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I'll preface this thread by saying that I've look all over to help me remedy my problem, but I have not found anything that has resolved my issue. I've tried all the combinations of the the manual buttons to bootloader mode and download mode, and it will not work as my firmware is not the current Bell hardware burron fix (I have the old JH2 firmware, w/o the updated SPL)
What prompted this is that I was trying to reinstall the default android clock app that I deleted on accident. I had downloaded some default apps that were pulled from the Samsung Epic 4G (can't post URLs properly due to my user limitations, thread here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773142) thinking that the apks in there are the same. I tried installing but that failed. That should have been a red flag, but I wanted to have the clock app back. So what I did next is what I regret. I copied and pasted the AlarmClock.apk and AlarmClock.odex to the systems\app folder using Root Explorer. It wasn't until I rebooted my phone that this problem occurred.
I know that my phone isn't completely bricked as I can still see the battery icon when I plug it in to charge...and the phone does load the start up screen, but it won't get past that and will black out and the capacitive LED buttons (menu and back) will stay lit.
I've been diligent in backing up my information on my home computer (I'm at work now), so data loss is no problem for me. What I would really want is to fix this. My last resort is to return tot the store and get an exchange, which I really don't want to do.
Help is greatly appreciated.
you cannot install/copy (which have .odex file) apps from other firmware versions becuase the .odex is encrypted for a particular version.. if you pasted to system/app and it is a critical app from wrong version you will hang/freeze phone.. try to get into download mode and reflash the firmware..
Do you have access to the phone over adb?
Adb reboot download?
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I've read about the ADB Reboot Recovery, but it mentions that my phone has to be on USB debugging mode to work, which I believe is not on =/
Is there a link where I can download to try anyways? I've searched fro it, but I'm not sure if what i searched is the right thing.
I cannot get the download mode to work as the combinations I've been using do not even register...the phone just keeps looping the Samsung Galaxy i9000M screen when I hold the buttons...like it's in perpetual reboot mode. Like I stated earlier, the hardware buttons do not seem to work. I have the old JH2 firmware that was updated from Keis that does not have the hardware button fix.
xlittle_lambx said:
I've read about the ADB Reboot Recovery, but it mentions that my phone has to be on USB debugging mode to work, which I believe is not on =/
Is there a link where I can download to try anyways? I've searched fro it, but I'm not sure if what i searched is the right thing.
I cannot get the download mode to work as the combinations I've been using do not even register...the phone just keeps looping the Samsung Galaxy i9000M screen when I hold the buttons...like it's in perpetual reboot mode. Like I stated earlier, the hardware buttons do not seem to work. I have the old JH2 firmware that was updated from Keis that does not have the hardware button fix.
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this should work if you take battery out hold down all three buttons and when you first see logo release power button for 1 sec. then repress.
also try it with and without usb plugged in.
For adb u need the android software development kit (sdk). Its available at developers.android.com. Simply run sdksetup and choose sdk tools.
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I gave adb (great tool btw) a try, got it to run in command prompt, but I get an error saying device not found. Unfortunately, I did not have USB debugging mode on prior to my phone's screen blacking out on me. I should mention that I have a Bell Mobility Galaxy S I9000M, and hardware button attempts for any mode (volume up and/or down + home + power on, in a multitude of combinations, e.g. USB connected/disconnected) , be it recovery or download, have been futile as that method is not in the firmware I have one my phone. I'll have to use my last resort and get an exchange for the phone at the store I got it from. With any luck, hopefully someone who works there will have the magic touch and revive my phone. *crosses fingers*
Thanks for all the helpful suggestions. I'll keep them in mind to not let this happen again. Thank goodness for my constant backups instilled in me during my Windows Mobile days.
When the phone is ON firmly press volume up + home + power. It will reboot. Keep holding them! Wait a half a second after the gti9000 logo appears then let go of the power button. Keep holding volume up and home! This should boot you into recovery. Try it a few times. I found it is all in the timing of letting go of the power button.
