of the hardst devices to actually brick, and by bricking i mean black screen, no download mode, no recovery mode, if you can access any of these 2 or your able to see the 'att world phone" screen which is the bootloader, your device IS NOT brick't =], most people tend to get confused with the word "brick" in mobile device

[Q] No really, I bricked it...

OK, I've been reading here for 6 days all manner of Captivate unbricking. Here is my story...
I picked up a Captivate on the Rogers network. I connected it to my email server (Exchange 2010) with no problems, poked around, noticed the lag, noticed the SMS time issue, then promptly rooted, installed clockwork, and then threw cognition 2.2 beta 9.1.3. Quite frankly I was shocked at how much faster it was.
Anyways, after a day of poking around, I could not get my email to my exchange server running (tried the email.pak floating about), so I actually decided I was going to go back to the backup I made of my phone using clockwork before I installed cognition. When I restored my backup, I thought I had bricked my phone.
I let it rest for a day, then came back here, and found one of the 3-4 different variations of the 4 button download mode combo that permitted me to do the 1 click restore. This restored me to the AT&T version of 2.1. It worked, but was less than desirable.
I decided that at that point I really wanted to go back to stock, so I downloaded the stock backup on the Rogers Captivate wiki page, and did the restore using clockwork. The phone has not been the same since.
When i turn it on, I get an at&t splash screen, then in about 20 seconds I get the at&t "jingle", but the splash screen stays on. I can't seem to find any key combination that will permit me to get back into download mode so I can restore using the One Click that worked for me the first time. I have tried:
1. 3 button salute with USB in first, battery out initially.
2. 3 button salute with USB plugged in *as* I was inserting the battery.
3. Power and volume down (both with and without USB, and with battery being plugged in after USB and "during" insertion of battery)
4.Power and volume up with same combo's as #3.
5. Just volume up and volume down with same combo's as #3.
In all cases Odin was running before USB connected, running as administrator. I'm running 64bit windows, but I'm sure I have the correct drivers because I did this the first time with Odin and download mode and I haven't added or changed anything. But just for arguements sake I did uninstall, and then install the drivers again.
Any combination of power and volume buttons just gives me a battery charging logo. Occasionally when holding up until the second black screen I will get a quick indication that the computer might see something, but it dissappears withing a handful of seconds showing it promptly removed.
I'm downloading the Android SDK in the hopes that when I get the normal at&t splash screen after the "jingle" that something might actually be running in the background and maybe I can adb reboot download it but I'm not holding my breath.
Anyone seen this that has managed to get out of it? I'm starting to think the "unbrickable captivate" can be bricked. Assuming it is bricked, short of taking it back, is there anyone on the internet that can jtag these and in some fashion bring back to life?
Cheers,
Tim

This doesn't belong in Development.

MikeyMike01 said:
This doesn't belong in Development.
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ditto
and download mode is easy.
1. start odin3 and have data cable plugged into the computer
2. insert proper files if needed
3. hold volume up and volume down for 2 sec (no power button needed) then insert usb cable, continue to hold volumes till either the download mode screen pops up or odin3 sees the phone(if you bork the phone bad enough you can corrupt the download mode image, i did it with the not to successfull manhatten project kernel) but despite the screen being black it very well may be in download mode.
4. start flash
5. if it doesn't work send it to me ill find a use for it
alternatively if the phone can go passed the splash screens and boots fully you can adb reboot download. just get the development kit and drivers on your pc.

Dani897 said:
ditto
and download mode is easy.
1. start odin3 and have data cable plugged into the computer
2. insert proper files if needed
3. hold volume up and volume down for 2 sec (no power button needed) then insert usb cable, continue to hold volumes till either the download mode screen pops up or odin3 sees the phone(if you bork the phone bad enough you can corrupt the download mode image, i did it with the not to successfull manhatten project kernel) but despite the screen being black it very well may be in download mode.
4. start flash
5. if it doesn't work send it to me ill find a use for it
alternatively if the phone can go passed the splash screens and boots fully you can adb reboot download. just get the development kit and drivers on your pc.
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Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.

