Hey guys- I've run into a bit of a situation with my phone. I've had some experience with flashing and I've been bricked before but I've always been able to get back to download mode. This time however, I can't. I've tried every button combination in the book, but nothing gets me past the phone!computer screen. It seems my phone is one of the unfortunate ones affected by the three button issue. I tried making a jig, but it seems like I'm missing something. The two back pins on the USB are 1 and 2, and the front are 3 4 5 right? Maybe I have my jig wrong?
I think you have your JIG wrong. Generally, pin 4 is on one side, and pin 5 is on the other side.
I have my jig without the USB plug right now, so it's just three resistors in series. Does this mean I have to wedge one of the leads in between the "board" in the plug? or can it just touch the top?
lisurgec said:
I have my jig without the USB plug right now, so it's just three resistors in series. Does this mean I have to wedge one of the leads in between the "board" in the plug? or can it just touch the top?
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Hope this helps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10329459&postcount=1
I soldered the jig onto pins 4 and 5 on a spare USB plug. Got nothing. It was a pretty clean job and I'm pretty confident with a soldering iron so I'm not sure what the deal is. The USB plug came from spare cable I had for a WD Passport. Think that could affect it? Other than that, I found out my phone is one of the ones eligible for replacement due to the power issue. I'll be calling Samsung when their call center opens if I can't get this to work somehow.
lisurgec said:
I soldered the jig onto pins 4 and 5 on a spare USB plug. Got nothing. It was a pretty clean job and I'm pretty confident with a soldering iron so I'm not sure what the deal is. The USB plug came from spare cable I had for a WD Passport. Think that could affect it? Other than that, I found out my phone is one of the ones eligible for replacement due to the power issue. I'll be calling Samsung when their call center opens if I can't get this to work somehow.
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I recently had to make a jig my self. I would use a different USB cable. All it should take is touching the the resistors to the right pins for a few seconds. Have a look at this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889128
I tried both with and without a USB plug. Since I'm under warranty anyway, I sent back to samsung. They should have a new one to me in a few days. I just guess I have to be careful about flashing ROMs without the button fix.
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Hi, recently my extUSB broke down, so I was unable to coonect anything. My friend changed the connector in proffesional way with IR gun. But now Kaiser won´t even boot up, no vibration on startup, only green LED is lit up.
I bought D2, but I am curious if there is any way to fix it.
Thanks in advance
What does your friend say?
What happens if, while holding down the camera button (on the same side as the power button but further down), you press the power button to power it on - do you get a stripy screen? If you do, you can poke the stylus into the reset hole to reset the device out of the bootloader screen. What did the friend have to say about it - personally I'd much rather have a TyTN II which boots and works fine except for a broken USB port (I presume it was working fine before the 'repair'), than one with a shiny new port that won't work at all.
Nothing happens it looks like it is absoluttely dead.
The USB port was faulty, that was reason, why I let it change.
Well, it is strange, but actually I am very satisfied with with D2, even more than with Kaiser...
Well I suppose you could always get an expert to look at it but if its motherboard is damaged (or there's other hardware damage), it may be more expensive to repair than it's worth. You could see what your local HTC people have to say about it.
Flying Kiwi said:
Well I suppose you could always get an expert to look at it but if its motherboard is damaged (or there's other hardware damage), it may be more expensive to repair than it's worth. You could see what your local HTC people have to say about it.
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Or you could sell it in the market section, plenty of people that would like to get a crack at fixing it or use it for parts.
Hi, I just encountered the very same issue. I know I'm ressurecting a very old thread, but I rather do this than creating a new one
I flashed my Kaiser with Android about two months back. Everything was quite stable, no hardware issues. Suddenly, it won't turn on.
When I plug a charger in the extUSB, the orange LED won't show up. And if I try to turn on the phone, the green LED shows up and stays solid. However, the short familiar vibration isn't there and also the screen remains black. Nothing was wrong with the USB port. I tried multiple chargers...
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Hi, I just encountered the very same issue. I know I'm ressurecting a very old thread, but I rather do this than creating a new one
I flashed my Kaiser with Android about two months back. Everything was quite stable, no hardware issues. Suddenly, it won't turn on.
