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fix bricked cappy

i had to do the 3 resisitor home made trick to get the download shovel guy back but what do i wipe it with to put new rom on?

Wipe it with ODIN. This will get you back to stock AT&T build. You can then follow the steps on this tutorial to install a new ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
The download for ODIN is in that page.

Frank the Funkasaurus Rex said:
Wipe it with ODIN. This will get you back to stock AT&T build. You can then follow the steps on this tutorial to install a new ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
The download for ODIN is in that page.
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odin first hung forever at processing files then finaly 1 time it finaly went past that and said looking at pit files and sat there forever i unplugged usb now when i plug back in pc doesnt see it or odin or anything but the shovel guy is still on screen

are you using ODIN 1 click or the original ODIN where you have to select the PIT and PDA files you want to flash?
are you starting ODIN first, before you plug in your phone and running as admin?

just tried as admin with odin execution v1.00 plugged in after odin was open no go

no go as in ODIN doesn't recognize your phone?

From what I understand, you tried the first flash and it got to the PIT file and then you unplugged it once it froze. Since then, you haven't rebooted your phone.
One thing first: You cannot plug your phone in after it is in Download mode and have Odin work. You must put your phone into Download mode after both Odin is open and the phone is plugged in.
Now; to get your phone into download mode.
Unplug the phone from the computer and remove the battery, SIM, and external SD if there is one.
1. Open Odin one click.
2. Plug the phone in (without the battery in the phone). Do not press any buttons, especially the power button.
3. Press and hold the volume rocker (holding down both volume up and down).
4. Insert the battery while holding the volume rocker.
5. The phone should boot into download mode. You can then let go of the volume rocker.
Now wait 30 seconds (if you press "Start" too soon, it will not work). Then press "Start" and your flash should finish.

im in downloader mode now but on captivate all in one or just odin exeuction 1.00 it hangs at examing files

dont ask me how, because im not even sure how i did it but after much trial and error im back in the saddle again, flashed back to stock, then put paragon 6 on so im all set again...

[Q] HELP!!!Cannot restore to stock ROM

Hi there I got a Samsung captivate SGH-I897 and I got a custom rom installer from Rom Kitchen. I wanted to go back to stock rom but once i get into download mode the phone not loading the rom ODIN stays in DO NOT TURN OFF THE TARGET!please help get out of that and use my phone again!the Base Rom i Used on custom rom is XWJS5 v9.6 with Firebird Kernel
Thank you for your time

close odin 1 click, unplug phone leave it in d/l mode, open odin plug phone back into usb, you should see a com port then like 7 or 3 or something. then hit start. Sometimes I have to repeat process 3 or 4 times before odin works right. if it isnt doing anything unplug it, remove battery put battery back in hold volume buttons down when u plug it back into usb and should go back to d/l mode. make sure odin is opened first.

I ve tried all these the problem is that I am at Phone - ! - PC and its hard to get to Download Mode but after many tries I all of a sudden I get in that mode then nothing more I can do!

Does Odin recognize the phone when you connect the USB cable when your phone is in download mode? Also which OS is your PC running? I was having an issue with Odin not pushing the stock rom and I had to start it as administrator in Win 7 to get it to work.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App

Yes DOES recognize the phone but not pushing the ROM on it!I am on Windows 7 and i always run ODIN as Admin!
Any ideas?

I've heard Odin can be flaky and may take several attempts before it will work. I would keep trying. Also possibly change which USB port you are using on your computer and see if that helps. I was in this exact same scenario last week. I would turn on the phone and get the computer/phone/exclamation point of death screen. I couldn't get the phone to boot or into download mode without using a JIG. Finally on about the third try Odin worked for me. I started Odin as admin and almost as soon as I plugged in the phone to USB I hit flash and it worked. Best of luck...