MikeyMike01 said:
This doesn't belong in Development.
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Could a moderator move this to Captivate General then? Sorry about that...

timmy22 said:
Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.
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just to be clear, you are holding volume up as well as volume down starting with the phone being powered down and continue to hold them after you plug in usb untill something shows on the screen?
if your phone is not seeing the volumes buttons you are one of the very unlucky few that had a problem at the most inopportune moment.
there is also a way where you hold all three buttons till the phone reboots twice, or something. let me try it and ill give more specifics.

timmy22 said:
Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.
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Pull the battery, open odin, plug usb into computer, hold vol up and down, plug usb into phone still holding vol buttons, drop in battery still holding vol buttons, when dl screen pops up and yellow com port lights up in odin release volume buttons. Do not touch power button at any time
Swyped...and sorry I don't proofread

Have you tried rebooting into recovery mode instead of download mode? Stock recovery is adb-ready and you should be able to adb reboot download. Its a long shot if you're having problems using button combo to get to d/l mode, but it's probably still worth a shot at this point.
If you were able to use 3 button combos before all this happened, and did NOT have to install the 3 button combo fix, its strange you don't have access to it now... Could restoring a Rogers Cappy to AT&T stock be the problem?

Dani897 said:
just to be clear, you are holding volume up as well as volume down starting with the phone being powered down and continue to hold them untill something shows on the screen?
if your phone is not seeing the volumes buttons you are one of the very unlucky few that had a problem at the most inopportune moment.
there is also a way where you hold all three buttons till the phone reboots twice, or something. let me try it and ill give more specifics.
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Yes, that's exactly correct. I do this:
1. everything pulled (battery, USB, sim, sd)
2. Open Oden (1 click)
3. Install battery
4. hold down (and keep holding) volume up and volume down
5. insert USB cable
6. depress (i.e. don't hold) power button
Goes straight to battery charging indicator.
If I swap #6 with holding the power button down, it continually reboots while just barely showing the battery charging indicator. I've tried letting go between black screens on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th black screen. Still no android dude with the shovel.

Try all the steps you stated but not the last one where you press the power button. Don't press the power button.

newter55 said:
Pull the battery, open odin, plug usb into computer, hold vol up and down, plug usb into phone still holding vol buttons, drop in battery still holding vol buttons, when dl screen pops up and yellow com port lights up in odin release volume buttons. Do not touch power button at any time
Swyped...and sorry I don't proofread
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Goes straight to battery charging.

johnny13oi said:
Try all the steps you stated but not the last one where you press the power button. Don't press the power button.
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Goes straight to battery charging.

Pull out battery for 10 seconds, hold volume up + down, connect usb into other usb port.
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Seriously, try adb. It works wonders.
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10tonhammr said:
Have you tried rebooting into recovery mode instead of download mode? Stock recovery is adb-ready and you should be able to adb reboot download. Its a long shot if you're having problems using button combo to get to d/l mode, but it's probably still worth a shot at this point.
If you were able to use 3 button combos before all this happened, and did NOT have to install the 3 button combo fix, its strange you don't have access to it now... Could restoring a Rogers Cappy to AT&T stock be the problem?
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Trying to get into recovery mode gets me the at&t logo and the "jingle", but no recovery mode menu to reboot, etc.
This is what I'm worried about, restoring the Rogers stock over top of the Odin 1 click restore (which is an AT&T image) has bricked it and prevents download mode from invoking.

fatttire said:
Seriously, try adb. It works wonders.
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I know, I played with adb before I bricked it. ADB needs to "see" the phone, it no longer sees it (I have three computers, all three can't see it, but they can see my friends cappy with no problems first time, every time). Same process for his phone works every time to get into download mode, but not on mine.
And yes, have tried other USB ports on the same computer, both on the mainboard, and on the front ports.
Keep the ideas coming though please, I will try every one.

timmy22 said:
I know, I played with adb before I bricked it. ADB needs to "see" the phone, it no longer sees it (I have three computers, all three can't see it, but they can see my friends cappy with no problems first time, every time). Same process for his phone works every time to get into download mode, but not on mine.
And yes, have tried other USB ports on the same computer, both on the mainboard, and on the front ports.
Keep the ideas coming though please, I will try every one.
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There's a trick to prompt download mode through a "jig" which you can hack together for about $2 in parts and a sacrificial microUSB cable...it works on the other SGSes, but I think it should work on the Captivate as well. Never tried it personally...

