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[Q] Semi bricked I9000

Hello everyone,
Two days ago I try to make a firmware update to Gingerbread trough Kies.
After everything is finished the phone start, shows the main logo (the white one), start that animation with "S" and come on a black screen. Time to time he vibrate 2 or 3 times and only the back and menu buttons are illuminated.
1. Cannot use 3 buttons to get into download or recovery mode
2. Cannot put the phone in USB debugging (obviously)
3. For unknown reason I cannot instal ADB drivers (win7 shows the yellow triangle)
4. Samsung drivers are installed on Modem and USB (shows Samsung)
5. On "devices" , can be seen but again no ADB
6. ODIN see it on com8 but again for some reasons it wont work (probably because he work in download mode )
7. SDK is installed
8. ADB shows "no devices found"
9. No other button combination works (home+down , up+down +battery in + USB plugged ... etc)
Any suggestion/help ?
Thank you very much for reading and hopefully Ill get some help
Best regards,
Andrew

Have you tried "emergency reset" or whats it called in Kies?
Did you have the 3-button combo before the flash?
If so try to remove the battery and then with it removed press the combo and insert the battery-
Maybe you refer to that in number 8?
A JIG will for sure help you to get into download mode.
Good luck.
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Hello and thank you,
3 buttons combo didnt work before
Kies stays with the status "connecting" but no phone shows up in it.
Thankx,
Andrew

You in the UK .
Gingerbread no update via Kies its not released yet .
Kies has Firmware recovery or some such tab.
Was your phone lagfixed ..
Did your phone have custom rom .
Current condition of phone looks like you need download recovery jig from front page .
Or if no lagfix no custom rom then Samsung service centre failed Kies flash .
jje

Yes lag fixed OCLF
And Kies said something about firmware update. I do have Froyo 2.2 and the logical thing was Ginger so thats why i thought it is.
Thank you,
Andrew

antraian said:
Yes lag fixed OCLF
And Kies said something about firmware update. I do have Froyo 2.2 and the logical thing was Ginger so thats why i thought it is.
Thank you,
Andrew
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Lagfix a no no thats what F*** your phone .
Froyo 2.2 next update 2.2.1
Download recovery jig .
jje

JJEgan said:
Lagfix a no no thats what F*** your phone .
Froyo 2.2 next update 2.2.1
Download recovery jig .
jje
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Never had any problems with lagfix, but i guess if you do things in the wrong order without removing it before upgrading.
OP, did you follow any instructions, or just do it blind?

Never had any problems with lagfix
Your choice but failing to remove lagfix before flashing is a well posted problem on XDA .
jje

This is very true.
It was stupid of me flashing with lag fix installed evendo I read that YOU MUST remove lagfix before do it ....
Cheers,
Andrew

antraian said:
This is very true.
It was stupid of me flashing with lag fix installed evendo I read that YOU MUST remove lagfix before do it ....
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Worse, you flashed without enabling 3 button combo prior. Due to that you're unable to get into download nor recovery mode unfortunately. So unless that emergency firmware option in Kies won't help you will have to build or buy yourself a jig dongle/cable which is plugged into the phone by USB to force download mode. Check on ebay UK, there are surely some people selling professionally built ones for just a few pounds (got one myself from US for just $7 or so).
Once you have that, re-flash with Odin.
And once your phone is OK again, get that 3 button combo working! I used this method successfully. Soft bricked the first time thanks to using USB hub instead of direct USB as it wasn't mentioned in the stickies sadly. Yet thanks to the Jig I got prior I tried again and flashed my phone to enable 3 button combo forever.
P.S.: there is something else very vital I came across recently and am glad I saw it in time: backup of the /efs folder which contains IMEI etc:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859914
(I hope that's mentioned in the stickies somwhere but if so I would have seen it unless I missed one)
After reading in these forums for hours before trying my very first flashing I might want to write a comprehensive guide...

