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[Q] My phone is bricked isn't it =[

So, I was attempting to do a odin fix and well for some reason automatic updates decides to shut down my computer. Now if i plug in my phone, or power it on it shows me a phone ..... (caution sign).....Computer. I cant do anything is there a fix. I've been trying to access download mode, or recovery, but neither are working.

Did you buy it from AT&T and are within 30 days? Take it back and blame Kies and Windows update, don't know what happenned.

There are several different combinations to try, so I have read. Look at this thread first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911. If that doesn't work for you, try searching the captivate general, and the captivate android development forums for the term bricked. I've read that it is almost impossible to brick these phones. Hope it helps.

I will have to start a thread regarding this. But people really need to stop saying it is impossible or even almost impossible to brick these phones as an owner of a bricked Captivate I assure you it is quite possible to brick them. However rule of thumb has been if you get something on the screen you can usually recover it there are a bunch of permutations you will have to try (Hold power and vol. up button and plug-in the USB cable is one example). Unfortunately the best thing to do is read through the Odin3 One-Click thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
I do not know all the recovery button holding permutations. You will see a lot of suggestions and examples of your situation (hint: search brick). Good Luck but I think you can recover your phone from this, others have

I trashed my Captivate by running an odin update and thinking it screwed up so I pulled the cable. Twice. After the second time pressing/holding power did nothing. I mean nothing, plug in usb cable.. nothing. ADB on the computer said device not present.
Remove battery, sim and micro sd card.
Open Odin on the computer.
Plug in the cable to the phone, insert battery, then hold in VOL UP AND DOWN. Keep these held in as you plug in the usb cable to the computer.
Phone enters download mode and is registered in Odin.
Profit.

askpcguy said:
I trashed my Captivate by running an odin update and thinking it screwed up so I pulled the cable. Twice. After the second time pressing/holding power did nothing. I mean nothing, plug in usb cable.. nothing. ADB on the computer said device not present.
Remove battery, sim and micro sd card.
Open Odin on the computer.
Plug in the cable to the phone, insert battery, then hold in VOL UP AND DOWN. Keep these held in as you plug in the usb cable to the computer.
Phone enters download mode and is registered in Odin.
Profit.
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That just saved my a$$. Thanks.

askpcguy said:
I trashed my Captivate by running an odin update and thinking it screwed up so I pulled the cable. Twice. After the second time pressing/holding power did nothing. I mean nothing, plug in usb cable.. nothing. ADB on the computer said device not present.
Remove battery, sim and micro sd card.
Open Odin on the computer.
Plug in the cable to the phone, insert battery, then hold in VOL UP AND DOWN. Keep these held in as you plug in the usb cable to the computer.
Phone enters download mode and is registered in Odin.
Profit.
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That was very helpful thank you kindly.

Use the jig method. ..captivates can't be bricked jig will always work. ...i believe
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yokozuna82 said:
Use the jig method. ..captivates can't be bricked jig will always work. ...i believe
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It only works if the bootloader is intact.

Phone-PC brick with no working 3 button - options?

Hi all,
I was flashing between Jf6 and JH7 today, wanted to see if flashing JH7 via different methods would give me a 3 button fix. (If it did fix it then flashing via Kies mini didn't do the job)
Ironically it backfired when Odin froze and I flipped out the battery
(Hey, I've been at the dl screen before when it was doing nothing and it survived!)
I plug the USB in, I get the exclamation screen
Do it with volume keys pressed, still get it
Hold down the volume + power and the screen goes blinking between exclamation and blank. I've tried releasing power keys at each point in those screens
I even took a video incase I'm not doing it right. Odin is running in the background. No USB plug-in 'pings' from Windows, as you can hear.
Anything I can do?
btw my bat build date is 8/13.. that bad week
I'm in Australia (bought phone off ebay) so sending it back to the States will be a bit of trouble.. I'm hoping I can work something out with the ebay seller otherwise I'll buy another cappy and hope someone finds the jtag points I guess.

same here. no button combo method that previous worked is working now. :/

OP, did you see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911
not working for me, but maybe it'll help you ... ?

Tremere said:
Hi all,
I was flashing between Jf6 and JH7 today, wanted to see if flashing JH7 via different methods would give me a 3 button fix. (If it did fix it then flashing via Kies mini didn't do the job)
Ironically it backfired when Odin froze and I flipped out the battery
(Hey, I've been at the dl screen before when it was doing nothing and it survived!)
I plug the USB in, I get the exclamation screen
Do it with volume keys pressed, still get it
Hold down the volume + power and the screen goes blinking between exclamation and blank. I've tried releasing power keys at each point in those screens
I even took a video incase I'm not doing it right. Odin is running in the background. No USB plug-in 'pings' from Windows, as you can hear.
Anything I can do?
btw my bat build date is 8/13.. that bad week
I'm in Australia (bought phone off ebay) so sending it back to the States will be a bit of trouble.. I'm hoping I can work something out with the ebay seller otherwise I'll buy another cappy and hope someone finds the jtag points I guess.
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You may also want to try removing and then reinstalling the Samsung USB drivers on your PC.

