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[Q] Can't boot without Charger/Usb

Hello
I had some trouble with a bricked SGS for about 3 weeks ago but got it on the run again with some flashing help.
Now i have this strange problem. If i turn it off or if it just goes black out, which it has begun to do after i flashed it, then it can't turn on, it just show the sun looking loading icon and then a empty battery icon and then turns off.
I can't load recovery mode with the combo, but i can make the download mode combo work.
But if i connect the phone with the charger/usb i recognize it and show that it charging up. Now it boot and shows the Galaxy I9000 model no. image.
Had tried flashing newer versions From XXJPO -> XXJPY -> XWJS3 and both with and without pre-partition and it still occur.
Now the question: Does any of you experienced people know this problem and can it be fixed somehow ?
Thank you in advance

First i would liik to charge phone for 24 hours and also check with another battery .
jje

JJEgan said:
First i would liik to charge phone for 24 hours and also check with another battery .
jje
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The battery don't seem to be defected. Once the phone is booted with a cable connected, it goes without problems. It just will not boot without a charging signal.

Bump - Still actual

Try using Block 2 Odin method here to go back first to Eclair and if that works test phone then upgrade to Froyo .
jje

JJEgan said:
Try using Block 2 Odin method here to go back first to Eclair and if that works test phone then upgrade to Froyo .
jje
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That happened to me a while back and I couldn't find a fix for it. Ended up doing the above and it resolved it.

Z3icon said:
Hello
I had some trouble with a bricked SGS for about 3 weeks ago but got it on the run again with some flashing help.
Now i have this strange problem. If i turn it off or if it just goes black out, which it has begun to do after i flashed it, then it can't turn on, it just show the sun looking loading icon and then a empty battery icon and then turns off.
I can't load recovery mode with the combo, but i can make the download mode combo work.
But if i connect the phone with the charger/usb i recognize it and show that it charging up. Now it boot and shows the Galaxy I9000 model no. image.
Had tried flashing newer versions From XXJPO -> XXJPY -> XWJS3 and both with and without pre-partition and it still occur.
Now the question: Does any of you experienced people know this problem and can it be fixed somehow ?
Thank you in advance
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i agree wiv the suggetions frnds given.galaxy is hard to brick.i did all sort of unusual things an even uptodate lol.don worri m8 jus flash to older stock and hard reset.check the connectivity pins,to b clean even the battri pins.somtimes its best u format ur eternal xd on pc an format.and giving another hard rest makes things better.i had once formated my int sd on pc and the phone had emptied,then i flashed and things worked fine.personally sticking to stock rom is better if u dont wan troubles,cause every custom rom has som drawback an needs a lil knownledge to tweak it up.check kies if ur on it,i recomend download the recovery driver in it.hope u get some help.cheeeerzzzz

Same here...
Hello everyone,
I too have the same issue as stated in the first post.
I even had issue sometimes that when boot up.
The USB notification icon wouldnt turn off even if i wasn't connected.
Some threads suggested that I clean the USB port, which i did and nothing changed, even if it looked a little bit dirty in there (Hard to say since it is really small).
Now the USB port looks just as new but same issue: I cant power on the unit witout having it connected with a power cord.
Also, when offline in download mode, Odin detect the unit and I can flash my device (Which I did yesterday by flashing UGJH2 re-partition and UGJL2 not re-partition) but when boot up, I can't make it to sync up with the computer. No sync possible (Also now I'm not rooted anymore).
The unit is under warranty but since it is unlocked with a tool that needed rooting to lock back, abviously I would need to be rooted again but to do it, I need to be able to sync it with my PC (No cant do here).
I have some engineer at work that offered me to check it out for me, they think it is related with the USB port, but I'm worried about the warranty seal. I found how to disasemble it but does anybody knows where it could be located on the I9000M from bell (Vibrant)? Does it have one?
Anybody have any better suggestion or a second opinion, please?
Its my 3rd Galaxy S from Bell and Samsung is now the last company I would think when buying a new mobile.
EDIT: Did the Block 2 Method and now it doesnt even want to boot at all (Did the JPY_JPY_JPY.tar part), now it shows the loading sign even faster and the battery doesnt even show it self at all.

Hello again people!
Got my friend engineers to open the phone and they didnt find anything that would cause my issue (Also no warranty label...).
Does anybody knows how to root a Galaxy S with Froyo without a PC?
I want to return my phone to Bell Canada under warranty but my phone is unlocked and I want to lock it back before sending it back and I need to be rooted to do so...
Thanks for your help!

I got the same problem here. Could someone tell me more on this. What is this Block 2 ODIN method?

this problem can be caused by water or sweat that got inside the case of your sgs.
the biggest hole in the case is micro-usb port) i think condensation accumulated there and locked some contacts.
try to disassemble the phone and carefully clean and dry it.
this helped me.