Get back to stock rom

Hi, so I installed CM7 on my galaxy mini but now I want go back to stock rom but the problem is when I conect my phone to pc odin detect it I click start(I want GB 2.3.4) and on my phone screen comes up message samsung own update fail . And nothing happens. Plz help my.
Samsung galaxy mini CM 7.1/2.3.7
P.S Sorry for bad english

Did you go into the downloading mode? (Vol down + middle button + power)
Sent from my GT-S5570 using XDA

Download
Yes Im in download mod and I get this message samsung_bml_format FAIL: 90220000
ONW UPDATE FAIL!!!

tauriuxx said:
Hi, so I installed CM7 on my galaxy mini but now I want go back to stock rom but the problem is when I conect my phone to pc odin detect it I click start(I want GB 2.3.4) and on my phone screen comes up message samsung own update fail . And nothing happens. Plz help my.
Samsung galaxy mini CM 7.1/2.3.7
P.S Sorry for bad english
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ARM11boot_GT-S5570.tar Flashed this like BOOT (nothing more selected) and after that reboot phone to download mode and flashed by following the guide. Now everything works fine. This model only need TASS_V1 ops file, no PIT files for this. Successfuly flashed with XXJL9 fw. Thanks RIFF for bootrepair this phone! BR
You can find "ARM11boot_GT-S5570.tar" here: http://www.4shared.com/dir/LqqytWde/sharing.html

mr.faridcom said:
ARM11boot_GT-S5570.tar Flashed this like BOOT (nothing more selected) and after that reboot phone to download mode and flashed by following the guide. Now everything works fine. This model only need TASS_V1 ops file, no PIT files for this. Successfuly flashed with XXJL9 fw. Thanks RIFF for bootrepair this phone! BR
You can find "ARM11boot_GT-S5570.tar" here: http://www.4shared.com/dir/LqqytWde/sharing.html
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be careful on flashing the bootloader buddy.. it can hard brick your phone.. DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK..

Brick
Hehe. Now I bricked my phone. When I turn it on it just shows blank screen. But I talked with my Dad and we decided to make a jig usb. Well tomorow Im going to buy a 300k resistor and micro usb. I will try to make a jig usb with my dad so then I can put my phone into download mode and flash it. I hope this gonna work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOxtYSdEy-o

You got a nice dad man. If I tell my dad about USB jigs he would shout at me saying "WHO THE **** ASKED YOU TO ****ING SCREW UP YOUR PHONE? NOW SUFFER!"

chemicalrage said:
You got a nice dad man. If I tell my dad about USB jigs he would shout at me saying "WHO THE **** ASKED YOU TO ****ING SCREW UP YOUR PHONE? NOW SUFFER!"
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yeah... lmfao

Thanks for all replies. I already sold my galaxy mini so no more problems with it
Sent from my LT22i using Tapatalk 2

tauriuxx said:
Thanks for all replies. I already sold my galaxy mini so no more problems with it
Sent from my LT22i using Tapatalk 2
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Buddy i dont know if i am right or not but always remember after u flash a custom rom and u want to return to gingerbread ,,
flash all 4 files i.e boot , phone,pda ,csc files.. never use md5 tar files a single flash files ..if u do that 100% u gonna brick ur phone,,
always remember 4 flash files...

Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 will not turn on
Samsung Galaxy Mini S5570 device does not respond at all I crashed this ekllenti'i arraza was .Cyanus kernel v1.9 changelog, I would like to be the yarddımc from friends who knew I had to install.
Phone Opening Download Mode but not late