When I plug a charger in the extUSB, the orange LED won't show up. And if I try to turn on the phone, the green LED shows up and stays solid. However, the short familiar vibration isn't there and also the screen remains black. Nothing was wrong with the USB port. I tried multiple chargers...
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Have you tried to reflash or hard reset?. Also maybe your battery is gone..try another one.
Some things to try
janys said:
When I plug a charger in the extUSB, the orange LED won't show up. And if I try to turn on the phone, the green LED shows up and stays solid. However, the short familiar vibration isn't there and also the screen remains black.
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I realise you cant flash if it's not booting but if your battery has sufficient charge remaining (won't work if it's flat) it'd be worth trying a hard reset using the D pad key + stylus in the hole method (can be done at switch on time without needing a full boot).
Nothing was wrong with the USB port. I tried multiple chargers...
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How do you know that a fault hasn't now developed with it - I wouldn't rule that out at this stage. Have you tried a known good battery that is fully charged in the phone also is it the original charger you are trying (not all chargers with the same plug are compatible)? Are you able to get the bootloader screen to show and if so, what does it display?
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I realise you cant flash if it's not booting but if your battery has sufficient charge remaining (won't work if it's flat) it'd be worth trying a hard reset using the D pad key + stylus in the hole method (can be done at switch on time without needing a full boot).
How do you know that a fault hasn't now developed with it - I wouldn't rule that out at this stage. Have you tried a known good battery that is fully charged in the phone also is it the original charger you are trying (not all chargers with the same plug are compatible)? Are you able to get the bootloader screen to show and if so, what does it display?
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No bootloader, no nothing - just black screen (there's not even a hint of backlight). I'll try a different battery today.
I tried using my old AC charger, my colleague's AC charger (for TouchPRO2), USB cable... the orange LED still doesn't come up.
What's the hardreset using Dpad key? I tried holding the power button + camera and also holding the two "context" keys (above explorer and messages buttons) and touching the reset button with the stylus.
I'll see whether a different battery will do the trick.
Thanks a lot for all your suggestions, guys! Much appreciated!
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No bootloader, no nothing - just black screen (there's not even a hint of backlight).
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What's the hardreset using Dpad key? I tried holding the power button + camera and also holding the two "context" keys (above explorer and messages buttons) and touching the reset button with the stylus.
I'll see whether a different battery will do the trick.
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The context key one you mentioned is what I refer to as a D Pad hard reset. The one where you press the power button while already holding down the camera button is how to get into the boot loader - it's all explained in the Kaiser wiki. Sounds like another battery is definitely worth a shot - especially if you only have one (I have 3 for my Kaiser and on some days with heavy GPS use, I need all of them). What happened between it working and not working - what were you installing or doing with it?
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The context key one you mentioned is what I refer to as a D Pad hard reset. The one where you press the power button while already holding down the camera button is how to get into the boot loader - it's all explained in the Kaiser wiki. Sounds like another battery is definitely worth a shot - especially if you only have one (I have 3 for my Kaiser and on some days with heavy GPS use, I need all of them). What happened between it working and not working - what were you installing or doing with it?
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I tried another (fully charged) battery from my gf's Kaiser today. No change. When I press the power button, the green LED shows up and stays solid (no blinking/flashing). Screen is black, no short vibration. I tried all sorts of hardresets and also tried to get into the bootloader. No luck.
Also, I took my multimeter and measured voltages on the charger, the battery and the pins in the phone where battery resides. Everything seemed to give a correct voltage. So it's really not a power issue
Thanks for all your help, but I'm afraid I have a total brick in my hand.
My Kaiser
Hi I have a HTC Kaiser I bought the first week it came out and it was f=ine for quite a while but 6 months ago it stopped working. It'll go to bootloader but won't flash. When trying to turn it on it'll go and just get stuck on the splash screen. I figured it was a battery because I'm very hard on my phones but I just got a replacement battery last week and all 3 of my batteries act the same way. I may have been trying to flsh went it went down it was a few months ago so I can't remember.
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My Kaiser got wet and I had to have the usb port replaced and the dpad replaced. The usb acts fine but the middle dpad button does not work
The charging light will stay orange or green after I unplug the charger
After reading for the last week I think its either bricked or maybe has a bad hardspl on it?!?
