Hey guys. I've had my cappy since last august (one year, obviously) and today an act of god happened while I was trying to flash my phone to serendipity 6.4 - lightning struck my dorm building (poor college student), and the power went out.
anywho, as you know the warranty period is one year (stupid if you're locked in for 2 years, imho) and guess what? my warranty expired YESTERDAY. FML. called AT&T and they won't let me get a new one now, and I'm not eligible for an upgrade. so... i have two options - shell out a lot of cash that I don't have for an insurance replacement or new phone, or fix my phone. I've tried making a jig, and it didn't work. None of the key combos work. It always goes to the phone-warning-computer screen. I searched and searched for a miracle solution but found nothing. Does anyone have anything I can try?
If not... is there anyone out there with an HTC inspire or captivate they'd be willing to sell me? This is the only phone I have, I don't have a backup, nor a home phone line.
With the pc screen you can't hold down the volume buttons and plug in usb with Odin running? If you're on gb kf1 bootloaders I remember seeing somewhere that screen is download mode. Worth a try.
That's one of my biggest fears. Precisely why I started using my laptop for flashes.
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If ur seeing signs of some kind of life, then ur not hard bricked.
Edit: This may get u into download mode... Pull battery, insert usb into computer (with Odin already open), insert micro usb into ur phone, replace battery. If u get into download mode, put the battery cover on then proceed.
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For2ndtwin said:
If ur seeing signs of some kind of life, then ur not hard bricked.
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well, it gives me the phone-!-computer screen but nothing else. Jig failed, odin fails, nothing will put it in download.
Edit: for the record, I was using Serendipity 7 before, and had that horrid battery drain problem, so I was trying to flash back to 6.4... if it matters.
^ If u can't get into Recovery, I edited my post above to maybe help with download mode.
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You said JIG failed i really doubt that it will fail try with another JIG.
What bootloaders you are on ?
You try only holding volume down or only holding volume up while plugging into pc from phone off state. ( best way to make sure is pull battery and replace without pushing any buttons. )??
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rkkaranrk said:
You said JIG failed i really doubt that it will fail try with another JIG.
What bootloaders you are on ?
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I owe you a beer, sir.
didn't feel like buying another connector so I sacrificed my backup car charger and made a jig with better soldering and all that jaz, and voila, it worked!
edit: See ya got it...good deal.
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For2ndtwin said:
^^ Yeah, reboot ur computer and then try connecting to Odin to flash stock ecair or stock ginger i 9000 or i897 ginger...whichever way u want to go with it.
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Computer's up, flashing stock currently.
my dormmates thought I was insane when i ran down the hall to my bud's dorm yelling IT'S ALIIIIIIIIVVVVVEEEEEE! I FIXED IT!!!!!! lol
But seriously. If you ever want a free beer...
^^^Hahaha ITS ALIIIVVVVVVEEEE, Yeah i know that feeling how it feels when u fix something.
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^^^Hahaha ITS ALIIIVVVVVVEEEE, Yeah i know that feeling how it feels when u fix something.
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Yup, complete with waving my phone above my head and everything =)
Lol awesome. Glad you got it working again good to always have a jig on standby.
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This is precisely the reason why I do all my flashing from my laptop and I have a jig (or two) around me...and an entire pack of resistors on my desk somewhere. I went to the shack the other day and bought the 10 dollar super pack of resistors, and as a Computer Engineering major, I should never have to buy resistors ever again...I gives you somewhere around 500 resistors of differing resistance.
worked with another jig (a better made one)? Gratz!!
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so heres my situation maybe you guys can help.
I wanted to flash a new rom so i had to odin to stock. simple right? well i started the process and everythin seemed like smooth sailing untill it reach FactoryRHS i think im not to sure but w.e after it got up to that point my phone screen went purple? i was like what the freak and it was not going any where so i pulled battery and now my phone wont turn on... Any ideas how to fix? beside the JIG because i seriously dont want to do that unlesss i HAVE to.
Thanks in advance
Inc
IIDIncII said:
so heres my situation maybe you guys can help.
