[Q] Question?? Please help!! - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Wanting to know if i skip the, go into downloading mode, on the official upgrade will it brick my phone? Im asking this mainly because everything ive tried will not bring my captivate into recovery or dl mode. And i haven't been able to really find any help on getting past the 3 button problem. And samsun recomended i reboot the phone! But hope someone can help, would like to get 2.2 asap!

I recommend fixing your button combo just in case something goes wrong. What firmware is on your phone now? If you have a ROM with the advanced power menu you can use that to get into recovery. You can also use the adb reboot recovery command or use terminal emulator if the phone is rooted and type:
Code:
su
reboot recovery
Then install the attached file. You can also get into download mode the same way, but the first thing I would do is fix the button combos.

Currently I have jf6 cause somehow the ota update was never received! But what would be the best route for fixing my 3button recovery/dl mode? I would love to fix it before updateing to 2.2! Thanks for helping BTW!

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problem with root staying/going to recovery mode

anyone ever have a problem getting back into recovery mode?
my phone is still rooted.
i can run rooted programs/apps
only problem is i cannot access recovery mode right now
its the weirdest thing ever
i'm gonna try and do it through adb but i should be able to do it when restarting my phone
*shrugs*
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i have a sprint Hero with the google back
i'm running aloyisius right now and have run fresh and had this same problem before
i used theresthatguys rooting tutorial and i am running apps2sd on my memstick.
i just went through ADB shell and was able to reboot recovery
so the root is still there but holding the home key didn't work to boot it into recovery
this ever happen to anyone else?
Go to the market and download Quickboot.
Give that a shot....
P.S. My phone won't go into recovery from Menu+Power.....I have to hold down "Volume Down" + Power.
Hmm...weird.
Yeah, I also suggest trying QuickBoot. Try it a couple times because it's not consistent (at least for me).
gonzoangel @ r m b?
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you know it.
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[Q] [i9000] cyanobricked