Hope this helps!
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Also, I had an i9000 in your state and even after I had it previously working with Android SDK and the Samsung USB driver (essential in Windows but not included the SDK) but after I messed up the ROM (trying to lagfix it) it stopped responding to adb commands on either OSX or Windows. Boot recovery from the aforementioned hotkey combination seemed to be the only way to fix it. But I am a n00b. I'm only passing on what I experienced.
Cheers,
Aaron
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Had a similar problem after flashing a new rom, managed to egt past it by reflashing using Odin.
One of my friends has just given me his i9000 in the same state to see if I can fix it, he has been quoted $300NZ to repair!
He says he did it trying to flash a rom after successful root.
I get the galaxy splash screen but no matter how i hold and release the aforementioned keys I just dont get anything all.
ADB returns no device found and not seen by ODIN.
Tried many battery pulls, reboot + three keys and releasing/releasing-reapplying power button at various times during the splash screen. And with/without USB connected.
Pretty sure the device did have USB debugging enabled before this.
I am watching this thread closely, if I fix it I get a box of beer!
MY Phone Condition:
My phone was previously install with voodoo rom and use clockwork recovery to restore to my stock rom that i backup and it crash half way.
My phone was hardware lock this mean no matter how i press the volume and power button , i will never get into download mode. non of the method posted work !
My phone cannot use "adb reboot download" because there is no OS and it was stuck in the recovery loop.
It does not have clockwork recovery because i formatted my internal sdcard
If i do have clockwork recovery and i use restore image or install new from zip , i still stuck in the recovery mode after reboot several times.
My phone does not mount to internal sdcard because i don't even know what i did on this part.
I believe i screw up my partition of the phone.
DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
You need the Samsung USB driver and you can get it from Here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
First Part
1. Download update.zip from the link below. This was post by another member.
The post is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
2. Place the update.zip in tools folder so you can push it into your phone by using adb command
3. Plug usb into the phone and your phone should be on the Android system recovery <2e>
4. Use your volume button to select reinstall package, don't press power button yet.
5. constant "adb push update.zip /sdcard" from computer , you will get permission denied.
6. While you are constantly pushing the adb command from computer. press the power button on the phone so it install update.zip from sdcard.
7. This is the part where it force adb push into sdcard without permission
8. once the update.zip install completed. unplug the usb cable from the phone and take the battery out.
9. put the battery back to the phone then press on both volume button.
10. While holding both volume button , plug in your usb cable and it will boot to download screen.
If you need use Odin to flash your phone to original stock rom. Go to the Second Part
Second Part:
If you get black screen with only 4 light on the bottom after flashing from Odin.
Follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728698
There should be T959-PDA.tar,T959-CSC.tar and T959-Phone.tar within the package.
Check "Re-Partition" , "Auto Reboot" and "F.Reset Time" check box. Use the PIT 0512 version. Use "PDA", "PHONE" and "CSC" from the link above.
After flashing with Odin, you will loose the download mode. repeat the first part and you are good to go.
Here is the link on rooting the phone
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_Samsung_Galaxy_S_(Vibrant)
If your phone is hardware locked, how are you able to get into recovery? Hardware locked phone means no recovery and download mode.
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mr2t32 said:
If your phone is hardware locked, how are you able to get into recovery? Hardware locked phone means no recovery and download mode.
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my hardware lock mean cannot use the button method to get into download mode and using adb reboot download does not help too.
Im pretty sure hardware lock does not mean no recovery. Just no button download mode
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you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
No, it means both.
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you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
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i was about to give up. i was trying to push update.zip and do adb reboot download left and right and no luck untill i found this method. It took me a week to figure it out
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No, it means both.
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my recovery was working because i was stuck in the a loop. ya , this update.zip pretty much do both download mode and recovery mode.