I wanted to flash a new rom so i had to odin to stock. simple right? well i started the process and everythin seemed like smooth sailing untill it reach FactoryRHS i think im not to sure but w.e after it got up to that point my phone screen went purple? i was like what the freak and it was not going any where so i pulled battery and now my phone wont turn on... Any ideas how to fix? beside the JIG because i seriously dont want to do that unlesss i HAVE to.
Thanks in advance
Inc
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Somebody on here has a couple of jigs for like $15. I made one for about the same price. It's easy and necessary if you are going to flash and have a newer phone. It works every time.
Try this. Open the one click odin 3 (the jh6 stock rom version). Unplug the battery. Plug the usb cable in and press both volume buttons and the power button. Put the battery back in and as you do that release the power button but keep holding the volume.buttons. this should put you in download mode. Good luck.
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goob1284 said:
Try this. Open the one click odin 3 (the jh6 stock rom version). Unplug the battery. Plug the usb cable in and press both volume buttons and the power button. Put the battery back in and as you do that release the power button but keep holding the volume.buttons. this should put you in download mode. Good luck.
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it is possible for the screen to be black and still be in download mode, i had it happen, and reflashed via odin on a black screen, odin still saw the phone so i said what the hell and click start, it worked successfully. so try th meathod above and dont be discouraged if the screen is still black.
also re download the stock rom and odin downloader. it may have been a corrupt file that caused it.
if those dont work buy a jig. pain i know but what else can you do? do you have insurance?
This is an weird problem that I think is fairly rare. I freaked out when this happened. I was able to get all the colors of the rainbow to appear on my phone. It happened to me 4 or 5 times before I finally managed to flash to stock. I just pulled the battery sd and sim every time it happened and flashed again. The phone is not bricked just keep trying and it should work
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Sweet thanks guys I'll try all methods when I get home. I'm in my psy class right now lol
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double RL said:
Somebody on here has a couple of jigs for like $15. I made one for about the same price. It's easy and necessary if you are going to flash and have a newer phone. It works every time.
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That would be me
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Try this. Open the one click odin 3 (the jh6 stock rom version). Unplug the battery. Plug the usb cable in and press both volume buttons and the power button. Put the battery back in and as you do that release the power button but keep holding the volume.buttons. this should put you in download mode. Good luck.
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Yup, this method worked on my Captivate. I tried it just before making the 301k ohm jig. Thanks!
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Yup, this method worked on my Captivate. I tried it just before making the 301k ohm jig. Thanks!
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Yeup! worked on mine too when I bricked it
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Holy sh!t same thing hapoend to me....just do as says have batt out and usb in then three click and install batt release when u think att screen flashed release power..make sure odin is running.worked atfer about ten times
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OK well i was installing Darkys latest rom. I was at the point where i was in
download mode and odin. While odin was loading files the usb slipped out of the
phone because nothing besides the stock usb cord happens to stay firmly in the
charging port on this phone. This is the 2nd time this happed but when it
happened this time my phone just stopped working and by stop working i mean i
get absolutely no picture on the screen. nothing happens when its plugged into
power cord or usb cord. nothing. tried holding all 3 buttons in tons of times and
nothing.
Im out of warranty and got no insurance. I did get att to give me 180 credit cuz
i threatened to cancel. so if i cant fix this im gonna use a crappy prepaid phone
for the time being. If the SGS2 doesnt come out by march then ill probably get
an axtrix even tho i would rather get SGS2.
So please does anyone know of anything i can try?? i'm probably gonna goto an att store and try a new battery. Any suggestions would be appreciated???
You tried pulling everything, plug in usb, hold rocker, put back in batt? My understanding is, if you have the bad luck of that cable coming out while loading the boot loader then you r indeed SOL.
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Buy or make a jig
Double spacing isn't necessary. We aren't going to grade your post.
You hopefully now understand that flashing to stock isn't the way to avoid problems; it's the way to create big ones.
Try removing the battery, wait a couple of minutes, plug in USB, hold volume up+down, while holding up+down insert the battery and see if that gets you back into download mode.