Soft-Bricked, No PC connectivity

Hey there, i am feeling somewhat overwhelmed with all of the advice going on out there and need someone who can give me the answer to my specific problem hardware wise without breaking a sweat...
I flashed a froyo 2.2 rom onto my phone a while ago, recently all of my apps stopped working, and i could no longer install any apps.
Couple days ago i tried openning gmail and the screen went black and gave me the bzzzzzz...............................bzzz...bzzz...
vibrating error that you usually get when an app crashes.
Now the phone continues doing that even when booted up and stuff
It starts right after the S screen and repeats until the battery is removed.
My phone can't get into download or reset mode using the 3 button method so i bought a jig off of ebay, works like a charm.
however NOW, i cannot get the computer to see the phone; both when it is on and attached and in download mode and attached. Odin can't see it, neither can Kies.
If i can get either to see it, i can look up the flashing process to make sure everything is right.... but as of yet nothing i am doing is making a difference.
Thanks for any help

Ok, I'd focus on odin so disable Kies (in task manager processes - all the kies processes).
Then I would 1) reinstall the drivers (standalone ones) 2) Have a few versions of odin to try (like 1.3, 1.7 and ez odin) 3) Clean your usb port on the phone (and computer maybe too - whats the harm?).
Usually if you are sure the drivers are Ok then you should be able to odin working with a nice clean port. They are more sensitive to dirt/moisture or whatever than they should be.
Try that and let us know...
BTW Some people think that the order is important but I've never noticed that. I always have odin open and then connect it but cant hurt to try the other way around too.

Hey thanks alot,
I am at work right now but i am optimistic about trying that out lol.
Just so i know for when the time comes and if Odin works, what files do i need to flash it? .pit, .tar and anything else specific for Bell Canada?
I only ask because you are with Bell so it is probably a very simple answer for you. Otherwise I am sure i can find it elsewhere.
Thanks,
I'll keep you updated
Josh

Download the complete jl2 rom from link I posted yesterday (search my posts) with repartition ticked, then flash the kc1 rom from stock rom link on xda or at samfirmware.com and flash without repartition if you want the latest. You could just try the kc1 step but I you need to repartition.
Sent from my GT-I9000M using XDA Premium App

Hey man,
my phone has never been sent in for repairs or replaced...
I was reading one of your other posts and you advised another member to send it in and maybe they will replace/update hardware?
I have still had my phone for less than a year so sending it in will be no problem at all...
Should i flash to the latest myself or return to stock and send it in?
I really appreciate your help.
Thanks

Well he knows his is broken as he can see that his internal memory reads 0 (which means its cooked - ask me how I know...) and he was trying to fix it in a round about way. Or there was the guy who flashed a captivate rom - that was just a big no-no.
You might just have a corrupt partition or some other corruption in the file system. I seem to get that all the time and its a pain but very fixable .

Alright, sooo
-uninstall Kies
-install drivers only
-try to connect to Odin
-If succesful flash with Odin
-dance with joy
Got it, I will update you later when i get home.
Thanks

installed drivers on my work computer (32 bit windows xp) and nothing... I've tried phone off, phone on, phone in d/l mode... It doesn't pick up anything...
I can try it on my Windows 7 comp at home and see if that works but i'm wondering what the worst case scenario is just bringing into Bell and having them fix it... Am i looking at charges, warranty voiding, etc.. etc... to have it fixed or could i BS my way out of it?

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
pretty sure i flashed the wrong firmware on my phone, when it boots up it says GT-I9000 not GT-I9000M.
It worked fine for like 6 months so i never questioned it... damn damn damn

Not to be completely devious but i got an extended warranty that replaces the phone due to water damage, theft, etc. etc...
If there is no other way should i take advantage of that?
I would hate to jump to one of those actions but i am somewhat panicking becuase i made a super-noob mistake and effed up my phone....

I9000 firmware is completely compatible. The text you see is from the kernel which are always for i9000 unless you have one of the three bell firmwares. So that's not the issue.
Sent from my GT-I9000M using XDA Premium App

RogueCow27 said:
Not to be completely devious but i got an extended warranty that replaces the phone due to water damage, theft, etc. etc...
If there is no other way should i take advantage of that?
I would hate to jump to one of those actions but i am somewhat panicking becuase i made a super-noob mistake and effed up my phone....
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I would keep trying. I have gotten warranty before and I was in the same predicament as you almost except I knew that the internal memory was dead. But that was also around the time when most of the I9000M models were dying. They might be checking more now.
If you get odin to flash a stock rom then you can go for it but by then you should be able to fix it.
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Alright i will keep trying.
As far as the firmware goes, my gf and i both have the same phone, but she kept heres official and i put custom roms on mine (just the 2.2 because it wasn't available)
We are both on bell canada so i asked her to boot up her phone and the beginning message on hers says GT-I9000M so it freaked me out lol
I will try on my home computer,
keep your fingers crossed for me

