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[Q] Help, phone stuck booting?!

I flashed darky's rom with the voodoo lag fix and then stupidly tried to flash over the top my recovery file. now its stuck loading. can't access recovery mode but can access download mode... any ideas?

Just posted this in another thread, with similar issues, try this, should fix it.
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HI,
Try the following, worked for me
1) Go into recovery mode and wipe both cache and partition data
2) go to samfirmware.com and download the original rom for your phone (the one that came with it)... since you don't say what region you're from, I'll give you an example with mine. Mine is from Bell, and factory comes with UGJH2, so i downloaded that with ODIN and the PIT FILE, make sure to extract the TAR file from inside the RAR file. Put all 3 files in the same folder
3) Enter download mode, when the phone is in that state sometimes it's hard to access download, best way is... remove the battery, put it back in, then hold VOL DN + HOME + POWER until you see a working android bot inside a triangle. When you see that, connect your phone to your PC, double click on ODIN, then load the PIT file (CHECK BOX RE-PARTITION leave the others to default) and Select PDA and find the TAR file you extracted in STEP 2... then click on START, it's gonna take a few mins, and even after it's done, it's going to reboot, and it'll stay at the "S" logo for a bit, leave it, then it'll boot.
At least we hope it will.
Keep us posted,
Thank you,
Rodi.
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Can't get into recovery mode only download mode?! I'm on orange uk custom galaxy S Rom 2.1 originally. shall i just follow your steps but use a stock samsung android firmware?
Thanks Alot btw!

Yeah keep going with the download mode, it's very possible that the recovery mode process is not even necessary, but since I have no way of testing, it's doesn't hurt to try.
so get the orig rom, with pit associated with its (u'll see in on sam firmware which pit you need, most likely 512 for stock out of the box).
Keep us posted
Rodi

Fixed!!! flashed the new 2.2.1 firmware as well. is flying thanks for the help

alcurtis93 said:
Fixed!!! flashed the new 2.2.1 firmware as well. is flying thanks for the help
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i have the same problem as u ..which 2.2.1 firmware did u flash and where to download ?
Cris

Dont worry mate easier to fix than I thought. Go to samfirmwares and go to firmware section and galaxy s and its called I9000 jpu. If you need any more help dont be afraid to ask
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Heres the link.... http://www.multiupload.com/PUSOOBQ8K5
Password is samfirmware.com
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alcurtis93 said:
Heres the link.... http://www.multiupload.com/PUSOOBQ8K5
Password is samfirmware.com
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Thanks so u much

[Q] How do I root a Samsung Captivate with the basebuild KB1?

I having been trying to root and unlock my Samsung Captivate and I have constantly been hitting dead ends. I have tried various apps and YouTube clips and nothing seemd to work. I know someone out here can help me unlock this phone. I rather learn how to unlock it than pay $50. I NEED HELP!!!!
Phone Specs:
I don't have AT&T Sim Card
Base: i897uckb1
Firm: 2.2
Kernal: 2.6.32.9
I am new to this "unlocking and rooting" world, so I have been learning while i'm going, please bare with me in advance.
The last program I ran to unlock the phone was "OneClickUnlock." After it went through its whole deal, my phone read - "E:signature verification failed". I have no idea what to do from here...PLEASE HELP ME SOMEONE!!!!

There are plenty of threads that cover both these issues.

sensai62 said:
I rather learn how to unlock it than pay $50. I NEED HELP!!!!
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what you need to do is read. thats how you learn

i would agree with pirateghost but i find that people do things all @$$ backwards around here and give out the most time consuming ways to do things.
ok you already have the odin one click installer, is that the one the brings it to jf6?
does the phone boot? or does it enter recovery and give you that message?
since setting up adb might be too much too soon the best way will be to get the phone back to a bootable state if it is failing to fully bootright now. if the phone is a newer model and came factory installed with kb1 it is posible that you need a different one click installer, infact dont bother with the one click installers, it is faster to use the full oding to flash a kernel with cwm installed by default.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1007276&highlight=rogers+stock+rom
this is the rogers 2.2 rom, first one i found and better anyway. use the odin and pit and .tar in the downloads in that thread.
select repartition for good measure and flash the the above rom, the .tar goes in the pda slot. the 512.pit goes in the .pit slot, that's all that is needed.
after you flash your phone back to working condidtion, use odin to flash a custom kernel, the kernel must be in .tar format
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=547852&d=1300708475
^this is speed mod, maybe the most popular and stable, if the phone will boot into the rom then you can start here.
put the kernel .tar file in the pad slot in odin and flash it in download mode, no .pit is needed.
with this kernel you can flash .zip files. you can root or skip strait to flashing a rooted rom, you may also have luck with one of the att kb1 kernels with modifications like skull cap or firebird if you like the stock rom, which the bluetooth calling needs an att or a rogers kernel and modem to work.
most people arent .tar-ing the kernels they build. yet all the users like to flash to stock before a flash, seems to me since you are sitting at odin, flash a kernel and shorten the whole process.