I've verified there is simply no USB device being registered no matter what OS, the phone is just sucking power.
@The_Bishop: Did see that, exactly the same as yours, plug usb in, get that screen
Anyone want to be awesome and send my Capppy back to Samsung on my behalf?

best method that never dies when i was in your situation......
unplug usb, turn phone off, then put battery in, turn odin on, now hold volume buttons ONLY then insert usb in phone, you will see download mode with odin identifying the port;
hope it worked ?!?!?!?

Believe me I have tried everything. There is simply was and still is no way to enter recovery or download mode on this phone. Its hardware locked!

a little off topic, but how do i find my phones "bat build date" ?

I had the exact same problem. If you do a battery pull.. hold down both volume buttons and plug the usb cable into the phone while it's hooked to PC then it bumps you into Download mode. I did the exact same thing you did and am running froyo at the moment.
Oh.. no power button.. just both volume buttons.

YoungGun821 said:
a little off topic, but how do i find my phones "bat build date" ?
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Is on the underside of the battery, one facing into the slot.
i.e 2010.08.13
terrigan said:
I had the exact same problem. If you do a battery pull.. hold down both volume buttons and plug the usb cable into the phone while it's hooked to PC then it bumps you into Download mode. I did the exact same thing you did and am running froyo at the moment.
Oh.. no power button.. just both volume buttons.
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Done that. Exactly what happens in video. Both volume buttons down, plug in usb.. no response, just brick screen.

I had the same problem.. the phone didn't register USB.. have you rebooted the computer? I believe i did that at one point.

terrigan said:
I had the same problem.. the phone didn't register USB.. have you rebooted the computer? I believe i did that at one point.
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I did try once or twice. From another thread it was also said to disable driver verification on windows startup for x64 machines. which I also did.
Basically I want to hear from someone who:
a) has a captivate that could never enter dl/rescue via buttons, only adb
b) captivate didn't trigger a plug in 'ping' from Windows until they ??
FYI this is a Macbook Pro, and I booted into Win7 x64 Pro for flashing.

Hi I have the same problem..
What I did was this rooted with one click.. loaded Cognition 2.1.6 all was good..I saw the froyo so I thought lets try it. so opened up ODIN put it in recovery mode. with ADB could never get it in the button way.. it started to load and it froze. I didn't disable voodoo and IS THAT WHY I AM STUCK? I have tried every combo changed drivers computer will not see the phone.. is it a AT&T Phone
IS there anyway to fix it?? or can someone make a program to fix this? I would make a big donation if they did!!!
Thanks Forum!!

Yeah I had it in adb mode to enter download mode, maybe that is why it won't start back up.
I've now given the phone to a local mobile repair business, if riffbox or someone comes out with a Captivate rescue soon its probably as a end result of me

I sent mine back to Samsung as well. BTW, I have a battery from 2010.08.12 so I might be in the same boat. Wish I'd have used one of my OEMs to see if that made any difference, but I did not. :/

I have the same issue.
Rooted my phone through adb, which was fine. Couldn't get into recovery/download modes with hardware before then.
Now my phone is bricked, and not detected or even charging via USB.
wtf

If the repair shop cant fix it try this:
1.) Remove Battery, SIM Card and External SD
OR
2.) Press and HOLD VOL UP AND DOWN with USB inserted and THEN slap in the battery.
This worked for me, for some reason inserting the battery last did the trick.

Let me know if anyone finds a solution to this I have tried it all and my computer will not detect my phone. Has Samsung blocked this in there firmware?

Did you try what I posted above?

yep nothing if I could get it to detect in command prompt I could force it but it won't... the button thing didn't even work when the phone worked!
So ....