Alright, so Odin can now see my phone (it was the damn cord, my Win 7 comp couldnt see it but my xp work laptop can)
Which firmware would you recomend flashing? Stock gingerbread or a slight variation?
I am at work right now so i can wait a bit for a good response. It'd really help me out if you could provide links and tips to the best firmware out right now (i have no problem flashing a custom ROM if it is good).
Thanks alot,
Josh

Succesfully Flashes Gingerbread 2.3.4
Thanks for all your help!!!

how did you manage to see it in odin?
i have te same problem with restarting just after first screen (after flashing to gingerbread) but i cant see it in odin so i cant flash it again?
when i connect it when turned off, a small icon appears with usb connected sound but its still not visible.
Is it maybe my win7?
help, anyone please

Did you start in Download mod? Did you kill the Kies processes in you Win7 task manager ?
If yes, sometimes Windows takes time to install the drivers (be sure ton be connected to the internet), you should also close and relaunch Odin.

i launched download mode with sdk, and now i cant start it.
i went to another pc with xp. it installs drivers but odin cant recognize it.

Well i did it on my work XP computer becuase WIN 7 wasn't recognizing it. But it turns out the whole time the cable i was using would connect to charge, but not act as a pc connection.

[Q] Bricked And JIG is not helping

HI,
I am from INDIA, few months back I got a Samsung Captivate , Till now i tried FIREFLY and CM7 ROMs . The first time flash i did it with ODIN i guess i did it with a wrong firmware ,So was stuck with AT&T screen boot loop issue. Searching the forums and found JIG may help and so made a JIG (as i can't get one here) . and recovered my phone and flashed stock and then FIREFLY and 2 weeks back i flashed CM7 for getting Gingerbread and not likeing the UI of the ROM tried to switch back to stock and then customize on my own.
So When i tried flashing Stock the installation was success the screen stuck few moments on AT&T logo and i thought it would go off, But as i was very eager to get my phone online again i pulled of the battery to restart manually (Which i dont think was nice idea ) Now the screen remains black even i use the JIG to get into download mode. But the phone heats UP when i plug it for charging on computer or directly to switch
HELP NEEDED as i am very addicted to this PHONE

I have the same issue. I was tryint to load Cognition and it just gets stuck on the ATT screen but I haven't tried a jig yet. I was wondering if I can replace the files on the phone with good files that aren't corrupted and see if it boots up because droid explorere can still pick up the phone and so does Odin but when I do a master reset nothing happens.

@rajasekhar - Have you tried: Removing all parts (battery, sim, sd) let it sit for a few min (my preference is around 10 min to insure no residual power is left in the system) then hold the jig in place and putting the battery back in? Keeping the jig in place, so that as soon as the device gets power it is immediately seeing the jig, before it can try any other processes.
A bit difficult to do with hand made jigs I know. If you still getting nothing then your in for the worst and the phone need a JTAG or service center visit.
Tho it sounds a little odd that it could boot up to seeing the AT&T logo, but does not respond to the jig. Might even be a hardware problem.
@i3oots - Since you say your still getting PC response your safe to try and reflash it or just pick something different altogether. Tho you might wanna let ODIN settle and just sit there doing nothing for a few min, w/o then w/ the phone plugged in. Or learn about Heimdall and go that route.

Would I be able to flash it even though it get's stuck on the ATT screen? It won't go into download mode. I'll look on the forums how to flash it too. I'm a newb at this which is why I bricked it but everyone has to start somewhere lol.

rajasekhar19489 said:
HI,
I am from INDIA, few months back I got a Samsung Captivate , Till now i tried FIREFLY and CM7 ROMs . The first time flash i did it with ODIN i guess i did it with a wrong firmware ,So was stuck with AT&T screen boot loop issue. Searching the forums and found JIG may help and so made a JIG (as i can't get one here) . and recovered my phone and flashed stock and then FIREFLY and 2 weeks back i flashed CM7 for getting Gingerbread and not likeing the UI of the ROM tried to switch back to stock and then customize on my own.
So When i tried flashing Stock the installation was success the screen stuck few moments on AT&T logo and i thought it would go off, But as i was very eager to get my phone online again i pulled of the battery to restart manually (Which i dont think was nice idea ) Now the screen remains black even i use the JIG to get into download mode. But the phone heats UP when i plug it for charging on computer or directly to switch
HELP NEEDED as i am very addicted to this PHONE
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You have probably Hard Bricked your phone. A JIG will not work to recover the phone. If the phone has any life at all, then the JIG will work. Else, u hard bricked it...you should never remove the usb cable when flashing bootloaders or odin or anything!
the only solution is to get a JTAG which can recover hard bricks OR you can go to a warranty store (don't know about india) and make up a sob story and have them replace it..

