Im retarted wasnt paying attn, too sleepy.
I flashed the stock pit and tar from an epic onto the cappy and now it wont even turn on. Wont respond to anything.
Cant get it in to download. No life at all,Shes dead captain, kinda thing.
So it started out i was going to flash back to something other than trident/cm7.
Im bought the car dock and was going to use the kernal so the dock would actually work.
Well it was like any other flash ive done countless times.. Till odin preformed an illegal operation and then it dawned on me what i did.. It was still in download but the computer didn't recognize it any longer. So power off and try to go back to dl mode.. the phone wont respond at all. The power button does nothing.. Plugging it in does nothing..
Im pretty sure its dead, thoughts? other than the flamming for being a newb.
ninjaclipse said:
Im retarted wasnt paying attn, too sleepy.
I flashed the stock pit and tar from an epic onto the cappy and now it wont even turn on. Wont respond to anything.
Cant get it in to download. Shes dead captain, kinda thing.
So it started out i was going to flash back to something other than trident/cm7.
Im bought the car dock and was going to use the kernal so the dock would actually work.
Well it was like any other flash ive done countless times.. Till odin preformed an illegal operation and then it dawned on me what i did.. It was still in download but the computer didn't recognize it any longer. So power off and try to go back to dl mode.. the phone wont respond at all. The power button does nothing.. Plugging it in does nothing..
Im pretty sure its dead, thoughts? other than the flamming for being a newb.
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Jig maybe? Or Jtag if you can find one.
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Jig maybe? Or Jtag if you can find one.
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Well with the jig it still has to be able to turn on.. I cant get it to even do that
So i dunno.. Thats why im drawing a blank. I would think it would at the very lest be able to get in to dl mode but nothing lol
So you had the 3 button combo working before?
Have you
1 Open Odin one click or the full version to flash what you want
2 plug in the cable to your computer
3 Hold the vol up/down buttons
4 Plug in micro usb to phone?
If that doesn't work try the same process but do this.
1 Open Odin one click or the full version to flash what you want
2 Remove battery from phone
3 Plug phone to computer and hold vol up/down
4 Push battery in
Try those methods if you haven't already. If they don't work a jig might be your best option to get the phone to DL mode.
And a jig seems to work when you really think it wouldn't but try either of these methods first. I was stuck last week when my phone would not power or anything and the second method worked for me.
flashman2002 said:
So you had the 3 button combo working before?
Have you
1 Open Odin one click or the full version to flash what you want
2 plug in the cable to your computer
3 Hold the vol up/down buttons
4 Plug in micro usb to phone?
If that doesn't work try the same process but do this.
1 Open Odin one click or the full version to flash what you want
2 Remove battery from phone
3 Plug phone to computer and hold vol up/down
4 Push battery in
Try those methods if you haven't already. If they don't work a jig might be your best option to get the phone to DL mode.
And a jig seems to work when you really think it wouldn't but try either of these methods first. I was stuck last week when my phone would not power or anything and the second method worked for me.
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Yepper thats the method ive been using forever to get into dl mode.
And yea tried the the 2nd way too no dice..
Idk what build number your phone is but build 1010 I'd under product advisory. I had a similar issue and brought it to the att service center and got a brand new cappy v 1008
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kwhee07 said:
Idk what build number your phone is but build 1010 I'd under product advisory. I had a similar issue and brought it to the att service center and got a brand new cappy v 1008
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Off topic, you had a 1010 build, got a replace that is 1008 and you think it's new.
Caution swyping! Read at your own risk.
It sounds dead sir. No idea what ODIN did, but if it's not responding to the power, charger, usb, combo-tricks, etc. It sounds like it's been perma-bricked
If it's still under warranty, it's certainly worth trying to get it replaced... "What the hell is wrong with this phone? It won't turn on anymore?!"
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It sounds dead sir. No idea what ODIN did, but if it's not responding to the power, charger, usb, combo-tricks, etc. It sounds like it's been perma-bricked
If it's still under warranty, it's certainly worth trying to get it replaced... "What the hell is wrong with this phone? It won't turn on anymore?!"
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Can still try a jig.
