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[Q] Download mode issue

So I'm trying to flash back to stock on my Captivate so I can put CM7 on it. I'm currently running the latest version of Cognition. The phone is recognized by my computer and adb when it is on, and the odin3 one-click downloader detects it, but as soon as I go into download mode my computer doesn't recognize the device and it doesn't show up on odin. I've tried rebooting the computer and getting to download mode multiple ways but nothing is working. Any ideas?

Are you unplugged, going into download mode, then plugging in the USB?
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Tried that, still nothing

Plug usb into pc only, then load odin. After odin loads put the phone in dl mode THEN plug usb into phone. Odin should read it then. Its the only way it would work on my windows 7 64bit.
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Still nothing. I don't know what the deal is.

Perhaps trying a different USB port...I think the port needs to be directly wired to the motherboard.

You do not need to flash stock to flash cm7, you just need a kernel on your phone with a custom recovery so that you can flash the efs backup zip prior to flashing the cm7 initial kernel.
Are you using factory cord
have you tried multiple ports
Have you tried reinstalling drivers
Had odin worked for you before

True. But what if he wants to flash back to a 2.2 rom? He still needs dl mode
If I have helped press thanks.

bulletproof1013 said:
True. But what if he wants to flash back to a 2.2 rom? He still needs dl mode
If I have helped press thanks.
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He can't flash cm 7 without odin in either case

Using a non-factory cord, factory one is broken
tried every usb port on my laptop
can't figure out how to reinstall the drivers for the life of me
never used odin before

You sure the cord you are using is a data cord and not just a charging cord

mcord11758 said:
You sure the cord you are using is a data cord and not just a charging cord
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Positive. I've been using it to send files between my computer and my phone. And my phone shows up on odin when its not in download mode.

Phone not recognized by ODIN

I am sorry to jump in but I am currently running the latest nightly and Ineed to flash bootloaders and start with Froyo again. But my computer is not detecting my phone. I have installed the Android SDK and installed the drivers for Nexus S but of no avail. i am stuck and would appreciate your help.
The funny thing is that I can use the phone as USB device but freaking ODIN is not detecting it. My windows does not has any unrecognised device. I have installed the Nexus S drivers as well. Is it a problem with ODIN or my phone or windows itself? I am running Windows 7 Enterprise 64 Bit edition.
I have tried;
Uninstalled Samsung Drivers / Restarted / Reinstalled
Swapped 2 different cords
Tried every available port on my PC
Restarted, pulled PC power cable, let it rest for a few seconds and plugged it back in
Uninstalled every USB Root Hub device and restarted so Windows could reinstall all of it
Tried Heimdall as well
I need my ODIN flashing back
Thanks in advance!

Look that Kies isn´t running in the Background.

It is not - I can confirm.
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check with usb debugging activation on your phone!

Checked that too
Loosing hope on this -Am I going to be stuck with corrupt bootloaders and other issues?
Someone ... anyone?
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Have you tried using a different computer?

Yes sir. Tried on 2 different machines, 32bit and 64bit Windows 7.
Starting to get worried!
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Bump!
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Kies has an option to install the driver again check under tools then install driver maybe that will help

neoian1277 said:
Kies has an option to install the driver again check under tools then install driver maybe that will help
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But Kies does not recognize the phone So it does not even try to install the drivers.
I am stuck. Without ODIN recognizing my phone, i can not flash anything on it or revert to stock. Would be great to know if there is anything I can do from Recovery Mode. The phone goes to Download mode as well but what's the use.

well this is a long shot but you could try and manually install it by going into where you installed kies in my case its C:\Program Files\Samsung\USB Drivers\24_flashusbdriver choose the X64 folder seeing as you are on a 64bit system and right click FlashUSB_x64.inf and install

neoian1277 said:
well this is a long shot but you could try and manually install it by going into where you installed kies in my case its C:\Program Files\Samsung\USB Drivers\24_flashusbdriver choose the X64 folder seeing as you are on a 64bit system and right click FlashUSB_x64.inf and install
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Nope. It didnt help either.
F***! This is frustrating.