rajasekhar19489 said:
HI,
I am from INDIA, few months back I got a Samsung Captivate , Till now i tried FIREFLY and CM7 ROMs . The first time flash i did it with ODIN i guess i did it with a wrong firmware ,So was stuck with AT&T screen boot loop issue. Searching the forums and found JIG may help and so made a JIG (as i can't get one here) . and recovered my phone and flashed stock and then FIREFLY and 2 weeks back i flashed CM7 for getting Gingerbread and not likeing the UI of the ROM tried to switch back to stock and then customize on my own.
So When i tried flashing Stock the installation was success the screen stuck few moments on AT&T logo and i thought it would go off, But as i was very eager to get my phone online again i pulled of the battery to restart manually (Which i dont think was nice idea ) Now the screen remains black even i use the JIG to get into download mode. But the phone heats UP when i plug it for charging on computer or directly to switch
HELP NEEDED as i am very addicted to this PHONE
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Does your computer recognize the phone? If odin is open, does the box turn yellow when you connect your phone? Make sure you have the right drivers. I think cm7 and captivate drivers are different. Keep trying with the jig. Just because you can't see anything on the screen doesn't mean the phone is dead.

i3oots said:
Would I be able to flash it even though it get's stuck on the ATT screen? It won't go into download mode. I'll look on the forums how to flash it too. I'm a newb at this which is why I bricked it but everyone has to start somewhere lol.
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If your phone is booting up far enough to send out USB info for ODIN and other PC programs to see it, then your still in a workable condition. This also means you can still get into download mode, but since things arn't working properly it will be harder. Depending on which bootloaders your phone has will direct which methods you'll have to try out to get into download mode.
AFTER you've had a chance to look around the forum and self-educate on the different ways of getting into download mode. If your still having problems give us a lil more info of what you were running before the flash and to which version of Cog you were trying to flash.

Did anything worked for you, if not only a jtag can help you looks like u hard bricked the phone.

Hi guys
@DaNarki : Yea i tried that method to .
Thanx for ur suggestions guys .I really squeezed through xda for all possible ways of unbricking but no use. SO thought JTAG was the only option.But wanna know more about JTAG???????
Went for a samsung service centre they said they wont handle other country products of samsung. Just yesterday went to the local Cell phone Repair store , He said like he would try using a Ctool box they have for installin onto the rom directly. So i thought why not Give a shot to it ...
That store guy raised another question in me . Yesterday after giving it in the morning he said to call in the evening . I did so and he said the Phone is booting on the Ctool but it is sometimes throwing error . I dint get his intention in saying so . have to go to him today

bricked maybe not
I thought I was bricked also ...HARD BRICKED......no buttons no nothing ...tried odin on, phone plugged in, and hold down volume up and down and reinstall batt......nothing worked.......but this... it worked for me........ok first of all remember this will be a bit tricky because you will have to keep the volume keys pressed the whole time till you have download mode......should also have full batt......take out the sim and any flash cards you may have in the phone and the batt.....set the phone down and watch a couple hours of tv or try to brick your buddies phone so he can feel your pain...lol something.....ok now after your tv show has gone off turn on your computer and start up odin one click to stock.... put just the batt in the phone.....if your friend is still there you should try this with 100% batt.... use his phone to charge your batt.....any way put the batt in the phone....plug the usb cable into your computer......now for the tricky part .......press down the volume up and down now and do not let them go till the end of this and you should have download mode.......now plug in the usb to your phone IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET DL MODE HERE THEN GO AHEAD AND LET GO OF THE VOLUME BUTTONS AND FLASH YOUR PHONE ....if not... KEEP THE BUTTONS PRESSED.......now take the batt out of the phone.....keep them pressed......unplug your usb cable......keep them pressed.... restart odin...... keep them pressed....plug your usb cable back in.......keep them pressed... re-install the batt.....you should get download mode.......remember you have to keep them pressed... JUST... the volume up and down pressed through the whole process nothing else....This worked for me and I was dead bricked no nothing from any of the keys no nothing..... I DIDNT INVENT THIS METHOD I READ IT ON HERE SOMEWHERE AND CANT FIND IT AGAIN......It did work for me when nothing else did.....so if the person that posted it reads this THANK YOU...... ................................................. I hate to say this but I may have got the last two instructions backward you may have to put the batt in before plugging in the usb cable.......Like I said I cant find the original post
rajasekhar19489 said:
Hi guys
@DaNarki : Yea i tried that method to .
Thanx for ur suggestions guys .I really squeezed through xda for all possible ways of unbricking but no use. SO thought JTAG was the only option.But wanna know more about JTAG???????
Went for a samsung service centre they said they wont handle other country products of samsung. Just yesterday went to the local Cell phone Repair store , He said like he would try using a Ctool box they have for installin onto the rom directly. So i thought why not Give a shot to it ...
That store guy raised another question in me . Yesterday after giving it in the morning he said to call in the evening . I did so and he said the Phone is booting on the Ctool but it is sometimes throwing error . I dint get his intention in saying so . have to go to him today
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rajasekhar19489 said:
Thanx for ur suggestions guys .I really squeezed through xda for all possible ways of unbricking but no use. SO thought JTAG was the only option.But wanna know more about JTAG???????
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If you just wanna know a bit about the process ask this guy. He is pretty much the only person in the US (I know not all to useful to a person in India) that does JTAG for the cappy.
I can tell you this much, it requires a special device called a Riff box and it sends boot info directly to the chip on the main/mother board that is used for the booting process.
Somewhere I've seen a site that listed info of ppl around the world that will JTAG, but I can't seem to find it right now.

