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unsuccesfull vibrant flashing on captivate

hello have flashed virant android 2.1 russian on the captivate due to mistake after that volume button and screen rotation problems i had. i was recomended to flash captivate kernel - i donloaded it and flashed it with mistake - i think i flashed in in wrong place ( i do not remember if i chose PDA, CSC, or PHONE) after that i have a big problem i downloaded one clock odin make phone into download mode by pressinf 2vol buttons, inserting usb cable, than the battery - because other ays i cant enter download mode in odin one clock com4 recognizes i pusg start button but nothing after @DO NOT TURN OFF [email protected] notice is done phone still with the yellow android man in triangle and nothing happens, please help me to solve it i searched this captivate forum for half of a day but no answed found my phone is brick for now and i need a phoen for my work
is there any wariant for reflashing it?
by the way i tried to reflash it by odin vith the vibrant firmware it flashed but on first startup screen gone with different dots on it ( like bad tv signal on television) than it flashed and started but still with that problems can i go back to any working captivate firmware? and how? thanks

maxxis said:
hello have flashed virant android 2.1 russian on the captivate due to mistake after that volume button and screen rotation problems i had. i was recomended to flash captivate kernel - i donloaded it and flashed it with mistake - i think i flashed in in wrong place ( i do not remember if i chose PDA, CSC, or PHONE) after that i have a big problem i downloaded one clock odin make phone into download mode by pressinf 2vol buttons, inserting usb cable, than the battery - because other ays i cant enter download mode in odin one clock com4 recognizes i pusg start button but nothing after @DO NOT TURN OFF [email protected] notice is done phone still with the yellow android man in triangle and nothing happens, please help me to solve it i searched this captivate forum for half of a day but no answed found my phone is brick for now and i need a phoen for my work
is there any wariant for reflashing it?
by the way i tried to reflash it by odin vith the vibrant firmware it flashed but on first startup screen gone with different dots on it ( like bad tv signal on television) than it flashed and started but still with that problems can i go back to any working captivate firmware? and how? thanks
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Hello maxxis.
I actually run in to this all of the time. Odin *never* works the first time for me. It basically hangs and I have to screw with unplugging and plugging in my phone.
Do not take this as advice, this is what I have done and it works on my phone:
0) Make sure the 3 button combo gets you in to download mode. If not, stop, find a 3 button fix and make sure it works or make a jig: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841512
1) Start Odin. Wait for it to get ready.
2) Put your phone in download mode
3) Plug in your phone to a USB cable connected to the BACK of your MOTHERBOARD - no add-in cards, hubs, front ports or any other nonsense.
4) Try to flash with Odin. If it hangs, remove your phone, reboot and put back in download mode and try again. Do not unplug it if it is doing anything.
This usually works on my second or third try. Good luck!

You need to do a master clear. Or format the internel SD. Then flash vibrant rom.
Or try his post lol. I was too slow i guess

but i have captivate if i flash vibrant rom again it will not work correctly

[Q] Flashing with ODIN

I'm currently stuck in a position where my phone will not boot at all (the boot screen displaying "GT-i9000" and "Samsung" in white font does NOT appear AT ALL), nor can I boot my phone into recovery mode—absolutely every effort produces no effects, and leaves the screen in a solid, lifeless black. The only thing that has any effect is booting the phone into download mode, which is successful; however...
I am unsuccessful in flashing a ROM with ODIN. I have the proper drivers installed, and the phone shows up in ODIN just fine. It also goes through the entire ODIN flashing process as if everything has worked fine. The end result is, at the end of the ODIN flashing process, when the phone restarts and boots, it has the white font (GT-i9000 + Samsung) cycling—it appears, disappears, reappears, and seems to cycle infinitely. The only way to stop the cycle is to do a battery pull. At this stage, my phone repeats the symptoms of the first paragraph: pressing/holding the power button does NOT boot the phone, but does nothing; pressing/holding the volume up + home button + power button does NOT enter recovery, but does nothing; however, I can successfully enter the download mode.
My phone shows up in ODIN without a problem, and I have attempted to flash various original stock ROMs via their respective TAR files—but to no avail. I am in a cycle that produces no effect.
If anyone could advise me as to whether or not ODIN is flashing incorrectly, or what is going on, I would greatly appreciate it. If anyone could point me to the next step, it would help tremendously. Thanks in advance.