Hi there,
I noticed I can't get in download mode anymore. Whatever I try it won't show the yellow triangular download sign. It just boots into cyanogen.
I have tried the 3 button trick but recovery nor download works. That's when I had the idea to apply the 3-button fix. adb reboot recovery brings me in the cwm recovery mode. adb reboot download just reboots the phone. I even tried the 300k ohm jig which always seemed to work as a failsafe. That also just boots the phone into cm.
I have checked with my brother who also runs CM nightly 101 and for him the download mode works fine so it is my phone, not CM.
The phone works fine now, is rooted too so I wondered if there's any way to fix this by rewriting the bootloaders. I want to have this fixed as a failsafe is flashing ever fails or if one of the nightlies gets corrupted.
Is there anyone who can confirm the download mode is in the primary bootloader (boot.bin from a stock rom) and is it safe to just flash_image that to the boot partition or will that be a guarantee to brick. The idea is that I still have root console access so I have to fix it from there.
Any help is appreciated.
Christiaan
Galaxy S
CyanogenMod 7 Nightly #101
Their is a chance that whenever u tried to go into download mode your phone was connected into charging and phone doesn't go into download mode when charging , please reply and tell Me that did I helped!
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BHuvan goyal said:
Their is a chance that whenever u tried to go into download mode your phone was connected into charging and phone doesn't go into download mode when charging , please reply and tell Me that did I helped!
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Thanks for the quick reply.
Tried the tricks with and without pc-usb/charger and it made no difference. The 300k ohm jig trick can't be done with power or computer connected since you have to use the usb connection on the phone for it. It usually was my ever working failsafe.
I also tried the quickboot app without any luck. It seems it is responding to the download command but the code isn't there anymore.
Hey try going into download mode by touch controls although I haven't ever used cyanogen but i assume as every custom rom has this feature cyanogen must also have this! The download mode option in quick network options when u press the power button for 2 seconds ! Although it isn't safe but you cab try this and then if it goes into download mode then their must a way to go into download mode manually!
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BHuvan goyal said:
Hey try going into download mode by touch controls although I haven't ever used cyanogen but i assume as every custom rom has this feature cyanogen must also have this! The download mode option in quick network options when u press the power button for 2 seconds ! Although it isn't safe but you cab try this and then if it goes into download mode then their must a way to go into download mode manually!
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Holding the power button for two seconds indeed brings up the profile/reboot/shutdown options. Selecting reboot only gives two additional options, reboot and recovery which do as they say. I can boot cwm recovery but from there I can't go into download mode either.
Try downloading terminal emulator and then reboot download or ADB reboot download
Nitro_123 said:
Try downloading terminal emulator and then reboot download or ADB reboot download
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Tried it from the terminal with reboot download. Also tried adb reboot download long before that. It just reboots and starts. I have the feeling the piece of bootblock that's holding the download mode isn't there anymore.
There is an option in recovery to boot into download mode, Have you tried that ?
It sounds to me like that part of the bootloader is corrupt / missing.
Does the phone still work normally ? can you still continue to use it daily without the download mode option ?
azzledazzle said:
There is an option in recovery to boot into download mode, Have you tried that ?
It sounds to me like that part of the bootloader is corrupt / missing.
Does the phone still work normally ? can you still continue to use it daily without the download mode option ?
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The phone works fine otherwise. I just want to fix this before it stops working fine and I need the download mode.
Recovery boots into CWM-based Recovery v4.0.1.5 which I got with CM7 with no option to return to the stock recovery or download mode as far as I can see. Also zipped updates from sd-card install fine from CWM recovery mode. If I just knew where to find a cwm ready zipped bootloader that will fix this.
cvdveer said:
The phone works fine otherwise. I just want to fix this before it stops working fine and I need the download mode.
Recovery boots into CWM-based Recovery v4.0.1.5 which I got with CM7 with no option to return to the stock recovery or download mode as far as I can see. Also zipped updates from sd-card install fine from CWM recovery mode. If I just knew where to find a cwm ready zipped bootloader that will fix this.
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Thats a good idea, I think that should be made, Would save a lot of hassle...
In my recovery under 'advanced features' the option is there to reboot into android or reboot into download..
In order to go from CM7 - Stock, do you need re-partition with all 3 files ? or can you flash it through recovery ?
If so, flash it to stock and sell it to someone who has no idea about Custom ROMs / Hacking. (like me 12 months ago )
EDIT: is this issue not kernel related by any chance ?
azzledazzle said:
Thats a good idea, I think that should be made, Would save a lot of hassle...
In my recovery under 'advanced features' the option is there to reboot into android or reboot into download..
In order to go from CM7 - Stock, do you need re-partition with all 3 files ? or can you flash it through recovery ?
If so, flash it to stock and sell it to someone who has no idea about Custom ROMs / Hacking. (like me 12 months ago )
EDIT: is this issue not kernel related by any chance ?
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Well I have no clue to make any package and I don't dare to flash_image some random boot.bin.
My recovery -> advanced only has reboot recovery which brings it back into recovery.
I'm afraid bringing it back to stock also needs odin/heimdall, that brings me back to the initial problem.
Selling it gives me the money for half a new phone. As long as its working fine I'd like to stick with it. My worst case scenario so far is that I'm stuck with CM7 nightly #101 for the coming 1.5 year which is annoying but far better than the slow stock samsung hands out.
The issue can't be directly kernel or CM7 related. My brother has CM7 #101 running and download mode works fine with him. (And no I can't secretly swap phones ) He doesn't know how to work with odin so I arranged everything for him. Exactly the same steps as I did my own phone. Perhaps a glitch in flashing or something.
cvdveer said:
Well I have no clue to make any package and I don't dare to flash_image some random boot.bin.
My recovery -> advanced only has reboot recovery which brings it back into recovery.
I'm afraid bringing it back to stock also needs odin/heimdall, that brings me back to the initial problem.
Selling it gives me the money for half a new phone. As long as its working fine I'd like to stick with it. My worst case scenario so far is that I'm stuck with CM7 nightly #101 for the coming 1.5 year which is annoying but far better than the slow stock samsung hands out.
The issue can't be directly kernel or CM7 related. My brother has CM7 #101 running and download mode works fine with him. (And no I can't secretly swap phones ) He doesn't know how to work with odin so I arranged everything for him. Exactly the same steps as I did my own phone. Perhaps a glitch in flashing or something.
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Hmmm... tricky one to fix..
I have no more ideas i think flashing bootloaders through recovery would work like you said, But unless its a tried and tested method i wouldnt recommend it at all.
Have you posted this issue in the CM thread ? perhaps you could PM one of the Devs for assistance, or whether the whole 'flashing bootloader in recovery' idea would work at all.
You have nothing to lose by asking them.
Hope you get a solution... But until them im out of ideas.
Keep us updated if you get a fix.
Good luck man !!
EDIT: one more idea, Sounds risky but.... What if you made a nandroid backup on your brothers phone and restore it on yours ?? Thats if nandroid does back up bootloaders im not sure
azzledazzle said:
Hmmm... tricky one to fix..
I have no more ideas i think flashing bootloaders through recovery would work like you said, But unless its a tried and tested method i wouldnt recommend it at all.
Have you posted this issue in the CM thread ? perhaps you could PM one of the Devs for assistance, or whether the whole 'flashing bootloader in recovery' idea would work at all.
You have nothing to lose by asking them.
Hope you get a solution... But until them im out of ideas.
Keep us updated if you get a fix.
Good luck man !!
EDIT: one more idea, Sounds risky but.... What if you made a nandroid backup on your brothers phone and restore it on yours ?? Thats if nandroid does back up bootloaders im not sure
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Thanks for thinking with me. I'll give the nandroid solution a go if there are no other replies within a reasonable time.
I'll post the same question in the CM forum but contacting the CM devs could be hard. They don't give any official support to nightlies and I can't say I'm convinced it has anything to do with CM at all. Though they do have the knowledge to answer the question or build a package to repair it. But you're right there's nothing to lose in asking.
Ofcourse I searched the forum before posting and found out I seem to be the only one ever with this problem. The solution could be as rare so I'll keep you posted if I make any progress beside here. That's what the whole idea behind this forum is for right?
True man !!
And if you get a solution or a dev to make a flashable bootloader. It could help other people in future
Good luck. Keep us posted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236273
Nitro_123 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236273
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Interesting but that project still needs a bricked i9000 to tear apart. I don't have a captivate. Well if it ever becomes really bricked I'll consider donating mine.
And I'm okay with handling computers (yes I consider the phone a small computer about 400 times faster than my first pc) but when actual soldering is involved I give up.
fixable?
i have a samsung here the S GT I 9000 and i tryed to use odin on it and now this pops up every time i try to up load an os
--installing package...
finding package...
opening package...
verifying update package...
installing update...
successfully install update...
--copy media files...
successfully copied media files..
formatting /data...
E:format_volume: rfs format failed on / dev/block/mmcblk0p2
formatting /dbdata...
formatting /cache..
deleting meta data
data wipe fail.
-- appling multi-csc...
installing multi-csc..
cant access to '/system/csc/bmc/system/' . sucessfully applied multi-CSC
Help!
Hi! If it still doesn't work, try downloading ROM Manager from the market and install the latest CWM. It sounds like your bootloader got modified/locked.
Erahgon said:
Hi! If it still doesn't work, try downloading ROM Manager from the market and install the latest CWM. It sounds like your bootloader got modified/locked.
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Errr talking to me or adonai? Sounds like two seperate problems for two seperate topics.
cvdveer said:
Interesting but that project still needs a bricked i9000 to tear apart. I don't have a captivate. Well if it ever becomes really bricked I'll consider donating mine.
And I'm okay with handling computers (yes I consider the phone a small computer about 400 times faster than my first pc) but when actual soldering is involved I give up.
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I REALLY liked your answer
BTW , same here