Phone not booting after failed firmware upgrade-urgent

Hi
I just got sometime today to upgrade my old samsung galaxy s i9000(India), it was on gingerbread and just cheked with Kies which showed me an available upgrade, so I just factory reset my phone, and proceeded with upgrade, somewhere down the process, it said kies did not recognise my phone and asked me to disconnect and remove battery and boot again, i tried that and since then I'm stuck with a phone+!+comp icon on the screen, please help its urgent, I have to travel out tomorrow morning, i cant afford to go to samsung on this.
Thanks a lot in advance

jjake47 said:
Hi
I just got sometime today to upgrade my old samsung galaxy s i9000(India), it was on gingerbread and just cheked with Kies which showed me an available upgrade, so I just factory reset my phone, and proceeded with upgrade, somewhere down the process, it said kies did not recognise my phone and asked me to disconnect and remove battery and boot again, i tried that and since then I'm stuck with a phone+!+comp icon on the screen, please help its urgent, I have to travel out tomorrow morning, i cant afford to go to samsung on this.
Thanks a lot in advance
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Flash a desired firmware from Sammobile. using odin
Make sure that pit file is used

jjake47 said:
Hi
I just got sometime today to upgrade my old samsung galaxy s i9000(India), it was on gingerbread and just cheked with Kies which showed me an available upgrade, so I just factory reset my phone, and proceeded with upgrade, somewhere down the process, it said kies did not recognise my phone and asked me to disconnect and remove battery and boot again, i tried that and since then I'm stuck with a phone+!+comp icon on the screen, please help its urgent, I have to travel out tomorrow morning, i cant afford to go to samsung on this.
Thanks a lot in advance
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you can reconnect it to kies, as it is still on download mode to do recovery like this
http://www.4shared.com/office/koYpRWc1/KIES_update_recovery.html
re you can download a firmware according to your location and flash with Odin

jjake47 said:
Hi
I just got sometime today to upgrade my old samsung galaxy s i9000(India), it was on gingerbread and just cheked with Kies which showed me an available upgrade, so I just factory reset my phone, and proceeded with upgrade, somewhere down the process, it said kies did not recognise my phone and asked me to disconnect and remove battery and boot again, i tried that and since then I'm stuck with a phone+!+comp icon on the screen, please help its urgent, I have to travel out tomorrow morning, i cant afford to go to samsung on this.
Thanks a lot in advance
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are you able to get into download mod or totally not boot up at all

The only solution si to flash a new firmware using odin
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app

Go back to the original India ROM - https://www.fixmystuff.in/FMS_Forum/threads/samsung-galaxy-s-gt-i9000-flashing-to-original-rom.46/

i update my phone using odin with pit file .
now phone not starting any help..

AW: Phone not booting after failed firmware upgrade-urgent
same screen as before?

now phone not booting up at all..

AW: Phone not booting after failed firmware upgrade-urgent
sorry but i'm no expert :/
Does Odin show a connection?
Maybe you can build a so called JIG.

same issue
Hi,
I am in same situation. did it get resolved?
I have GT I90003 which is now not booting and remaining on 'Phone-I-PC' image.
I was using Odin to root but in between cable got disconnected. and now I am nowhere.
Please help how to resolve this problem.
Thanks,
Bhupendra.

see here for firmware n juz change usb port if needed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14933114
or use DDLF1 or DDMF2. Search it using search box in xda.
n dont use i9000 rom for i9003 rom, it will hardbrick ur device, u can search for i9003 post discussiom using searchbox in xda
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium

i have the same problem
i was trying to update my phone and the cable usb move now i have just a black screen with a phone icon + triangle alert+ computer icon. And the problem is that my cellphone doent connect with the computer.
is a samsung s captive. could you help me

Zaddiel said:
i was trying to update my phone and the cable usb move now i have just a black screen with a phone icon + triangle alert+ computer icon. And the problem is that my cellphone doent connect with the computer.
is a samsung s captive. could you help me
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You have to try again to get it into download mode.
Use Odin for your device model and run it as administrator. If Kies is installed, kill all Kies processes by using Task Manager. Prepare the files under PDA etc. Pull out the battery and hold power button pressed for 1min. Then keep all buttons combo for download mode and insert the battery while pressed (needs some acrobacy skills). If the download mode starts, you can connect your phone and flash firmware again.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

thank you
tetakpatak said:
You have to try again to get it into download mode.
Use Odin for your device model and run it as administrator. If Kies is installed, kill all Kies processes by using Task Manager. Prepare the files under PDA etc. Pull out the battery and hold power button pressed for 1min. Then keep all buttons combo for download mode and insert the battery while pressed (needs some acrobacy skills). If the download mode starts, you can connect your phone and flash firmware again.
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo
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Thanks it really works

Zaddiel said:
Thanks it really works
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Great, mate
BTW, hitting the thanks button would do more than words
tetakpatalked from Nexus 7 flo

Galaxy Note stuck at Samsung logo after automatic update..PLEASE HELP..!!