Try flashing firmware with PDA, Modem and CSC with repartition?
Maybe some Eclair firmware...

i was in the same situation as u were. i got the (asian version)I9000ZSJP2 ROM and flashed my mobile using odin. I used pit, pda, phone and csc files from the same link from samfirmware (cant post links)
(also had re-partition checked against website's address).
it was a chinese rom and had to change language in settings..> locale...> english.
hope this helps.

Hi,
You can make a flash to the last stable version JPY. In the arhive provided by samfirmware there is a single file "*.tar" select that file on PDA option on ODIN. You try first without cheking "repartion" checkbox. If not working check repartition. That it's all.
REMENBER: JPY is for european model of samsung galaxy s.

I have tried with "repartition" both checked and unchecked. My phone is an i9000m, but I'm assuming JPY would work fine on it, considering every custom ROM I've ever used was based on that firmware. Is this an incorrect assumption? Should I find i9000m firmware (if so, where)?
I'll try getting some files from samfirmware. Fingers crossed! I'll report back on the results.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
Try
jje

I have tried every combination of repartition, pit files (or no pit files, as suggested on samfirmware), firmwares, etc. that I can possibly think of. All with the same result: the phone displays the intial boot screen (not the animated one, but the one that says "GT-i9000" and "Samsung" in white font) and get stuck showing that (it flashes the screen, goes away as if it is going to boot, then shows the screen again, cycling forever until I battery pull).
JJEgan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
Try
jje
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I will try this method and report back. Hopefully I can get past that white text!

JJEgan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818556
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jje
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This did not work. It produced the same results as any other attempt to use Odin, being stuck looping the screen with the white text. Download mode continues to work, but powering on the phone normally AND trying to boot into Recovery BOTH get stuck looping the screen with the white text.
Has anyone heard of this problem before? I'd really like a definitive answer before I write my phone off as bricked/dead.

Man, if you have a i9000m that means you have a USA phone model. So go to samfirmware.com and flash with odin version I9000BVJJPD, this is the last firmware for your specific model.

adams.alex said:
Man, if you have a i9000m that means you have a USA phone model. So go to samfirmware.com and flash with odin version I9000BVJJPD, this is the last firmware for your specific model.
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Galaxy S i9000m is the Canadian version of the i9000, which is the European model. USA does not have such models; the closest is the Vibrant, which is quite different.
Nevertheless, I'll take your advice assuming you know something that I do not. i9000m's are not sold in the USA (as far as I'm concerned), so samfirmware's site having a "USA" section for i9000 left me confused. Considering every custom ROM I've ever flashed onto my phone was based off i9000 firmware, as well as the fact that I once tried flashing USA firmware on my phone which left it unusable, I assumed I should be looking at the European versions. I'll try the latest USA version and see what happens.
I will report back. Fingers crossed!

Good luck! I hope that will work.

adams.alex said:
Man, if you have a i9000m that means you have a USA phone model. So go to samfirmware.com and flash with odin version I9000BVJJPD, this is the last firmware for your specific model.
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Using the USA firmware (I9000BVJJPD) gave the exact same result. I still cannot get past the white text. I do greatly appreciate the suggestion though.
Am I out of luck guys? =/

[Q] Samsung Galaxy S I9000M Boot Screen Loop

Hi there, I am new to this forum as I am trying to fix my gf's Samsung Galaxy S i9000M on Bell.
I tried to search up boot loop and have tried a few different ideas on the board but it doesn't seem to work.
Would like to know if anyone can help.
Here are the specs: Samsung Galaxy S i9000M - unrooted / stock.
Problem: The phone when turned on will only show the "Samsung Galaxy S I9000M" screen. It will turn black and then reloop itself. I have tried the 3 button boot to "download mode" and have successfully connected to ODIN.
I have tried to download PDA/Phone/CSC from one of the pages on this forum containing North American firmware files.
However, the problem still persists! I cannot check the OS version as I can't get the phone to boot into the OS. Is this a bootloader corruption problem? What should I do to try to fix this issue?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! THANK YOU in advance.