[Q] Captivate Bricked. No 3 Button Combo. PLEASE HELP

PLEASE HELP ME!
I was trying to flash back to stock but odin3 just sits at factoryfs.rfs
Read a different thread which said that you should unplug and replug into a different USB port. Tried that however got an immediate black screen.
The phone doesnt show the battery symbol when plugged into a charger.
If i can get into download mode I think I can flash stock with Odin3 because I changed the programs privileges to admin and turned compatibility mode on with WinXP SP2
Essentially NOTHING comes up on the screen, regular boot up is out of the question and I cant even get into download or recovery mode. 100% dead regardless of what i do.
I've tried the 3 button download mode trick. I held Volume down / up / POWER before plugging in the USB and Battery....I've tried everything and nothing is getting this thing out of a complete brick.
I've also read that you can make a wire and solder pins 4 and 5 of the micro wire with a 301K ohm resistor in between to simulate the 3 button trick...But im skeptical it'll work at all. (Going to try it soon anyways).
My question is.. What else can I try to get this to Download mode??
PLEASE HELP.

anyone ? any information is appreciated.

I have the same problem just like you.
I am waiting for the solution too.
As I know there was no way now.

u might have to try doing the solderless trick..ill reserach and see what i find though

Give the JIG (301k resistor between pin 4+5) more credit!
Here's a parts list and solderless directors to make a jig:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841512

there are other ways to get into download mode.
Have you tried just holding the up and down volume buttons and then plugging in, or the adb method (adb reboot download)?

I have the exact same problem. my phone came back for a second with portrait mode and usb connectivity. usb worked on my desktop computer, i freaked out and ran to my laptop (that had odin one click, and mod software loaded on it) and plugged it in. while plugging it in to my laptop i noticed a bright blue spark on the usb connector wich i already had plugged into my phone and immediatly lost usb connectivity and went back to being stuck in landscape mode.... i wonder if this has something to do with it?

i had a similar problem and really thought my phone was bricked. I ended up having to use another computer to enter download mode. i installed the drivers first from the odin thread and held the up and down volume keys and plugged in the cable and it came back to life. This was after 24 hours or so of trying every possible combination and getting nothing but a black screen using my original computer.

When I connected the i897 and computer, there was nothing happened. No charging shows. No every modes. the screen have no response.

startngate said:
there are other ways to get into download mode.
Have you tried just holding the up and down volume buttons and then plugging in, or the adb method (adb reboot download)?
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I did try the up/down colbume buttons only and it didnt work.
as far as the ADB method, nothing happens again.
norcal einstein said:
Give the JIG (301k resistor between pin 4+5) more credit!
Here's a parts list and solderless directors to make a jig:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841512
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I have ordered the breadboard for the microB USB connector and will try this method soon! I'll keep everyone posted.
SiL3nTKiLL said:
u might have to try doing the solderless trick..ill reserach and see what i find though
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Can you post up a link to this solderless trick?

IT WORKED!
so i gave the 301K resistor and it worked beautifully!
- Fired up to download mode
- Opened odin (as admin and with compatibility on WinXP SP2)
- Plugged it in
- Clicked start on Odin.
apparently the new Galaxy S's dont have a hardware 3 button reset to get into download mode.

[Q] Help!! My Captivate is totally bricked (Constant Black Screen)

Background: I was in the process of flashing my rom back to stock rom using Odin3 and it froze. Attempted to repeat the process and could not get it to enter the download mode. Use all of the 3 buttons combo methods, still no joy. Tried the 3 resistors (300 ohms) got it to go into download mode but did not have Odin ready to accept (Lost that download mode attempt). Repeated the process numerous times with no luck. My phone screen is BLACK always regardless of what I attempt to do. Would you consider this stage beyond recovery or is there hope beyond the black screen?

You might want to try the jig that is made to get it into download mode. You can make it yourself or buy one from mobiletechvideos.com
Here is the link. The video at the bottom shows you what it does and how to use it.

Here's a way that not too many people know about but always works for me:
1. Unplug phone from computer.
2. Remove battery, SIM, and external SD if you have one.
3. OPEN ODIN! You don't want to lose your chance again
4. Plug the USB cable back into the phone (remember, the battery is still not in the phone). DO NOT TURN THE PHONE ON.
5. Hold the volume rocker down (both the up and down volume keys).
6. Place the battery back in the phone while holding the volume rocker.
7. Download mode!

Loggik said:
Here's a way that not too many people know about but always works for me:
1. Unplug phone from computer.
2. Remove battery, SIM, and external SD if you have one.
3. OPEN ODIN! You don't want to lose your chance again
4. Plug the USB cable back into the phone (remember, the battery is still not in the phone). DO NOT TURN THE PHONE ON.
5. Hold the volume rocker down (both the up and down volume keys).
6. Place the battery back in the phone while holding the volume rocker.
7. Download mode!
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I hate to burst your bubble, but lots of people know about that lol.
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Dupontrocks11 said:
I hate to burst your bubble, but lots of people know about that lol.
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Lol but no, not too many people do.
This method is very much like another one, which requires you put in the battery first, then hold the volume down button and plug in the cord. But this one has you plug in the cord first, then put the battery in. This method worked for me when I got Phone -!- Comp, whereas the other one did not.
So you didn't burst my bubble at all, seeing as you're wrong. Thanks for the useful post though.