Odin is not flaky. It works if you follow instructions. It's the user's fault, not the software.
Anyway, this is probably the ten millionth time I've posted this in the last hour, but here's how to get into download mode if nothing else works. If this doesn't work, you hard bricked your phone and would need a JTAG flash.
Loggik said:
Unplug the phone from the computer and remove the battery, SIM, and external SD if there is one.
1. Open Odin one click.
2. Plug the phone in (without the battery in the phone). Do not press any buttons, especially the power button.
3. Press and hold the volume rocker (holding down both volume up and down).
4. Insert the battery while holding the volume rocker.
5. The phone should boot into download mode. You can then let go of the volume rocker.
Now wait 30 seconds (if you press "Start" too soon, it will not work). Then press "Start" and your flash should finish.
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my phone is in download mode but odin hung once i unplugge and plugged back in ever since phone isnt see by odin or pc?

Yes, as I stated in my post above; you must reboot your phone every single time you go into Download mode. What I mean by that is that if you go into Download mode and plug your phone in, then unplug it, you cannot plug your phone back in unless you reboot your phone.

Loggik said:
Yes, as I stated in my post above; you must reboot your phone every single time you go into Download mode. What I mean by that is that if you go into Download mode and plug your phone in, then unplug it, you cannot plug your phone back in unless you reboot your phone.
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if youre reffering to me my cappy was bricked all it will do now is go into download mode if i do the 3 resistor trick to force it to but then its not seen by pc now

leo5111 said:
if youre reffering to me my cappy was bricked all it will do now is go into download mode if i do the 3 resistor trick to force it to but then its not seen by pc now
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Didn't realize that you weren't the OP. Regardless, I was referring to you.
Anyway, this is a more serious case than I thought. Have you used the AIO Captivate Tool? If so, did you install the LibUSB drivers? Those will disable Odin from working (I'm probably going to PM Bay_wolf sometime soon about that...).
Do get everything working again:
Plug the phone in while it's in Download mode. Open the start menu, right click on "Computer", and click "Manage". In the left sidebar, select "Device Manager".
There will be a dropdown labeled "LibUSB Devices" or something with the word libusb in it. Find that dropdown, right click the Samsung USB Device or whatever it's called and select "Update Driver Software...". Then select "Search automatically for updated driver software."
An alternative is to just use the "Flash to Stock" option in the AIO tool. This and the above is assuming that you had used the AIO Tool and installed the LibUSB drivers previously. If you have not, then you may have to try and re-install the Samsung drivers. If that doesn't work, ask to borrow a friend's computer for now to flash back to stock, because this happened to me before and I didn't know how to fix it, but I was about to re-install Windows anyway so I never figured it out.

im on xp and pc sees my cappy but odin execution 1.00 is stuck on examing files is there another version i should be trying? if it helps this is what i was trying to get off my phone when the crap hit the fan http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=940330 and i tried to put paragon 6 on and it kept erring because i needed to do a odin job first on it

I finally managed to turn my phone on last nigh by doing the following:
1.Open Odin
2.Get in download mode (it took me many tries but finally I made it)
3.Disconnect phone
4.Reconnect phone
5.Choose the PIT file
6.Uncheck Auto Reboot
7.Hit Start
After that I took out the battery put it back again and power up.the phone will boot but not show the main screen it will only vibrate!then i used the AIO pack to put it back in recovery mode and i reinstalled the Custom Firmware I was using. Now is on and working again!I really dont know now if I can flash back to stock!

niderium said:
I finally managed to turn my phone on last nigh by doing the following:
1.Open Odin
2.Get in download mode (it took me many tries but finally I made it)
3.Disconnect phone
4.Reconnect phone
5.Choose the PIT file
6.Uncheck Auto Reboot
7.Hit Start
After that I took out the battery put it back again and power up.the phone will boot but not show the main screen it will only vibrate!then i used the AIO pack to put it back in recovery mode and i reinstalled the Custom Firmware I was using. Now is on and working again!I really dont know now if I can flash back to stock!
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did you use thee pitfile came with odin in the all in one or did you select another pitfile if you used a differnt pitfile then comes with odin 1.00 that might be my issue

No no I dont use this on I use one I had on my PC.
I think the problem is a write protection as I can see when i connect the phone it displays a CDROM drive when I click on it, opens ok but I cant write anything on the phone.and every time I try to use ODIN to flash to stock it stays in DO NOT TURN OFF THE TARGET and nothing happens!
Any ideas on how to get back to stock firmware?

