I had been using my Captivate for a while, and used Kies mini to upgrade to Froyo, and everything had been working fine until randomly the phone wouldn't boot.
It would take forever to go from the AT&T home screen, and would lag through the galaxy s intro, and then stop.
I tried to use Recovery mode, and it didn't work, so I tried to use Odin3 to flash back to stock.
Now it won't go past the Logo screen, and recovery mode doesn't work, but download mode still does. I have tried Odin one click, and Odin three click v 1.0, 1.3, and 1.7. I've used the .tar and the .pit from Breakin' Ranh's [Guide] How to Recover a Captivate to Stock 2.1 Eclair JH7
It keeps getting stuck in a boot loop after odin, no matter what I do.
Any suggestions?
Using SGH-i897
1007
first boot takes along time to build new files and delvik.. are you sure you waited long enough?
keep trying to get into recovery. try holding the buttons a little after the screen comes on.
factory wipe/ clear phone/
It keeps going to the AT&T logo screen for like 10 seconds, and then goes to the spinning wheel/battery charging screen, and then reboots.
Can't get into recovery mode through it, still.
a different .tar package.... dunno about that one..
or flash to 2.2 tar package
I have to use rom manager to get to recovery on my captivate
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I was able to use a dragon rom to get it to boot, but now my phone wont give me any access to my internal sd card, and won't mount my external, so I can't download rom manager because I "have no room" Where do I go from here?
I've already tried formatting both cards, and it seems like nothing happens whenever I click on format.
you dont need rom manager....ever
Then what does he need?
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stuck in the same position
I can get into download mode (only with a JIG tho) but when I go back to stock with Odin (or try to) it's just stuck in the AT & T logo screen, it doesn't go beyond that, how do I get into recovery mode, press both Volume buttons and Power button, when the AT&T screen comes release the Power button right?
Need some help please!
you might need to flash the 3 button fix but keep trying, if you get into recovery clear data and cache. but first boot always takes a long time as it has to build delvak cache and more... try flashing again, with the 3 button fix att rom.
3 button fix? to get into download mode you mean? I CAN get into download mode (with the jig) but not into recovery mode :-s
I have no idea how to flash it without being in the Stock rom, any help?
download is 2 buttons
recovery is 3 button.
some phones loose the 3 button combo to get into recovery.
in that case you need to flash the stock rom with 3 button fix.
it is for Att only so i dont know much more.
After Odin, I was in a boot loop yesterday. I plan on writing it up in a new thread to see if someone can help me understand what happened (cause I have Odined and modded two different cappys without issue) but here is how I was able to recover.
After Odin was complete and said successful, it reboots the phone.
Upon reboot I was in the ATT boot loop. After Odin, I lost both three button recovery and 2 button download (both of these worked before Odin). I don’t have a JIG so no way of getting to download mode.
I read to try the following sequence after reading it other posts.
1. Pull battery, sim, SD card and unplug the USB. Let it sit for a minute.
2. Plug in the USB cable.
3. Holding all three buttons, plug in the battery.
4. The battery charge (grey) should be seen on the phone. After the phone screen goes black twice let go of the power button.
This worked for me once, after several attempts.
Now that the phone booted back up, I did a master clear with Odin.
Upon reboot right back in to the ATT boot loop screen.
Was not having any luck with the steps above after several attempts.
Here is how I eventually recovered.
1. I opened Odin on the PC.
2. Pulled the battery and USB for a minute or two then replaced it and plugged in the USB cable.
3. After few cycles of black battery icon and spinning wheel, the batter icon turned green (like normal when you turn your phone off and plug it in). Sometimes this only took two cycles and sometimes many cycles (or a few minutes).
4. Once the battery icon was green, I hit the power button.
5. As soon as you see the ATT screen, pull the USB cable and the phone booted (if I left the USB plugged in, the phone went back to the black battery screen after the ATT screen).