What the point of this? Does the other thread not cover this??
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What the point of this? Does the other thread not cover this??
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Are you asking or you are insulting ?
jaex said:
Are you asking or you are insulting ?
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probably asking. Considering there is another thread on the same topic that has been on the front page for over a week now, with several pages of replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
EDIT: So you were bricked and hardware locked and got yourself out of it? If thats the case then yets its different than that thread and why didn't you just come out and say it?
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probably asking. Considering there is another thread on the same topic that has been on the front page for over a week now, with several pages of replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804305
EDIT: So you were bricked and hardware locked and got yourself out of it? If thats the case then yets its different than that thread and why didn't you just come out and say it?
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You figure it out after all. I already stated the condition of my phone ! My phone was pretty bricked at that point. There is way for me to push any files into the phone because i don't have permission and my phone will not go to download mode by using the volume button. It just stuck at recovery mode.
There are guide out there teach you to use "adb push download". This method only work if you are in your phone and you turn on debug mode. My phone crash at the clockwork recovery bootloader. Then i formated my internal sdcard that hold the clockwork. next i push a stock update.zip that does not have su and busybox so i lost the capability to push anything into the phone.
no download mode , no permission, no sdcard --> You tell me how can i use the method that post few week ago ?
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you saved my life man. thank you so much. this was the only thing that worked, after days of frustration
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Thank You
Thank ! You save my phone !
unfortunately, i was one of those careless people to brick my phone via Voodoo.
Firstly, i tried to "FLASH" the disable_voodoo zip file via Clockwork, i put it in root, and never created any folders. i knew i had to disable voodoo before flashing but my steps were wrong.
sadly enough, my phone was also HW locked, so i got it exchanged. now im not using voodoo YET and i my new vibrant can handle OC and has the recovery/download mode via buttons.
atlaswingpasaway said:
unfortunately, i was one of those careless people to brick my phone via Voodoo.
Firstly, i tried to "FLASH" the disable_voodoo zip file via Clockwork, i put it in root, and never created any folders. i knew i had to disable voodoo before flashing but my steps were wrong.
sadly enough, my phone was also HW locked, so i got it exchanged. now im not using voodoo YET and i my new vibrant can handle OC and has the recovery/download mode via buttons.
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i use shell to create the file that disable voodoo. after disable voodoo , i was able to do restore and install new rom unfortunately after restore or install new rom , it still reboot into recovery.
I also forgot to disable voodoo, and this was before there were fix instructions posted. So i basically effed up my phone to the point of being stuck in the samsung recovery loop, no hardware download mode, no clockwork recovery, no update.zp, no adb download.
I really thought I had completely bricked my phone, I tried this just out of desperation and what do you know, push update.zip over and over and click and it goes through, which allowed me to get into download mode.
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I also forgot to disable voodoo, and this was before there were fix instructions posted. So i basically effed up my phone to the point of being stuck in the samsung recovery loop, no hardware download mode, no clockwork recovery, no update.zp, no adb download.
I really thought I had completely bricked my phone, I tried this just out of desperation and what do you know, push update.zip over and over and click and it goes through, which allowed me to get into download mode.
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nice , you just have to re-root and install the new rom again , if it brick again , just use this method and you are good again.many of us forgot to disable the voodoo before we restore or install new rom and this crashes the phone.
Need some help really bad
Ok so I have a similar situation as you did (OP), only mine is a bit worse... In my irrational "in the moment" fear of the situation, I used adb reboot recovery to get into recovery mode (HW locked phone) and I did the option that deletes all the **** on the phone and restores the phone to its original format (I think it reinstalled the OS or something, because it looks brand new). So now, whenever I boot up, it does the annoying black screen with the 4 glowing buttons thing for a while, and then eventually the OS actually shows up on the screen. Then it does "scanning media" thing over and over again, but thats not the main problem. I figured, hey this isnt so bad atleast I found your thread and would be able to use your method to help restore my phone... the problem is that somehow my "settings" button is totally gone from the app menu, and I cant get it into debug mode, so I cant use either adb or your method or ANYTHING!! My phone is practically bricked as I cant do anything because its constantly laggy and turns back to the black screen thing, and then when it is showing the homescreen I cant do **** because even swiping to another screen takes like 5 minutes to do cause its so laggy. So basically I ****ed up, and I really need some help.. Im kinda a noob at this whole thing and im really outa options as far as I can tell.. does anyone know what I can do to repair my phone? Thanks!