The reason you get the signature failed is because your recovery mode is a type called 3e the 3e recovery mode doesn't allow unsigned packages such as the unlock. What you need to do is get a kernal that has the 2e recovery mode in it and flash that, then you can root using anything and flash update. Zip files, you will need to follow a guide for that though, you can find one by searching "flash 2e kernal on captivate" in google
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[Q] When odin one click doesnt work...

so my dilemma is as follows.. i was running continuum 4.1 on my captivate. i decided i wanted to try one of the new gingerbread roms, so my first step was to use odinoneclick 1.0 to get to complete stock and go from there. my luck, odin froze on me at sbl.bin... so i am soft bricked but i can use the vol up/down plug usb method to get to download mode. because i have only used one click before, and not a full odin like 1.7, i am having trouble figuring out exactly what i need, and what steps are necessary to safely get me back to stock using odin 1.7 so i can then load GB bootloaders and stop messing with BL's from now on.. so i suppose my main question is should i first flash eclair before trying to flash GB bootloaders/rom? my other question being, if so, what files do i need, and do i need to place a pit file and repartition? sorry if this is a noob question, i just dont want to screw it up any further and wasnt sure if specific steps must be taken when you are soft bricked.. thanks very much in advance!

No need to flash Eclair. Just flash the KF1 file in this post and then XCal's reorient for GB and you'll be good to go. Just don't boot into the OS after flashing XCal's kernel else you'll get bootloops since it was designed for I9000 based ROMs rather then I897. Just reboot back into recovery after flashign XCal's Kernel and then flash whatever GB ROM you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126704
I personally prefer to flash my phone using Heimdall on my laptop running Kubuntu as it's generally more stable/successful, and it's easier to choose which files you want to flash if you only want to flash specific files (Like the bootloaders).
Also KH3 is out and it looks like it might have updated bootloaders, but it's not a full ROM from what I was able to grab. It's missing the param.lfs, dbdata.rfs, and the pit file. Also has an added SS_DL.dll which I'm not sure what the purpose of that file is since it's a Windows file...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232703

Moved to Q&A.....
NO QUESTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT PLEASE!!!!!

conantroutman said:
Moved to Q&A.....
NO QUESTIONS IN DEVELOPMENT PLEASE!!!!!
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my apologies! my intention was to post in q&a but i was at work sneaking on the pc i must have been clicking too fast..
and kyuta... thank you for the suggestion! so is it safe to just use the whole odin package in the link you provided just to get a clean install, and then move on to a rom/kernel of choice at a later time?

im getting a big red FAIL on every attempt at flashing KF1 file with odin 1.3 and 1.7 im not sure which route to take at this point. do i need to flash the pit file with the bootloaders?

dartdc97 said:
im getting a big red FAIL on every attempt at flashing KF1 file with odin 1.3 and 1.7 im not sure which route to take at this point. do i need to flash the pit file with the bootloaders?
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just make sure u hav right file downloaded...and right click on odin and click run as administrator...try changing the usb ports....and try changing the usb cable...and see if u hav proper driver installed ....
check all these which i hav mentioned...
then u shd be able to go back to either eclair(jf6) or gingerbread(kf1) stock

killer_raj said:
just make sure u hav right file downloaded...and right click on odin and click run as administrator...try changing the usb ports....and try changing the usb cable...and see if u hav proper driver installed ....
check all these which i hav mentioned...
then u shd be able to go back to either eclair(jf6) or gingerbread(kf1) stock
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Just to add this this: Try using XP service pack 2 mode if you are using Windows 7 x 64.

