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I really need some help with my iphone...

I know i will get flamed for this and the thread will probably be closed but i have searched google asked in 3 diffrent forums and have found nothing that worked, and the last thing i could thing of was to ask on xda. It wouldn't be that big of deal but i was scammed on ebay when selling a phone and i cannot lose another one or i will be using a razr untill christmas. (Im 14 and have no income)
I bought it about a week ago, jailbroken and have had no problems untill i got in to chicago yesterday and was using the 3g. While i would be on the internet it would randomly lose service so i would go in to the settings and turn the connections off and then back on so it they would trun back on. but it would freeze on the settings screen so i would hold the sleep/wake and home button to reset it, that worked 3 times but it did it once again and when i tried to reset it it would just hang on the bootup screen with a little loading symbol in the middle of the screen and would turn it self off and on. I have tried to restore it but itunes will not recognize it. I know it is not bricked becasue i was doing nothing that could have of bricked it, but does anyone know how to restore without a computer or anything that might work?
Thanks guys

Austin021296 said:
I know i will get flamed for this and the thread will probably be closed but i have searched google asked in 3 diffrent forums and have found nothing that worked, and the last thing i could thing of was to ask on xda. It wouldn't be that big of deal but i was scammed on ebay when selling a phone and i cannot lose another one or i will be using a razr untill christmas. (Im 14 and have no income)
I bought it about a week ago, jailbroken and have had no problems untill i got in to chicago yesterday and was using the 3g. While i would be on the internet it would randomly lose service so i would go in to the settings and turn the connections off and then back on so it they would trun back on. but it would freeze on the settings screen so i would hold the sleep/wake and home button to reset it, that worked 3 times but it did it once again and when i tried to reset it it would just hang on the bootup screen with a little loading symbol in the middle of the screen and would turn it self off and on. I have tried to restore it but itunes will not recognize it. I know it is not bricked becasue i was doing nothing that could have of bricked it, but does anyone know how to restore without a computer or anything that might work?
Thanks guys
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Dont you have a Nexus one>? why will you use a rarz then?

Austin021296 said:
I know i will get flamed for this and the thread will probably be closed but i have searched google asked in 3 diffrent forums and have found nothing that worked, and the last thing i could thing of was to ask on xda. It wouldn't be that big of deal but i was scammed on ebay when selling a phone and i cannot lose another one or i will be using a razr untill christmas. (Im 14 and have no income)
I bought it about a week ago, jailbroken and have had no problems untill i got in to chicago yesterday and was using the 3g. While i would be on the internet it would randomly lose service so i would go in to the settings and turn the connections off and then back on so it they would trun back on. but it would freeze on the settings screen so i would hold the sleep/wake and home button to reset it, that worked 3 times but it did it once again and when i tried to reset it it would just hang on the bootup screen with a little loading symbol in the middle of the screen and would turn it self off and on. I have tried to restore it but itunes will not recognize it. I know it is not bricked becasue i was doing nothing that could have of bricked it, but does anyone know how to restore without a computer or anything that might work?
Thanks guys
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the only way to restor is with a computer?

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djteotancolis said:
Dont you have a Nexus one>? why will you use a rarz then?
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Oh i sold it, forgot to change my sig.

rorytmeadows said:
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Nice picture lol

Austin021296 said:
Oh i sold it, forgot to change my sig.
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what version iphone you have? 3gs or 3g and which gb?

3gs 16gb (have to meet the 20 characters)

Austin021296 said:
3gs 16gb (have to meet the 20 characters)
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well you should have warranty on the phone just dont tell apple you jail broke it

djteotancolis said:
well you should have warranty on the phone just dont tell apple you jail broke it
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Im sure they can tell some how but if they do i might say i just bought it and dont even know what jailbreak is

Austin021296 said:
Im sure they can tell some how but if they do i might say i just bought it and dont even know what jailbreak is
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yeah but then your gonna be in more trouble if you say you dont know they are apple after all but its worth a try

djteotancolis said:
yeah but then your gonna be in more trouble if you say you dont know they are apple after all but its worth a try
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Yeah. If it comes down to this i will buy a square trade warranty and "accidently" drop it out my 2nd story window lol

LOL, Insurance fraud is always the way to go, won't get into any more trouble there........
Mac or PC ? have you followed all these steps ?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1495

denco7 said:
LOL, Insurance fraud is always the way to go, won't get into any more trouble there........
Mac or PC ? have you followed all these steps ?
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1495
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I got it to reboot in recovery but after about 45 minutes it reboots itself again

Austin021296 said:
I got it to reboot in recovery but after about 45 minutes it reboots itself again
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put a official firmware it'll work

djteotancolis said:
put a official firmware it'll work
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im trying to but once it downloads from itunes it quits for some reason before the whole file downloads. I will try and download it from another source and see if that works.