I have searched the forum, and google about this error message, and have found a few other people who have gotten it but no one has responded to them. So if there is a fix out there, I'm sorry, I was not able to find it before posting. Thanks for helping me out!
This is my phone information, out of the box:
Firmware version: 2.1-update 1
Baseband version: I897UCJH7
Kernel version: 2.6.29
[email protected] #2
Build number: ECLAIR.UCJH7
I tried the One-Click Root in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739304.
It gave me the Superuser permissions app (with a android skull-and-crossbones icon). I could open this app, there were no apps listed within it, and I could access the settings, but if I tried to access the log screen it gave me the following message:
"Sorry! The application Superuser Permissions (process com.noshufou.android,su) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again [Force close]".
I unrooted it with the same One-Click method, and it removed the Superuser App. Then I tried the method listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736491#. this method gave me the Superuser permissions app (with a ninja icon), but this time I can't even open the app. It gives me the same error listed above as soon as I open it.
I then tried to unroot again, using the One-Click method that worked before, but it did not remove the Superuser App.
So where am I now? I'm not exactly sure what has happened to my phone at this point.
have u checked at any time if u had superuser rights??? I've rooted my cappy several times and had not opened once the super user app
download terminal emulator from the market and type "su" (without "") and see if it gets permission...
rastanthology said:
have u checked at any time if u had superuser rights??? I've rooted my cappy several times and had not opened once the super user app
download terminal emulator from the market and type "su" (without "") and see if it gets permission...
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I downloaded the android terminal emulator, and typed su as directed, and got the same error message as listed in my OP.
Use the one click method again. Download something harmless like drocap2 which us an app that requires root to take screen shots. Open app. If you are rooted the app will ask if you want to grant super user permission.
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Excuse me? I thought the whole point of rooting is to get superuser permission. That is, like an administrator in Windows. With superuser permission, you can use apps that are otherwise blocked, such as titanium backup. And you can use custom recoveries to flash other custom roms.
When I rooted my phone, I got superuser app with the skull and cross. Anytime I use an app that requires superuser permission, it will record so in the superuser app.
I think you already had root the first time. Now, I don't know what you have done to stop the phone from being rooted again.
Did the One-Click root again, this time it said it couldn't find the update.zip. I really don't understand what's going on.
Edited to add: When I go to Settings-->Applications-->Manage Applications - Superuser is not listed there. It is on the main applications page, but I cannot open it - it gives that error message.
Tried to do the one-click root again, for the I-don't-know-how-manyieth time. I watched the green dos screen very closely, and it said something about not being able to update root... then it quickly went to the blue screen that said I was rooted and the phone would be rebooted, select reinstall packages, etc.
Hoping the more information I can give will be helpful.
Why don't you test the phone. Go to market and try to get an app that only works if you have root (i.e. with superuser status). I would suggest getting Titanium backup. If you can get it and can get it to work, then you have root.
Edit: Just read your last message. I think you did not do the last step: Get the phone in recovery mode (holding updown volume switch and on switch at the same time). It should lead you to blue screen and then you have to select update.
I did get to the recovery mode. The one click program reboots the phone directly into recovery mode, but I also used the volume and power key method to get it to recovery mode when I tried the manual copy of the update.zip method.