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I thought I was bricked also ...HARD BRICKED......no buttons no nothing ...tried odin on, phone plugged in, and hold down volume up and down and reinstall batt......nothing worked.......but this... it worked for me........ok first of all remember this will be a bit tricky because you will have to keep the volume keys pressed the whole time till you have download mode......should also have full batt......take out the sim and any flash cards you may have in the phone and the batt.....set the phone down and watch a couple hours of tv or try to brick your buddies phone so he can feel your pain...lol something.....ok now after your tv show has gone off turn on your computer and start up odin one click to stock.... put just the batt in the phone.....if your friend is still there you should try this with 100% batt.... use his phone to charge your batt.....any way put the batt in the phone....plug the usb cable into your computer......now for the tricky part .......press down the volume up and down now and do not let them go till the end of this and you should have download mode.......now plug in the usb to your phone IF YOU HAPPEN TO GET DL MODE HERE THEN GO AHEAD AND LET GO OF THE VOLUME BUTTONS AND FLASH YOUR PHONE ....if not... KEEP THE BUTTONS PRESSED.......now take the batt out of the phone.....keep them pressed......unplug your usb cable......keep them pressed.... restart odin...... keep them pressed....plug your usb cable back in.......keep them pressed... re-install the batt.....you should get download mode.......remember you have to keep them pressed... JUST... the volume up and down pressed through the whole process nothing else....This worked for me and I was dead bricked no nothing from any of the keys no nothing..... I DIDNT INVENT THIS METHOD I READ IT ON HERE SOMEWHERE AND CANT FIND IT AGAIN......It did work for me when nothing else did.....so if the person that posted it reads this THANK YOU......
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Thanx MAN!!!!!! . it seems interesting method to try .. but i have to wait 12 hrs to get my phone back from the guy i gave to repair that. he said his chances of getting it fixed are 50-50 so i might as well prepare for your method to ..

DaNaRkI said:
Somewhere I've seen a site that listed info of ppl around the world that will JTAG, but I can't seem to find it right now.
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Thanx DaNaRkI .. hmm well i would now again start digging the threads for seeing wat u have suggested ..

rajasekhar19489 said:
HI,
I am from INDIA, few months back I got a Samsung Captivate , Till now i tried FIREFLY and CM7 ROMs . The first time flash i did it with ODIN i guess i did it with a wrong firmware ,So was stuck with AT&T screen boot loop issue. Searching the forums and found JIG may help and so made a JIG (as i can't get one here) . and recovered my phone and flashed stock and then FIREFLY and 2 weeks back i flashed CM7 for getting Gingerbread and not likeing the UI of the ROM tried to switch back to stock and then customize on my own.
So When i tried flashing Stock the installation was success the screen stuck few moments on AT&T logo and i thought it would go off, But as i was very eager to get my phone online again i pulled of the battery to restart manually (Which i dont think was nice idea ) Now the screen remains black even i use the JIG to get into download mode. But the phone heats UP when i plug it for charging on computer or directly to switch
HELP NEEDED as i am very addicted to this PHONE
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hello brother,,
u can find the Jig here in india... i also purchased... and it worked for me..
Download-Mode-USB-Jig
press thanx if it helps..

