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I am wondering how easy it is to brick my Captivate. Also, how easy is it to brick the phone, with the only solution being to use a JIG?
Is the only way to brick if you do something stupid? If you follow all instructions (flash to stock, etc.) is it even possible to brick it? I've upgraded my phone to 2.2 using Kies; does the fact that I've upgraded once make it muc less likely to fail and brick later?
I'm wondering this because all the ROM makers must flash constantly, so I'm thinking there must be a way to avoid bricks.
Thank you!
AmandeepG said:
I am wondering how easy it is to brick my Captivate. Also, how easy is it to brick the phone, with the only solution being to use a JIG?
Is the only way to brick if you do something stupid? If you follow all instructions (flash to stock, etc.) is it even possible to brick it? I've upgraded my phone to 2.2 using Kies; does the fact that I've upgraded once make it muc less likely to fail and brick later?
I'm wondering this because all the ROM makers must flash constantly, so I'm thinking there must be a way to avoid bricks.
Thank you!
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Depends on your Captivate. In general, it's a bad idea to flash back to stock unless absolutely necessary. Bad Odin flashes are one of the biggest causes of bricked Captivates. Bad flashes through other methods (like CWM) usually leave you with boot problems, but working button combos for download mode. You should also check beforehand that your button combos work, since some Captivates are without them out of the box.
Also, wrong forum. This belongs in Q&A.
GGXtreme said:
Bad Odin flashes are one of the biggest causes of bricked Captivates.
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Isn't the accepted way (as in the stickied thread) to always flash to stock?
GGXtreme said:
You should also check beforehand that your button combos work, since some Captivates are without them out of the box.
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"Hold down both volume buttons and while holding them down plug the phone in." works for me
I have bricked my phone to the point of needing a jig 3 times now all because of odin. But the jig is 99 cents and is easy to use
sent from my captivate running a kitchen rom and hardcores 256hz k12n
kschumake83 said:
But the jig is 99 cents and is easy to use
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Can you buy it, or do you have to make it from components?
Flashing back to stock is only needed when you have to, but no you do not have to flash to stock every time you flash a rom, a bad odin flash is usually the main cause in a bricked phone.. But as long as you can get to recovery or download mode, then its not bricked, you can usually get something flashed either way
existz said:
Flashing back to stock is only needed when you have to, but no you do not have to flash to stock every time you flash a rom, a bad odin flash is usually the main cause in a bricked phone.. But as long as you can get to recovery or download mode, then its not bricked, you can usually get something flashed either way
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But the stickied thread says the exact opposite. I'm a little confused.
nbs11 said:
Here is the rule of thumb: if it does not specifically say anything about being able to not use ODIN in the original thread for the ROM you MUST you ODIN.
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AmandeepG said:
But the stickied thread says the exact opposite. I'm a little confused.
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Sometimes personal habit becomes the correct way to do something. For instance one teacher teaching how to count with pictures of apples and the other using oranges.
GGXtreme said:
Bad Odin flashes are one of the biggest causes of bricked Captivates. Bad flashes through other methods (like CWM) usually leave you with boot problems, but working button combos for download mode.
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Do these "bad" flashes occur do to doing improper things, like pulling the cable mid-update, or forgetting to unlagfix before, or stuff like that? Or are they purely random?
Normally The bad flashes from odin are due to the fact the the phone being flashed did not have the 3 button combo by default. I personally have flashed ALOT and always odin and master clear before a new rom, the only time I bricked and needed a jig was when I had my old phone (got it replaced) that didnt have the 3 button and used the wrong odin.
zelendel said:
Normally The bad flashes from odin are due to the fact the the phone being flashed did not have the 3 button combo by default. I personally have flashed ALOT and always odin and master clear before a new rom, the only time I bricked and needed a jig was when I had my old phone (got it replaced) that didnt have the 3 button and used the wrong odin.
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Thanks! I'm gonna check if my Captivate has this 3 button recovery mode.
If it does, is the 3 button way just as effective as a JIG? And how effective is the 3 button and JIG at recovering from bricks (like I mean, how possible is it that they will not work)
AmandeepG said:
Can you buy it, or do you have to make it from components?
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you can buy jigs online people sell for 20$ or so...but it's actually very simple to make and so cheap as well so buying one is slightly pointless. also, i have flashed too many roms i've lost track, my phone shutdown in the middle of an odin, etc etc, and i always manage to get out of it so i wouldn't be concerned. having 3button enabled helps tho
AmandeepG said:
Thanks! I'm gonna check if my Captivate has this 3 button recovery mode.