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GlassButrFly said:
I did get to the recovery mode. The one click program reboots the phone directly into recovery mode, but I also used the volume and power key method to get it to recovery mode when I tried the manual copy of the update.zip method.
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But on recovery move (blue color), did you use vol down to move the highligted line to "reinstall packages" and then use power key to select it? Otherwise, I am at lost as to what you did.
visitador02 said:
But on recovery move (blue color), did you use vol down to move the highligted line to "reinstall packages" and then use power key to select it? Otherwise, I am at lost as to what you did.
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Yes I did. Believe me, I am as confused as you are. I researched rooting for weeks before getting the captivate and I followed the directions exactly, or at least I think I did.
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May I just suggest, flashing back to JF6 with Odin, then using Kies to update back to JH7, and trying to root again?
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May I just suggest, flashing back to JF6 with Odin, then using Kies to update back to JH7, and trying to root again?
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I was worried I might have to restore to stock. Thankfully I haven't made too many customizations...
A few questions:
I have purchased one application from the market - will it let me re-download this application after restoring?
Also, what difference would flashing an older version than I originally had, and then updating back up to my original version make? Sorry if that's a noob question, I just would like to understand why I can't or shouldn't just restore to stock and then try rooting again from there. I ask this because I just got done reading the "How to: Samsung Kies Program" thread, and it seems there are no end to the problems people have encountered using that program, so I would like to avoid having to use the program if possible.
Thanks so much, everyone, for your help!
GlassButrFly said:
I was worried I might have to restore to stock. Thankfully I haven't made too many customizations...
A few questions:
I have purchased one application from the market - will it let me re-download this application after restoring?
Also, what difference would flashing an older version than I originally had, and then updating back up to my original version make? Sorry if that's a noob question, I just would like to understand why I can't or shouldn't just restore to stock and then try rooting again from there. I ask this because I just got done reading the "How to: Samsung Kies Program" thread, and it seems there are no end to the problems people have encountered using that program, so I would like to avoid having to use the program if possible.
Thanks so much, everyone, for your help!
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Market saves all purchased apps you just have to download them again.
I would flash stock using this program
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
As long as you follow the steps it its easy and usually painless. It us also going to become your favorite program if you start flashing custom roms
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mcord11758 said:
Market saves all purchased apps you just have to download them again.
I would flash stock using this program
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
As long as you follow the steps it its easy and usually painless. It us also going to become your favorite program if you start flashing custom roms
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Ok, I tried to install the drivers for Windows 64bit and it says it was "not successfully installed". I downloaded some drivers recently from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929 when I originally did the one-click root. Could it be "not successfully installing" because the driver was already installed? I didn't pay enough attention the first time I installed them to notice if it wasn't successfully installed that time either. I don't want to mess up my phone by not having everything right.
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Ok, I tried to install the drivers for Windows 64bit and it says it was "not successfully installed". I downloaded some drivers recently from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929 when I originally did the one-click root. Could it be "not successfully installing" because the driver was already installed? I didn't pay enough attention the first time I installed them to notice if it wasn't successfully installed that time either. I don't want to mess up my phone by not having everything right.
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Does your computer recognize your device when it is plugged in, our does out give you an error message. If it recognized your device move to the next step
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I will be attempting to restore my phone to stock tomorrow... I was able to go into Device Manager and pull in the drivers manually. It installed all but the I put it into download mode just now, to make sure I knew how to get there, and it said there were some drivers missing. "CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM)" and "S3C6410 Android ADB" were not able to install. Also, I put my phone into download mode, just to make sure I could get into it before attempting the restore, and a box popped up saying there was a missing driver.
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I will be attempting to restore my phone to stock tomorrow... I was able to go into Device Manager and pull in the drivers manually. It installed all but the I put it into download mode just now, to make sure I knew how to get there, and it said there were some drivers missing. "CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM)" and "S3C6410 Android ADB" were not able to install. Also, I put my phone into download mode, just to make sure I could get into it before attempting the restore, and a box popped up saying there was a missing driver.