rajasekhar19489 said:
Thanx MAN!!!!!! . it seems interesting method to try .. but i have to wait 12 hrs to get my phone back from the guy i gave to repair that. he said his chances of getting it fixed are 50-50 so i might as well prepare for your method to ..
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Hope it helps I wish I could find the original post again to thank the guy that told me how to do it. I had sent that phone back to att and the promptly sent it back and told me the water dammage sticker in the bat compartment was missing and they wanted to charge me 409 bucks for the phone ....long story short it was there when I sent it and I told them to go pound sand up their ass because I wasnt paying them that much and ended up paying 125 bucks for a paper weight.So that is when I decided to have it jtaged but figured I would give it one more shot before mailing it off. That was when I found the post from that person and low and behold it worked........................... I hate to say this but I may have got the last two instructions backward you may have to put the batt in before plugging in the usb cable.......Like I said I cat find the original post

malebornin69 said:
Hope it helps
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Buddy tried it ... Thanx for that..But dint help . Now going for another options i mean in search for other options
But ppl help me with JTAG thing and its users(or developers) availability in india

Forgot to mention
I Missed to explain my flashing procedure i have done this time . Like I never tried flash a boot file along and so was reading some threads about boot loader variations between FROYO and GINGERBREAD so i tried flashing ablong with boot loader and then I got the stock gingerbread file i put the boot loader SBL in heimdall Firstboot loader path .And Boom the first reboot got stuck and i removed the battery and then again when i tried to restart the phone is dead
Thinking this might have where the whole thing went wrong and made the cell dead .

[Q] Galaxy S stuck in boot-loop

Hi guys,
Gone through about 100 threads these last couple of days, but nothing helps, so have to start a new one.
What happened was that the other day my phone started ringing.
The screen however was black, so I could neither see who was calling nor answer the call.
I let it ring out, then I held the power button so it would shutdown.
Tried to restart it, and that's when the fun started.
The phone got stuck in a boot-loop, only showing the Galaxy S logo (not getting to the animated one).
Left it in this loop for several hours, since I've had problems recently with the phone needing to do this cycle 5-10 times before booting up.
This time it wouldn't boot, however.
I've tried putting the phone in a bag of rice for 18 hours, in case of any moisture inside, not helping.
Then I tried recovery-mode, formatting the whole thing, but I got the following error:
"E:format_volume: rfs format failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p2"
Found this thread to try to fix the format error.
Got into download mode, but Odin does not recognize the phone, and I started believing all hope for fixing it without sending it in was gone.
I've also tried applying a couple of update.zip's from the SD-card, just to have tried it, but every package got Signature verifcation-error.
Anyway, when I headed to bed last night I left the phone in the boot-loop, and to my surprice, 8 hours later it had booted into first-time configuration.
YES!!!
Configured the phone with language etc., then all of a sudden the animated Galaxy S logo appeared...
And it appeared again, and again, and again for about 15 min., until I unplugged the battery.
And now I'm back at square one, stuck in the boot-loop (not getting to the animated logo)...
I have the latest versjon of KIES, not that it probably matters.
Does anyone have an idea of what the problem might be?

What rom were you using? stock or custom? Maybe it has something to do with lagfix if it was activated... im guesing, im not dev just normal user... Maybe try to reinstal usb drivers.

Just use odin 1.3 reflash official rom , everything would be OK.

Not sure about the ROM, bought the phone used... But pretty sure it's stock..
Since Odin didn't recognize the phone, reflashing it with official ROM would be hard...
However, as for the Odin problem, that was caused by a faulty USB-cable...
Used another one, and Odin worked like a charm.
The phone won't start after running through the steps in the thread I mentioned before, but I will try to reflash it with offical ROM now and see how that works.

mortenlm said:
Not sure about the ROM, bought the phone used... But pretty sure it's stock..
Since Odin didn't recognize the phone, reflashing it with official ROM would be hard...
However, as for the Odin problem, that was caused by a faulty USB-cable...
Used another one, and Odin worked like a charm.
The phone won't start after running through the steps in the thread I mentioned before, but I will try to reflash it with offical ROM now and see how that works.
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Not sure about used phone, But if I bought the phone used, I would reflash rom first. Because I do not even know what they done before , reflash offical rom would be fix some problem.

porkapple said:
Not sure about used phone, But if I bought the phone used, I would reflash rom first. Because I do not even know what they done before , reflash offical rom would be fix some problem.
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Well, I would have if I knew... But stupid me thought that a phone was a phone.
How wrong was I?
Anyway, a little update here (the problem is kind of solved now):
Flashed the phone with 2.3.3 Gingerbread I found on dkszone, after running the steps in the previous mentioned thread.
And the phone started like a charm.
But after a few hours of configuring etc, I managed to insert the SD-card again, and all hell broke loose again...
Come to think about it, thats what I did yesterday too, so I've come to the conclusion that the SD-card is the main problem...
However, now the phone is slow... REAL slow... Kind of like my 1.5 year old HTC Touch Diamond 2 with WP6.5...
It takes up to 2 seconds to open menu items, keyboard etc.
Is there any way to fix that?
Or should I flash it with another ROM?