well you could always try it on a windows xp machine maybe try another usb cable you never know

i was having this problem too till i sent it back to samsung service centre where they changed the whole board.
my computer totally couldn't recognize my sms on either odin or usb. it won't restart when not connected to charging/power.
i've got a warranty claim and now it back and rooted with gingerbread 2.3.3 jvb install.
samsung service centre is the best. with service like that i'll stay with samsung all the way.
hope my experience help.
regards,
andrew sim from kuching, sarawak,
malaysia
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an obvious question, but since no one has asked it yet, are you in the download mode ? You have to be in download mode for Odin to detect.

PhoenixFx said:
an obvious question, but since no one has asked it yet, are you in the download mode ? You have to be in download mode for Odin to detect.
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That is not true. My Samsung Galaxy S is recognised by Odin even when on in normal mode.

andshm said:
i was having this problem too till i sent it back to samsung service centre where they changed the whole board.
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Yeah, I ended up doing the exact same thing. Something must have gone weird, because the phone would still charge, but wouldn't be recognized by anything.

It may well be damage to usb on phone, remove the inner cover check for cracks in soldering, and check pounds aren't out of shape
If they are gently straighten with pin
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Prakash
Just Remove the battery and wait for 10 seconds......
insert battery and start in download mode...
tadaaaa.....it's done....

Did you install the drivers for Hemidall? After I did this my phone was not recognize by Odin... but I'm guessing If I roll back or update the drivers some how in Device Manager then Odin would be happy again.

Phone Stucked At "At&t World Phone Screen"

I have Cognition V4.5.3
Im A Noob At This... Tried Ti Flash A Kernel With [APP] SGS Kernel FLasher
When I Rebooted My Phone Its Just Stuck At The Boot Screen...
Does Not Want To Go In Recovery Mode... Just Download Mode....
But Heimdall Does Not Recognize My Device...
What Can I Do? I Need To Get My Phone Back, Since Its A Gift
Thanks...

and i only have a mac... =/

wow thanks for the help... -_____-
its my only phone.... right now im without phone and NOBODY can tell me how to fix this... Really... Thanks

Try Odin 1 Click. You'll find it on here somewhere. It wil take you back to stock 2.1 Eclair. Then you can READ ABOUT flashing other ROMs and proceed from there.

bertito2580 said:
wow thanks for the help... -_____-
its my only phone.... right now im without phone and NOBODY can tell me how to fix this... Really... Thanks
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im sorry but most of us can't even help you IF we want to The users of windows based PC's are greater in this forums compared to Macs. if there is drivers for mac, are they installed?

Since you only have a Mac, I would suggest installing Windows through Boot-Camp (included in Mac OSX) on a different partition. I read Galaxy S doesn't have drivers support for Mac OSX Leopart or later, not entirely sure if its true though, but I do have a MacBook Pro and had no success in finding a way to connect my phone to it by USB... Good thing I had a regular old Windows PC Desktop.
Then as Jack Man said, use Odin 1-Click found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
to reset your phone completely to factory settings, relatively simple to do as long as you read the instructions on that post. =)

Well since you only have a Mac and hiemidal is not see your phone i think your only option is to find a friend with a PC and give the Odin 1 click a try.

i ask my aunt for her pc,
Windows Vista 32-Bit
Downloaded And Installed The Drivers
Using Odin3 One-Click
I Put My Phone On Download Mode With The 3keyCombo
And The PC Says"USB Device Not Recognized"
Im Just Gettind Pissed And Stressed
It's My Only Phone.
What Can I Do To Fix This?

Also Tried Running Odin As Administrator... And NOthing...

bertito2580 said:
Also Tried Running Odin As Administrator... And NOthing...
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Sir, just in case, did you reboot after installing drivers and BEFORE you tried connecting the device? Also, did you check if Odin detected your device when its connected in Download mode?

yes, and thats what in trying to do, to get odin to detect my phone in download mode...