[Q] Help with restoring to stock!

So i tried to use this guide to restore my phone to stock. I installed the correct drivers and the Odin3 One-Click Downloader. I tried to use method one but it wouldn't work and the random numbers and letters wouldn't pop up. So I restarted my computer and used the second method which booted the device into recovery mode.
Idk if this is important but the random numbers and letters were "0:[COM6]"
I didn't think it was right but once i saw those random numbers and letters pop up and the "start" button on Odin was clickable, I clicked it. My captivate has been siting connected to the computer for almost 2 hours nothing has happened. I am able to scroll up and down on my captivate in recovery.
But in Odin neither the "Start" button nor the "Master Clear" button is clickable.
Under the message box for Odin it says:
<ID:0/006> Added!!
<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..
<ID:0/006> File analysis..
It is essentially step 4 and it says "Do not unplug for any reasons." I am pretty much a starter with this stuff so I don't know how to go about this. I even tried to search for some answers but could not find them.
Any suggestions would really help me! What should I do? Should I scroll in the recovery mode for something? Should I unplug the phone? help pleasee

Unplug the phone, close odin, re open odin, boot phone into download mode, plug in phone odin should see it and then hit start.

studacris said:
Unplug the phone, close odin, re open odin, boot phone into download mode, plug in phone odin should see it and then hit start.
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I just tried it and now the numbers won't come up in odin. what do you recommend?

Rehab5656 said:
I just tried it and now the numbers won't come up in odin. what do you recommend?
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sometimes I have to reboot my laptop when it does this.

Time_Zone said:
sometimes I have to reboot my laptop when it does this.
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Im going to try this now. Also, I have Phoenix unleashed 6.8 and when I hold the power button there is an option for download, is that okay to use?

Rehab5656 said:
Im going to try this now. Also, I have Phoenix unleashed 6.8 and when I hold the power button there is an option for download, is that okay to use?
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That sounds okay. Just make sure usb is plugged in and odin is open before you select download. You should hear the usb disconnect as it reboots and when it comes back it should give you a com port in odin.

Time_Zone said:
That sounds okay. Just make sure usb is plugged in and odin is open before you select download. You should hear the usb disconnect as it reboots and when it comes back it should give you a com port in odin.
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ohh! that might be the key! in the guide it says to have it in download and THEN plug it in! thank you! I'm gonna try it right now!

Time_Zone said:
That sounds okay. Just make sure usb is plugged in and odin is open before you select download. You should hear the usb disconnect as it reboots and when it comes back it should give you a com port in odin.
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Well, it didn't do that. but random question: which USb bit should I have downloaded. I'm working with a MacBook Pro using VM fusion

when I just plugged in my phone not in download, it Odin found the phone. But when I put it into discovery, Odin lost it. Any suggestions?

Unistall drivers, reboot, reinstall, reboot. Try that.

[Q] phone --/!\-- computer

Im pretty sure my phone is soft bricked, but it wont recognize in adb shell to reboot into recovery
(eg, "error: device not found") . At first windows kept saying device not recognized, so i reinstalled drivers and now it says Samsung Mobile Modem is good to go, but adb devices/shell still wont work. What do?