You mean the external sdcard? Maybe try to format it...

OK, so this is what I've now figured out:
The phone is damaged...
It seems that the internal SD has gone AWAL, and internal storage has somehow created itself on the external SD-card, thus the phone crashed when I switched cards...
When trying to format the USB-storage, I receive error: SD-card has been removed
So I guess I have to ship the phone off to Samsung ASAP...

[Q] Captivate power issue download mode unless charging.

Hello. I have been reading on these forums for a while now. I always go here to find out information about smartphones. I have had this captivate for quite some time now. Probably about 2 years. When I was first given the phone it wouldn't do anything but go into download mode and my friend just gave me the phone because he actually had 2 broken ones and i was able to make a completely working captivate from the pieces from the 2. but the other would go straight to download mode if i hit the power button. the guy gave me the one that was constantly in download mode for fixing his other phone. This phone also had an lcd problem untill i came across a captivate that someone had torn the power connectors off so i used the lcd from that phone and put it on the captivate that was constantly in download mode. i plugged it into the charger and it shows a loading screen alot like what an iphone shows when it is loading. and after long enough it would show a battery partially charged. at this point i can push the power button and it powered on and went into safe mode. so I factory reset it and it still has the same problem. i have even formated the internal storage and tried many different roms. the first i tried was serendipity VII it was a great gingerbread rom but it also had the problem. i later flashed cm9 and icyglitch kernel. icy glitch is amazing however ics is old now. in ics the download mode problem still exists. Now the real problem to all of this that makes me think it is a hardware problem is i have recently tried about every jellybean rom with the combination of demon and semaphore and semaphore unofficial kernel and they also have this problem. however there is another problem with any of the jellybean roms i try. they will all work perfectly. i just have to install them 2 times. first install installs semaphore kernel andsays it needs to repartition. i guess cause its coming from icy glitch kernel. then it restarts into the semaphore cwm and then i reinstall jellybean rom and reboot and the phone just laggs unbelievable unless plugged into the charger. i mean the booot animation will move like 1 frame every 10 seconds. i have tried changing the voltage and overclocking it once it starts up. everything works perfectly until the second i unlug the charger then it does the extreeeeem lagg. From my experiences with this phone i would have to say that it is the power management ic on the logicboard. My question is what do you guys think i should do. i am back on icyglitch kernel and the outdated slim ics. i would really like to get jelly bean working and i would also like to be able to boot my phone with out a charger and an electric outlet.
sorry for such a long post i just thought that some of this information could give someone on here an idea of what is wrong with my phone.
Thanks for any help you guys can give.

anarchybob6 said:
Hello. I have been reading on these forums for a while now. I always go here to find out information about smartphones. I have had this captivate for quite some time now. Probably about 2 years. When I was first given the phone it wouldn't do anything but go into download mode and my friend just gave me the phone because he actually had 2 broken ones and i was able to make a completely working captivate from the pieces from the 2. but the other would go straight to download mode if i hit the power button. the guy gave me the one that was constantly in download mode for fixing his other phone. This phone also had an lcd problem untill i came across a captivate that someone had torn the power connectors off so i used the lcd from that phone and put it on the captivate that was constantly in download mode. i plugged it into the charger and it shows a loading screen alot like what an iphone shows when it is loading. and after long enough it would show a battery partially charged. at this point i can push the power button and it powered on and went into safe mode. so I factory reset it and it still has the same problem. i have even formated the internal storage and tried many different roms. the first i tried was serendipity VII it was a great gingerbread rom but it also had the problem. i later flashed cm9 and icyglitch kernel. icy glitch is amazing however ics is old now. in ics the download mode problem still exists. Now the real problem to all of this that makes me think it is a hardware problem is i have recently tried about every jellybean rom with the combination of demon and semaphore and semaphore unofficial kernel and they also have this problem. however there is another problem with any of the jellybean roms i try. they will all work perfectly. i just have to install them 2 times. first install installs semaphore kernel andsays it needs to repartition. i guess cause its coming from icy glitch kernel. then it restarts into the semaphore cwm and then i reinstall jellybean rom and reboot and the phone just laggs unbelievable unless plugged into the charger. i mean the booot animation will move like 1 frame every 10 seconds. i have tried changing the voltage and overclocking it once it starts up. everything works perfectly until the second i unlug the charger then it does the extreeeeem lagg. From my experiences with this phone i would have to say that it is the power management ic on the logicboard. My question is what do you guys think i should do. i am back on icyglitch kernel and the outdated slim ics. i would really like to get jelly bean working and i would also like to be able to boot my phone with out a charger and an electric outlet.
sorry for such a long post i just thought that some of this information could give someone on here an idea of what is wrong with my phone.
Thanks for any help you guys can give.
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2 things, probably needs a new mobo and/or battery (thinking mobo though) and your volume down is probably stuck or dirty, making your phone go in download mode all the time.
Did you try flashing Odin KK4 with bootloaders and start fresh from there?