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You tried pulling everything, plug in usb, hold rocker, put back in batt? My understanding is, if you have the bad luck of that cable coming out while loading the boot loader then you r indeed SOL.
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I tried all that. Ive probably flashed every single rom in the development section of the forum.
If it gets unplugged while doing an update then usually it displays the phone..!..computer picture and you can still get into download mode from there. I'm getting nothing tho.
the reason i think it could be the battery is because it may have been pretty close to dying which is stupid for flashing when it was close to dead but i wanted to hurry up because i had to leave the house. i'm wondering if since the software on there now is corrupt would that make the phone unable to charge. thats why i want to try a new battery
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Double spacing isn't necessary. We aren't going to grade your post.
You hopefully now understanding that flashing to stock isn't the way to avoid problems; it's the way to create big ones.
Try removing the battery, wait a couple of minutes, plug in USB, hold volume up+down, while holding up+down insert the battery and see if that gets you back into download mode.
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just tried what you recommended and nothing happened. tried it a few times. Thanks for helping. I really hope the SGS2 comes out in march. I am not wasting my upgrade on an old phone and i dont really want the atrix
mcord11758 said:
Buy or make a jig
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would a jig really help me in this situation???
I don't think a jig will help. Usually it is used when your buttons never worked.... but hey... only a couple bucks vs the cost of a new phone.
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I don't think a jig will help. Usually it is used when your buttons never worked.... but hey... only a couple bucks vs the cost of a new phone.
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yeah i know my buttons work, i just cant get my phone to turn on at all. also tried multiple chargers and usb cables. I think i'm screwed. im hoping someone on here heard of this problem before but ive never read anything about it on here before.
Using a POS phone till the SGS2 comes out is gonna suck
anyone know anything?
I will be trying another battery today.
Besides a jig, I have nothing else for you sorry.
But on a different spectrum, if you do get a new phone, dont get the atrix, it is the worst phone out of all the phones coming out on att. Get the inspire our the infuse if you dont want to hold a dinner plate to your head.
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JoeyGuard said:
would a jig really help me in this situation???
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There is no guarantee, but it certainly could
juts tried a new a battery and still nothing.
I'm now rocking a Nokia 2320.
SGS2 I guess but i think i'm gonna be waiting a long time.
this nokia is so bad i dont think im going to make it thru the end of the month
Try the jig. It can not make things worse for you and MAY actually work for your issue.
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phone needs to be able to power on for a jig to work.
how are you out of warranty? (besides the custom rom) the phone has a 1 year warranty and it is not been on the market that long.
if the phone *happened* to be *dammaged* in a way that they would never notice AND would NEVER be able to read the memory (with out spending thousands of dollars), THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW you flashed custom rom and voided your warranty. they would try to test it, nope, broken, NEXT...
and SGS2 expected in june
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phone needs to be able to power on for a jig to work.
how are you out of warranty? (besides the custom rom) the phone has a 1 year warranty and it is not been on the market that long.
if the phone *happened* to be *dammaged* in a way that they would never notice AND would NEVER be able to read the memory (with out spending thousands of dollars), THEY WOULD NEVER KNOW you flashed custom rom and voided your warranty. they would try to test it, nope, broken, NEXT...
and SGS2 expected in june
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yeah your right i still am in warranty but 2 weeks after i got the phone i dropped it and the screen cracked but the cracks not that bad. So i cant warranty the device because the crack. I did get att to give me $180 credit on my bill. $30 of every 6 month.
Ive heard the international version of the SGS2 will be out long before the att version will be. So i might use my upgrade on an iphone 4 and then sell it and buy the international SGS2.
what do you guys think about that idea?
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Ive heard the international version of the SGS2 will be out long before the att version will be. So i might use my upgrade on an iphone 4 and then sell it and buy the international SGS2.
what do you guys think about that idea?
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im pretty sure thats what im gonna do. Just not sure if i should use my upgrade on the 3gs for $49 or $200 on the 4g.
What do you guys think we will get me the most profit towards the int version of SGS2??
any opinions would be appreciated.
thanks guys
I completely killed my phone.