Austin021296 said:
Yeah. If it comes down to this i will buy a square trade warranty and "accidently" drop it out my 2nd story window lol
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Haaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha...check this guy out...posting possible insurance fraud...haaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha

Miliz91 said:
Haaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha...check this guy out...posting possible insurance fraud...haaaaaaaaaaahahahahaha
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I was jk. It was a joke

Now don't flame at me thinking that I'm a fan boy. Trust me. I HATE the iPhone. Apple's other products I'm alright with but I would not use an iPhone if anyone paid me. Here's what you gotta do mate. I do this all the time because generally people who have the iPhone have no clue about the hardware. (I'm telling yah, get sumthin else. The iPhone is a waste of good money). Here are the instructions.
1) Head over to http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/ and select the appropriate model for your device.
2) Make sure this saves with the extension .ipsw on it. NOT .zip
3) Fire up iTunes while your phone is on and plugged in.
4) Next you gotta put the thing into something called DFU Mode
5) Turn your phone off but leave it plugged in.
6) Hold down the power button + the home button for 10 secs
7) After the 10 secs, release the power button but continue holding home for another 10 secs.
8) iTunes is gonna jump up and down now (if you have a mac) and say an iPhone has been detected blah blah blah... whatever.
9) Now if you have a Mac, hold down option while hitting restore. If you have a PC, hold down shift while hitting restore.
10) Now you'll be greeted with a navigation window. Go ahead and select the .ipsw file you downloaded.
11) Hit restore and hope that it works.
Get rid of it if it works. Get a REAL phone lol

[Q] Is it over for my captivate???

I have a captivate (UCJH7)...
i flashed a few different roms then i flashed back to stock using 'I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0.exe'.. then it stopped going into download/recovery.Then i udated to 2.2 using kies. Then i wanted to flash cognition so i used adb to went to download mode. i flashed the speedmod kernel using odin and it rebooted and then "PHONE ! COMPUTER" symbol..
I cannot boot..
All i see is the phone ! comp symbol
I used 3 button combo,
tried removing everyting and holdin vol up+down then putting the battery
Odin doesnt recognize the phone and adb doesnt list any connected device
DOES THIS MEAN ITS OVER.. is it permanant brick?
or is there anything i can do???
everything i did uptill now was with the forums help so maybe somone has a solution
Thanx in advance

pruth93 said:
I have a captivate (UCJH7)...
i flashed a few different roms then i flashed back to stock using 'I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0.exe'.. then it stopped going into download/recovery.Then i udated to 2.2 using kies. Then i wanted to flash cognition so i used adb to went to download mode. i flashed the speedmod kernel using odin and it rebooted and then "PHONE ! COMPUTER" symbol..
I cannot boot..
All i see is the phone ! comp symbol
I used 3 button combo,
tried removing everyting and holdin vol up+down then putting the battery
Odin doesnt recognize the phone and adb doesnt list any connected device
DOES THIS MEAN ITS OVER.. is it permanant brick?
or is there anything i can do???
everything i did uptill now was with the forums help so maybe somone has a solution
Thanx in advance
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Remove Battery insert usb cable hold vol up/down power put in batt release power button only keep holding vol up/down should go right in to download mode. I've done this many a time.

o/` Search the forums, buy a jig, doo-dah doo-dah,
People create threads about this exact problem, all the live long day o/`

if you get it up and going with the above meathod (should work) then definately use the 3-button fix next time. only once though because flashing bootloaders can be dangerous. once the recovery mode is working with button combo then flash speedmod (as long as the rom you want is on the sd card) or flash 2.2 then speedmod so the phone will be bootable.
also i'd redownload speedmod if you want to start over. could have been a bad download. also could have been a windows problem or a bad cable. hope you get it working.

hedgehogmd said:
Remove Battery insert usb cable hold vol up/down power put in batt release power button only keep holding vol up/down should go right in to download mode. I've done this many a time.
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thnx for the quick reply...
Tried it but it doesnt work

Thank u guys for the support...
None of the methods r working..
I did spent a lot of time searching the forum b4 posting.. no luck
I ll try the jig but i dont want to cut the original usb that came with my capptivate so will se what i can get

pruth93 said:
Thank u guys for the support...
None of the methods r working..
I did spent a lot of time searching the forum b4 posting.. no luck
I ll try the jig but i dont want to cut the original usb that came with my capptivate so will se what i can get
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Then purchase one or make your own. There's no need to cut up a cable.