If it does, is the 3 button way just as effective as a JIG? And how effective is the 3 button and JIG at recovering from bricks (like I mean, how possible is it that they will not work)
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I am guessing that you are concerned with bricking yours. You must be thinking about flashing a rom for the first time. I needed the jig yesterday for the first time. From what I understand, the jig method is almost a guarantee fir download mode, making the captivate nearly unbrickable. Can it be bricked... I am sure it can, but you are part of a community full of resources to keep you from doing so. You trepidation is not unique... I too was slow to flash my captivate. Now that I have, I have a phone that I love. I have been able to contribute to the community. And... I have a new found addiction.
Hi. My username is NunHugger and I am a flashaholic.
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I am guessing that you are concerned with bricking yours. You must be thinking about flashing a rom for the first time.
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You are completely right there!
I think I'll hold off doing my first flash until I can go out and get the parts for the jig, make and test it, so I can be sure nothing bad will happen
zelendel said:
Normally The bad flashes from odin are due to the fact the the phone being flashed did not have the 3 button combo by default. I personally have flashed ALOT and always odin and master clear before a new rom, the only time I bricked and needed a jig was when I had my old phone (got it replaced) that didnt have the 3 button and used the wrong odin.
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Same here...corrupted data is corrupted data..and will cause problems...no matter how it gets loaded ...I've have been using Odin since I came to the Captivate..and is the only way I have been able to actually enjoy a new rom..A new rom...a fresh install..less problems for me.
Mac
A question about download mode:
I want to test if my captivate can get into download mode by the 3-button combo. However, I don't have any zips to update or anything to download or anything like that.
How do I enter download mode and then exit without making any modifications?
I thought I could just power the phone off, but in big letters it says "Do not power off target" (in videos I've watched).
AmandeepG said:
Isn't the accepted way (as in the stickied thread) to always flash to stock?
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Accepted, yes.
Stupiud, yes.
You don't need anything to flash to get into DL mode
Just follow the instructions as it says and if it comes up you can just reboot the phone. Although you have to pull the battery. Although I've heard that holding just the Vol Up and Power for 10 secs also works. I've never tried it though
AmandeepG said:
Do these "bad" flashes occur do to doing improper things, like pulling the cable mid-update, or forgetting to unlagfix before, or stuff like that? Or are they purely random?
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Depends on a lot of factors. It could be that your Captivate doesn't support flashing back to earlier than JH2 (JF6 one-click will brick), that your Captivate is already missing button combos (requires C3P0LOL's fixed Odin or AT&T's OTA JH7 update), a bad USB cable, problems with Windows, using the wrong USB port, etc. (all on top of user error). Lagfix won't affect Odin flashes.
AmandeepG said:
Do these "bad" flashes occur do to doing improper things, like pulling the cable mid-update, or forgetting to unlagfix before, or stuff like that? Or are they purely random?
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I wouldn't say they are random. They are probably mostly caused by user error or some fault in the USB chain (port, cable, driver interactions). Whatever the root cause, from what I can see almost all bricks/semibricks are the result of using odin (I include cases such as where a cwm flash results in a boot loop and the user can recover because he used one-click and has no button combos).
First off there is no section to Continuum so I'm simply posting in here rather than android development. I have read up and am going out later today to buy some resistors in order to test if I can get into download mode that way.
Okay so I 1 click odin'd back to stock from firefly 2.8. I then tried to use the button combinations to get back into download mode after flashing stock. I lost the button combinations after using odin. So I one click rooted, installed terminal emulator and was able to get into recovery and download mode using that method. I began the process of flashing continuum and flashed the gingerbread bootloaders. It went fine. I9000 flash screen popped up and it booted into eclair. Stupidly I used an older update .zip to flash cwm and then flashed a 3 button fix .zip in order to get the 3 button combo back before moving forward. After I choose to reboot in cwm. Nothing happened. Phone is completely unresponsive (button combos, power, won't charge). Complete paper weight right? I already have a replacement coming from att but I just wanted some input as to how much I messed it up and if ATT can go through my files after they jtag the phone I send them back.
Bricked!! You DID NOT need the button fix on the new bootloaders, you had a working combo with the new ones its contained in the secondary bootloader its just a different series of buttons flashing the button fix mixed a gb primary bootloader and a eclair/froyo secondary= completely ****ed. No jig in the universe can save it.