Thanks in Advance for any help you guys may give.
jaygriggs said:
My Kaiser got wet and I had to have the usb port replaced and the dpad replaced. The usb acts fine but the middle dpad button does not work
The charging light will stay orange or green after I unplug the charger
After reading for the last week I think its either bricked or maybe has a bad hardspl on it?!?
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Time for it to visit the same phone repair shop (or HTC) again for an assesment/possible repair if economically viable. If it's only recently got wet, you may be able to catch it before corrosion sets in and causes any damage but if it's not dryed out/cleaned quickly, the damage (from the resulting corrosion) will eventually show up (possibly in all the ways you've described).
was on deviant ROM 11-6 with SetiroN i9000 SuperOptimized Reoriented v1.2.6 kernel
then disabled all Lagfix in CWM (lagfix edition)
then nandroid backup
then wipe user data
then flash AXURA Beta5
then black screen for 20 minutes+
pull battery
won't turn on again...
tried 1 button (power), 2 button (vol down + power), 3 button, (both vol + power), captivate jig (301 ohm resistor), one-click odin (both vol + odin running in PC), still no go... did I miss any un-bricking methods?
it still charges (as it gets warm when charging from wall)
no PC <--> phone screen, no download mode, no boot, no AT&T screen, no boot loop, simply BLACK screen whatsoever....
guys, please help!!! I do not want to be the 1st one to brick the unbrickable Galaxy S devices....
Also, if anyone from Toronto could help with their homemade jig, in case mine was not properly made...
When you are using the 2 button method to try and get into Download mode, did you pull out the battery, SIM, and external SD before hand? The directions for that method should be:
1. Pull out battery, SIM, and any external SD. Phone should also be unplugged from the computer.
2. Leave the phone in this "off" state for at least 10 seconds
3. Hold Vol Up/Down
4. Insert Battery
With regards to the 301kohm resistor JIG, you cannot touch any bare metal on the JIG when you're trying to use it. Your body will change the resistance from 301kohm, to something like 250kohm...which won't work. Again with the JIG, you want to remove the SIM and any external SD card as well.
Does the computer recognize the phone is being plugged in when it's at the black screen?
Also does the black screen have the buttons on the bottom of the phone light up?
You might be able to force the phone to go into download with ADB.
Otherwise try the above post... pull everything and keep trying. It should go into Download mode.
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When you are using the 2 button method to try and get into Download mode, did you pull out the battery, SIM, and external SD before hand? The directions for that method should be:
1. Pull out battery, SIM, and any external SD. Phone should also be unplugged from the computer.
2. Leave the phone in this "off" state for at least 10 seconds
3. Hold Vol Up/Down
4. Insert Battery
With regards to the 301kohm resistor JIG, you cannot touch any bare metal on the JIG when you're trying to use it. Your body will change the resistance from 301kohm, to something like 250kohm...which won't work. Again with the JIG, you want to remove the SIM and any external SD card as well.
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did that with odin and untouching the resistors already.... still no go
i make sure i google and used the "search" function before i post....
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Does the computer recognize the phone is being plugged in when it's at the black screen?
Also does the black screen have the buttons on the bottom of the phone light up?
You might be able to force the phone to go into download with ADB.
Otherwise try the above post... pull everything and keep trying. It should go into Download mode.
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i haven't tried adb yet, but pretty sure the computer does NOT recognize the phone...
buttons don't light up...
Do you have a multimeter to measure the resistance on your JIG across pins 4 & 5?
norcal einstein said:
Do you have a multimeter to measure the resistance on your JIG across pins 4 & 5?
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yes did that already, it's exactly 301ohm...
The only other option I could think of if I were in that position BESIDES getting a replacement would be to use JTAG to restore the phone.
http://riffbox.org/
It's an expensive piece of equipment at $150 USD. You might be able to try calling up independent cell phone repair stores as I would think a few might have a JTAG.
norcal einstein said:
The only other option I could think of if I were in that position BESIDES getting a replacement would be to use JTAG to restore the phone.
http://riffbox.org/
It's an expensive piece of equipment at $150 USD. You might be able to try calling up independent cell phone repair stores as I would think a few might have a JTAG.