Hi guys,
First of all m a noob here and got here after doing alot opf research on google but have not find any solution yet. I have got a major issue with Galaxy note, never been rooted.
So I have been using ICS on my Galaxy Note for almost a month now, and a week ago, I saw a message telling me that an update had been downloaded and the phone would be rebooted to install the update.
I clicked the OK button in the dialog box, and my phone did reboot but is now stuck at the flashing Samsung logo (after the initial musical animation, which incidentally was terminated midway).The phone got quite hot after about 20 minutes, so I switched it off by pressing the power button. Then I switched it back on after a while, and it was stuck at the flashing Samsung logo. N now its stuck there..
Restart does not work...
Recharging does not work...
Battery swap does not work..
I contacted the service center, they say they will flash the firmware but all the data will be lost and also they are not taking this in WARRNTY.
Can anyone help me with this please.. its been dead for a week now.
sorry for bad english

re:
Also tried POWER OFF+VOL UP+HOME .. a android green logo comes up. but again phones goes to samsung logo and stucks...
however,POWER OFF+VOL DOWN+HOME button gets me to a yello triangle logo and asks if you want to install custom rom...
Please help me guys...!!

^^
where you using the stock kernel itself on ICS?
do the latter..
boot to download mode, then try to flash your phone back to GB using PC ODIN. Once it's in stock GB, work your way up again to ICS. And oh by the way.. sorry to tell you this, but I don't think you can recover back your data after since this process will erase everything on your phone.

letters_to_cleo said:
^^
where you using the stock kernel itself on ICS?
do the latter..
boot to download mode, then try to flash your phone back to GB using PC ODIN. Once it's in stock GB, work your way up again to ICS. And oh by the way.. sorry to tell you this, but I don't think you can recover back your data after since this process will erase everything on your phone.
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Thank you for the quick rply Sir,
actually i have no idea about stock kernel, as i said my phone was unrooted ,and only thing i did was using just small cracked apps sometimes.
So which stock GB should i download, there are so many here and m confused which one will work for me.
Thanks in advance Sir.

ankyyy said:
Thank you for the quick rply Sir,
actually i have no idea about stock kernel, as i said my phone was unrooted ,and only thing i did was using just small cracked apps sometimes.
So which stock GB should i download, there are so many here and m confused which one will work for me.
Thanks in advance Sir.
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hey.. dont' sir me.. we're not in the Army or in the military here okay Just call me John.. that's my name...
Here - >http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 (courtesy of our good 'ol doc Ketan), Look for the stock GB of your region ( Page #2) and download it on your PC. Use PC Odin to flash it to your phone (in download mode)

letters_to_cleo said:
hey.. dont' sir me.. we're not in the Army or in the military here okay Just call me John.. that's my name...
Here - >http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997 (courtesy of our good 'ol doc Ketan), Look for the stock GB of your region ( Page #2) and download it on your PC. Use PC Odin to flash it to your phone (in download mode)
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Ok, Thanks again John.
i have i more doubt. The stock rom thread says "Install Kies on your computer, connect your phone and make sure that all the drivers installed correctly". i have installed kies but when i connect my phone to it, it gives me Mtb driver bot installed properly error.. would it create a problem?

Yes it would.. try to completely uninstall and reinstall Kies and try later on, to plug your phone again.

letters_to_cleo said:
Yes it would.. try to completely uninstall and reinstall Kies and try later on, to plug your phone again.
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Ok John,
M following your steps now,reinstalling kies and then flashing with gb rom. Hope it would work well. Will update you whatever happens.
Thanks again Bro,,!!