Att won't be able to tell, they have to take it apart and flash it, thus erasing all evidence.
studacris said:
Bricked!! You DID NOT need the button fix on the new bootloaders, you had a working combo with the new ones its contained in the secondary bootloader its just a different series of buttons flashing the button fix mixed a gb primary bootloader and a eclair/froyo secondary= completely ****ed. No jig in the universe can save it.
Att won't be able to tell, they have to take it apart and flash it, thus erasing all evidence.
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lol anything out of the universe that could fix it?... OH YEAH I KNOW, I KNOW! A JTAG
Then again, go for waranty 1st. Studa is right, once you mess up with the bootloaders, there's nothing you can do about it. Your phone is bricked.
studacris said:
Bricked!! You DID NOT need the button fix on the new bootloaders, you had a working combo with the new ones its contained in the secondary bootloader its just a different series of buttons flashing the button fix mixed a gb primary bootloader and a eclair/froyo secondary= completely ****ed. No jig in the universe can save it.
Att won't be able to tell, they have to take it apart and flash it, thus erasing all evidence.
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Studacris,
I'm not a noob. I am running continuum on my other captivate and have flashed many times. I did try the other key combinations NOT the standard ones. They still would not work. I understand that is bricked. I figured as much. The jig was in case any of you asked if I at least tried. AlI needed to know.
I sort of did the same thing
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944418&page=63
The last post here, the guy said he used the All-in-one tool to load Continuum 5, so I tried it. Woops. At least my contract is up, may look into the Inspire.
I have not tried a jig, since ever post I've seen, if it don't even flicker with the buttons, it's a waste of time.
Later
I recently bricked mine as well. I believe you can walk into an att device repair center located in your town and let them play with it for a few minutes. After they figure they cannot fix it they will give you a replacement.
Least thats what they did years back with my htc kaiser (at&t variant). I even took apart that kaiser and messed with the internals. They said "you know it's out of warranty cause the void sticker is damaged?" I said "What? No I didn't know I didn't do that." They replaced it anyway. They are pretty nice when it comes to these things.
I currently have a bricked cappy. Gonna take it in friday.
Where in any of the GB bootloader instructions on any of the ROMS does it say flash 3 button fix. Its says read over and over how to flash and follow to the T. You failed nice job. That is why the dev write the instructions so that you can read and follow.
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BWolf56 said:
lol anything out of the universe that could fix it?... OH YEAH I KNOW, I KNOW! A JTAG
Then again, go for waranty 1st. Studa is right, once you mess up with the bootloaders, there's nothing you can do about it. Your phone is bricked.
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HEY STUDA!!! doesnt this sound familiar??? lol dumb ass!
didnt i say what you did?
and you said what bwolf did?
couple days ago...
teach you for making me look dumb!
and +1 for dingokevin!!
keepin an eye on you!
TRusselo said:
HEY STUDA!!! doesnt this sound familiar??? lol dumb ass!
didnt i say what you did?
and you said what bwolf did?
couple days ago...
teach you for making me look dumb!
and +1 for dingokevin!!
keepin an eye on you!
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wait what?
oops nevermind that was bwolf doing that to me the other day... lol
damn short term memory...
wait what?
Since nobody can read. I ALREADY HAVE a replacement coming. I DID read the instructions and have successfully installed roms since cognition. Mods please lock thread because everyone likes to jump down peoples throats and assume rather than reading my explanation and how I knew it was bricked already. Thanks for nothing.
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thread locked by op request.
Great my Phone wont go into download mode it just keeps going on and of on and off on and off its driving me nuts
and when i try combos it just gose strate to the battery screen and that gose off and on off and on off and on that drives me nuts too
and i tryed switching out the battery but it still gose off and on off and on off and on please help
You want to talk about luck, wait till ya see what happens to this thread.
Pinepig said:
You want to talk about luck, wait till ya see what happens to this thread.
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well its to late to change the name
please help
mwiz123 said:
well its to late to change the name
please help
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Before this get's locked head on over to the general section and search for how to make a jig, you may need one.
mwiz123 said:
Great my Phone wont go into download mode it just keeps going on and of on and off on and off its driving me nuts
and when i try combos it just gose strate to the battery screen and that gose off and on off and on off and on that drives me nuts too
and i tryed switching out the battery but it still gose off and on off and on off and on please help
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This is in the wrong place. You will hear that several times I am sure.