Merlin_reloaded said:
There's a trick to prompt download mode through a "jig" which you can hack together for about $2 in parts and a sacrificial microUSB cable...it works on the other SGSes, but I think it should work on the Captivate as well. Never tried it personally...
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I work in a tech shop so have access to electronics, sacrificial cables, soldering irons, resistors, caps, etc.... could you point me in the right direction?

Oh, nevermind, found it in the i9000 forum. Will test first thing in the morning!
Cheers,

I bricked one today as well. Exactly what you are talking about here. The only thing is that i was still under the 30days so i swapped it out for a new one. As of right now ive been debating whether i want to do the voodoo fix (which i think is what bricked it to begin with)

CLOSED - Got a new phone :(

Got a new phone

This isn't really great advice, but, if the bootloader is toast, there is a good chance you can get it fixed under warranty as Samsung won't be able to tell what you had on it.
You could try making the jig as the parts are cheap, but not much chance if your cappy is unresponsive.
There is also the aftermarket jtag option. It's expensive, but should work. You may be able to find someone with it. Seeing as your reward offer is half the price of one, it probably wouldn't be out of line as far as somebody offering that service.

I am assuming you have already done this and just forgot to mention it but try pulling sd card and sim for a few. Pulling only the battery does not always work for me
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did you get any error from ODIN while flashing? especially about sbl.bin?

Im having the same problem... totally black screen, no power...i have flashed million roms also and have always been able to restore from a soft brick..but this time it wont even boot to get into download mode..ive tried every single method to get into download mode with no luck..
att is going to send me a warrenty replacement so ..hopefully that goes well.. but ill continue messing with it and if i get a fix ill def post it for ya

open Odin,,remove battery ,wait 1 minute, put battery back in, press and hold both volume buttons, insert usb. Hope that helps. this is what i did when I black screened mine.

Where are you located?
There was one time I really screwed the pooch with Odin and my phone ended up with a black screen & unresponsive. The JIG did manage to pull me out of it, I'm very certain the "your mileage may vary" line is applicable here.

I heard that even if the screen is black if you see it in odin you can use it. I would use odin one click. Good luck.

Try this. Unplug and remove battery. Plug in the usb open odin3 jh6 one click downloader. Press and hold volume up/down and power. Insert battery and release only the power button at the same time and keep holding volume up/down buttons. Let drivers insall if they aren't on your computer. Press download.
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goob1284 said:
Try this. Unplug and remove battery. Plug in the usb open odin3 jh6 one click downloader. Press and hold volume up/down and power. Insert battery and release only the power button at the same time and keep holding volume up/down buttons. Let drivers insall if they aren't on your computer. Press download.
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Sorry I feel stupid. Dodnt read the 2nd thing. This should work. Is your battery fully charged? And try adb if your computer can see it at all. And use clockwordmod next time so much easier and safer. But if everything fails att covers our.phone for a year. I know cause I bricked.it and tried exchanging it.
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Me too have same problem and I offer another 75 US$ for how can help me solve it, I try all the above combination and JIG also but nothing works .

Try:
Connect USB to PC
Open odin one click
press and hold volume down (not up)
Insert USB to phone
or
Connect USB to PC
Open odin one click
press and hold volume down (not up) + hold power
Insert USB to phone

From thekurrgan
Situations: phone-!-Computer / no download mode
Black Screen / RST_STATUS 0x0
Procedure:
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Connect usb cable.
5. Hold volume up + volume down + Power.
6. Insert battery.
7. Release POWER BUTTON ONLY.
You should now be in immediate download mode.

jhnstn00 said:
From thekurrgan
Situations: phone-!-Computer / no download mode
Black Screen / RST_STATUS 0x0
Procedure:
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Connect usb cable.
5. Hold volume up + volume down + Power.
6. Insert battery.
7. Release POWER BUTTON ONLY.
You should now be in immediate download mode.
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Exactly what I said? He said it didn't work
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http://db.tt/ugaNHRz
if you have not tried adb try this. Unzip to computer.
Run the script for reboot download.
Axura CE RC2.1 w/ excalibur 2.1.6, ugjk4 modem, Voodoo, BlackFroyo theme

jhnstn00 said:
http://db.tt/ugaNHRz
if you have not tried adb try this. Unzip to computer.
Run the script for reboot download.
Axura CE RC2.1 w/ excalibur 2.1.6, ugjk4 modem, Voodoo, BlackFroyo theme
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I tried ADB. I am going to try a JIG today.