[Q] Questions about preventing a second hardbrick

This is how the story goes, bear with me.
I had an ATT Captivate 1012 running on S7 but it was rebooting on me during phone calls. I decided to go back to stock with odin oneclick as I had read it works with 1012s but the process hung. I managed to recover and flashed back to stock JH2 with the non-one-click version.
I followed this guide by Breakin' Ranh
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
I had used it successfully to get to stock before many times.
This is where I think I screwed up, please correct me if im wrong.
I thought that taking me back to JH2 would restore my bootloaders and allow me to install the 3buttonFix.zip via CWM over stock JH2, but after installing that zip my phone didnt boot up since.
The 3ButtonFix.zip I used was from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134443 . Via CWM, not Odin.
My battery was not at 100% (checked with a friend's phone and it was at about 24% so I'm not sure if that was the issue.
The question is, wouldnt have flashing to JH2 wipe out the bootloaders S7 installed (i9000 GB loaders if im correct)
I can only think of few things and would appreciate, if possible, your thoughts about these, all in an effort to learn more about the process and to reduce my chances of hardbricking again (Got a new captivate, 1010 this time)
1) JH2 bootloaders are clearly not compatible with that 3ButtonFix.zip because it perhaps assumes an underlying JF6 base? I was on JH2 when i flashed the 3ButtonFix.zip linked above
For future reference, should i then go JH2->JH7
This is the JH7 i have used before the 'accident'
(it is linked in the thread above)
I897UCJH7 Firmware
http://www.ponack.net/designgears/JH7_OTA.zip
2) The JH2 .tar provided in that thread did not /*correctly*/ install all? captivate bootloaders?
3) The flash to stock with the above guide didnt clear out my bootloaders successfully. The first time i tried to flash with odin oneclick it failed so i had to start over with the non-oneclick, that's how i managed to successfully get into JH2.
4) Perhaps flashing with a low battery (30% or so) ruined the install of 3buttonFix.zip?
Maybe I botched my flash via odin only to ruin it further with 3buttonFix.zip via CWM.
Would you recommend heimdall for all my (new) flashing endeavours? I _reaally_ don't want to go through the jtagging/phone replacement experience again.
Would have flashing the Odin version of 3buttonFix have prevented this? or maybe using heimdall to get back to stock?
What do you recommend i do to avoid these problems in the future? Stay away from 3ButtonFix.zip and just use a usb jig (finally got one *AFTER* hardbricking).
TL;DR
I read on the forums that people have bricked by ruining their sbl.bin by coming from a gb bootloader. But I was under the impression (apparently incorrect) that flashing to stock (Any stock froyo/eclair?) would prevent such issues. What do you think went wrong?
Sorry for the 20 questions :|
Thanks!
-XercesBlue

That package you flashed did not contain bootloaders at all... you mixed a gingerbread pbl with a froyo sbl.
Did you even try the button combos BEFORE you flashed the fix? You shouldn't have needed it at all...
Just forget that the 3 button "fix" even exists.

studacris said:
That package you flashed did not contain bootloaders at all... you mixed a gingerbread pbl with a froyo sbl.
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Thank you for your reply studacris.
So the I897UCJH2.tar package I linked to does not contain bootloaders? If so this makes muuuuch more sense now. Should I find a package that contains those "stock" bootloaders to restore the phone into a stock state then ?
Will the packages linked at the bottom of this thread work then?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
The "The internal beta's are NOT one-click, please read the linked threads
UPDATE: I897UCJH2 (Internal BETA)" ?
Do you have any ideas how that one is different from the I897UCJH2.tar I flashed following Breakin' Rahn's. If you follow the link you will see they link to the same files I had used during my first hardbrick.
Reading some more I stumbled upon your old reply,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13581072&postcount=1798
So, If i get this right and to reiterate
For 1010s to get back to stock+bootloaders
1) OneClick (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989)
OR
Use the internal betas "I897UCJH2 (Internal BETA)" linked at the bottom of the same thread ??
2) Do this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143
If you run into a bootloop
OR this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963403
?
I hope you understand how I can be a bit confused here.
I had no luck previously with OneClick on my 1012. Maybe the 1010 is different but i doubt it. The process hung at some point and had to start over with Breakin'Rahn's guide. Finally got to stock by perhaps without bootloaders.
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As for the combos, when on s7 the combos worked. Volume down+power worked as expected for dl mode volume up + power for recovery. Upon flashing the new package I lost them leading me to assume incorrectly I was at a new factory mode.
The power down, remove battery, hold power, put battery, plug usb did not work either when on JH2. Of course, me being new at this I might have missed something.

only odin one click has both stock bootloaders... so IF you wan tot restore stock boots that is the FIRST step. if after that you get stuck in a bootloop you can use any other stock package to fix that.
if you want to flash back to stock firmware but KEEP the gingerbread boots (THEY ARE BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE) just flash another stock package other than one click. that way you should never lose button combos.
and as i said before. delete that 3 button fix from your brain completley.

studacris said:
only odin one click has both stock bootloaders... so IF you wan tot restore stock boots that is the FIRST step. if after that you get stuck in a bootloop you can use any other stock package to fix that.
if you want to flash back to stock firmware but KEEP the gingerbread boots (THEY ARE BACKWARDS COMPATIBLE) just flash another stock package other than one click. that way you should never lose button combos.
and as i said before. delete that 3 button fix from your brain completley.
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Great, thank you for taking the time to read/reply!
Yes, I am definitely staying away from 3buttonfix.

XercesBlue said:
Yes, I am definitely staying away from 3buttonfix.
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BUT, Im on a 1010 and the vol up + vol down and power buttons wont get me into recovery.
What method should I use to get into recovery?

If you have the gingerbread bootloaders the combo will work. The combo is in the secondary bootloader...