What did you do before it started doing this? What ROM are you running? Did you try entering a download with key combos and inserting battery?
you can change the name, go into advanced mode when you edit the op. but this is in the wrong section kindly ask a moderator to move it.
have you tried it with odin already open? is this when trying to 3 button in or even if you 2button + usb cable? the volume up+ volume down + usb cable never fails me.
did you have gingerbread on the phone? if yes, did you try volume down+power for 3 seconds? menu + volume down + power?
xpakage said:
this is in the wrong place. You will hear that several times i am sure.
What did you do before it started doing this? What rom are you running? Did you try entering a download with key combos and inserting battery?
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gr-12 and yes
mwiz123 said:
gr-12 and yes
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I know what happened Im assuming you used Odin One Click?
Pull your battery and tell me what your build number is (itll be a 4 digit number at the bottom)
Dlev7 said:
I know what happened Im assuming you used Odin One Click?
Pull your battery and tell me what your build number is (itll be a 4 digit number at the bottom)
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yep odin OC
where do u find then on a RMA phone
mwiz123 said:
yep odin OC
where do u find then on a RMA phone
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Well it doesnt even matter I know what your problem is, do not worry, you sir are a build 1010 (+) such as myself.
And when flashing back to stock FROM GINGERBREAD you MUST use this method but do not worry.
Either buy a jig:
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=100
Or look up how to build one yourself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
After you access download mode use THIS METHOD to flash back to stock AFTER you use Odin One Click:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143
or...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
**Note that I have not used izcezars package but that should also work flawlessly, I have always used the JH2 method of going back to stock but either should work perfectly in your situation**
This is what I have done multiple times now when I go stock after Gingerbread:
1. One Click (TO REPLACE BOOTLOADERS)
2. This exact bootloop
3. Download Jig
4. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
5. Back to stock with correct bootloaders.
Good luck, and dont worry this happened to me your fine.
Pinepig said:
You want to talk about luck, wait till ya see what happens to this thread.
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LMAO. Like he said, wrong section dude. Repost in the correct section if you'd actually like that help.
bavarianblessed said:
LMAO. Like he said, wrong section dude. Repost in the correct section if you'd actually like that help.
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Hahaha I agree with you about the wrong section however I helped him, because honestly I just think that itll be better if he just gets his answer, tell him what he did wrong, he learns his lesson, fixes his phone, and no more posts in develpoment that arent development
Heck maybe one day he will be helping out someone else with this problem too haha.
Check your pm
Edit: I don't play these games!
I HAVE THE FIX: SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME TODAY, ALSO I WAS ON GR-12!!
ONLY OPTION: Go to Radio shack buy 3 100kohm resistors and make a jig, its simple http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0aoabVtPJ8
trust me follow this vid!!!!
once you get into download mode, flash stock GB again, follow all the steps, using odin 1.7.
I am back on GR-12, Im not flashing anytime soon!!!
Just so everyone knows, where should a help question like this be posted if not the Q&A section?
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this was posted in the dev section, it has since been moved to the proper section. but it also could have been asked in the stock rom thread or the gr12 thread.
xda take off the 10 post rule for android development
Dlev7 said:
Well it doesnt even matter I know what your problem is, do not worry, you sir are a build 1010 (+) such as myself.
And when flashing back to stock FROM GINGERBREAD you MUST use this method but do not worry.
Either buy a jig:
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=100
Or look up how to build one yourself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
After you access download mode use THIS METHOD to flash back to stock AFTER you use Odin One Click:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143
or...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
**Note that I have not used izcezars package but that should also work flawlessly, I have always used the JH2 method of going back to stock but either should work perfectly in your situation**
This is what I have done multiple times now when I go stock after Gingerbread:
1. One Click (TO REPLACE BOOTLOADERS)
2. This exact bootloop
3. Download Jig
4. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
5. Back to stock with correct bootloaders.
Good luck, and dont worry this happened to me your fine.
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ok ill try it the Jig is coming today but my mom found out and told my dad t cut me off
what do i say
Not sure this Q&A is the right place for parental advice either
I am guessing you tried the battery pull method more than once and with correct button combo. I have to try it multiple times to get it to work.
Bagtery pull = remove battery, open one click, press and hold the proper download mode buttons (i.e. Vol up + down or just down), then insert the usb cable. Should boot into dl at some point. I could have sworn I read somewhere that this worked for all builds.
-- SGS i897 Captivate using:
Continuum 5.41 w/ Talon 1.7 [rfs all, OC/UV, TW4, no theme, no tweaks enabled, & NETFLIX!)
Dlev7 said:
Well it doesnt even matter I know what your problem is, do not worry, you sir are a build 1010 (+) such as myself.
And when flashing back to stock FROM GINGERBREAD you MUST use this method but do not worry.