kennethpenn said:
I've flashed ROMs a hundred and a half times and been fine. Gotten myself out of a million soft-bricks. But, this time I think I'm screwed.
My screen and phone is totally powered-off black after I tried to flash I9000UGJK4.tar as PDA in Odin on my device.
I've tried:
1.) Holding vol buttons and plugging in USB
2.) Taking out battery, plugging in, holding volume buttons and power button, putting battery in while letting go of power button.
Nothing responds. Is the JIG going to work in this situation or is this a hard-brick? I read the JIG thread and he said if your screen is black it won't work so I'm just wondering.
Paypal - $75 to anyone who can make my phone work.
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We need more info , is your pc detecting anything at all when connecting phone ?
like a sound or some unknown drivers ?
Plug the charger in the phone is something displayed ( like charging image)
hzeid said:
Me too have same problem and I offer another 75 US$ for how can help me solve it, I try all the above combination and JIG also but nothing works .
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same questions as above .
jhnstn00 said:
From thekurrgan
Situations: phone-!-Computer / no download mode
Black Screen / RST_STATUS 0x0
Procedure:
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Connect usb cable.
5. Hold volume up + volume down + Power.
6. Insert battery.
7. Release POWER BUTTON ONLY.
You should now be in immediate download mode.
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even tho you see nothing in the screen try to start Odin anyays see if it does something ..
jhnstn00 said:
http://db.tt/ugaNHRz
if you have not tried adb try this. Unzip to computer.
Run the script for reboot download.
Axura CE RC2.1 w/ excalibur 2.1.6, ugjk4 modem, Voodoo, BlackFroyo theme
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well That is one of the reason why we need to know what happens when your phone is plugged in via USB ...
Here is my advice : unless you are experienced with the Jig ( you ve restored your phone at least once using it already ) I say try again and again
For example : these resistor sometimes have 5% variation so for me the 301k wasnt working had to put it at 300 otherwise it wouldnt work ..
would also like top point out the jig does trigger soemtign in your phone so again even if nothing shows up on the screen try to flash anyways ...
BTW you shoudl remove the bounty and just offer it once you have beenhelped , I doubt anyone here is in it for the money (except me of course ) j/k

For dead screen, try this. It sounds like voodoo but it got me going.
Remove the battery.
Open Odin.
Connect via USB
Plug the battery in.
Hold down POWER and VOLUP until you get RED text on the screen. This will look bad, but is in fact a good thing. This can take 20-30 seconds.
Once the red text is up, hold down BOTH VOL buttons and POWER. Again this part will seem to take too long, but the red text will go black after a bit.
When the red text goes black, let go of POWER but continue to hold down both VOL.
Welcome to download mode.

loraque said:
For dead screen, try this. It sounds like voodoo but it got me going.
Remove the battery.
Open Odin.
Connect via USB
Plug the battery in.
Hold down POWER and VOLUP until you get RED text on the screen. This will look bad, but is in fact a good thing. This can take 20-30 seconds.
Once the red text is up, hold down BOTH VOL buttons and POWER. Again this part will seem to take too long, but the red text will go black after a bit.
When the red text goes black, let go of POWER but continue to hold down both VOL.
Welcome to download mode.
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Exactly how I fixed mine after stock flash idin gave me purple screen
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loraque said:
For dead screen, try this. It sounds like voodoo but it got me going.
Remove the battery.
Open Odin.
Connect via USB
Plug the battery in.
Hold down POWER and VOLUP until you get RED text on the screen. This will look bad, but is in fact a good thing. This can take 20-30 seconds.
Once the red text is up, hold down BOTH VOL buttons and POWER. Again this part will seem to take too long, but the red text will go black after a bit.
When the red text goes black, let go of POWER but continue to hold down both VOL.
Welcome to download mode.
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Never heard of this! Please make a post of this so I can make it a favorite. Might need this in the future. Good work.
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[Q] samsung captivate dead

Hi all.
I accidentally plugged-out usb cable when i had used ODIN.
Now when i power device up, i can see only small icon (phone connected to pc) on the black screen.
it there was to recovery my device?