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I downloaded the drivers from Samsung. Unzipped the file and pointed device manager to that directory everytime it asked for a driver. Worked like a charm and have never had any issues like everyone else. Then again I know what I'm doing.
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Ok, I un-installed the drivers, and reinstalled them and everything installed correctly this time and I am no longer getting message about drivers not being installed correctly. The computer recognizes the phone and all is well. Now I am following the instructions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989 to use Odin to flash back to stock, but something's not working. I start by turning the phone off, removing the battery, sim and sd card, and inserting the battery again. Then I open Odin, and enter download mode by holding down the volume keys and plugging the in the USB. Then I click "start" on the Odin program. It immediately shows "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" and nothing has changed on the phone. What am I doing wrong?
Edit: I'm gathering from reading the Odin thread that Odin is not recognizing my phone?
I've tried the method of plugging the phone in, opening Odin, pulling and reinserting the battery, and then entering download mode by holding the volume and power keys and releasing the power key after the second black screen. Odin still doesn't show any indication of detecting my phone.
GlassButrFly said:
Ok, I un-installed the drivers, and reinstalled them and everything installed correctly this time and I am no longer getting message about drivers not being installed correctly. The computer recognizes the phone and all is well. Now I am following the instructions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989 to use Odin to flash back to stock, but something's not working. I start by turning the phone off, removing the battery, sim and sd card, and inserting the battery again. Then I open Odin, and enter download mode by holding down the volume keys and plugging the in the USB. Then I click "start" on the Odin program. It immediately shows "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" and nothing has changed on the phone. What am I doing wrong?
Edit: I'm gathering from reading the Odin thread that Odin is not recognizing my phone?
I've tried the method of plugging the phone in, opening Odin, pulling and reinserting the battery, and then entering download mode by holding the volume and power keys and releasing the power key after the second black screen. Odin still doesn't show any indication of detecting my phone.
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Close Odin. Run Odin as administrator and plug your phone into a rear usb port, you need to plug into a usb port that is close to the motherboard because Odin needs a lot of juice, it won't work for most from any other ports. Put your phone in download mode and try it again.
So let me summarize what i have done so far. I have a samsung captivate. THe power button has stopped functioning and am out of warranty and stuff. Last week I thought I would root my phone and flash a Rom. But unfortunately I needed the power button to navigate through the recovery menu. So I looked at a lot of forums for ways around it, but nothing worked. I tried cwm too but that dint work either. Eventually I reset my phones to factory setting and formatted everything. But sadly, not my phone keeps restarting every 5 seconds or so unless its plugged in a charger. I tried resetting multiple times and tried looking online for solutions, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be highly appreciated it. And on a side note, will it be possible to flash a custom Rom with my power button not working?
Thanks a lot in advance
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So let me summarize what i have done so far. I have a samsung captivate. THe power button has stopped functioning and am out of warranty and stuff. Last week I thought I would root my phone and flash a Rom. But unfortunately I needed the power button to navigate through the recovery menu. So I looked at a lot of forums for ways around it, but nothing worked. I tried cwm too but that dint work either. Eventually I reset my phones to factory setting and formatted everything. But sadly, not my phone keeps restarting every 5 seconds or so unless its plugged in a charger. I tried resetting multiple times and tried looking online for solutions, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be highly appreciated it. And on a side note, will it be possible to flash a custom Rom with my power button not working?
Thanks a lot in advance
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Buy or make yourself a jig - that will get you into download mode, and you can flash a kernel with CWM baked in. You can get to recovery mode via ADB if you need to (command is ADB REBOOT RECOVERY), and once you're there, quite a few of the versions of CWM will allow up/down with the menu/home keys and selection with the search key.
As for your power button, if you haven't tried cleaning it, look around the forum - there are some options for trying to get it cleaned and working that way first. If that doesn't do it, the member connexion2005 (Josh at mobiletechvideos.com) offers a power button replacement service (as far as I know) for a nominal fee.