Help with miui

ok i know miui is a huge rom for people i love it at times hate it at others. i updated it maybe 3 times since i got it but during my last update(back in aug) it wont let me in recovery to update anymore or change roms or anything id like to go to cm7 maybe or update to newest miui but i cant. any help would be great. if this is the wrong section please move to right one. thanks
Definitely wrong section and also be more vague please
actually no give us a description of what you have tried and what exactly isnt working
As user stated above you REALLY need to be more specific. What are you trying to do and what is not working. If this is rom specific issues this should be posted in that roms specific thread. If in the unlikely situation one does not exist post SPECIFIC information here and we might be able to help you through. The more vague you are the less likely anyone will/can help you.
Jug6ernaut
sorry thought i said (its been a long day) i cant get into recovery to update my rom ive tried 3 button (up down and power) does nothing. ive tried up down plug in usb. i cant even get it to download mode with a jig and i know jig worked before. id really like to get recovery mode to work so i can either update or switch to cm7 or another rom. i never downloaded gb boot loaders and i know ive updated miui and has worked flawlessly atleast 2 or 3 times before this happened. ive also tried a few other things mentioned in a mod fix for when the 3 button doesnt work. idk if its rom specific or not.
Use terminal emulator from the market. Once open, you're
su
Now give it superuser permission
reboot recovery
Phone should reboot into recovery
sorry but what is su? and do i reboot like normal? turn phone off and do 3 button combo or some other way?
You need to do a lot of research before you go any further.
su is for superuser.
reboot tells the phone to reboot
reboot recovery tells the phone to reboot into recovery.
reboot download tells the phone to reboot into download mode
Never use the 3 button fix. Even if you haven't flashed GB bootloaders. The I897 GB bootloaders are a much safer way to fix the 3 button problem.
ya i know all that, i didnt know su was superuser tho. it didnt ask for permission for superuser. so i just type in my command? and i got the free one there was a pay one
su <enter>
reboot recovery <enter>
ok and im gonna assume after it goes into recovery its like normal after that for how ive been updating my phone
bjballar41 said:
ok and im gonna assume after it goes into recovery its like normal after that for how ive been updating my phone
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Should be.
ok thanks so much
sorry might be a dumb question but do i need to type out enter like u did or press enter on keyboard?
Press enter
omg thank yall so much u just saved my phone i cant thank yall enough
can this also put me in dl mode?
bjballar41 said:
can this also put me in dl mode?
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su <enter>
reboot download <enter>