Do a battery pull to turn the phone off, then
try to see if you can get it back into download mode by holding vol+/vol- and plug in the usb.
If that doesn't work you may need to make a jig.

try doing the up down volume thing + power**, for me, once i screwed up my phone relly bad i had to hold that down for about a minuet or two before it came up. and the phone kept restarting like 5 times while i had it held down. SO dont be discouraged if it doesnt come up right away, keep trying it / holding it down for a minuet or two.

That's what's known as a soft brick
Not a HUGE worry. Take a deep breath and do as these guys said, you'll be fine
Captisent via XDA App

Just search unbrick captivate 99¢ then head to radio Shack
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889128

Like nickm50 said, pull the battery...hold vol+/vol-(NO power button), plug in the USB, insert the battery, then release the vol+/vol- buttons. I soft bricked yesterday and this method put me into Download Mode no problem.

vol+ and vol - did help me, thx guys

you may need a jig just in case:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...47234&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_510wt_1139

[Q] Bricked + power button not working

I'm stuck in a pretty crappy situation. The phone is on some weird bootloop. When it boots, the AT&T screen comes up, then some weird multi-colored screen comes on, the phone turns off, and this process repeats.
I know how to put it into download mode, but the phone turns on as soon as I put the battery in. I'm not sure how to have it powered off with the battery in long enough so I can hold the volume buttons down and plug the USB in. If I could at least get into download mode and flash something via Odin, I could possibly fix it.
Any suggestions?

did you try, remove battery, plug in usb, hold power and both volume buttons then insert battery? or even just hold vol down and power then insert battery?

adobrakic said:
I'm stuck in a pretty crappy situation. The phone is on some weird bootloop. When it boots, the AT&T screen comes up, then some weird multi-colored screen comes on, the phone turns off, and this process repeats.
I know how to put it into download mode, but the phone turns on as soon as I put the battery in. I'm not sure how to have it powered off with the battery in long enough so I can hold the volume buttons down and plug the USB in. If I could at least get into download mode and flash something via Odin, I could possibly fix it.
Any suggestions?
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fractaline said:
did you try, remove battery, plug in usb, hold power and both volume buttons then insert battery? or even just hold vol down and power then insert battery?
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(psst, he said his power button is broken)
You dont need to use the power buttons to enter download mode. Just hold both volume buttons and plug in usb. Though tbh I haven't had to do it in so long my memory is a bit foggy on whether it was both volume buttons + usb or just volume up + usb. Either way one of those should work. Im pretty sure you should be able to do it without the battery inserted.
When all else fails, jig it. Jig it hard.
Herp derp Captivate Tapatalk 2

fractaline said:
did you try, remove battery, plug in usb, hold power and both volume buttons then insert battery? or even just hold vol down and power then insert battery?
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Well, the power button doesn't work, so I haven't tried the latter. It's not rooted, so trying to get into CWM wouldn't really do much. When I try to plug in the USB, hold the volume buttons, and plug in the battery last, the phone just goes to the battery charging screen. If I take the USB out.. it stays there.
I'm not sure why the phone turns on by itself as soon as I put the battery in. My sister has the same model, and she has to hold the power button to turn it on. :/
I just turned it on, and it's stuck on the AT&t screen instead of bootlooping. This is the first time it has done this after the bootloop began. Odin recognizes it. Is this ninja download mode? If so, could you please point me in the right direction of getting out of this mess? :x This is my sister's fiance's phone, I own a SGS4G. Really don't wanna risk this phone any more than I already have, lol.
Thanks, guys.
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To be more specific, I attempted using this to root the phone, which resulted in this situation. Not sure if that's even helpful, but it can't hurt.

I feel for ya, I hate having hardware issues when a software issues happens..
follow fractaline's instructions: Odin ON, battery out, Good USB cable with good USB port Insert, (this is where it gets tricky), hold down volume up and volume down, whilst 2 seconds later putting the battery back in.
if you see the screen with something that looks like this, http://movilzone.org/files/2011/09/Captivate-Download-Mode1.jpeg
or this,
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BwmbWV5u6h8/TvNq1jXT7oI/AAAAAAAAMpU/_Mh4V9LMYd8/s1600/Semi-bricked.jpg, Then you can flash a kernel.
Were you on gingerbread 2.3.5? if so I would recommend this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294477&highlight=corn
if you flash corn there is an option in CWM to install root I believe.
I used to flash the corn kernel all day to fix my 2.3.5 problems.
it really depends which version you previously were running. which is hard to tell since it wasn't your phone... more info needed, i'll be back in the morning. hope this helps.
Oh and on the hardware side of things, you could take the back plate off, the plate under the battery, and clean all the crap out. i find with mine i often get dust particles that interfere with my power button. there is a guide to properly tear down a captivate on xda somewhere... I've posted on it before as well.
or, take your fingernails and try and peel back the plastic on the edge of the glass up by the power button, if you can pull it back enough to blow air in there sometimes you can dislodge/clean out whatever is obstructing the power button.
Edit: if you do get it rooted, bring it up to ICS, it's fantastic up here