Jig + Cappy = Eternal Life

pruth93 said:
Thank u guys for the support...
None of the methods r working..
I did spent a lot of time searching the forum b4 posting.. no luck
I ll try the jig but i dont want to cut the original usb that came with my capptivate so will se what i can get
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I bought a jig from a well respected member here for $8. I have not had to use it yet (thank God!) but it is pretty cheap insurance!

I gat my self 1 and I place under my pyllow so I can sleep well
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I had this same thing one where no button combo worked to get into download mode. Turns out that i needed to restart my computer. who would have thought.

Pheww! I was out of hopes and was definitely going to buy the jig but just to see what happens if I pressed and hold the 3 buttons I long pressed them and the symbol disappeared and then came back then disappeared again then i left the buttons cuz I thought ill definitely need a jig so I let the buttons go and BAM! I was in download mode and I flashed serendipity
Thanx for all the quick replies...
Moral of the story - galaxy s phones are unbrickable
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

you can buy a jig here just in case.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...84198&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_623wt_1139

pruth93 said:
Pheww! I was out of hopes and was definitely going to buy the jig but just to see what happens if I pressed and hold the 3 buttons I long pressed them and the symbol disappeared and then came back then disappeared again then i left the buttons cuz I thought ill definitely need a jig so I let the buttons go and BAM! I was in download mode and I flashed serendipity
Thanx for all the quick replies...
Moral of the story - galaxy s phones are unbrickable
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
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Not unbrickable, just harder then most phones to brick.

miztaken1312 said:
Not unbrickable, just harder then most phones to brick.
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And if it were to brick... it would definitely be the sexiest paper weight EVAR.

Twicebak3d said:
And if it were to brick... it would definitely be the sexiest paper weight EVAR.
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So true
Your welcome
Now you say/press thanks
Teaching manners one person at a time

If your able to save 8 dollars buy a jig so you font have to mess with trying to get to download mode again.. My jig had saved me numerous times and I.only.bought one cause I had the same situation as you.. Jigs are worth it.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

I am on ROM number 3 and have yet to run into any problems, but will be trading an extended life i9000 battery to a friend who has 2 jigs. The batt was sent to me by mistake, and is being replaced without me having to send back (not worth the shipping cost to the seller), so that works out for both of us.
.. And yes, it will turn my cappy into a camel, but I'm ok with that.
Sent from my awesome Captivate i896 on Cognition 4.3.

tupirujp said:
I gat my self 1 and I place under my pyllow so I can sleep well
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA Premium App
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lolol - You should stick that in your sig

the jig will help you:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...84198&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_623wt_1139

Brand new bricked please help!

Ok lets get straight to the point, I got a brand new captivate from at&t. Ive always used custom roms but never had an android. So of course i wanted to flash a custom rom. So i prepared my phone and followed ALL instructions for flashing a custom ROM. I couldnt run any update.zip files thoe because of the stupid verify thing. So LISTEN, I took the patch that patches 3e recovery back to 2e recovery aka kernal swap.....then everything worked fine and i got cwm to load and installed Apex_7.
AFTER the install was complete i was so excited. I selected reboot now, the AT&T logo came up and then the screen went all jacked up(looked like a broke screen) then went to the samsung logo and just keeps replaying it.
So after seeing this i freaked out and pulled the battery. Then i went and researched before doing anything else i came to the conclusion i needed to download odin pre-packed so i downloaded the odin stock installer.
Now LISTEN I put my phone into download mode ran odin and it said it succesfuly installed after about 3 minutes. So i then turn the phone off then turned it back on, it booted to the at&t logo then the screen goes black and loads at&t logo again (constant loop that heats the phone up)
AND NOW if i try to get into download mode it goes to the battery screen with no animation just a battery and a loading symbol
ALSO( I have made a usb jig ) BUT my ohm meter will not read the resistance of more than 2 resistors when i add the third one it reads it really fast and then shows nothing.
PLEASE HELP ME I LOVE THIS PHONE MORE THAN MY IPHONE OR MY HTC.
Credit will be given. I know someone here can save me from the dreaded face-to-face with at&t!!!!
Edit: Also when i got the phone i noticed a line of dead pixels on the left side very hard to see unless u look closely think i could get the phone replaced by using this as my excuse. idk what to say to AT&T if i do have to return. But i really hope not ive never ever had such problems flashing anyphone.