Have you tried odin
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA Premium App

Was just about to update, tried odin and it recognizes but it hangs at file analysis. Edit: On both odin oneclick and the manual pit and tar

do get unbricked you have to get it into download mode and then plug it into odin3 1 click to go back to stock 2.1
Here is the methods to get into download mode:
Method 1: Key Combination 1 (recommended)
1. Remove your battery, external SD card and SIM card
2. Reinsert battery and battery cover.
3. Hold down both volume buttons and while holding them down plug the phone in.
Method 2: Key Combination 2 (if method 1 doesn't work)
1. Remove your battery, external SD card and SIM card
2. Reinsert battery and battery cover.
3. Hold down both volume buttons and the power button.
Method 3: ADB (for advanced users.)
1. Download the android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html (NOT THE .EXE VERSION)
2. Drag it into the ROOT (top-most directory) of your hard drive.
3. Open the Command Prompt and navigate to the tools folder in the android SDK.
4. type adb shell then press enter
5. type adb reboot download then press enter
Method 4: Download Mode JIG
search for captivate JIG

no key combos work, and i tried adb, i dont have a usb jig (would be nice) but do i need one if odin recognizes it already?

1. Adb only work from inside the OS with usb debugging on. So that's out of the question
2.If the phone isn't in download mode it won't initiate download protocol and odin will hang.
My phone is recognized by odin in all modes except completely off, but will only work if in download mode.
If no combinations work a jig will do it.

Sorry forgot to say that adb wouldn't work
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

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mengbo said:
buy this, it will solve your problem in seconds:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...44426&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_723wt_1139
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probably going to go with that, i tried a teardrop no soldering jig, it just made me frustrated and put my phone into worse condition than the phone-!-comp state lol

dsilvan55 said:
Sorry forgot to say that adb wouldn't work
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Why even mention adb then, let alone give instructions and a link?
OP
Take the battery out, hold both volume buttons, plug in usb cable, keep holding volume buttons and insert the battery.
Try that to get to download mode.
once in download mode, put the back cover on so the battery doesn't fall out during the odin flash.

studacris said:
Why even mention adb then, let alone give instructions and a link?
OP
Take the battery out, hold both volume buttons, plug in usb cable, keep holding volume buttons and insert the battery.
Try that to get to download mode.
once in download mode, put the back cover on so the battery doesn't fall out during the odin flash.
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not working, im gonna have to get a jig, thanks though

I tried the jig will do you right though. I promise.

Dont flash a PIT. You don't need to flash PIT, PBL or SBL. They can only make things worse. Phone--/!\--PC means an incomplete flash was performed... It's been marked as not complete in the Params.lfs. Just complete a flash and you should be rollin'. Try flashing a modem.

AdamOutler said:
Dont flash a PIT. You don't need to flash PIT, PBL SBL. They can only make things worse. Phone--/!\--PC means an incomplete flash was performed... It's been marked as not complete in the Params.lfs. Just complete a flash and you should be rollin'. Try flashing a modem.
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Wow, learned something ... Thought it would take atleast a kernel if not a whole stock .tar or odin 1 one click.
Didn't know that just any flash would to it... Interesting.

It depends... As long as the kernel wasn't damaged, it will actually try to boot.... Dunno how WELL it will boot, but it won't give you the triangle at least.

Ah ... I see

yeah, I posted a youtube video about UART on a Captivate... In the video, about midway through, I pulled the USB cable while flashing a modem. It soft-bricked the phone. It's not that the phone was damaged, but marked as unbootable because it was in the process of flashing. Where things go wrong is if there's a bad USB cable used. In that case, corrupted data may be on the phone.

AdamOutler said:
Dont flash a PIT. You don't need to flash PIT, PBL or SBL. They can only make things worse. Phone--/!\--PC means an incomplete flash was performed... It's been marked as not complete in the Params.lfs. Just complete a flash and you should be rollin'. Try flashing a modem.
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Wow this actually helped a lot, i tried flashing again and it worked, without it being in dlm, Thanks! I still bought the jig though and im sure it will come in handy.

Runnin Andromeda 3 now, thanks!