adobrakic said:
Well, the power button doesn't work, so I haven't tried the latter. It's not rooted, so trying to get into CWM wouldn't really do much. When I try to plug in the USB, hold the volume buttons, and plug in the battery last, the phone just goes to the battery charging screen. If I take the USB out.. it stays there.
I'm not sure why the phone turns on by itself as soon as I put the battery in. My sister has the same model, and she has to hold the power button to turn it on. :/
I just turned it on, and it's stuck on the AT&t screen instead of bootlooping. This is the first time it has done this after the bootloop began. Odin recognizes it. Is this ninja download mode? If so, could you please point me in the right direction of getting out of this mess? :x This is my sister's fiance's phone, I own a SGS4G. Really don't wanna risk this phone any more than I already have, lol.
Thanks, guys.
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To be more specific, I attempted using this to root the phone, which resulted in this situation. Not sure if that's even helpful, but it can't hurt.
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I think you were not on Gingerbread and you attempted to flash a gingerbread kernel. That is why it is bootlooping. You can flash back to stock (Gingerbread or froyo) and that should solve your issue. I'm trying to download and get the stock froyo kernel for you so you can flash that again. Just an FYI, applying root through CWM would require the use of the power button.
Try flashing this in the PDA in Odin. It is the stock froyo kernel.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vx5r7hr3iokj764/zImage.tar

@Bacon, it was version 2.2. I can't get to download mode because the phone turns on as soon as I put the battery in. I'm not sure why it does this. Also, I don't get the bricked screen because it just bootloops. The AT&T screen comes on, then this comes on, the phone turns off, and this repeats. I'm assuming that the multi-colored screen would be the SGS screen, or something similar.
Oh and on the hardware side of things, you could take the back plate off, the plate under the battery, and clean all the crap out. i find with mine i often get dust particles that interfere with my power button. there is a guide to properly tear down a captivate on xda somewhere... I've posted on it before as well.
or, take your fingernails and try and peel back the plastic on the edge of the glass up by the power button, if you can pull it back enough to blow air in there sometimes you can dislodge/clean out whatever is obstructing the power button.
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If it comes to that, I'll definitely keep this in mind.
@Red Wow, I'm stupid. -_- I don't know how I missed the "Requirements" on that page. Thanks, I'll try your .tar now.
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Ah, unfortunately that AT&T screen wasn't download mode. I guess I'm just gonna have to keep trying until I finally get it into download mode. I just don't get why it's this difficult.

adobrakic said:
@Red Wow, I'm stupid. -_- I don't know how I missed the "Requirements" on that page. Thanks, I'll try your .tar now.
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Ah, unfortunately that AT&T screen wasn't download mode. I guess I'm just gonna have to keep trying until I finally get it into download mode. I just don't get why it's this difficult.
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You're not stupid. I added that after reading your post to prevent others from getting into the same situation.
As for download mode, if you don't have a jig, try this:
Take battery out
Plug phone into computer
Hold down Volume Buttons
Put battery in

adobrakic said:
@Red Wow, I'm stupid. -_- I don't know how I missed the "Requirements" on that page. Thanks, I'll try your .tar now.
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Ah, unfortunately that AT&T screen wasn't download mode. I guess I'm just gonna have to keep trying until I finally get it into download mode. I just don't get why it's this difficult.
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I can't tell you how many times i flashed the wrong kernel because i didn't read that it was for my version! lol!
that screen is unsettling...
well it's tough to say what to do next... just keep trying for a download mode. I've never used a Jig, perhaps that would be a good investment. Maybe use a one click.. I don't know..
I don't suppose this could be a bootloader issue could it?
EDIT: You're sure you have a reliable USB port/Plug? it's very important that both are good.