Please do not double post. You already asked (correctly) in the Apex sticky. No need to start another separate thread.

I posted both places because my problem may or may not be related to Apex. If Apex has nothing todo with my problem then i have correctly posted here.
Edit: Im trying to kill 2 birds with 1 stone

You are not fully bricked if your phone powers on at all. Just need a working jig. You can buy them from multiple sources
Sent from my I897 using XDA Premium App

Miami_Son said:
Please do not double post. You already asked (correctly) in the Apex sticky. No need to start another separate thread.
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I noticed you are running a captivate. Any idea's on what my problem may be?
Corrupt boot loader, 100% brick. Any tips links or any info would be very helpful.

yaboydrew said:
I noticed you are running a captivate. Any idea's on what my problem may be?
Corrupt boot loader, 100% brick. Any tips links or any info would be very helpful.
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I don't help people who think they are justified in double posting despite it being clearly against the forum rules.

mcord11758 said:
You are not fully bricked if your phone powers on at all. Just need a working jig. You can buy them from multiple sources
Sent from my I897 using XDA Premium App
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Finally shed me some light. Thats awsome dude thanks. I made my jig exactly how they make theres it wont work. The only thing i can think is im touching the wrong pins. I touch the top and bottom pins on the micro usb closest to the 3.5mm headphone jack???

It takes allot of trail and error and if the resistance is not right it won't work. purchase one from somewhere, search captivate usb jig on youtube, should find a source
Sent from my I897 using XDA Premium App

Miami_Son said:
I don't help people who think they are justified in double posting despite it being clearly against the forum rules.
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Now your spamming my thread with non-sense if you dont want to help then go on about your business. I simply told you I DONT KNOW IF ITS RELATED TO APEX OR NOT THATS WHY I POSTED BOTH PLACES. SORRY, you dont have to act immature and exclude me from help. (whats the point of this forum then) Now i know dont post in 2 places because arrogant people will be sure to add frustration to your problem.

Don't mind the bs, just get yourself a jig and hope it works
Sent from my I897 using XDA Premium App

mcord11758 said:
Don't mind the bs, just get yourself a jig and hope it works
Sent from my I897 using XDA Premium App
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Thanks il try a couple more times with my homemade jig if not il purchase one.
Thanks again.

You'll need to build a new jig or buy one(Moiletechvideos is what I would suggest), because if you can't get into download mode then you cannot be helped any further. And Miami_Son is right, you're not exempt from the rules. I realize it can be frustrating if something goes wrong, but you need to just cast that aside for the time being.

Superalpaca said:
You'll need to build a new jig or buy one(Moiletechvideos is what I would suggest), because if you can't get into download mode then you cannot be helped any further. And Miami_Son is right, you're not exempt from the rules. I realize it can be frustrating if something goes wrong, but you need to just cast that aside for the time being.
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Ok i had my buddy come over and tried his jig that he bought online it looked like it had been manufactured just to be a jig we plugged it in and nothing ? any ideas
and i posted in the Apex thread to see if anyone could link my problem to apex then i also posted a similar story here to find a solution to my problem the Apex thread is just to narrow down the cause.

First, what is your phones revision ( on the back of phone, like 1008 ,1101 etc. ) i would just start over. Get that
phone in download mode, search for A10 TOOLBOX/captivate toolbox, everything you need is there. Two. Did your 3button combo work before? And your sure you cant get into recovery by your buttons?