6. I copied the correct Update.zip and Rom to my SD card.
From here I tried to boot into recovery via ADB.
The phone rebooted but back into the ATT boot loop.
Following the second set of steps above (2-3 times), I was finally able to get into Clockwork recovery.
From here I flashed Phoenix Unleashed.
After the flash rebooted and the phone seems to be running fine now (with the exception that I lost my 3 and 2 button combos, but that will be for a different thread).
From the Power Menu, I can get into download mode or Recovery no prob.
Not sure if this is something that will work for others but wanted to throw it out there just in case.
It never booted for me, so this is what I did
For anoyone that might find this thread, Odin 1 Click didn't work for me, so I flashed back into stock using Odin (not the 1 click version, another one), here are some links that proved to be very helpful (I ended up Flashing to Serependity 6.4):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031749
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919816
http://android-roms.info/roms/80-Serendipity
http://serendipityrom.weebly.com/download.html
FIXED:
Used this version of Odin to get me into recovery mode:
http://www.multiupload.com/PM9TNZWL84
Once I got that, I realized my internal SD card wasn't mounting properly, and used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
this thread to finish flashing back to stock.
Related
Ok i was running a custom version of 2.2 FroYo on my captivate and it was running fine. I backed up my old version using Clockwork Recovery. Well i decided to get brave and flash back to my stock 2.1 ROM.
When i did that alls i can get is the AT&T boot screen. It will sit there for an hour if i left it. I tried entering recovery bode (power, vol up/down) but it just sits at that screen.
Is there any hope to recovering it? I use a MAC but im about to boot Win7 on it to run ODIN, but i cant get into any flash/recvoery mode....
Suggestions?
You want to try and get into Download Mode, not Recovery. Have you tried the various button combos to get into Download Mode yet?
If the various button combos ultimately don't work, you can use something called a JIG to force your phone into Download mode.
What is the button combo for download mode? also with is 'JIG'? Im no total newb but i am new to this who flashing/kernel modifying thing.
I have a Nexus S now which i love but i need the Galaxy running for my AT&T company SIM card....
Also do i NEED ODIN?
There are like 4+ different button combos for Download Mode. If you search, I'm sure you'll find them all. The one I remember is:
1. Remove battery, SIM, microSD card (if you have one)
2. Wait at least 10 seconds with the phone off
3. Hold Volume Up/Volume Down keys, do not let go
4. While holding the volume keys, insert the battery into the phone
If this worked, the phone should almost instantly be in Download Mode.
Once in Download Mode, you want to use Odin (generally the One-Click JF6 version) to flash your phone to a working state again.
A JIG is a microUSB plug that will force your phone into Download Mode, if Download Mode is still possible on your phone. You can make them with a MicroUSB plug and resistors, or buy one. The link in my signature is an example of what a purchased one would look like.
I was trying to switch to Cognition V.2.3.8 using clockwork recovery like was shown on that thread. I did everything correctly and everything worked exactly like was explained. I got to where it was loading the zip in clockwork mod and it froze. Now my phone only gets the ATT screen when turned on and it takes a lot of tinkering to get it to just the recovery screen, but the phone is cleared, nothing will boot, all info was wiped I'm assuming that's including the previously flashed version of cognition. I tried Odin but couldn't really get it going. Not sure what to do. I used Odin for my last ROM, and clock work recovery didn't go quite as well obviously. Please someone give me some good news, and help me unbrick my phone.
Have you tried doing any of the three button combos to get into download mode and restore to stock possibly?..if none of the buttons work, you might have to make/use a jig to get it into download mode. Anyway, just try getting into download and try to restore to stock for now.
Your phone needs to be in "Download" mode to use Odin.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
Scroll down to step 1 and try those "Key Combinations" until one of them gets you into download mode. Once you are in, flash back to stock with Odin. Hopefully that works and solves your problem.