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You're not stupid. I added that after reading your post to prevent others from getting into the same situation.
As for download mode, if you don't have a jig, try this:
Take battery out
Plug phone into computer
Hold down Volume Buttons
Put battery in
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When I do that, I get to this screen. I'm assuming that's the battery charging screen, but the picture of the battery never comes up, just that refreshing icon.
If I keep holding the volume buttons, the phone seems to turn off in this state. I tried immediately unplugging the USB cable and letting go of the volume buttons once it does this. It stays off (if it's actually off). However, when I hold the volume buttons down and plug the USB back in, it just goes back to that screen. No download mode.
@Bacon
I don't suppose this could be a bootloader issue could it?
EDIT: You're sure you have a reliable USB port/Plug? it's very important that both are good.
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To be honest, I have no idea if it could be a bootloader issue. I'm knowledgeable of Android as far as a user goes, I know nothing about the OS past rooting it, and tweaking it to OC/UC, etc. Also, I believe that the USB port/plug is reliable. It's the same combo I used prior to bricking it (lol). However, I have about 8 different ports and a few different cables as well, I'll give those a go.
Thanks for the help guys, I really do appreciate it.

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@Bacon
To be honest, I have no idea if it could be a bootloader issue. I'm knowledgeable of Android as far as a user goes, I know nothing about the OS past rooting it, and tweaking it to OC/UC, etc. Also, I believe that the USB port/plug is reliable. It's the same combo I used prior to bricking it (lol). However, I have about 8 different ports and a few different cables as well, I'll give those a go.
Thanks for the help guys, I really do appreciate it.
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Man I wish I could help more, i tend to be a hardware guy so i'm not much help other than telling you how to fix you power button... just keep flashing the crap out of it i guess. see if anything sticks...

Open a dos window and go to KK4_Root\Tools (probably on your C:\ drive)
Type:
Code:
adb wait-for-device reboot download
and hit enter.
Now try booting the phone with it plugged in again. If the computer recognizes it during the bootloop, it will issue it the command to boot into download mode.
Otherwise, I would suggest getting a download Jig. It will put you into download mode every time.

@Bacon
All good buddy, thanks so much for your help.
@Red
Holy ****, that worked perfectly. I'm in download mode right now, and am in the process of using a one click to get back to stock.
I'll post back with results.
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This is the one click I was using. It won't flash bootloaders at first to prevent bricking, so I'm now in Android system recovery. I'm wanting to get into download mode again, but I guess since it's not in bootloop, the command Red gave me doesn't get me there. I need to get back into download so the bootloaders can be flashed. Any suggestions as to how I could get there again?

the most success I've had is using kies mini up to 2.3.5 and then using corn from there on.
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Does it always boot to recovery? You could just pull the battery and then try to let it boot normally.
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@Bacon
Don't I need the phone to boot up for kies, though?
@Red
Yes. As soon as I put the battery in, the AT&T screen comes on, and then the Android System Recovery <3e> screen comes on.
When I try to plug in the USB, hold the volume buttons down, and plug in the battery last, it simply goes to the battery charging screen. I don't know why it doesn't go to download mode. I've tested the volume buttons in the Android System Recovery screen, both work just fine.

If you could get that power button to work you could try wiping data. That might get it out of that funk.
Try this:
Open a dos window and go to KK4_Root\Tools (probably on your C:\ drive)
Code:
adb reboot recovery --wipe_data

Crap, my computer doesn't seem to recognize the device when it's in the Android System Recovery screen. Should I try prying open the power button and seeing if I can get it to work? Don't see any other way out of this. I wish the soft-key buttons could be used for 'enter' instead of just the power button. :|

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Don't I need the phone to boot up for kies, though?
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Shoot, sorry i misread i thought you said you had gotten it partially fixed... my b.
I was just commenting how I'd had the most success using a one click to stock and moving up with kies. I'm afraid you may have to wipe data, which would suck.
Try the power button first. It's really easy taking the hardware apart. Just don't strip the tiny screws.... i only have three of the 6 holding my back plate in. You really don't need them all
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Honestly man, at this point, I wouldn't care if I had to repurchase all of the apps that I had if it was necessary to get the phone working. I'll YouTube some instructions for disassembly. Hopefully it'll get me out of this jam.