Maybe I am wrong but most of the people who helped me and people I talk to know about that technique lol. But maybe it's just coincidence.
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Loggik, I appreciate your the method you have mentioned. I have tried that method and several others numerous time. I also used my (car) phone charger usb end, third pin closest to the headphone on one side and the second pin on the opposite side as jig (300 ohms) and it did not work. Not sure if the car charger is suitable for such. I also read somewhere that if your phone screen is black and unresponsive regardless of what method one would use, then the jig would be useless. Is that a true statement?

Thanks for info.. I was able to get the phone to enter the download state via my homemade jig.

Shacho said:
Thanks for info.. I was able to get the phone to enter the download state via my homemade jig.
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how u did? i mean ur first message was so desperate...but u did... how?

Yeah you say before have used the resistors trick and doesn't work and then you use a homemade jig and work. I understand jig is the same to resistor trick(if not, someone correct me).
I have 2 captivate now, 1 work fine and the other don't turn on of any way after a flash fail... using 301k working phone enter to download mode, the other one don't give any sign of life.I need to revive my phone :'( plz any help is welcome.

Looks like your 2nd phone is hard bricked, You will need a Jtag service for it. Contact Adamoutler on the forum he can help u.

[Q] Seriously need some help before I go crazy

Ok so here goes my soft brick story.
First off I've been searching for about 4 days and cant get anything to work.
The captivate has a bad power button, I've tried opening it up, doing that QCD cleaner and nothing works. So anyways I got USB debug on and was able to get into DL mode with ADB and used Odin one click, but thats where the problem started. After about 2 hrs of waiting after the process started it just hung so I pulled the cable, and now Im in a soft brick(Phone---!----PC). I read of some people saying they can flash while in that screen but I cant get Odin or Heimdall to even recognize the phone while it is like this.
I've tried the most recommended way of pulling battery, connecting phone to USB and holding both volume buttons to get it into download mode but that doesnt work. As soon as I pop the battery into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up, I tried with both volume buttons, just the bottom volume and just the top volume button but nothing works, as soon as the battery goes into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up.
Only thing left to try is making a USB Jig but I was wondering if anyone has had this problem before and was able to fix it without the jig. Im doing this for a friend and I dont want to have to wait for the JIG to ship to my house, and Im not confident enough in making my own considering I dont even have a spare mini USB cable(I have an HTC Amaze so the cable isnt the same) and the cable I'm using is someone elses so I cant tear it up to even try and make a jig.
Also I've tried three different USB ports on my laptop and another three on a different laptop but it still doesnt get recognized.
Sorry for the long ass rant. but this is just driving me insane, I'm about to just use this phone as batting practice if I cant get this to work.
Edit: oh yea this happened while trying the Odin one click to get it back to stock, no GB or anything of the sort, the phone was still Froyo, just a custom froyo rom.

RXDriv3r said:
Ok so here goes my soft brick story.
First off I've been searching for about 4 days and cant get anything to work.
The captivate has a bad power button, I've tried opening it up, doing that QCD cleaner and nothing works. So anyways I got USB debug on and was able to get into DL mode with ADB and used Odin one click, but thats where the problem started. After about 2 hrs of waiting after the process started it just hung so I pulled the cable, and now Im in a soft brick(Phone---!----PC). I read of some people saying they can flash while in that screen but I cant get Odin or Heimdall to even recognize the phone while it is like this.
I've tried the most recommended way of pulling battery, connecting phone to USB and holding both volume buttons to get it into download mode but that doesnt work. As soon as I pop the battery into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up, I tried with both volume buttons, just the bottom volume and just the top volume button but nothing works, as soon as the battery goes into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up.
Only thing left to try is making a USB Jig but I was wondering if anyone has had this problem before and was able to fix it without the jig. Im doing this for a friend and I dont want to have to wait for the JIG to ship to my house, and Im not confident enough in making my own considering I dont even have a spare mini USB cable(I have an HTC Amaze so the cable isnt the same) and the cable I'm using is someone elses so I cant tear it up to even try and make a jig.
Also I've tried three different USB ports on my laptop and another three on a different laptop but it still doesnt get recognized.
Sorry for the long ass rant. but this is just driving me insane, I'm about to just use this phone as batting practice if I cant get this to work.
Edit: oh yea this happened while trying the Odin one click to get it back to stock, no GB or anything of the sort, the phone was still Froyo, just a custom froyo rom.
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First, please don't double post, because it clutters up the forum. You could have added a post to your original thread.
Second, with this type of problem, I didn't need a jig. First, take out the battery and put it back in (dont turn on!!). Next, plug the USB part of the data cable in the computer. Use one of the various combos to get into recovery mode, like hold both volume buttons, and power/lock button). It should show the recovery screen. Then plug the microUSB part into your phone and run one click recovery here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989. This should solve your problem.