rwells813 said:
First, what is your phones revision ( on the back of phone, like 1008 ,1101 etc. ) i would just start over. Get that phone in download mode, search for A10 TOOLBOX/captivate toolbox, everything you need is there. Two. Did your 3button combo work before? And your sure you cant get into recovery by your buttons?
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I appreciate you taking your time to help. My phone is the SGH-I897 i could still use the 3 button combo before Odin and recovery but after i ran odin thats when everything got really jacked up now i cant get into recovery or download i think im not doing this jig thing right but if im correct i have a striped usb plug. With the screen facing down i have three prongs on the bottom and two on the top i touch the far right prongs top and bottom and hold for about 10 seconds. Thanks dude seriously I just got this phone and loved it but got tired of at&t bloating my phone with bs that eats my memory.
EDIT: the number next to the big CE is 0168 or what u might want is 1105 rev 0.4
EDIT: Also i dont understand what the diff is between rogers 2.6 and captivate 2.5 and how can i use these tools without a booting phone.

yaboydrew said:
Ok i had my buddy come over and tried his jig that he bought online it looked like it had been manufactured just to be a jig we plugged it in and nothing ? any ideas
and i posted in the Apex thread to see if anyone could link my problem to apex then i also posted a similar story here to find a solution to my problem the Apex thread is just to narrow down the cause.
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Does your buddies JIG work just fine in other phones? If so you may have a short in pin 4 or 5 of your USB port. Are you able to issue the "adb reboot download" command when the phone is bootlooping? I have ADB command videos on youtube just search for them for help on that. Either way if you can't get it resolved with any conventional methods, I can restore the phone using advanced JTAG just PM me for info.

connexion2005 said:
Does your buddies JIG work just fine in other phones? If so you may have a short in pin 4 or 5 of your USB port. Are you able to issue the "adb reboot download" command when the phone is bootlooping? I have ADB command videos on youtube just search for them for help on that. Either way if you can't get it resolved with any conventional methods, I can restore the phone using advanced JTAG just PM me for info.
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ive searched around on using adb i dont get how it will work do i download the android sdk and run cmd and cd:/ the adb then execute command but i thought in order for the phone to communicate with the adb wouldnt it have to be in debug mode and booted up

yaboydrew said:
I appreciate you taking your time to help. My phone is the SGH-I897 i could still use the 3 button combo before Odin and recovery but after i ran odin thats when everything got really jacked up now i cant get into recovery or download i think im not doing this jig thing right but if im correct i have a striped usb plug. With the screen facing down i have three prongs on the bottom and two on the top i touch the far right prongs top and bottom and hold for about 10 seconds. Thanks dude seriously I just got this phone and loved it but got tired of at&t bloating my phone with bs that eats my memory.
EDIT: the number next to the big CE is 0168 or what u might want is 1105 rev 0.4
EDIT: Also i dont understand what the diff is between rogers 2.6 and captivate 2.5 and how can i use these tools without a booting phone.
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No problem bro, if i help just hit thanks. If cant figure our making the jig, i would just buy. Its a good investment for the future especially if tour flashing roms. Mobiletechvideos has one for 8 bucks and ships in couple days. They work wonders. The A10 toolbox/ captivate toolbox. Worka great, just search google and. Install it. Its got everything youll need packed inside. EX: it comes with the drivers, odin1click and 3buttonfix odin ( which youll need to do)
It also comes with the pda and tar files youll need, it also lets you root it but i suggest the one click root for captivate, get all that done first and well go from there.

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rwells813 said:
No problem bro, if i help just hit thanks. If cant figure our making the jig, i would just buy. Its a good investment for the future especially if tour flashing roms. Mobiletechvideos has one for 8 bucks and ships in couple days. They work wonders. The A10 toolbox/ captivate toolbox. Worka great, just search google and. Install it. Its got everything youll need packed inside. EX: it comes with the drivers, odin1click and 3buttonfix odin ( which youll need to do)
It also comes with the pda and tar files youll need, it also lets you root it but i suggest the one click root for captivate, get all that done first and well go from there.
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Thanks man, i just got to get it into download mode. I shoulda just bought a jig in the first place i spent 20 bux on the materials to make a jig. Im inpatient person il trial and error for hours before waiting a couple days for a jig but i dont see why my homemade jig would be any dif from theres it consist of 301k resistance and a micro usb