[Q] Phone boots, blank screen, lights on button [SOLVED]

So I tried updating this device to GB - model is P1000N (too bad I only realized this on my edit of this post, I I always thought what I have is without the N), I followed this YT guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtWdNqwAETs, all went well until when I tried to reboot my device.
Procedure (ODIN !):
- Press the thanks button and/or donate - DONE
- Download and extract the firmware zip - DONE
- Download and extract the attached gt-p1000_mr_PIT.zip - DONE
- Download and extract the attached dbdata.zip - DONE
- Flash the firmware tar as PDA, repartition enabled, use the attached PIT - DONE
- After flash immediately boot into download mode again - STUCK HERE, DEVICE BOOT W/ SOUND, LIGHTS ON, BLANK SCREEN
- Flash dbdata.tar as PDA (NO repartition)
- After flash immediately boot into recovery mode
- Wipe cache
- Wipe data / factory reset
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What do I do?

Use overcome method instead
Go to overcome site
http://www.teamovercome.net
Read the guide,
Missing pictures can be seen here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20974872
Follow the picture step by step.
Basically to restock:
Download GB-stock-safe-v5.zip, unzip it and and flash with ODIN according to the guide.
Stop there and you will have Gingerbread JQ1
You can continue with the rest, and you will get Overcome 4.1 and you won't regret.
From there you can then try AOKP or CM9, all requires you to have Overcome Kernel with its CWM recovery to flash.

Problem is Vol Down + Power won't respond, and so is Vol Up + Power. :/
Sent from my HTC Desire S

make sure it is fully charged.
Power down.
Launch Odin.
Cable connected.
Vol-down + power.
If odin suddenly see your device, flash away.

Hope it will. Search here but seems almost all threads got no fix. :/
Damn why didn't I see that method above before.
Sent from my HTC Desire S

Overcome method is quoted hundreds of time in this forum. Most reliable method to "restock" and install CWM recovery for P1000 device

I'm downloading the GB-Stock-Safe-v5.zip now. It sucks to have slow internet.
By the way, do I have to flash that Modem file too? I can see that it's a zip file but on the screenshot the only thing he flash is the "modem.bin", extracting the modem zip has some META-INF and updates folder.
Lastly, regarding "gt-p1000_mr.pit" - is this common file? I have downloaded this already earlier in the separate tutorial.

Okay, so I downloaded the zip file.. followed the instruction here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34690776/The Installation Guide The Overcome Experience.png and it's a success based on my attached screenshot but after completing step 5 I am stuck to here coz step 6 says that tab should reboot by itself but mine doesn't. It looks like it reboot but blank screen and the lights are on. It stays that way. No reboot. No image like that on step 6. :/
Even after disconnecting the device and turning it on it stays on blank screen w/ the lights on.
Someone can help me, please?

No idea who no reboot.
But try again the same thing.
Power down.
Vol down + power
flash again.

I'm no expert but does tabs also involve bootloader stuff? Like in HTC devices we have to unlock bootloader before we can root and change rom and stuff?
Sent from my HTC Desire S

it does, the Overcome guide mention that too.
Can you find an official froyo for your device?

priyana said:
it does, the Overcome guide mention that too.
Can you find an official froyo for your device?
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No, I did not check my device info before flashing, I thought it will go smooth. :/
Is official FROYO rom's available here? Would it help if I flash it?
Thanks.

In sammobile firmware.
The locked boot loader should allow you to flash back the same firmware, I assume.
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Okay I will check it out.
By the way, would it be possible that the cause of this is because I did not root first?
EDIT :
Sucks most of the files : This file does not exist, the access to the following file is limited or it has been removed due to infringement of copyright.
:/

No. When you flash with Odin, root is not required.
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From the 1st post I never see you mention which gtab P1 variant you have, you only give the link from youtube that show how to upgrade gtab p1000 7 to gb.
so, can you specify which gtab p1 variant do you have?? so we can help you to unbrick your tab in the right path.
P1000? P1000L? P1000N? or???

It's P1000N (sh%#%#%t!!! I only know this now! I always thought I have the other model...) This is so careless of me.
I am downloading the Firmware www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=2712 now, should I still use the same PIT mentioned here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13682956&postcount=1 when flashing?
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From the 1st post I never see you mention which gtab P1 variant you have, you only give the link from youtube that show how to upgrade gtab p1000 7 to gb.
so, can you specify which gtab p1 variant do you have?? so we can help you to unbrick your tab in the right path.
P1000? P1000L? P1000N? or???
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SORRY FOR THIS DOUBLE POST (AND CAPS LOCK. lol)
I am just so happy, device booted successfully.
Just for the curious, this is the firmware I flashed : http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=2712
Thank You Very Much for helping me/replying here : priyana and qm4n76.

Phew. Lucky you.
So not a symptom of locked bootloader.
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Yeah, flashed an incorrect firmware.
Sent from my GT-P1000N