Ok, is your phone detected by the operating system? If it does, then try using this other Odin thread instead, this one however will restore it to Stock Samsung Galaxy with 2.3 Gingerbread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127249
Don't have to follow the rest of the instructions to root it just in case, but see if that version of Odin detects your phone.

actually thats the problem... windows vista doesnt recognize my device, either my mac... is there a solution to my phone or not? please help

OMG please help ((
I've Installed Captivate Drivers
Also
Galaxy S General Drivers
But When I Put My Captivate On Download MOde It Just Says
"USB Device Not Recognized"
One of the devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and
Windows does not recognize it.

Are you sure it goes in to Download Mode (little android with a shovel)? Also have u tried different usb ports?

Like the above said, are you sure you are in download mode?
What USB port are you using if ots a desktop computer. There are known issues using front usb, plug into the usb on the back of the tower.
Also, are you sure odin doesnt see it? I know windows doesnt like it, but start odin, put phone in download mode, connect to pc. What does odin show? Any connected devices?
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yes, im sure its on download mode and tried all the ports...
Im gonna try on another pc
to see if its the pc

Bricked even with download mode ?

Hi All,
here is the story, I was on MilkyS GB rom, made a ndriod backup, then flashed dark knight 2.1 then wiped , flashed DK3 w/ Semaphone. Today, I was going to flash stock JVU via Odin but while I was charging up the phone I already noticed Windows was showing error saying something like ' USB device is malfunction cannot install' , so I thought that must be a DK3 bug for not able to access to the SD card, so I did not care.
Went ahead and tried to flash Odin, sure enough Odin did not detect my phone, so did Google and found 'Gnex USB drivers' which by the way took forever to install, while waiting , I thought I might as well just go back to MilkyS GB by using the backup I have done before, so I went in recovery tried to restore, but not successful, so I went ahead and choose reboot....now I am stuck at the boot screen, pull battery, I can go into download mode , however, Odin cannot detect the phone so I still can NOT flash anything.... (just now tried all kinds of drivers I can find, CM7 USB driver, Google usb_driver_r04-windows, even installed the drivers within Andriod SDK, still can't detect the phone..)
Any suggestions ? am I out of luck ? by the way, tried installing drivers in 3 x different laptops and with different USB port on them...

Have you tried a different USB cable? Also ensure KIES is not running & that there are no KIES processes running in the background. Make sure no other usb devices connected to the pc. I've also heard Windows 7 64bit can be the issue sometime but not sure so maybe try a windows xp pc.
Also try disabling any antivirus/firewall on the pc. I had this is issue but for me restarting pc and using a different USB port did the trick.
Should you figure out the USB issue you can't actually restore a Gingerbread backup from ICS.
You will need to get a stock rom (darky resurection should also work) and flash with ODIN. You will need a 3 file stock rom (pda,phone,csc) & 512 pit file.
From here you will need to select all files into relevant places, check repartion and run ODIN. Sometimes I've also needed to flash a second time with just the 3 files and repartition unchecked.

scubadude said:
Have you tried a different USB cable? Also ensure KIES is not running & that there are no KIES processes running in the background. Make sure no other usb devices connected to the pc. I've also heard Windows 7 64bit can be the issue sometime but not sure so maybe try a windows xp pc.
Also try disabling any antivirus/firewall on the pc. I had this is issue but for me restarting pc and using a different USB port did the trick.
Should you figure out the USB issue you can't actually restore a Gingerbread backup from ICS.
You will need to get a stock rom (darky resurection should also work) and flash with ODIN. You will need a 3 file stock rom (pda,phone,csc) & 512 pit file.
From here you will need to select all files into relevant places, check repartion and run ODIN. Sometimes I've also needed to flash a second time with just the 3 files and repartition unchecked.
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thanks scubadude for your reply. Yes, tried 2 x cables, 3 x laptops and all the USB ports on the laptops, now trying on a clean XP , AV disabled PC still no go.
I know the Odin 3 file process and so on and I kind of know that I can't flash GB on top of ICS that is why I attempt to flash stock in Odin but I guess I was just impatient to wait for the stupid Samsung driver to be installed and made a stupid mistake...