Look up connexion2005 on this site or get in touch with him on mobiletechreview.com you can also look him up on youtube and his rom in a flash videos. Ghats how I got in touch with him when my phone was fubard and 4 days after I shipped it to him I got it back working like new.
Its well worth the effort to get in touch with him. He is a good guy and I'm sure he can help you.
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there is no point using a jig. return for warranty. play dumb.
So I made a jig and still dead as anything. Weird, oh well anyone think of anything else? Prob going to see about trying to get art to replace it. Or pay the insurance
Your battery isn't dead is it?
Ha nope at last recall it was around 80% before it happened. And I also tried a fully charged battery from an epic
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I find it hard to believe since a bad flash killed my battery from 96%. But I'm not there so I can't say otherwise. The homemade jig thing from radioshack did not work for me though. I had to use one that was made by one of the members here. I had it plugged in, popped in the battery, and it fired up. Try a couple different combos and see if you get lucky. If I remember correctly it was like 3 tries for me
Yep, verified she's dead..
I hacked a usb cord, and teseted it on an Epic. worked great for the epic..
but the same method on the cappy and she's still dead no life..
/sad panda
how did you make the jig? i bricked mine not to long ago... i didnt use the 301k resistor that you hear about in other threads... i went to radio shack bought a pack of 100k resistors and a pack of 1k .... i soldered three of the 100k and one of the 1k, end to end... then soldered it to the 4 and 5 pin on the stripped charger plug.... this will work... the firmware/kernal/rom changes you have made shouldnt affect the phones ability to get into download mode....
I find it hard to believe since a bad flash killed my battery from 96%. But I'm not there so I can't say otherwise. The homemade jig thing from radioshack did not work for me though. I had to use one that was made by one of the members here. I had it plugged in, popped in the battery, and it fired up. Try a couple different combos and see if you get lucky. If I remember correctly it was like 3 tries for me
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you dont know what your doing then... if the jig you use from the members worked then you deffinately didnt make urs right.... search these threads there are pictures of what pins to use... you actually dont even have to solder them... just stick the stripped down plug in and touch the ends of the jig to the correct pins... however... do not touch the the actual wires of the jig as it will change the resistance, if that happens it will appear that the jig doesnt work... this is SIMPLE! and if you cant get it to work then youre not following directions, also as he said above.. it doesnt matter that you had 80% before... make sure your battery is charged and try your jig again... that is if you even made one to begin with...
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you dont know what your doing then... if the jig you use from the members worked then you deffinately didnt make urs right.... search these threads there are pictures of what pins to use... you actually dont even have to solder them... just stick the stripped down plug in and touch the ends of the jig to the correct pins... however... do not touch the the actual wires of the jig as it will change the resistance, if that happens it will appear that the jig doesnt work... this is SIMPLE! and if you cant get it to work then youre not following directions, also as he said above.. it doesnt matter that you had 80% before... make sure your battery is charged and try your jig again... that is if you even made one to begin with...
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Cut the guy some slack. Unless you know him or work with him, how do you know he hasn't?
Anyway. Look, I had a similar issue with odin. I didn't run it as admin on win7 and it froze about half way. I unplugged and popped the battery, next thing, it wouldn't start. Since I knew my phone wouldn't work with the 3 button, stock, I tried something else. I let the phone sit for about 5 minutes, came back, put in battery, held the volume buttons as I inserted the usb. Snapped right into download mode.
Not everything works for the same device. It could be that your jig has something wrong with it. Just a thought.
But a hint for the community, unless you know the person you are speaking to personally, don't assume he's lazy and hasn't made his jig.
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how did you make the jig? i bricked mine not to long ago... i didnt use the 301k resistor that you hear about in other threads... i went to radio shack bought a pack of 100k resistors and a pack of 1k .... i soldered three of the 100k and one of the 1k, end to end... then soldered it to the 4 and 5 pin on the stripped charger plug.... this will work... the firmware/kernal/rom changes you have made shouldnt affect the phones ability to get into download mode....
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I exposed the micro usb connector and connected the resistors to the contacts on the board..
Proved that it worked on a epic, booted into dl mode without problem. tried on the cappy and nothing..