The Vibrant Development Platform AKA UnBrickable Mod

introduction
I'm not kidding when I say UnBrickable. Modifying the OM pins means you can boot from USB, UART or MMC. This makes the phone quite UNBRICKABLE. There is nothing you can do software wise to prevent the device from booting into this mode. We are communicating with the unrewritable, efused IROM on the processor. It's the thing that makes the system on a chip into a "system on a chip".I am here now to tell you how to turn your Samsung Droid Charge into a KIT-S5PC110 development board. The KIT-S5PC110 development board is the platform used to develop our phones. There are some differences between this mod and the official development platform. The S5PC110 has a removable internal SDCard and no touchscreen.
Why would you want to do this? When you plug in the battery and connect it to the computer in "off" mode, it will become an S5PC110 board awaiting download of a program to run. This occurs long before anything like software or firmware enters the processor. This is the IROM of the device awaiting commands or a power on signal.
Because it is accepting a memory flash, anything may be put onto the device to perform a boot sequence..... Apple iOS (iPhone4 has the same processor) WP7 (mango supports this processor).
This will be a replacement for JTAG once we are able to make some firmware. How could it possibly be better then JTAG? Let's count the ways....
1. The only part required is a wire.
2. No shipping time.
3. No cost for a box to interface the computer.
4. Permanent.
5. Can be done as a preventive measure.
6. Gives the ability to test new Bootloaders temporarily.
7. Allows development of the entire system.
8. Removes worry about flashing and acts as a backup.
After performing this mod:
Remove the battery, replace the battery, your phone will connect to the computer via USB and await commands. Otherwise it will pretty much act like a Vibrant. See the Special Instructions section.
Modification
You will need:
1. Get someone who knows what they're doing with a soldering iron. If they don't know what flux is, then they don't know what they're doing. You can send me a PM(or email my [email protected]) or Connexion2005(aka MobileTechVideos.com). Note: I do not work for/with mobiletechvideos.com.
2. soldering iron - make sure it's sharp, if it's not sharp, then sharpen it, flux it and retin it.
3. flux
4. solder
5. tweezers
6. A relay (possibly- for the wire within to use as a bridge)
performing the modification:
1. tear apart your phone... Make sure to take out your SIM and external SDCard before you do this.
1A. Remove the screws.
1B. Separate the top case from the bottom case
1C. disconnect the display connector and free the camera and button assemblies from the case.
1D. Remove the mainboard
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2. Perform the mod as follows: Replace the xOM5 resistor from the top position to the bottom position.
*OR: remove the xOM5 resistor and jumper the center pads of xOM5 to the center pads of xOM0 or xOM3.
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}
Thanks to ChauncyG for the device board.
3. reassemble the phone.
Special Instructions
This replaces the battery charging sequence. The normal battery charging sequence can be activated by holding power for 4 seconds.
To turn on the device, and operate in normal mode, you must hold the power button for 5 seconds.
3 button Download mode works as usual, however you must not have the S5PC110 drivers installed on the computer. You can use your custom rom menu option, adb reboot download, or use a terminal to "reboot download". 301Kohm Factory Mode JIGs work as well, but you must press power to bypass the S5PC110 mode.
To enter recovery mod, press and hold power for 3 seconds, then hold volume+ and volume- until the screen comes on then release.
Conclusion
Congratulations. You now have a device which works like a KIT-S5PC110 with an OM Value of 29. Now get to developing some serious custom software. See here for setting up the UART output http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1235219
reading material
Creating your own Samsung Bootloaders: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233273
KIT-S5PC110 manual: http://www.mediafire.com/?94krzvvxksvmuxh
how to use DNW: http://tinyurl.com/dnw-how-to
Flash using openOCD and DNW: http://www.arm9board.net/wiki/index.php?title=Flash_using_OpenOCD_and_DNW
another DNW example: http://www.boardset.com/products/mv6410.php
ODroid dev center: http://dev.odroid.com/projects/uboot/wiki/#s-7.2
drivers and utilities
This will be an ever expanding list
Windows Drivers http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=678937&d=1312590673
Windows Download Tool DNW: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=678938&d=1312590673
Windows Command Line Download Tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17202523&postcount=27
Linux DNW Utility: http://dev.odroid.com/projects/uboot/wiki/#s-7.2
firmware
One-Click Resurrector: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=705515&d=1314762609
Bootloader Hello World by Rebellos http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=698077&d=1314105521

Hopefully this will be a better pic.

looks good thanks for the post this will be quite useful

This is great so should i do this for the sake of doing it? What firmware is available for this right now? Should iphone firmware or wp7 supposed to just naturally work with this?
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Awesome sauce! I, however, don't plan on doing this unless I do actually brick my phone. Kind of want to do it, just to do it, though. I like tinkering. I'm sure this will help a lot of folks out. Thanks!