[Q] Galaxy tab P1000 not turn on!!!

hi,
by mistake i closed odin during update
now the device not turn on !!!
i tried to press vol- and power and vol+ and power nothing happened.
and windows not detect the device.
please help...
what should i do to bring it back to life

maalzaben said:
hi,
by mistake i closed odin during update
now the device not turn on !!!
i tried to press vol- and power and vol+ and power nothing happened.
and windows not detect the device.
please help...
what should i do to bring it back to life
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Try to charge it fo about 4 hours first. See if you can see the battery icon during charging.
Meanwhile, could you tell us the chronological detail of what happened?
1. What type of G-Tab do you have? P1000? GSM/CDMA?
2. What firmware/kernel did you have before flashing? and what were you trying to flash using ODIN?
Which step were you in when you accidentally close ODIN?

can you explain in more detail?

yappoe said:
Try to charge it fo about 4 hours first. See if you can see the battery icon during charging.
Meanwhile, could you tell us the chronological detail of what happened?
1. What type of G-Tab do you have? P1000? GSM/CDMA?
2. What firmware/kernel did you have before flashing? and what were you trying to flash using ODIN?
Which step were you in when you accidentally close ODIN?
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it's GT-P1000 not sure about GSM OR CDMA.
before flashing:
2.3.3
P1000JPJPC
and i tried to flash with the same P1000JPJPC.
it is same this model
this is what i know

maalzaben said:
it's GT-P1000 not sure about GSM OR CDMA.
before flashing:
2.3.3
P1000JPJPC
and i tried to flash with the same P1000JPJPC.
it is same this model
this is what i know
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If you had JPJPC, then your G-Tab is GSM P1000.
well, with this limited amount of information can't help you much, but, try these steps first:
1. Charge your G-tab by charger for about 4 hours. (Please let us know if you get battery icon while charging.. But continue charge your G-tab for 4 hours even if you do not see any battery icon).
2. If after charging you can go to download mode (Power+Volume down), than great. Continue just flash as you were but be more careful.
if after charging you still can't go to download mode, then try do this:
a. On your computer, start ODIN.
b. Connect your Gtab to PC using USB Connection.
c. While connected, press the POWER + VOLUME DOWN button for about 5
seconds then release. See if ODIN can detect your device.
If after you did these steps ODIN can detect your device, go ahead flash your G-tab with the ROM you were flashing, even if you can't see anything on your screen.
If that doesn't work, post again, we'll try something else.
See this guide for references that you think may help you too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133590
Note (if works after step 2):
you can download any official firmware at http://fus.nanzen.se/
1. Download Check Fus Downloader 2.1
Open Check Fus Downloader, and select the correct model of your G-Tab, choose a Firmware for your region. It will automatically decode the .enc2 file to.zip file
2. Extract the .zip file generated from decoding file to a folder and you will get
tar.md 5 file.
3. Start Odin - put the .md5 to PDA and leave everything else as is.
4. Go to download mode on the G-tab (Power + Volume down) - connect to your computer.
and click start. It takes about 6 to 7 minutes to do the flashing.
Can't guarentee if it would work, but good luck.

yappoe said:
If you had JPJPC, then your G-Tab is GSM P1000.
well, with this limited amount of information can't help you much, but, try these steps first:
1. Charge your G-tab by charger for about 4 hours. (Please let us know if you get battery icon while charging.. But continue charge your G-tab for 4 hours even if you do not see any battery icon).
2. If after charging you can go to download mode (Power+Volume down), than great. Continue just flash as you were but be more careful.
if after charging you still can't go to download mode, then try do this:
a. On your computer, start ODIN.
b. Connect your Gtab to PC using USB Connection.
c. While connected, press the POWER + VOLUME DOWN button for about 5
seconds then release. See if ODIN can detect your device.
If after you did these steps ODIN can detect your device, go ahead flash your G-tab with the ROM you were flashing, even if you can't see anything on your screen.
If that doesn't work, post again, we'll try something else.
See this guide for references that you think may help you too:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133590
Note (if works after step 2):
you can download any official firmware at http://fus.nanzen.se/
1. Download Check Fus Downloader 2.1
Open Check Fus Downloader, and select the correct model of your G-Tab, choose a Firmware for your region. It will automatically decode the .enc2 file to.zip file
2. Extract the .zip file generated from decoding file to a folder and you will get
tar.md 5 file.
3. Start Odin - put the .md5 to PDA and leave everything else as is.
4. Go to download mode on the G-tab (Power + Volume down) - connect to your computer.
and click start. It takes about 6 to 7 minutes to do the flashing.
Can't guarentee if it would work, but good luck.
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I charged it 4 hours and no battery icon
ODIN can't detect my device!!!
when in connect it to usb message showed up:
please see attachment