Either buy a jig:
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=100
Or look up how to build one yourself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
After you access download mode use THIS METHOD to flash back to stock AFTER you use Odin One Click:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143
or...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
**Note that I have not used izcezars package but that should also work flawlessly, I have always used the JH2 method of going back to stock but either should work perfectly in your situation**
This is what I have done multiple times now when I go stock after Gingerbread:
1. One Click (TO REPLACE BOOTLOADERS)
2. This exact bootloop
3. Download Jig
4. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143 or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
5. Back to stock with correct bootloaders.
Good luck, and dont worry this happened to me your fine.
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awesome it worked thx alot
I figured i ask here I bought a phone from a friend and he told me the phone is locked and the users gmail account option will not respond. Not sure what he did but its mine now and im not sure what to do. This is a known glitch ive heard but I just cannot get the work around it. Can someone help what steps do i need to take? He also told me "This is what my friend told me about this phone as i dont have it yet. "If you can get it out of the lock screen from the password yes it is fully functional. You can still get incoming calls and the display is damaged but does not mess with the function of the screen". My question is will factory restore help this? Or what would i need to do? I dont have the phone yet its being shipped. Is this fixable?
Once you get it, you can flash a stock rom and it will wipe everything on it, restoring to like new
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Thats grt can you send me a link to the stock rom? Also so if it is locked right now this stock rom would solve that problem? Also the password issue and gmail user account issue? I dont think its rooted does it need to be to flash the stock rom? Im new at all this with this type of phone. Since its already 2.2 does that help. And should it be 2.3.3 now?
Wait. Wait wait, before you go flashing things that could soft brick your phone. What's the build#
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I dont have it yet im not even sure i know my friend that had it i think its just the way it is out of box dont know. All i lknow is what he told me the gmail user password issue and being locked. But can get incoming calls and if password was unlocked it would be fully functional and display damaged but doesnt mess with the function of the screen what ever that means. I just would like to think i can get this to work when i get it. I dont care if i have to start over meaning whatever is it at now just reset the whole phone from boot i guess
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I dont have it yet im not even sure i know my friend that had it i think its just the way it is out of box dont know. All i lknow is what he told me the gmail user password issue and being locked. But can get incoming calls and if password was unlocked it would be fully functional and display damaged but doesnt mess with the function of the screen what ever that means. I just would like to think i can get this to work when i get it. I dont care if i have to start over meaning whatever is it at now just reset the whole phone from boot i guess
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But it would soft brick your phone if your phone is not compatible.
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I dont have it yet i should Tues or Wed its being shipped its an ATT phone i just dont know much about it except for what he has told me. ill try to get more info. Can this be fixed either way?
cell2011 said:
Thats grt can you send me a link to the stock rom? Also so if it is locked right now this stock rom would solve that problem? Also the password issue and gmail user account issue? I dont think its rooted does it need to be to flash the stock rom? Im new at all this with this type of phone. Since its already 2.2 does that help. And should it be 2.3.3 now?
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Wait. Wait wait, before you go flashing things that could soft brick your phone. What's the build#
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Before you start flashing, get yourself a JIG. It will fix a soft brick if it should happen. For the stock rom go into the development section and look for the KB2 thread. And make sure you read some of the stickies around here so you know the risks of flashing/modding your phone. Good luck.
Try to flash KI2 the latest gingerbread leak for the captivate!
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How do i flash something without being rooted what if clockwork is not there? Ive done these before roms and flashing kernels all that with Hero and Droid on here. If its the same thing im sure ill get you to this development. Is the K2 the beginning right?
cell2011 said:
How do i flash something without being rooted what if clockwork is not there? Ive done these before roms and flashing kernels all that with Hero and Droid on here. If its the same thing im sure ill get you to this development. Is the K2 the beginning right?
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Have to know. How to use odin
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This is the latest i have heard about the phone. "You can get it unlocked. I got it to where I needed to get it unlocked by using the calling technique then going to notepad but every time I got there I messed up the steps. Is this an easy fix? Dont know build # yet but im working on trying to get that too.
Ok yes its sounds like when for hero or droid we use RSD lite and the phones drivers. Im sure i can pick up on this to get it to recovery.
No recovery just download mode.
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I will help you.
Just let me get out my my computer so it will be easier.
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Can we try this later this week ill PM you when i have my phone ok. I should have it by Tues Wed next week. Im just trying to get some input on what to do and link to what rom would be best for me and battery life i heard Mosiac was good and some others and Serendipity was too much battery usage. Ill learn im sure. Ill be on tommrrow
You can put the phone in DL mode with the help of volume and power buttons.