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thanks man, will give it a try or will send to a Samsung Engineer...
kaiser_tytnii said:
i haven't tried adb yet, but pretty sure the computer does NOT recognize the phone...
buttons don't light up...
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adb no GO....
kaiser_tytnii said:
adb no GO....
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Not surprised. That seemed like the least viable option given the state of your phone.
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Not surprised. That seemed like the least viable option given the state of your phone.
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sending to Samsung tomorrow...
kaiser_tytnii said:
sending to Samsung tomorrow...
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Did you try pulling the bat out, putting it back in, then while holding the both volume buttons insert the USB?
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Did you try pulling the bat out, putting it back in, then while holding the both volume buttons insert the USB?
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yea did that more than 50 times already...
So have you come up with anything?? Any updates?
Samsung told me that the memory chip was burnt when flashing rom, common issue on galaxy phones... only possible fix is to replace the board ...
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So have you come up with anything?? Any updates?
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Wow, sorry to hear that bud... and really disappointing to hear that its a common issue!!!
I'm pretty sure something like that happened to me. I was still in my 30 day window so I took it back to AT&T and replaced it. At first it would just loop the AT&T logo. Then it just went black. Typically if you just get a black screen the phone is done. I would be interested to know how much it cost to get Samsung to fix it. Just incase....
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Wow, sorry to hear that bud... and really disappointing to hear that its a common issue!!!
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well, that's the samsung quality in some area... unfortunately...
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I'm pretty sure something like that happened to me. I was still in my 30 day window so I took it back to AT&T and replaced it. At first it would just loop the AT&T logo. Then it just went black. Typically if you just get a black screen the phone is done. I would be interested to know how much it cost to get Samsung to fix it. Just incase....
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I will try to get it replaced over the weekend, will keep you posted...
Ok, so my power button just took a dump today. It started out just intermittenly sending "pressing" basically, and now it just won't work at all.
All I need is a way to power on my phone to use it lol just temporarily. Because I turned it off, and now I can't turn it back on lol.
Running Apex 10.
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Smith
well, battery pull wouldn't be too good. Maybe bring a usb cable and plug it in to light up the screen.
Well, it's currently powered off :/ I'm trying to find a way to get it powered on haha. I might just odin flash something small and auto-reboot
Jig?
I believe jumping pins 4 & 5 (the two closest to the headphone jack) of the USB port with a resistance of less than ~300K ohms should do it. Using a standard jig (301k ohms) seems to work for me, too, as long as I don't connect it for long enough for it to put it into to download mode.
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I believe jumping pins 4 & 5 (the two closest to the headphone jack) of the USB port with a resistance of less than ~300K ohms should do it. Using a standard jig (301k ohms) seems to work for me, too, as long as I don't connect it for long enough for it to put it into to download mode.
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Ok, I'll try that as soon as I can. Until then, borrowing a POS sony ericsson xD
Thanks guys
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Smith
Bricked my phone. I had no choice. I was in download mode and the phone completely froze on me and wouldn't move for hours. I tired:
-holding vol up+down and plugging in usb while on odin (battery out and back and other pre steps too.)
-Making a 300k ohm resistor jig. (Worked once, but when phone froze again I had to brick again and then it didn't work. It just showed me the bricked screen again)
-vol down + power
Nothing worked. I need more options.
EDIT: Of course 5 mintues after I troubleshoot I fix it. Apparently if I just hold vol down and plug in the usb it worked fine. I still don't understand why my jig wouldn't work.
Check my sig. Am I Bricked? Read it.
i've made my own jig as well but it didn't work... after ordering one from MobileTechVideos.com it worked flawlessly. Seems the jig's are super finicky if home-made. Well worth the $8.
pironic said:
i've made my own jig as well but it didn't work... after ordering one from MobileTechVideos.com it worked flawlessly. Seems the jig's are super finicky if home-made. Well worth the $8.
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Not really. did you have rubber or black tape to to isolate your fingers from the resistors? I've always used cheap crappy radio shack resistors and never had issues...... Considering the phone will go in to download mode ~280k ohms-309k ohms.
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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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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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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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?