bestjsg said:
thanks scubadude for your reply. Yes, tried 2 x cables, 3 x laptops and all the USB ports on the laptops, now trying on a clean XP , AV disabled PC still no go.
I know the Odin 3 file process and so on and I kind of know that I can't flash GB on top of ICS that is why I attempt to flash stock in Odin but I guess I was just impatient to wait for the stupid Samsung driver to be installed and made a stupid mistake...
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I guess you have tried going back in recovery mode using the 3-button combo but that is also not working?
Odin isn't recognizing your phone but does windows recognize it? If you uninstall all samsung drivers and then try to connect your phone to PC does it ask for installation of drivers? .. if it doesn't that means your phone's usb could have become faulty.. (just speculating)
Or you can try to use Heimdall instead of Odin.. maybe that'll work for you..

bestjsg said:
thanks scubadude for your reply. Yes, tried 2 x cables, 3 x laptops and all the USB ports on the laptops, now trying on a clean XP , AV disabled PC still no go.
I know the Odin 3 file process and so on and I kind of know that I can't flash GB on top of ICS that is why I attempt to flash stock in Odin but I guess I was just impatient to wait for the stupid Samsung driver to be installed and made a stupid mistake...
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Try using Heimdall for mac or linux. It does the same as Odin with no drivers.
Also try cleaning the contacts in usb port on the phone with a small brush(this worked for me when I had similar problems).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878686

sorenba said:
Try using Heimdall for mac or linux. It does the same as Odin with no drivers.
Also try cleaning the contacts in usb port on the phone with a small brush(this worked for me when I had similar problems).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878686
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thanks tried Heimdall Frontend suite 1.3.1 , also tried Zadig.exe included in the package, the computer still does not detect the phone in download mode.

btw , I have also already use Android SDK to install the Google USB driver....see attached.

Had a similar situation.
Eventually used EZbase's "Odin" version and it worked using the drivers he linked to.

asaf-g said:
Had a similar situation.
Eventually used EZbase's "Odin" version and it worked using the drivers he linked to.
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thanks just tried the drivers from EZbases Odin, still did not work.
btw, tried brushing the connector on the phone in case of dust etc , still no go.

anyone else has any idea?..so sad right now ...
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Same happened with all my laptops featuring a intel chipset. My desktop with nVidia chipset is the only one that detected it.

bestjsg said:
thanks tried Heimdall Frontend suite 1.3.1 , also tried Zadig.exe included in the package, the computer still does not detect the phone in download mode.
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Try using Heimdall for linux. The windows version depends on drivers while the linux does not need drivers.
Also try turning USB-debugging on. Some people report that this is needed for download mode, though I don't see how this can make a difference as the OS is not loaded when using download mode.
If this doesn't work I think you have a hardware problem.
EDIT: Don't use WM-ware etc for the above. I think an Ubuntu live CD will be fine.

sorenba said:
Try using Heimdall for linux. The windows version depends on drivers while the linux does not need drivers.
Also try turning USB-debugging on. Some people report that this is needed for download mode, though I don't see how this can make a difference as the OS is not loaded when using download mode.
If this doesn't work I think you have a hardware problem.
EDIT: Don't use WM-ware etc for the above. I think an Ubuntu live CD will be fine.
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thanks tried created a ubuntu live booted usb drive , installed heimdall , same thing can't detect the phone and then tried SDB in command prompt but gave error : device not found....
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tried windows sdb , will try booting into ubuntu tonight and use sdb ..if that exist...
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tried sdb via linux also , and got error device not found... anyone any idea ?
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have read more threads haven't found a solution yet...
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Same predicament
In the exact same predicament, was on MIUIv4_I9000_2.3.23_v1.1...
screwed up trying to go back to GB rom, can get to download mode,
but stuck there. Tried Kies and all other drivers. Tried Odin, nothing.
Installed Ubuntu, tried Heimdall, all for not.
Guess I have to send it back to Virgin....
me sad !!