Press both volume and plug in usb= DL mode.
Just check what build is your phone and what current rom you have on it. Post more details
Instructions!
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE BRICKING OF YOUR DEVICE OR ANY OTHER UNRELATED EVENT!!!!!
IF YOU ACCEPT, GO ON AND DO THIS GUIDE!!!!
Files needed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129821
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17966615&postcount=214 (this is to get CWM on a stock kernel with init.d support)
http://fugumod.org/Samsung_galaxys/zImage-root.tar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282369
http://www.multiupload.com/8O9NYS8DE7
With phone off and not connected to the computer
Open odin KF1 ATT GB bootloaders as ADMINISTRATOR and B4 you connect phone(VERY important)
While holding volume + and - plug in USB that is connected to back of computer. That will get you download mode.
Hit start on Odin KF1 BL flasher. Let it finish and reboot you. (will boot into samsung recovery)then delete all user data.
Pull battery and disconnect phone. Close Odin BL flasher.
Open Odin3 v1.85 and place the KI2 tar.md5 in the PDA slot.(which is in a .rar file and the password is sampro.pl You have to extract it to flash with odin.) Start and wait. Let reboot and boot all the way up.
Let me know when its done and I will help you with root, cuz this post is way too long.
Ok ty yes i know the thread is long here is the latest ive heard maybe this might help a little bit. My friend told me after asking about the build #. "You can not get to that menu as the phone is locked on the password screen. Gmail will not kick it out of the screen as it is suppose to". Does this help ?
Wait till you get the phone.
Build number is inside the battery compartment, usually on a white label. It should be 4 digits, which interpret as yymm, the year and month of the time the phone was made by Samsung. Older builds came with Android 2.1 Eclair, referred to sometimes as JF6 software from Samsung. J is 2010, F is June, 6 is the 6th complete compile of the ROM.
After February, 2011, Captivates were upgraded to Android 2.2 Froyo, typically software build KB1, or KB2, 2011 February.
In May, Releases of Gingerbread, specifically for Captivate started being leaked by Samsung, nothing is official yet.
KEx is Gingerbread 2.3.3
KHx is Gingerbread 2.3.4
KIx is Gingerbread 2.3.5
Newer phones seem not to like going to older releases of Android for some reason.
Be careful, take out the SIM card and any SD card before you do anything like flashing.
Pick one of the stock ROM's first, and try to reset the phone with that. In the DEV section there are threads for each of the above. Be careful if the thread mentions flashing bootloaders, and read the directions.
Hey guys
just wondering i cannot seem to access into the recovery screen vol up home and menu .
i can tho hop into download mode
i ad flashed a safe kernel and it worked been trying all day to install a rom onto my note but hmmm ..
but it aint going into it no more and i used odin to put the kernel on .. any ideas on how to fix it so i can hop back into recovery ??
jayvee_ratu said:
Hey guys
just wondering i cannot seem to access into the recovery screen vol up home and menu .
i can tho hop into download mode
i ad flashed a safe kernel and it worked been trying all day to install a rom onto my note but hmmm ..
but it aint going into it no more and i used odin to put the kernel on .. any ideas on how to fix it so i can hop back into recovery ??
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No need to open a new thread each day with the same problem.
In your other thread from yesterday you wrote that odin stopped at factoryfs.img.
And as a member wrote you bricked your device.
So two options:
a) replace motherboard for complete repair
b) use the workaround with repartition (and excluding damaged sectors) - use the search here for the detailed explanations how to do this.
If you repartition, be warned you'll lose up to 3gb of space and it's likely you won't be able to run stock roms anymore, only cm based or aokp as they're smaller.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
basically you can try the right button combo....... . ........................
volume up, home button and powerbutton.........
baz77 said:
basically you can try the right button combo....... . ........................
volume up, home button and powerbutton.........
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As you wrote in your own words in an other post:
you didnt search well enough...
Its Christmas, so I wont call you noob and will forget all your past troll remarks, my god, so many...
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As this member wrote in another thread (search above in my first answer) he bricked his device. So the "right" button combo isn't of any use here
There is no "miracle" fix.
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thanks Thai
Learned something new about the button combos
Didnt know they would change under certain conditions. Thought they would stay the same. Funny it workes that way. Never read it before. Pretty easy mistake to make on my behalve, I read his combos and really thought he was doing it wrong. Sorry, I then had it wrong. My bad.