If no key combos work, then you need a jig. My phone is one of the few that don't work with the key combos, while my last 2 did fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889128
Like the others stated you need to be in DOWNLOAD MODE to get Odin to work.
Also there is a specific method to get Odin to recognize your device and then flash it back to stock:
Turn on ODIN first.
Do NOT have your phone plugged in when Odin is started.
Make sure your phone is powered off.
Hold down the Volume +/- Buttons on your phone then plug in your USB cord. It should go directly into DOWNLOAD MODE and Odin should state that your phone is connected.
Click the Go button and watch Odin do it's magic.
If that didnt work....
Try the "Battery Trick"
Unplug the phone from USB - Power it off.
Pull the battery, SIM, and SDCard (if applicable) from your phone.
Turn on Odin
Plug in the phone to USB Cord (with everything still out of it)
Hold down the VOLUME +/- Buttons
Then while doing all this - pop the battery back in the back of your phone.
Rinse and repeat a few times if it doesn't go directly into DOWNLOAD MODE to make sure you are doing this correctly.
And if THAT doesn't work.
Do the jig (Build a jig - there are a ton of posts here in the Q&A and Q&A sticky on how to do this.)
I've got a stock Captivate running Gingerbread 2.3.3, Was trying to root with Odin and i897uckf1 design gears. Flash completed, phone rebooted and became stuck in a power loop. 1st to AT&T screen, then to Rogers screen and finally loaded to lock screen but then it would turn off and start all over again. After 10 minutes, I removed the battery, reinserted but still stuck in the power loop.
Next, I got it into download mode and tried to flash back to stock with how to from this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989.
Now my phone will not go into download or reset mode. It will just loop the At&T screen. When I plug in the usb cable it loops a discharged battery icon.
I've tried all button combos to get into download mode without success. Am I screwed?
HELP!!!
Tabbajit said:
I've got a stock Captivate running Gingerbread 2.3.3, Was trying to root with Odin and i897uckf1 design gears. Flash completed, phone rebooted and became stuck in a power loop. 1st to AT&T screen, then to Rogers screen and finally loaded to lock screen but then it would turn off and start all over again. After 10 minutes, I removed the battery, reinserted but still stuck in the power loop.
Next, I got it into download mode and tried to flash back to stock with how to from this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989.
Now my phone will not go into download or reset mode. It will just loop the At&T screen. When I plug in the usb cable it loops a discharged battery icon.
I've tried all button combos to get into download mode without success. Am I screwed?
HELP!!!
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I'd try making a jig/ or buying one. Instructions on this forum.
Tabbajit,
Right click, run as adminstrator Odin first. Pull ur battery, connect usb end of cable to computer (port on back of computer), connect micro usb end to phone, then insert battery (replace cover). U should b in download mode. (If not then u may need jig as stated above).
Do not use the Odin with the 3 button fix or u may hard brick ur phone.
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Hey guys. Thanks for your help. Managed to get things going again with the Jig. Took most of the day but got Rooted Gingerbread running 100%. Lost all my apps and info along the way though. What backup are you guys using for Apps, SMS, etc?
^ Titanium Backup Pro
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Yesterday I attempted to flash back to stock with ODIN, but after the program said the operation was successfully completed I was left with a problem.
Now, whenever I attempt to turn on the device it hangs at the AT&T logo for about 10 seconds, the screen goes black, and this repeats indefinitely. And whenever I plug the device into any outlet there is the loading screen before it shows how much battery you have, but before it shows the green bar in the battery the screen goes black, and also repeats indefinitely.
I've tried all of the button combinations but cannot seem to get into download mode or even recovery mode.
There was one time where the device booted up, after about an hour of the AT&T logo flashing, but right after the phone booted up it shut down because it died.
Is there anyway I can get into download mode from this state?
You have a late build phone, you flashed Odin one click to 2.1, later builds phones just bootloop with 2.1, and those bootloaders trend to break the button combos.