I assume you want Gingerbread?
If so, you want the UGKG3 download from Bell (it's the only GB ROM from Bell to date).
Go here and search for UGKG3.
The file is in 7Zip format. If you do not have anything to unpack it with, download IZArc.

Thanks for responding so quickly.
I did try the GB firmware - flashed it with ODIN - the software says successful.
But once the phone boots - it goes back into the loop - it does not know to unpack the OS to try to install and boot into it....
Any other ideas? Thanks again!

Did you flash it as a single file or 3 files?
You need to unpack the 7Zip file so you end up with 3 files:
Select PDA_UGKG3_Sbl.tar.md5 for PDA
Select CSC_BMCKG3.tar.md5 for CSC
Select PHONE_UGKG3.tar.md5 PHONE
Then flash with Odin. That should get the phone up and running again.
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How long has she had the phone? I wonder if she was on Froyo or GB.
Can you get into the recovery menu?

Thanks for your response.
I have unpacked all three files and loaded it into ODIN as per the firmware upgrade instructions on the thread you provided me.
I have also tried loading in both both the GB and the Froyo versions (UGKG3, UGJK3). After the "successful" message on ODIN, the phone boots up - shows the Samsung Galaxy GT I9000M screen and then goes black and keeps looping again.
I have a feeling this made me a problem with the bootloader. If the phone is completely stock, which one should i try flashing?
As the phone is stock there isn't a recovery (CWM) that i know of.... Or am I incorrect?
thanks again for your help!

OK, thanks for the clarification.
There should be the stock recovery from Samsung (2e or 3e).
Yes, it does sound like a bootloader problem.
Is it still under warranty?
EDIT: What is the build date for the phone? There will be a number in YY.MM format under the battery.
See if you can get into the recovery and try to clear the cache. That may give an indication as to what is going on.

We've had the phone for a year and a few months, so no more warranty.
In fact, we brought it back to bell store and they said there is "no way" the phone can be fixed. (yea right).
So I see a bunch of bootloaders in the forum here. Are there specific ones that work for the GT i9000M on bell? Or since I've tried flashing gb on the phone, do I need to download one that is specific to the OS? sorry as I am quite a n00b at this.
thanks!

The 3 file ROMs include a boot loader.
The GB one for Bell only includes the secondary bootloader (sbl.bin).
Bell no longer sells the i9000m, so they are hoping you'll simply buy a new one.
Your GFs phone is a couple of months older than ours. I bet the phone is one of the ones that has the issue where the internal storage is known to fail (builds prior to 11.03).
If that's the case, I think Samsung may repair/replace it, since it's a known issue with the early i9000m phones.
Did the phone get updated via Kies recently?

thanks again for following up.
How do I test if the phone's internal storage failed?
No I have not tried to update the phone via KIES. How does this work and what will it do?
Thanks!

Going into recovery and clearing the cache might show it.
If you see an error message that it can't mount something, that would be an indication.
EDIT: What's the build code?

I can't get into a recovery mode because the phone doesn't have CWM nor can I get by even the Samsung screen when it first turns on.
How do you flash via KIES? All I can do is get the phone into download mode. Can't do anything more.
Thanks.

Boot loop on stock Bell GT-I9000M
I have the same issue and still trying to find a solution.
Can't get into recovery. From most of what I read it's the boot loader. But I may be wrong, I 'm very new to this. I flashed with I9000UGKG3-homebinary with no luck. I did not however try the Sbl.bin file yet. I can still get to the Download mode and don't want to loose that ability.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
galaxy s vibrant GT-I9000M
Bell mobility
Stock unrooted
GB

although you do not have CWM you should have a stock recovery... I know you have probably already tried.. but try again.
Menu+Power+Volume up...release only the power button as soon as the initial screen disappears.
if you do get into this screen you can do full wipes...
--pm me if you live in the Toronto area
It also might be a boot loader problem depending on what version of of android you were on and what you tried to do with odin and if you had the right version with the bootloaders etc.....

viperm5 said:
I can't get into a recovery mode because the phone doesn't have CWM nor can I get by even the Samsung screen when it first turns on.
How do you flash via KIES? All I can do is get the phone into download mode. Can't do anything more.
Thanks.
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As dlockhart said, you should have the stock recovery on the phone.
Since you can get into download mode, you should be able to get into recovery mode by pressing volume up+home+power button.
Flashing through Kies only works if your phone will actually boot.