eurorv said:
In the exact same predicament, was on MIUIv4_I9000_2.3.23_v1.1...
screwed up trying to go back to GB rom, can get to download mode,
but stuck there. Tried Kies and all other drivers. Tried Odin, nothing.
Installed Ubuntu, tried Heimdall, all for not.
Guess I have to send it back to Virgin....
me sad !!
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thanks for sharing ..just weird that no drivers for ics rom works and I was always told that as long as you can get to download mode the phone is not truely bricked...but guess that saying must be changed now....i
will virgin fix it for you ? will they charge you ?
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My SGS is past warranty.
Virgin sent me to a Samsung repair shop in ville St-Laurent.
They're charging me 50$ to reflash, extra 25 for 1 day service
Getting my baby back 10 am tomorrow... Whoohooo !!

eurorv said:
My SGS is past warranty.
Virgin sent me to a Samsung repair shop in ville St-Laurent.
They're charging me 50$ to reflash, extra 25 for 1 day service
Getting my baby back 10 am tomorrow... Whoohooo !!
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that is great news....do you know if they will have to open up the phone and flash the hardware?
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phone in bootloop and usb not recognized

Hi everyone, I have the same problem as shown below, my phone is stuck in lg logo bootloop and the only thing i can do is enter in download mode, no recovery mode, no normal mode, etc. but my usb isn't recognized in windows nor in linux, i've tried 3 different cables and 4 diferent pc's and nothing. could this be a physical problem? i did the steps below.
what i did:
1-uninstalled kies and installed again
2- installed driver again
3-tried on other PC
4-re installed windows seven on laptop
5-changed cable
6-formatted my sgs 2 times
7-usb debugging and other types of connection does not work.
8 - then flashed with mobile odin and it failed creating a bootloop.
NOT ALL DONE ABOVE WORKED
PLEASE HELP ME

bonethugs said:
PLEASE HELP ME
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run through the MY Android Solutions link below, have listed all your options therein

thanks but it doesn't work for me, i think it's a usb connector pin problem or something, but i'm afraid of buying one and brake the phone soldering the connector.... any other option to check if the connector is broken?
thanks.

Do you can go to the download mode? Try with odin on PC.
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vinogradska5a said:
Do you can go to the download mode? Try with odin on PC.
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Yes. I can go to download mode but my phone is not recognized in 3 different computers i've tried. I also have tried in linux and with dofferent cable

bonethugs said:
Yes. I can go to download mode but my phone is not recognized in 3 different computers i've tried. I also have tried in linux and with dofferent cable
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I understand but sometimes you can't connect whit PC but whit Odin its doing. (Sometimes)
Start Odin with Windows and try it.
Very important - your phone must bee on the DOWNLOAD MODE. If its not doing your USB Connector on the phone its defect.
I have same problem having 6 months ago.
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Are your drivers installed? Install those, connect the phone so the pc to recognize the phone and begin install of drivers for it. When you plug in the cable be sure to be in download mode, you need the mtp driver to be installed. Remove the fone when it finishes.
After you install the drivers open odin add the files and only after plugin the phone in download mode. It should be ok then.
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It's not driver problem. I've flashed with odin and heimdall a lotof times. The phone failed to recognized time ago but when rebooting aleays solved thw problem, not this time.i get error code 43. If i force driver install i get error code 10 in device manager

Try to remove the drivers first. After that close the pc, remove the power cord and hit the on button. It will discharhe any charge left in your sistem (it will reset your usbs). Plugin the cord, open the pc normaly and then reinstall the drivers.
Put the phone in dld mode and see what happens.
Hope u resolve ur problem this way.
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