You'll need a jig to force download mode.
there is a sticky at the top of the dev section with stock packages, I'd suggest grabbing a gingerbread packages with bootloaders, so your phone will boot up AND it'll fix your button combos.
If anyone wants to know, I was able to fix it quite easily, it just took a lot of patience and without a jig.
I first charged the phone for about 4 hours.
Then I turned the device on and let the AT&T logo flash until eventually the device turned on.
Since I was on 2.1 I was able to use the oneclick root application to root my phone. Amazingly it actually went into recovery and I was able to apply the update.zip.
Next I rebooted the phone and waited until it finally turned on again, from here I downloaded a command line application and was able to use that to force the device into download mode.
Finally, I used Heimdall oneclick and my phone was back to normal.
Hey,
I have been reading around, but this is my first thread, and I'm looking for some help.
I got a G920T, and I was trying to get a custom rom installed, got twrp working, but after running xtresolite, twisted and VN-ROM installers (yes, i checked to download the ones for my model) and factory wiping had no luck, phone was just stuck at "powered by samsung" screen. So I decided trying to go back to stock, but ODIN gave me only fails.
Tried: AOCG, COF6 and EPD1 getting failed on writing from ODIN, then I realized i couln't get into twrp anymore, so I tried to get to download mode BUT then I couldn't get to it, just got to the green custom os warning screen and pressing any button doesn't get me anywhere, from there I can only turn phone off.
Tried to emergency recover with Smart Switch, but since it doesn't get to Download mode, it's not recognizing phone, and neither does Odin.
So:
-vol down+home+power=green screen/turn off
-No Download mode
Any ideas? I found another guy somewhere asking for same issue, but he got no answers.
Thanks in advance!!
Power off phone first don't restart and try it
Download mode usually always exists even with software screw ups
Power down first then hold volume down +home button then power button keep holding till screen comes up then chose volume up to continue to download mode .
IT takes like a few seconds to get it to power to download mode sometimes between 2-6seconds in my experience
For Odin try newest version and just reflash the idle kernel 3.0.2.0 twrp for s6 6.0.1
Very important you unchecked auto reboot in Odin before you flash twrp again .
You have to manually reboot after it flashes
Then you should be able to swipe to allow modifications then either restore rom backup or sideload a rom.
You can also recover your phone I'f you mount USB otg in twrp and down load a rom to it on the flash drive just a idea
If you wanna go to stock Download uvu3epd1 from Samsung site
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Some advance
Hey,
Thanks a lot for your answer androidddaaron!
It came to the point it went off and it wasn't charging when connected. No powered by samsung message, no download mode, nothing, so, in my desperation i placed the phone over a qi charger i use for my nexus7, after about 30-40 minutes, i grabbed it, it was very hot, and not even powering on (just grey battery not moving), so i decided to go deeper, took advantage of the heat to remove back cover and began to strip it apart.
I bridged the power on/off contacts directly on the board, and what was my surprise, powered by samsung message. So i got to figure out the combination for vol- contact on the board (3 contacts for volume: gnd, vol+ and vol-). Turns out i could get this time through and got to download mode . I'm waiting right now for software download to complete, it will probably take a couple hours, since i'm only getting 1.8Mb/s.
Before starting software download with Smart Switch (Odin not working here), i made tests for buttons, they seem to be closing circuit as expected with tester, BUT, when attached to board, i'm not getting the correct behavior, so i'm thinking i might have a faulty vol- or something, right now, working directly on board (no back cover, no aluminium), no buttons, bridging contacts as needed.
I'll wait for smart switch to finish and hopefully getting phone to work. I'll report after that. :fingers-crossed:
Umm.. I don't know what your saying sounds like you tore apart your phone.
The button combo works as I mentioned how to.
Flash the right twrp.. as mentioned with the procedures .
Then USB otg flash a rom
OR try odin flash stock
Best of luck
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