BWolf56 said:
2 things, probably needs a new mobo and/or battery (thinking mobo though) and your volume down is probably stuck or dirty, making your phone go in download mode all the time.
Did you try flashing Odin KK4 with bootloaders and start fresh from there?
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What is odin kk4?if its the korn kernel i have tried it and semaphore kernel and they both installed but semaphore had the extreme lagg problem and korn kernel worked but the power issue was still there i installed the cwm .zip version tho would this make a difference? I have used odin one click to restore it to factory defaults. I think that should have ruled out any firmware issues, but im not sure. maybe i need to do the master clear thing that it shows on odin. It does seem like it could be a bootloader issue becuase the phone was originally on some half working rom when i got it and i know the guy i got it from said he was always flashing new roms on it. when i got it it already had this problem. then i flashed all kinds of roms and kernels trying to c if it was a firmware issue. I dont think the volume button is stuck because I use my phone daily even with this very annoying defect. It never turns the volume down on its own. the power button does stick sometimes but thats not too often. i have actually tried another battery in the phone too with the same results.
Do you think that having the wrong bootloader would cause something like this? I know from experiences installing linux and hackintosh that the bootloader is crucial to how the system runs. I did the one click restore and i would think that would also restore the original eclair bootloader but it still had the issue. then from there i flashed a GB rom then an ICS rom and a JB rom. I think these would each have their own different bootloaders and maybe they are conflicting. i always clear cache and dalvic cache before installing a new rom.
Is there anymore software i could try troubleshooting on my phone or is this seeming like a hardware problem?

anarchybob6 said:
What is odin kk4?if its the korn kernel i have tried it and semaphore kernel and they both installed but semaphore had the extreme lagg problem and korn kernel worked but the power issue was still there i installed the cwm .zip version tho would this make a difference? I have used odin one click to restore it to factory defaults. I think that should have ruled out any firmware issues, but im not sure. maybe i need to do the master clear thing that it shows on odin. It does seem like it could be a bootloader issue becuase the phone was originally on some half working rom when i got it and i know the guy i got it from said he was always flashing new roms on it. when i got it it already had this problem. then i flashed all kinds of roms and kernels trying to c if it was a firmware issue. I dont think the volume button is stuck because I use my phone daily even with this very annoying defect. It never turns the volume down on its own. the power button does stick sometimes but thats not too often. i have actually tried another battery in the phone too with the same results.
Do you think that having the wrong bootloader would cause something like this? I know from experiences installing linux and hackintosh that the bootloader is crucial to how the system runs. I did the one click restore and i would think that would also restore the original eclair bootloader but it still had the issue. then from there i flashed a GB rom then an ICS rom and a JB rom. I think these would each have their own different bootloaders and maybe they are conflicting. i always clear cache and dalvic cache before installing a new rom.
Is there anymore software i could try troubleshooting on my phone or is this seeming like a hardware problem?
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Start by flashing Odin KK4 from this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3 - That will clean your phone of w/e was on it before.
From there, you can flash Corn Kernel to get back to a JB ROM. Although, know that if you had the wrong bootloaders, your phone wouldn't boot and it would show color stripes.
Also, before flashing a ROM, you should wipe system and factory reset to make sure everything is clean (Backup your stuff first).

BWolf56 said:
...your volume down is probably stuck or dirty, making your phone go in download mode all the time...
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I had a similar problem with my Sprint Galaxy S2 D710 (Epic 4G Touch) - my phone would randomly reboot every few days, and it kept getting more frequent. I thought it was the ROM, the overclock, etc. I flashed back to a stock ROM, and stock clock speeds. Eventually, I noticed that even brushing the power button would wake the screen, and about 10 seconds later the phone would reboot. I cleaned the button with some 95% isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol, and it worked better for a few weeks. It started acting up again, so I bought and installed a replacement power button.
Long story short, I got a new power switch, soldered it in place, and have had zero problems since!
The i897 Captivate uses the same switches for power and volume up/down. These switches are notorious for failing, so that's probably the issue with your phone. Try cleaning them, or you can buy a new switch for about ten bucks on ebay.
YouTube has numerous "teardown" or "disassemble" videos and several eBay sellers offer the switch you'll need.
(They don't include the skills needed to replace it. It's a tiny switch - about 4mm long, and you'll need a good soldering iron and a steady hand. Do you have a friend who's pretty good at soldering stuff?)