Will this allow the use of uboot as a bootloader and if so wouldn't we be able to dual boot from both external and emmc?

younix258 said:
This is great so should i do this for the sake of doing it? What firmware is available for this right now? Should iphone firmware or wp7 supposed to just naturally work with this?
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Pretty much anything that works on the Hummingbird processor naturally will work on this. It opens the doors and will allow you to flex your e-balls while flashing anything you choose.
iOS and wp7 will take quite a bit of work to port as they are not open source.
dpaul007 said:
Awesome sauce! I, however, don't plan on doing this unless I do actually brick my phone. Kind of want to do it, just to do it, though. I like tinkering. I'm sure this will help a lot of folks out. Thanks!
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That's the idea. I hope it does help people.
bobshute said:
Will this allow the use of uboot as a bootloader and if so wouldn't we be able to dual boot from both external and emmc?
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Booting from MMC is possible, however, you'd have to open the device or switch a switch to turn on and off the xOM1 pin to boot from SD/eMMC. It won't boot from SD then OneNAND without hardware changes. It will dual boot USB though.

There is a member here in the Vibrant section, just left actually, name of ipetloudog. His Vibe died, and he said he would be willing to donate it for a good cause (i.e. this cause). Look him up, he may still be willing to donate his Vibe for this.
His farewell thread, where I spoke to him about your UnBrickable Mod, is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1251644

Awesome work .I have a bricked vibrant gonna try this mod ,but seeing the size of the resistor ,I'll try the option 2 removing the 4 resistor from xom5 and jumpering the center to xOM0 I am no expert so let me know if is correct what I do in the what I do in the pic:

Im surprised no one is taking that big an interest in this.. this is huge
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v4mp1 said:
Awesome work .I have a bricked vibrant gonna try this mod ,but seeing the size of the resistor ,I'll try the option 2 removing the 4 resistor from xom5 and jumpering the center to xOM0 I am no expert so let me know if is correct what I do in the what I do in the pic:
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xOM5 is the third resistor on the left, you have highlighted the fourth.

younix258 said:
Im surprised no one is taking that big an interest in this.. this is huge
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I know right?
Here's a minicontest... I'll do this mod for the first person to post in this thread "I want my phone UnBrickable".
I also have two RIFF boxes as a backup. So either way as long as there's no hardware damage your phone will work when I get done with it.

younix258 said:
Im surprised no one is taking that big an interest in this.. this is huge
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this is crazy...maybe its just me. But whenever Adam first started talking about UbMOD in the captivate forums, i couldnt keep my phone closed. This mod is BEAST!!!

AdamOutler said:
xOM5 is the third resistor on the left, you have highlighted the fourth.
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Thanks for ur response,I get it now,gonna try it tonight

AdamOutler said:
I know right?
Here's a minicontest... I'll do this mod for the first person to post in this thread "I want my phone UnBrickable".
I also have two RIFF boxes as a backup. So either way as long as there's no hardware damage your phone will work when I get done with it.
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"I want my phone UnBrickable".

MoWeb said:
"I want my phone UnBrickable".
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Send it to me. I want to see this work first hand and get a picture of the completed work for this thread. I'll send you a PM with details.
Mini-contest closed.

MoWeb said:
"I want my phone UnBrickable".
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Haha I was gonna say that but I can't be without my phone
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I'm gonna have to try this at work next week once I learn how to take my phone apart.
Just wish I knew software.
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v4mp1 said:
Awesome work .I have a bricked vibrant gonna try this mod ,but seeing the size of the resistor ,I'll try the option 2 removing the 4 resistor from xom5 and jumpering the center to xOM0 I am no expert so let me know if is correct what I do in the what I do in the pic:
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Hope you get it right and just mistaken on picture.
You marked 4 resistors to remove, you have to remove only one, third from left, and then jumper one of the middle pads (they are connected) to the VCC line (to the south, when looking at the picture).

Well, I did my vibrant unbrickable, it was really hard solder the wire to those tiny resistors, I really appreciate your work AdamOutler .I followed the video instruction and successfully restore the phone.
Rebellos said:
Hope you get it right and just mistaken on picture.
You marked 4 resistors to remove, you have to remove only one, third from left, and then jumper one of the middle pads (they are connected) to the VCC line (to the south, when looking at the picture).
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yes I kwow ,I'll delete the pic

Is my Captivate bricked?