I was flashing with Odin 1 click, and it got stuck at the factoryfs.rfs. After I long while I had to disconnect it and now it is dead. No PC--!--Phone screen, no battery charging indicator, nothing. Not even my home made jig is working. 3 button combo not working, USB + VolUP + VolDown not working either. The Vol UP + Power HW test screen is gone too,
This happened to me once before with a failed Odin flash too. Completely unresponsive device. I did manage to get it back with the jig. But this time it seems I completely killed it.
It's weird though, because the most important step went fine (the bootloader/sbl.bin step). This sucks
Hmm idk got that yesterday check your jig. If you have a Meter to test its output is wound up having to rebuild my jig with 6 resistors to get the ohm I needed to force download. Do a search there is a guy that made a jig using a igo micro usb tip is used the same thing today but had to test out several different sets of resistors before I got dl mode
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The only way to completely brick the captivate is to have a phone that did not come with the 3-button combo and have not flashed dg's 3 button fix and to have a broken micro-usb port so that a jig will not work. So in reality no its not possible.
If I were you I would check your jig and try again
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The only way to completely brick the captivate is to have a phone that did not come with the 3-button combo and have not flashed dg's 3 button fix and to have a broken micro-usb port so that a jig will not work. So in reality no its not possible.
If I were you I would check your jig and try again
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this is false.
i bricked one with a bootloader flash from armani....i was stupid to leave it in the CWM flashable i made
and i have another one that is completely dead...unrelated to flashing, as it was stock JH7...even my jig wont bring it back
Yeah well. I'm going to buy a jig from ebay (does the Fascinate jig works with the Captivate as well?
Otherwise, I'll just get a used Captivate for cheap. Would love a new phone, but can't justify the expense of a Nexus S or something.
Another option, is it possible to just replace the motherboard? would that work? If so, I can get one for spare parts.
I'll be going back to a feature phone for the next couple of weeks though : ( . I loved my cappy. It's been a terrible week though, it's like I'm on a roll of bad news. Oh well, it's just a phone.
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Yeah well. I'm going to buy a jig from ebay (does the Fascinate jig works with the Captivate as well?
Otherwise, I'll just get a used Captivate for cheap. Would love a new phone, but can't justify the expense of a Nexus S or something.
Another option, is it possible to just replace the motherboard? would that work? If so, I can get one for spare parts.
I'll be going back to a feature phone for the next couple of weeks though : ( . I loved my cappy. It's been a terrible week though, it's like I'm on a roll of bad news. Oh well, it's just a phone.
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How much are you planning on spending? I would just go to to Radio Shack massive bag of resistors is 12 bucks and the iGo micro usb connector is 10 bucks so 22 bucks and you have an easy jig and pretty much unlimited resistors for all the bricks. I say thats the best way. i have enough resistors now to unbrick everyones captivates for the next year.
Go for the new Infuse, its a faster and upgraded captivate. Or just wait for the Iphone 5
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Or just wait for the Iphone 5
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Uh oh, is gonna start another apple flame? Lol, if so I'll have something to read when bored
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the Iphone5 really? what did he ever do to you?
thats just rude...
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the Iphone5 really? what did he ever do to you?
thats just rude...
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Lol its supposed to be 4 inches dual core, face regonition, aluminum back. It looks pretty good except i know apple is going to rape your wallet for it. But after 4 defective captivates, anything that works looks good
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So I was flashing the steam kernel and it failed using Odin. I then got the infamous pic with the cell phone-exclamation-computer. I have had this happen in the past. No prob right? I have a jig which I've used before several times and it worked. Now when I use the jig i get the same pic, not download. I tried adb. device not found. tried pluging in with both vol up and down pressed, same thing. Any suggestions? I'm hoping this is recoverable. I've even tried taking out the battery, plug in usb to comp than phone, holding down vol down button and putting back the battery. Same prob. Tried reinstalling the drivers....same prob.
The fact that your getting that image is a great sign. The jig you are using may be not functioning properly. If its a home made jig, they can easily become ineffective if you touch the resistors. That changes the resistance of the whole jig and will fail to put the phone in download.