Sure! no fret! you can do it.. have confidence in yourself bud.
By the way.. don't forget my sig below?

Firmware Upgrade fail Try using recovery mode i897! HELP!!!

Hello Guys!
I got Samsung Galaxy S Captivate and I've been using my phone since 2 years perfectly no problem but last week my phone suddenly stop working I was using HELLYBEAN on my captivate and it was working fine but then my phone stopped working and after that whenever I tried to install different Rom it was saying "Installation Aborted" after getting same errors with different roms, I decided to go back to Stock and everything went successful but after I tired to power on my phone it kept going to recovery mode and it was saying "E:failed to mount /sdcard" but after few time restarting my phone, I made it to the AT&T logo but unfortunately my phone kept on restarting after AT&T logo, so to get rid of that I tired to follow this steps from this website and actually lost my phone completely NOW!
http://blog.kalpetros.com/2012/04/how-to-fix-cant-mount-dbdata-error-sgs.html
I tried to install .Tar with Odin but failed and After that I lost my phone completely and my phone started saying "Firmware Upgrade fail Try using recovery mode" Can someone help me with this please and I'm not able to get into download mode NOW! whenever I try to get into download mode and plug USB cable with holding the Volume + and - my phone shows the same error and can't get into download or recovery mode can someone PLEASE Help me! Please! I really want my phone back! :crying:
Here is the Error which I'm getting whenever I try to get into Download mode or plug USB cable *Attachment*
Thank You
Looking forward to kind replies!

ShahX said:
Hello Guys!
I got Samsung Galaxy S Captivate and I've been using my phone since 2 years perfectly no problem but last week my phone suddenly stop working I was using HELLYBEAN on my captivate and it was working fine but then my phone stopped working and after that whenever I tried to install different Rom it was saying "Installation Aborted" after getting same errors with different roms, I decided to go back to Stock and everything went successful but after I tired to power on my phone it kept going to recovery mode and it was saying "E:failed to mount /sdcard" but after few time restarting my phone, I made it to the AT&T logo but unfortunately my phone kept on restarting after AT&T logo, so to get rid of that I tired to follow this steps from this website and actually lost my phone completely NOW!
http://blog.kalpetros.com/2012/04/how-to-fix-cant-mount-dbdata-error-sgs.html
I tried to install .Tar with Odin but failed and After that I lost my phone completely and my phone started saying "Firmware Upgrade fail Try using recovery mode" Can someone help me with this please and I'm not able to get into download mode NOW! whenever I try to get into download mode and plug USB cable with holding the Volume + and - my phone shows the same error and can't get into download or recovery mode can someone PLEASE Help me! Please! I really want my phone back! :crying:
Here is the Error which I'm getting whenever I try to get into Download mode or plug USB cable *Attachment*
Thank You
Looking forward to kind replies!
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The imaged you linked is considered a download mode, you should be able to flash from it.
That being said, the error you got often means your internal memory is dead. Which also means that you can't get what was on it (Think of it as a hard drive that just died). Your best bet after trying to flash stock would be to partition an SD card and run from it (there's a guide on how to do it on here).

BWolf56 said:
The imaged you linked is considered a download mode, you should be able to flash from it.
That being said, the error you got often means your internal memory is dead. Which also means that you can't get what was on it (Think of it as a hard drive that just died). Your best bet after trying to flash stock would be to partition an SD card and run from it (there's a guide on how to do it on here).
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Thanks for your reply bro, but the thing is My Computer don't detect my phone neither my phone appears on my computer! Not even with Odin I tried but Failed Anyway to Flash back to any other ROM just to get my phone working! Please?
Thank You.