Thanks a lot for the quick reply. I think I will just get a jig, its much easier. So if I get the phone in download mode, I can flash any Rom I want?
Uhhh nope...
See the Stock Master Collection Stickied Thread in the Dev Forum.---Here ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370235
Post 3 in that thread has the latest stock release officially for the captivate. GB 2.3.5 i897ucKK4
After u have Stock (whatever u choose), u can follow TRusselo's Guide that is a Stickied Thread in this Q & A forum. Here---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19425513&postcount=1
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If you are in a boot loop and want to get to download mode try this:
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adb wait-for-device reboot download
NOTE: You must have ADB on your computer or you can extract it from the utility in my signature.
Red_81 said:
If you are in a boot loop and want to get to download mode try this:
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adb wait-for-device reboot download
NOTE: You must have ADB on your computer or you can extract it from the utility in my signature.
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I had one more quick question. I finally figured out how to use adb. So when i try to go into the bootloader using adb bootloader. My phone just restarts. Also when i tried going into adb shell it said system/bin/sh not found. So i went into my root explrorer and checked out system/bin. The sh and bootloader files were not there. I am not sure if they are supposed to be there or not. If they are missing. How do I get them back?
Here is what i was doing
adb reboot bootloader - phone restarts
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img to flash a custom recovery-the cmd promt jus says waiting for device and doesnt do anything
PS: Is there any way to control the recovery menu using adb/cmd promt?
Thanks a lot guys for helping me out. I really appreciate it.
Thanks
Sounds like you killed your system partition with the reformat. Try putting it into download mode and then using a one-click Odin package to flash your phone back to life. You're going to have an issue with flashing things through CWM without a power button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
Thank you so much for your help. I was finally able to flash my phone back to stock Froyo. I realized that I can put my phone
in download mode and flash a rom using odin. My last question is that is there a rom for ICS that I can flash using odin.
I tried googling and searching xda for "flash ics captivate odin" but could not find anything. So do u guys know any Rom that I can flash using odin. All the ones that i found were zip files which does not work for odin.
How do you get Odin to recognize your phone. I can't get it to load on odin. Please help.
or is there any way that someone can make a video or something over the whole process of getting back to stock, I'm a little of a noob with odin.
Thanks in advance!:good:
(I'm New at XDA)
TheMenoHD said:
How do you get Odin to recognize your phone. I can't get it to load on odin. Please help.
or is there any way that someone can make a video or something over the whole process of getting back to stock, I'm a little of a noob with odin.
Thanks in advance!:good:
(I'm New at XDA)
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Power off phone. Hold down: volume down+home button then press the power key until it vibrates then release.
DevilDogg said:
Power off phone. Hold down: volume down+home button then press the power key until it vibrates then release.
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I know how to do that that's download mode. I installed the correct samsung drivers(using an .exe I found on XDA, I start Odin then put my phone in download mode but it won't recognize my phone on odin.
You know those squares at the top nothing shows up in other words.
Thanks for your reply though.
TheMenoHD said:
I know how to do that that's download mode. I installed the correct samsung drivers(using an .exe I found on XDA, I start Odin then put my phone in download mode but it won't recognize my phone on odin.
You know those squares at the top nothing shows up in other words.
Thanks for your reply though.
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R u putting the phone in download mode b4 u connect it to the PC? Open Odin> put phone in download mode> plug phone to PC> pretty sure u know the rest from here
Sent from my CM10.1 SGH-T599
I was trying to find the right version of CM. I see u have 10.1. Once I straighten my problem I will try that. So with that, when I try to install any type or mod and flash it into CWM I enter into a flash loop. Does CWM file need to be actually on my phone? I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I used ROM Manager to try and install Cerberus. When I clicked 'flash recovery' it went to recovery screen and installed the app. Then I clicked 'reboot now' and it went back to recovery screen, constantly. So I went back to stock then reflased CWM with Odin and now I'm back to square one. I need to know what I need to do to flash ROMs and avoid this looping.