Got josh's jig last night. Tried that as well and nothing..
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I have my buddy's captivate here, he gave it to me as he was afraid he had bricked it. I offered to help. (funny thing is he works for ATT lol)
He had used a one click root method (so he says), and I think he might have accidentally deleted parts of touchwiz with root explorer.
I want to, at the least, odin the phone back to stock.
Issues I am having:
The phone is completely unusable as Twlauncher is stuck in a force close loop. I would just put the phone in usb debugging and use adb reboot download but I can't get to the settings menu. The only thing that I can use is the notifications pull down menu.
None of the 3 button combo's to boot into recovery/download work. The phone's batch number is 1101 and I had read that some of them lack the 3 button feature.
I am open to the option of using a jig to get it into download mode. I would like to exhaust all other options first however. I would also like to talk to someone who has experience making and using a jig.
Any help you guys can give would be fantastic. :
Thanks
I've made two jigs.
I've done the I-Go one and the one in my sig. If you want a one day thing, I'd go with the I-go one
if you have more time, just get the 8 dollar premade jig off ebay i think.
your post says the guy you got the resistor from is no longer selling them? :/
And can you give me a little more info on the I-go jig?
I honestly think that each person should make a jig or buy one because accidents happen
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_tr...&_nkw=captivate+jig&_sacat=See-All-Categories
if you want to make one. the I-GO jig is on the first post of the link in my sig.
you basically tear apart the connector, find slots 4 and 5, and wire the resistors in series to hit 300/301k resistance.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9238587&postcount=1
when i did mine they didnt have the 100k resistors so I used five 47watt resistors and three 22watt resistors and it worked. just make sure you're connecting the right wires on the I-GO tip. refer to the pictures and you should be fine. I had to use 2 I-GO tips because i wasnt careful with my first one and destroyed it.
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can u long press the menu button to bring up search? or bring up the search menu by pressing the search button? then type in settings? (so you can access usb debugging)
If i pull the batt out put it back in hold both volumes in while inserting the usb I get dl mode. Wont work for you?
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Dumbass me did exactly as the title says. Now the phone won't do jack, won't even go into download, don't see a bootscreen, just stays black and off. Tried all the button combos and ****. Am I ****ed? I'm still under warranty. What do I need to do? Do I need to get a JIG or will that not do?
Did u try pulling the the battery, opening the one click, plugging usb in then holding volume up and down only (no power button) then putting battery in. should go straight into download. If not that I would look into a jig. Captivates are pretty hard to permanently brick. The guys here on xda are pretty awesome. Helped me out of more than one hair losing situation
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Lencias said:
Dumbass me did exactly as the title says. Now the phone won't do jack, won't even go into download, don't see a bootscreen, just stays black and off. Tried all the button combos and ****. Am I ****ed? I'm still under warranty. What do I need to do? Do I need to get a JIG or will that not do?
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First please watch the swearing in The threads. Second if you can't get into dl mode by the method above then a jig may be your only hope. There are videos that will show you how to make one or how to order a pre made one. A search will get you where you need to be.
Sqb said:
Did u try pulling the the battery, opening the one click, plugging usb in then holding volume up and down only (no power button) then putting battery in. should go straight into download. If not that I would look into a jig. Captivates are pretty hard to permanently brick. The guys here on xda are pretty awesome. Helped me out of more than one hair losing situation
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Yes, I'm not a noob, I said I tried all the button combos, how else do you think I even got OneClick to work on my phone in the first place... Doesn't go into download mode.
don't get smart with someone trying to help you...if you knew completely what you were doing you would have NEVER closed odin while it was flashing...just sayin.
my guess is you closed it while it was flashing bootloaders and its now bricked and nothing short of jtagging it or a warranty replacement will get you a working phone. next time wait until its done before you touch anything
JIG did the trick.
And don't be a smartass yourself, I screwed up, I said that, Mr. I'm-so-perfect-I-never-screw-up. I don't know what you do for a living, maybe you can go play Xbox with your friends from school while your phone is restoring, but I need to be able to use my computer for business at all times.
Lencias said:
JIG did the trick.