Since the phone is constantly boot looping, i tried to go into the stock recovery mode multiple times with the volume up + menu + power combination. Tried releasing the power button when the words are on the screen, when it is blank, and other permutations - but i cannot get into the stock recovery.
Once i press the volume down button instead though, i can quickly jump into download mode.
Is this normal? or am i doing something completely wrong?
Is there another way to get into stock recovery mode?

Don't release the power button until you see the recovery screen.

maybe also try flashing another kernel?

Boot loop on stock Bell GT-I9000M
I have tried to get to the recovery screen also with varied timing on button presses and releases, but no luck. Vol down and power gets me to download screen every time though.

I would keep trying the volume up power and home and as soon as you see the black background with galaxy showing let go of all buttons but wait until you see it restart again. So you'll hold vol. up + power + home and your phone will restart and you'll see the galaxy words keep holding the buttons until it restarts again and when you see the words let go of all three buttons. Now if your willing to switch kernels I would go to www.darkyrom.com and follow the directions there for flashing darkyrom 10.4.2 its just as smooth as stock but its not stock and voids your waranty, but since you dont have a waranty go for it. Good luck if you need any extra help you can pm me as well. I have had my phone since Oct. 2010 and flashed atleast a hundred roms and thought i broke my phone a few times but these thing are damn near impossible to totally mess up.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using Tapatalk

Is there a minimum remaining battery-life requirement for the device to enter Recovery?
Does the 3-button Recovery require power cable to be attached or not?
For what its worth, my I9000m has a Build Date of 11.04 and came with Froyo 2.2, so unless he already updated he's definitely not on 2.3.3
Downloading Kies to your PC and updating to 2.3.3 that way, just might work. Thats what I did.

help bricked phone

Hi everyone. Im not normally in this section as i have an x8 but my friend has seen all the roms,mods and updates ive done so he tried to do it to his galaxy s i9000 without rooting or unlocking his bootloader. I asked him what he did he said he just tried to update software with keis but now it wont turn on just white screen with a red triangle in the middle i hope its download mode as i dont have a galaxy i dont really no but the battery has died and it wont charge im guessing hes damaged the bootloader am i right and if so whats the best corse of action to tepair it. Thanks.

You can check if it is in download mode by pluggin it in pc with odin. See the wiki page what it says about soft brick.
Soft-Bricked
After flashing a rom you might not be able to enter the Download Mode by pressing Volume Down + Home + Power. In this case a so called 'JIG' would be helpfull.
You could build it on your own: [HOWTO] [REF] Get Download Mode without 3-button combo using homemade JIG
... or buy a preassembled one on a well known marketplace.Hint: There is no difference between a JIG for Samsung S/S2 or S-Plus.

See if you can go into d0wnload mode with vol down home and power. If that works go and try to find the stock firmware for the phone and download and extract. Download odin and put csc pda and phone/modem in there rightful places. 512 pit in pit section. Pit usually comes with odin download. If not find it somewhere. Repartition checked and hit start. It should reboot when done. It will problaby take a couple of min to boot but be patient. If it starts to go into boot loop put back into download mode again and reflash. Its very hard to mess up the phone to where you cant fix it. So relax and watch tuts or whatever helps you best. I know of a link i that i will find and post for you when i do.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102881
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA

DEAD bricked phone
So, my friend's phone (hopefully she'll stay my friend after this) was turning itself on and off all on it's own. So I (no good deed goes unpunished) suggested that I will upgrade her firmware for her. She had 2.3.3 firmware. I downloaded the odin1.7 as well as a package of all the info for 2.3.5 firmware upgrade. I flashed the phone- originally only using the PDA option with a file called: CODE_I9000XXJVS_CL565837_REV03_user_low_ship
It worked, the phone restarted and showed the firmware as being 2.3.5.
I don't know why, but I thought it would be a good idea to update the CSC and the pit and the modem as well- so I did that. when this was finished - though odin said that the flashing was successful the phone is completely unresponsive. The computer doesn't recognize it, it doesn't show any signs of life at all- like it's in the dark ages and there is no electricity in it.
HELP!!!
First question: do you think a jig will work? how dangerous is it?
second question: is there any other option to try that I haven't come across other than changing the motherboard, and if there isn't do you know where I can get one, bear in mind I live in Israel.
Please e-mail me a copy of the response to [email protected] if you can...

Odin dosnt pick it up atall plus the batteries dead aswell now and the stupid thing wont charge so i cant evan try any thing till i find away or some one to charge it but thanks for the tips.

gavster26 said:
Hi everyone. Im not normally in this section as i have an x8 but my friend has seen all the roms,mods and updates ive done so he tried to do it to his galaxy s i9000 without rooting or unlocking his bootloader. I asked him what he did he said he just tried to update software with keis but now it wont turn on just white screen with a red triangle in the middle i hope its download mode as i dont have a galaxy i dont really no but the battery has died and it wont charge im guessing hes damaged the bootloader am i right and if so whats the best corse of action to tepair it. Thanks.
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Try to recharge the battery from other phone or use another battery.
Check whether you have the download mode working. (Home+Power+Volume down)
If yes, put phone in download mode and flash Darky RE or any other Rom via ODIN. Try to get the recovery mod after rooting and then try ROMs.
Or try restarting the phone it may work without update also. Long press power in download mode restarts the phone. However be careful.

What is the status of the device can you go to download mode
Post your firmware files name and how you choose in the odin flasher.
Dont try anything crazy you will bricked your device more:banghead:
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA

Alternate way to Download mode
Hi gavster26
I have been there with a buddy's phone... not a nice place.
Found a link showing this other trick ... but you have to trial and error this one on the different combos:
1. Phone off
2. USB cable pluged in
3. Odin running
4. Down (or Up - test both) Volume button + Home button + plug in the USB cable.
This booted my dead "bricked" phone into download mode.
Try it.

Mini can't start

Hi,
I have a big problem. I made a stupid mistake and flashed an original Gingerbread firmware directly over Froyo.
Now my Phone isn't able to start, the only thing tha happens is, that the backround light turns on. I am not able to reach the download mode and my pc can't detect the phone.
Could anyone help me?
Maizelll

Today i bought a USB-JIG, but I can't reach the bootloader with it.

you cannot reach bootloader mode with jig and try going into download mode by pressing power+home+volume down button
and gingerbread firmware is always flashed over froyo
i think you have used the firmware which is without bootloader and thats why you are getting black screen
just try to flash a four package firmware

But my pc doesn't detect the phone and i can't reach the download mode with the three buttons, i always get a black screen

try to search for samsung usb drivers and install them. after, recover by odin.

try to put off the battery , sim card and microSD , wait for 1-2 minutes
after that , put back battery only
try to enter download mode
*sorry for my bad english*

Maizelll said:
Hi,
I have a big problem. I made a stupid mistake and flashed an original Gingerbread firmware directly over Froyo.
Now my Phone isn't able to start, the only thing tha happens is, that the backround light turns on. I am not able to reach the download mode and my pc can't detect the phone.
Could anyone help me?
Maizelll
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Ok... first download full firmware from sammobile or in yagyagaire's blog. Next you need to remove sim, sd card and battery from your phone. Now hold the three buttons which let you go in download mode. While holding those buttons insert the battery and you will most probably be in download mode. Then flash the downloaded firmware via Odin and then :victory:
Sent from Galaxy mini running CM10(Android 4.1.2 (Jellybean)).

guys why discussing on a 1 month old thread

Guessing they just want some closure.