[Q] Samsung Captivate HELP PLEASe

So let me summarize what i have done so far. I have a samsung captivate. THe power button has stopped functioning and am out of warranty and stuff. Last week I thought I would root my phone and flash a Rom. But unfortunately I needed the power button to navigate through the recovery menu. So I looked at a lot of forums for ways around it, but nothing worked. I tried cwm too but that dint work either. Eventually I reset my phones to factory setting and formatted everything. But sadly, not my phone keeps restarting every 5 seconds or so unless its plugged in a charger. I tried resetting multiple times and tried looking online for solutions, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be highly appreciated it. And on a side note, will it be possible to flash a custom Rom with my power button not working?
Thanks a lot in advance
evilkungfupanda said:
So let me summarize what i have done so far. I have a samsung captivate. THe power button has stopped functioning and am out of warranty and stuff. Last week I thought I would root my phone and flash a Rom. But unfortunately I needed the power button to navigate through the recovery menu. So I looked at a lot of forums for ways around it, but nothing worked. I tried cwm too but that dint work either. Eventually I reset my phones to factory setting and formatted everything. But sadly, not my phone keeps restarting every 5 seconds or so unless its plugged in a charger. I tried resetting multiple times and tried looking online for solutions, but nothing seems to work. Any help would be highly appreciated it. And on a side note, will it be possible to flash a custom Rom with my power button not working?
Thanks a lot in advance
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Buy or make yourself a jig - that will get you into download mode, and you can flash a kernel with CWM baked in. You can get to recovery mode via ADB if you need to (command is ADB REBOOT RECOVERY), and once you're there, quite a few of the versions of CWM will allow up/down with the menu/home keys and selection with the search key.
As for your power button, if you haven't tried cleaning it, look around the forum - there are some options for trying to get it cleaned and working that way first. If that doesn't do it, the member connexion2005 (Josh at mobiletechvideos.com) offers a power button replacement service (as far as I know) for a nominal fee.
Thanks a lot for the quick reply. I think I will just get a jig, its much easier. So if I get the phone in download mode, I can flash any Rom I want?
Uhhh nope...
See the Stock Master Collection Stickied Thread in the Dev Forum.---Here ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370235
Post 3 in that thread has the latest stock release officially for the captivate. GB 2.3.5 i897ucKK4
After u have Stock (whatever u choose), u can follow TRusselo's Guide that is a Stickied Thread in this Q & A forum. Here---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19425513&postcount=1
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If you are in a boot loop and want to get to download mode try this:
Code:
adb wait-for-device reboot download
NOTE: You must have ADB on your computer or you can extract it from the utility in my signature.
Red_81 said:
If you are in a boot loop and want to get to download mode try this:
Code:
adb wait-for-device reboot download
NOTE: You must have ADB on your computer or you can extract it from the utility in my signature.
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I had one more quick question. I finally figured out how to use adb. So when i try to go into the bootloader using adb bootloader. My phone just restarts. Also when i tried going into adb shell it said system/bin/sh not found. So i went into my root explrorer and checked out system/bin. The sh and bootloader files were not there. I am not sure if they are supposed to be there or not. If they are missing. How do I get them back?
Here is what i was doing
adb reboot bootloader - phone restarts
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img to flash a custom recovery-the cmd promt jus says waiting for device and doesnt do anything
PS: Is there any way to control the recovery menu using adb/cmd promt?
Thanks a lot guys for helping me out. I really appreciate it.
Thanks
Sounds like you killed your system partition with the reformat. Try putting it into download mode and then using a one-click Odin package to flash your phone back to life. You're going to have an issue with flashing things through CWM without a power button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
Thank you so much for your help. I was finally able to flash my phone back to stock Froyo. I realized that I can put my phone
in download mode and flash a rom using odin. My last question is that is there a rom for ICS that I can flash using odin.
I tried googling and searching xda for "flash ics captivate odin" but could not find anything. So do u guys know any Rom that I can flash using odin. All the ones that i found were zip files which does not work for odin.

Wiped Data LG Flex D959 T-Mobile

Hey guys,
So my phone was messing up and I decided to do a factory reset, however I ended up doing a DATA wipe (Don't ask how). Any ways, now I have a phone that only has a folder for TWRP. I can still reboot to recovery, but thats about it. Can you guys point out some links on how to install the OS again?
*** Update***
So I've read plenty of threads with this problem. The phone is stuck on boot loop, I can get it to recovery mode but TWRP terminal command or ADB don't work! ALSO I CAN'T get the phone into download mode. I've held the power up button plenty of times while starting up the phone, while connecting to computer still no luck.
Can anyone help getting to download mode? after that i can flash new ROMS!
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
You want a custom or stock.....
If you want stock and you can go to download mode so it is easy
ahmed banna said:
You want a custom or stock.....
If you want stock and you can go to download mode so it is easy
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Can't get it to download mode :/

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