Please dont quote the OP when youre the first post...
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Are you trying to update from stock?
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You need a Samsung cable... I tried to do the same thing with an LG cable, what a nightmare!
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RXDriv3r,
Use that screen the same as you would the regular Download mode screen.
U may have to try Linux if Windows don't work.
And see this thread by jmtheiss, for more helpful info... Captivate Connection Issues and Download Mode Help
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RXDriv3r said:
Ok so here goes my soft brick story.
First off I've been searching for about 4 days and cant get anything to work.
The captivate has a bad power button, I've tried opening it up, doing that QCD cleaner and nothing works. So anyways I got USB debug on and was able to get into DL mode with ADB and used Odin one click, but thats where the problem started. After about 2 hrs of waiting after the process started it just hung so I pulled the cable, and now Im in a soft brick(Phone---!----PC). I read of some people saying they can flash while in that screen but I cant get Odin or Heimdall to even recognize the phone while it is like this.
I've tried the most recommended way of pulling battery, connecting phone to USB and holding both volume buttons to get it into download mode but that doesnt work. As soon as I pop the battery into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up, I tried with both volume buttons, just the bottom volume and just the top volume button but nothing works, as soon as the battery goes into the phone the Phone---!---PC screen pops up.
Only thing left to try is making a USB Jig but I was wondering if anyone has had this problem before and was able to fix it without the jig. Im doing this for a friend and I dont want to have to wait for the JIG to ship to my house, and Im not confident enough in making my own considering I dont even have a spare mini USB cable(I have an HTC Amaze so the cable isnt the same) and the cable I'm using is someone elses so I cant tear it up to even try and make a jig.
Also I've tried three different USB ports on my laptop and another three on a different laptop but it still doesnt get recognized.
Sorry for the long ass rant. but this is just driving me insane, I'm about to just use this phone as batting practice if I cant get this to work.
Edit: oh yea this happened while trying the Odin one click to get it back to stock, no GB or anything of the sort, the phone was still Froyo, just a custom froyo rom.
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are you putting the battery back in first? if so try leaving the battery out...I just tryed it on my spare captivate i took the battery out removed sim and sd card plugged the usb in and held all 3 buttons to simulate the power button sticking and then put the battery back in and it went right to download mode i hope this helps you.

Sorry about the duplicate threads, didnt realize that one had gone through since I got an error when I pressed post.
Anyway @nirajpant7 I cant pop the battery in the phone without it coming on by itself. Even if I dont press any buttons as soon as the battery goes in, the screen comes on with the phone--!--PC screen. Also my power button does not work so I cant really try all the button combos.
@SGA was trying to stay stock, phone was on a custom 2.2 rom so I wanted a stock 2.2 rom for the phone. Also does the cable matter that much? Hmm I dont think I have a way of getting a OEM Samsung cable.
@4-2ndtwin Yea thats what I heard but Odin, nor Kies, nor Heimdall recognize the phone while in that screen. Also on that thread you posted I've tried all the different ways more than once with no luck.
Anyway thanks for the fast replies guys I'll keep working on this and update with any new info...or a nice video of a flying captivate Lol

Just try another cable... even if it not OEM. In most cases where the PC does not match up the drivers its the cable. Even when I assigned the drivers manually to the device it would not work. It would always register as an unknown Google device. A new cable quickly sorted the problem out, and you can see that has been the main issue for anyone where Odin does not recognise. I am currently using a generic cable from the dollar store and it works, but the phones are picky. Sometimes they don't even like their own cables.
My cappy is recognised with cheap cable, my nexus s won't for the life of it identify with anything other than its own cable....
Its worth a shot...
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-SGA- said:
Just try another cable... even if it not OEM. In most cases where the PC does not match up the drivers its the cable. Even when I assigned the drivers manually to the device it would not work. It would always register as an unknown Google device. A new cable quickly sorted the problem out, and you can see that has been the main issue for anyone where Odin does not recognise. I am currently using a generic cable from the dollar store and it works, but the phones are picky. Sometimes they don't even like their own cables.
My cappy is recognised with cheap cable, my nexus s won't for the life of it identify with anything other than its own cable....
Its worth a shot...
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Found something that might help you, do you still have the same problem?