And don't be a smartass yourself, I screwed up, I said that, Mr. I'm-so-perfect-I-never-screw-up. I don't know what you do for a living, maybe you can go play Xbox with your friends from school while your phone is restoring, but I need to be able to use my computer for business at all times.
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Dude, you need to relax. There are disclaimers all over the place. We do this because it is a pass-time for us as well as a hobby. By no means does anyone have to come in here and bow to your demands or be berated by you because you are frustrated at a problem with your phone. Use of the search function would have yielded the answers you so douchebaggedly demanded.
Using your computer for more than one task is possible. Run Odin all you want but this "windows" or other operating system you may run has this nifty ability to more than one thing at once.
... it's like watching a guy holding a hornet's nest and saying, "I don't care what you say, I'm punting this thing and that's that!".
Lencias said:
JIG did the trick.
And don't be a smartass yourself, I screwed up, I said that, Mr. I'm-so-perfect-I-never-screw-up. I don't know what you do for a living, maybe you can go play Xbox with your friends from school while your phone is restoring, but I need to be able to use my computer for business at all times.
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Was your computer made in the 90's or something? It's easy do this stuff on the computer your work on in your spare time, just make sure you're a little more careful next time.
I'm glad the jig worked.
My computer crashed while trying to flash an SGS I9000 through Odin. The phone will not boot at all - the screen just stays off. I've tried pulling the battery for extended periods but it makes no difference. I can't get into recovery mode or download mode. The screen seems permanently off.
When I put the battery in and plug the phone into the computer it tries (and fails) to install a driver for a "SEC S59C110 Test B/D".
I've tried the 301K resistor jig but it did not seem to do anything.
Any ideas on what I can do? The phone is long out of warranty, so if the phone is permanently dead then I'll just have to buy a new one (though I'm hoping for a fix, if possible!)
You could try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330491
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read this too..
it's basically the same thing, but it talks about the possibility of using the unbrickable mod without doing the hardware mod... (if i got it right) wich i think it is your case because the computer is able to enumerate usb.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/explaining-and-advancing-the-unbrickable-mod/
good luck!
and let us know
interesting, keep us updated if you try unbrickable
Ozzah said:
..........I've tried the 301K resistor jig but it did not seem to do anything.........
Any ideas on what I can do? The phone is long out of warranty, so if the phone is permanently dead then I'll just have to buy a new one (though I'm hoping for a fix, if possible!)
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It's very strange that the jig fails on these situation.
Maybe that the jig is not correctly built....
Why don't you try with another usb dongle?
I hope that you solve your problem.
I can't believe it - I'm absolutely astounded. UnBrickable and Heimdall worked and they brought the phone back to life! Thank you guys so much!
you did the hardware mod for unbrickable?
No, I dismantled the phone and when I saw how tiny the resistors were I shat my pants.
I tried it without doing the hardware mods first, and I was going to mod it only if it failed (which, fortunately, it didn't!)
you lucky one then if the bootloader would be f.... up you would have to techmod
but anyways gg ;]
So, I tried to update my Captivate to Gingerbread via Kies to prep it for CM10, and it hung on the 'Firmware Upgrade' Eventually, I pulled the plug and tried the 'Emergency Recovery' That ended up hanging too. And now my phone is completely unresponsive.
I don't see the Computer-- >Phone icon, I can't boot into download mode, nothing, just a black screen.
I tried pulling the battery, sim card, etc. and nothing. Plugging it into the wall also has zero noticeable effect. Am I SOL or is there some hope of resurrecting this beast?
If a Jig doesn't put ya in Download mode...then it sounds like u need the assistance of someone like mobiletechvideos.com
Check out my sig link below for links on how to make a jig and or where to buy one.
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I don't think a jig will work, I get zero response from plugging in a USB cable. I'll look into the JTAG stuff. Or hope the Nexus 4 is back in stock sooner than later!
Thanks for the info.
straytoaster said:
I don't think a jig will work, I get zero response from plugging in a USB cable. I'll look into the JTAG stuff. Or hope the Nexus 4 is back in stock sooner than later!
Thanks for the info.
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As long as your phone is charged, a jig might work. You don't need to be getting response from your phone for it to work.