I trying loading using Odin but it got stuck at "Setting up connection"
I then restarted PC and did it again and this time it went 2 more steps and then the screen became completely GREEN
Then I did the whole exercise again and now the screen became PINK
Now I am not even able to get into DOWNLOAD MODE...and neither do I see [mobile]![PC] icons.
Nothing happens. Is my phone now really bricked?
Please help! I am now worried about this

If the phone shows signs of life then its not bricked.

Also please don't create multiple threads on the same problem. It just clutters the forums even more.

I think I do not see any signs. It does not show anything on the screen even after trying download mode or recover mode. Powering on the phone also does nothing. I even kept the phone on charging the whole night but during the charging I did not see the usual green battery animation.
Is there anything left? Looks like I literally destroyed my working phone running 2.2. just by trying to upgrade it to 2.3 through Kies and then later using Odin.
I am very disappointed that how poor Samsung support is that a mere upgrade attempt destroys the phone. I had bought this phone 18 months ago by paying 540 $ and I now see it go down the drain

You can attempt contacting samsung if it was messed up with Kies but doubt they would do anything. But Kies is crap anyways. You can how ever attempt (or pay someone) to apply Unbrickable Mod (Adam Outler or MobileTechVideos.com)

there is one last thing you can try.
start odin on pc
take battery out of phone
put battery in
hold both volume buttons
plug USB cord in from pc to phone
if odin box turns yellow press start to flash a firmware!
it very rarely happens that you can do this but if you can, congratulations.

What odin u using ?

prbassplayer said:
You can attempt contacting samsung if it was messed up with Kies but doubt they would do anything. But Kies is crap anyways. You can how ever attempt (or pay someone) to apply Unbrickable Mod (Adam Outler or MobileTechVideos.com)
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Thanks for the reply.
Will the "jig" hack work? My phone is totally unresponsive. No matter what I press nothing displays on the phone.

devangxda said:
Thanks for the reply.
Will the "jig" hack work? My phone is totally unresponsive. No matter what I press nothing displays on the phone.
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Doubtful but no harm in trying
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rkkaranrk said:
What odin u using ?
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I897UCKK4 Odin One Click - Stock, CONTAINS Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe mentioned by XDA member 4-2ndtwin.
Am i left with just JTAG as the only hope?

devangxda said:
I897UCKK4 Odin One Click - Stock, CONTAINS Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe mentioned by XDA member 4-2ndtwin.
Am i left with just JTAG as the only hope?
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UBM is better.

prbassplayer said:
UBM is better.
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UMB..watching the videos looks like i will need some hardware hacker to fix it. Do you suggest a hardware novice should try it or leave it to the professional?

devangxda said:
UMB..watching the videos looks like i will need some hardware hacker to fix it. Do you suggest a hardware novice should try it or leave it to the professional?
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You need decent soldering skills, else pay a professional.
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I contacted Adam and he has agreed to offer his expert services. Now the problem is that I am in India and I can ship it to US but it will cost me dearly when he ships back because of the Indian custom rules. They will tread my repaired phone as a new one and add 15% duty costing me more than original phone cost.
So I am thinking of sending it through my friend who is visiting US later this month. However, I was looking around and found this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000175
Do you think this is something I should try? I already have good Arduino UNO toolkit.

devangxda said:
I contacted Adam and he has agreed to offer his expert services. Now the problem is that I am in India and I can ship it to US but it will cost me dearly when he ships back because of the Indian custom rules. They will tread my repaired phone as a new one and add 15% duty costing me more than original phone cost.
So I am thinking of sending it through my friend who is visiting US later this month. However, I was looking around and found this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000175
Do you think this is something I should try? I already have good Arduino UNO toolkit.
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What you should know is Jtaging requires you to solder 6 very small spots vs UBM is 2 spots (I believe) and UBM will make your phone umbrickable. You could find a tech near you live that's good with a solder gun? Adam has a thread explaining the method.
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Have you tried to force the phone into downloading mode using adb?
Using Doc's Master ROM v7: Cappy edition

KangKilla said:
Have you tried to force the phone into downloading mode using adb?
Using Doc's Master ROM v7: Cappy edition
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No. I have not.
(a) How can it be done. I already have the Android SDK installed on my PC.
(b) My phone is totally non-responsive...it is totally blank black screen. Will adb work?

Adb requires phone on or in recovery
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