Sent from my SGH-T599N using xda app-developers app
flip3601 said:
R u putting the phone in download mode b4 u connect it to the PC? Open Odin> put phone in download mode> plug phone to PC> pretty sure u know the rest from here
Sent from my CM10.1 SGH-T599
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I'm gonna try that, hope it works.:fingers-crossed:
army frasedN
O.K. Is there anybody that has this phone and has the correct drivers installed? Is there any way somebody can give me the drivers they used in order to put their phone back to stock or whatever. I think their is something wrong with the drivers I have installed.
TheMenoHD said:
O.K. Is there anybody that has this phone and has the correct drivers installed? Is there any way somebody can give me the drivers they used in order to put their phone back to stock or whatever. I think their is something wrong with the drivers I have installed.
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The drivers should have installed automatically, you mentioned that you installed drivers that you found on XDA? Could you point me towards them?
I don't recall needing to install drivers on Windows 8, so try going to device manager, and uninstalling those drivers, and letting windows 8 automatically install them. Go to device manager, plug your phone in, you should see samsung usb drivers or something along those line pop up, right click on it and uninstall the drivers, then restart pc and phone and this time let windows install the drivers. Put your phone on downlad mode (can be done by pressing volume down, home and the power on button simultaneously).
wilbigdaddy2000 said:
I was trying to find the right version of CM. I see u have 10.1. Once I straighten my problem I will try that. So with that, when I try to install any type or mod and flash it into CWM I enter into a flash loop. Does CWM file need to be actually on my phone? I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong. I used ROM Manager to try and install Cerberus. When I clicked 'flash recovery' it went to recovery screen and installed the app. Then I clicked 'reboot now' and it went back to recovery screen, constantly. So I went back to stock then reflased CWM with Odin and now I'm back to square one. I need to know what I need to do to flash ROMs and avoid this looping.
Sent from my SGH-T599N using xda app-developers app
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If I recally correctly, ROM Manager is made by CyanogenMod, right? If so, then it's only useful on the phones it's officially supported on, (our phone is not on officially supported, otherwise we would've definitely seen 4.4 ). The looping probably occurs because it's installing some other software that is not supported on our phone, so your best bet would to flash ROMS found in the "T599x General Discussion Thread", a list of working roms are provided there. Remember to install the necessary GAPPS as well.
SGH-T559N
Exothermic said:
The drivers should have installed automatically, you mentioned that you installed drivers that you found on XDA? Could you point me towards them?
I don't recall needing to install drivers on Windows 8, so try going to device manager, and uninstalling those drivers, and letting windows 8 automatically install them. Go to device manager, plug your phone in, you should see samsung usb drivers or something along those line pop up, right click on it and uninstall the drivers, then restart pc and phone and this time let windows install the drivers. Put your phone on downlad mode (can be done by pressing volume down, home and the power on button simultaneously).
If I recally correctly, ROM Manager is made by CyanogenMod, right? If so, then it's only useful on the phones it's officially supported on, (our phone is not on officially supported, otherwise we would've definitely seen 4.4 ). The looping probably occurs because it's installing some other software that is not supported on our phone, so your best bet would to flash ROMS found in the "T599x General Discussion Thread", a list of working roms are provided there. Remember to install the necessary GAPPS as well.
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Can anyone assist me with a solution to get my SHGH-T599N to power on. It will not turn on and I've tried everything I know; which isn't much, to get it to turn on.
Abu Ameer said:
Can anyone assist me with a solution to get my SHGH-T599N to power on. It will not turn on and I've tried everything I know; which isn't much, to get it to turn on.
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Try new battery, but it's probably hard-bricked which means it needs to be JTAG'd, which means you have to go to a repair shop.