JTAG is last resort but if ever needed, mobiletechvideos .com offers it.
My phone also dead like yours. No signs of life., jig works for me
Hello, my situation is this: S3 Mini running Carbon Rom 4.4.4 , flashed with TWRP. After running great for a few weeks, suddenly after charging all night the phone froze ( was on FB on CM Browser). It was totally unresponsive to any attempts so I pulled the battery ( this did happen a couple times before) and when I tried to restart, nothing. The phone responds to nothing, no download, no recovery, no charger.... battery is charged and I did try a different battery to no avail. The only response I get is if it is connected to a PC before I install the battery then when I install it (the battery) the PC tries to install u8500 usb rom drivers, which of course it never finds. Samsung device drivers are installed on the PC. Odin also fails to see it.
Is it dead? Is it salvageable? Can I recover any data off it?
Sorry for the new thread but it seemed I could not find a case exactly like mine.
Pino Fundez said:
Hello, my situation is this: S3 Mini running Carbon Rom 4.4.4 , flashed with TWRP. After running great for a few weeks, suddenly after charging all night the phone froze ( was on FB on CM Browser). It was totally unresponsive to any attempts so I pulled the battery ( this did happen a couple times before) and when I tried to restart, nothing. The phone responds to nothing, no download, no recovery, no charger.... battery is charged and I did try a different battery to no avail. The only response I get is if it is connected to a PC before I install the battery then when I install it (the battery) the PC tries to install u8500 usb rom drivers, which of course it never finds. Samsung device drivers are installed on the PC. Odin also fails to see it.
Is it dead? Is it salvageable? Can I recover any data off it?
Sorry for the new thread but it seemed I could not find a case exactly like mine.
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I had the same issue after flashing a wrong bootloader. I gave the phone back where I bought it telling that I doesn't know why he didn't started anymore. They replaced my telephone motherboard and now it works.
theov3rc0mer said:
I had the same issue after flashing a wrong bootloader. I gave the phone back where I bought it telling that I doesn't know why he didn't started anymore. They replaced my telephone motherboard and now it works.
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There's no warranty on my device so taking it back is not an option. The phone was working fine for while so I suppose it's not the bootloader... what suprised me is that it happened outta the blue, not during start up... thanks for the advice though mate.
Pino Fundez said:
There's no warranty on my device so taking it back is not an option. The phone was working fine for while so I suppose it's not the bootloader... what suprised me is that it happened outta the blue, not during start up... thanks for the advice though mate.
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I think you can try with an usb jig or you can find someone with a jtag (there are millions of guides about those solutions, just google it). :good:
theov3rc0mer said:
I think you can try with an usb jig or you can find someone with a jtag (there are millions of guides about those solutions, just google it). :good:
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The jig I can do, no harm trying but the jtag is hard to find....
Guys i have this exact same problem and i'm getting desperate. i remember there was a special usb cable but i can't remember the name...
Could you please link me to anything? Absolutely anything? i really need this phone alive
M4v3r1cX said:
Guys i have this exact same problem and i'm getting desperate. i remember there was a special usb cable but i can't remember the name...
Could you please link me to anything? Absolutely anything? i really need this phone alive
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basically from what I've read, the jig you either buy off Ebay for 3$ or solder 300kΩ across pins 4 and 5 of a micro usb connector, But look it up before cause a nuclear holocaust
Pino Fundez said:
basically from what I've read, the jig you either buy off Ebay for 3$ or solder 300kΩ across pins 4 and 5 of a micro usb connector, But look it up before cause a nuclear holocaust
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Today i bought the usb jib and... no, it didn't work. God damn
I guess i'll just let the phone die and i'll buy a new one... it was a good phone.
M4v3r1cX said:
Today i bought the usb jib and... no, it didn't work. God damn
I guess i'll just let the phone die and i'll buy a new one... it was a good phone.
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Honestly, I didnt think the jig would work, which is why Im not in much haste to do it, before you dump it though mate, try and find someone close to you with a JTAG setup.... I havent had much luck with that.
It was an ok phone... either I had high expectations or it was below the hype but that is just my 2 cents... at the end of the day it was a useful tool....