ShahX said:
Thanks for your reply bro, but the thing is My Computer don't detect my phone neither my phone appears on my computer! Not even with Odin I tried but Failed Anyway to Flash back to any other ROM just to get my phone working! Please?
Thank You.
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Try reinstalling your drivers to get your phone connected.
But I'm pretty sure you'll have to partition an SD card. Your internal memory sounds dead.

Amazing Reply! but Still need help
BWolf56 said:
Try reinstalling your drivers to get your phone connected.
But I'm pretty sure you'll have to partition an SD card. Your internal memory sounds dead.
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thankyou bro for an amazing reply! I actually worked it out my computer detected my phone even Odin did, but can you please tell me what to do next? like How do I flash my phone back to stock rom or get into the CWM boot loader cuz whenever I try to get into recovery or press any key or connect my cable my phone automatically gets into that same screen the one I showed you above! Please bro help, it's been ages since I haven't used my phone..
Thank You!

ShahX said:
thankyou bro for an amazing reply! I actually worked it out my computer detected my phone even Odin did, but can you please tell me what to do next? like How do I flash my phone back to stock rom or get into the CWM boot loader cuz whenever I try to get into recovery or press any key or connect my cable my phone automatically gets into that same screen the one I showed you above! Please bro help, it's been ages since I haven't used my phone..
Thank You!
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You gotta do some basic research. Here's the stock ROM (without bootloaders): http://www.mediafire.com/download/w..., NO Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe.zip
Just loat it up on Odin and flash away. You can't get in recovery cause your phone can't load anything atm, it needs a clean flash. Just make sure nothing interrupts Odin while it's flashing.

Almost Done
BWolf56 said:
You gotta do some basic research. Here's the stock ROM (without bootloaders): http://www.mediafire.com/download/w..., NO Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe.zip
Just loat it up on Odin and flash away. You can't get in recovery cause your phone can't load anything atm, it needs a clean flash. Just make sure nothing interrupts Odin while it's flashing.
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Thanks for your kind reply again bro, I did everything as you said but unfortunately my Odin got stuck on zImage but the phone was showing blue line under written "loading" basically it was stuck at one point and wasn't moving forward so I disconnected my phone and tried to connect again but nothing showed up so I tired to get into download mode and fortunately I GOT into the download mode the one I used to get when my phone was working "Yellow with Andriod Logo" so after getting into download mode I tired to flash the stock Rom the one you gave me but got can't get through it got stuck on factoryfs.rfs? or should I give it more time, it's been 10 mins already...Any Help?
thankyou sooo much for your help

ShahX said:
Thanks for your kind reply again bro, I did everything as you said but unfortunately my Odin got stuck on zImage but the phone was showing blue line under written "loading" basically it was stuck at one point and wasn't moving forward so I disconnected my phone and tried to connect again but nothing showed up so I tired to get into download mode and fortunately I GOT into the download mode the one I used to get when my phone was working "Yellow with Andriod Logo" so after getting into download mode I tired to flash the stock Rom the one you gave me but got can't get through it got stuck on factoryfs.rfs? or should I give it more time, it's been 10 mins already...Any Help?
thankyou sooo much for your help
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You can give Heimdall a shot (note that it will install its own drivers on the usb port you'll use it on so Odin won't work on it): http://www.mediafire.com/download/5..., NO Bootloaders, Wipe-Heimdall One-Click.zip
If that doesn't work, I can say at like 95% that your internal memory is dead and you'll have to partition an SD card if you wanna get it running. There are guides on how to do it on here.

I've seen that image often. Uninstalling then re-installing the usb drivers for Samsung helped me. Flashing a captivate can be a little convoluted granted all the different methods of acquiring root and flashing a rom that's been used through the years ... and subsequently posted somewhere on the internet. I'd suggest the following .... once your device is recognized in Odin.
1. Flash I897UCKK4 with Odin (no root) for gingerbread stock rom
2. Download and install KK4root. Run Kk4 root "run" exe in the kk4_root folder. Corn kernel is installed with modded recovery system
3. From Corn kernel recovery click "root extras" to get su and busy box installed