it seems your device has got stuck in are S5PC110 development mode
Have a read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257434

kaanoglu said:
it seems your device has got stuck in are S5PC110 development mode
Have a read here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1257434
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Yeap, seems like you 'bricked' ur G-tab. Please follow the following thread CAREFULLY. It looks hard and messy, but its actually not that bad.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312391
Good luck.

Well Done!
Thank U both of you [yappoe ] & [kaanoglu]
Now my Tab back again to Life
Good experience

hello, which one works on you? i tried to flash GT-P1000 using Odin, it completed successfully but my tab doesn't turned on. I tried charging for 4 hours with no battery charging icon.

gambitr7 said:
hello, which one works on you? i tried to flash GT-P1000 using Odin, it completed successfully but my tab doesn't turned on. I tried charging for 4 hours with no battery charging icon.
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It is possible u flashedd the wrong ROM or kernel that sgould not be used for your device. Although you have a blank screen, see if odin can recognize your tab.
Plug your gtab to the computer, start odin, press volume down+power button for 5 seconds. If odin still can see you than flash a rom following the check fus instruction above.

help me
My gtab doesn't power on.I flashed p1000xxjq1.When power on stop at samsung logo and run run run.

achaa said:
My gtab doesn't power on.I flashed p1000xxjq1.When power on stop at samsung logo and run run run.
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Plug your gtab to the computer, start odin, press volume down+power button for 5 seconds. If odin still can see you than flash a ROM.

gambitr7 said:
hello, which one works on you? i tried to flash GT-P1000 using Odin, it completed successfully but my tab doesn't turned on. I tried charging for 4 hours with no battery charging icon.
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I followed the procedure but ma phone is not coming to home screen just that samsung gloing logo comin up.
Pls tell me wat to do next.
When i activate recovery mode and chose to proceed flah from internal storage it shows Cant mount sdcard.

Choose external?
It might get swapped around
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my device just now also cant turn on.but my home button had light when i touched the screen.i charged for 4hours ++ without battery charging icon.and after finish charging i try power+ vol down.screen still black.but had light on home button.and i tried power + vol up.luckily my tab working back in CWM recovery mode.stuck on recovery for a while because when i press reboot its keep coming back to recovery.but at last the tab working with 40% power and hopefully its will working like charm.my solution is charging for 4hours and try open it back.

maalzaben said:
I charged it 4 hours and no battery icon
ODIN can't detect my device!!!
when in connect it to usb message showed up:
please see attachment
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i have a same problem, when i charge it, it turn the screen like the attachment... then when i connect the usb the screen turn blank, also odin cannot detect my device..

safffwan said:
i have a same problem, when i charge it, it turn the screen like the attachment
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Your tab is in download mode. If you can't update your tab with odin, then try with heimdall.

glussier said:
Your tab is in download mode. If you can't update your tab with odin, then try with heimdall.
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either of them can detect my device. the screen only turn like that when i charge it, when i unplug it, it turn off and cannot turn on even i press home+vol down button

I know what it does. If you plug your device via usb, eventually, the screen will turn on, and you'll be able to flash your device via Odin or Heimdall. The difference between the usb port and the charger, is that the usb port only gives the tab 500mA of power, the charger gives the tab 2000mA.