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It's a jig I bought of ebay. It's worked several times in the past.
I soft bricked and got that picture. When I plugged into Odin one click it lit up, and I flashed back to stock. It didn't do it the first time. I opened Odin, plugged in, and held all three buttons, as it looped. After two or three loops, it recognized in Odin, and I was able to restore to stock.
I tried what I was flashing in the first place, and soft bricked again, this time no matter what I did Odin was no go, but I was able to fix with a jig.
Give Odin a try. Others have had that too: phone!computer working as download mode.
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I soft bricked and got that picture. When I plugged into Odin one click it lit up, and I flashed back to stock. It didn't do it the first time. I opened Odin, plugged in, and held all three buttons, as it looped. After two or three loops, it recognized in Odin, and I was able to restore to stock.
I tried what I was flashing in the first place, and soft bricked again, this time no matter what I did Odin was no go, but I was able to fix with a jig.
Give Odin a try. Others have had that too: phone!computer working as download mode.
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Quarlow, you are AWESOME!!!!! Got it to stock again. Didn't use oneclick cuz this build is a 1010 build, so i've been apprehensive about using it, so instead I used Odin 3 v1.52 and used ucjh2 in the pda and 512 pit and repartitioned. Odin recognized the phone even though I had the phone!comp thing going on. First time it failed so I tried again and it worked perfectly. Thanks much my friend, I would've never thought to just try it without having download and the shoveling droid.
I hear about all this JIGS being used, why is it that I dont ever need to use one??? IM GLAD I DONT THOUGH
I hear about all this JIGS being used, why is it that I dont ever need to use one??? IM GLAD I DONT THOUGH
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If you haven't soft bricked yet then your not flashing enough then I haven't needed mine in quite a while but it is worth it to have around for sure rather than when it happens and you struggle to build one or wait to buy one for a few days/week. Cheapest insurance to have around.
Plus I think most roms have progressed enough that is less common to have bugs in them that would soft brick the phone. But maybe 6-8 months ago with trying out all the different 2.1 and 2.2 roms it was bound to happen. If it wasn't for me getting soft bricked on occasions and learning how to recover from it I wouldn't of learned half what I think I know...
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Since I updated to 2.3 with the GB bootloaders I have not needed my jig. I put one together from a spare cord and 2X150k resistors - worked great when I needed it.
I'm on vacation now and want to flash something but dont have my jig...you know how that goes when you need it most...
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If you haven't soft bricked yet then your not flashing enough then I haven't needed mine in quite a while but it is worth it to have around for sure rather than when it happens and you struggle to build one or wait to buy one for a few days/week. Cheapest insurance to have around.
Plus I think most roms have progressed enough that is less common to have bugs in them that would soft brick the phone. But maybe 6-8 months ago with trying out all the different 2.1 and 2.2 roms it was bound to happen. If it wasn't for me getting soft bricked on occasions and learning how to recover from it I wouldn't of learned half what I think I know...
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Dude, believe me, i flash like no one you have ever seen, I'm just smart enough not to brick it and if i do, i dont need a jig, my phone has always gone into download mode no prob!
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Through one of my flashing...bricking...odin one clicking I lost my bootloaders that gave me the ability to hold buttons and get into DL or recovery mode. This was all while playing around with 2.1 - 2.2. Since going to 2.3 the button method has always worked...although I still keep the jig handy...just in case...
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Dude, believe me, i flash like no one you have ever seen, I'm just smart enough not to brick it and if i do, i dont need a jig, my phone has always gone into download mode no prob!
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I'll keep an eye out if you ever hard brick... . Bricking is typically a part of flashing. Very highly recognized DEV's have PM'd me after hard bricking. There's no shame in it as it happens every now and then.
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I soft bricked my older Captivate, but was able to Odin back to stock then to Froyo via Kies. Since I was back to stock I tried the following after reading that ATT was replacing older Captivates.
Just letting everyone know who has a Galaxy S phone. I called ATT (6/21/11)and let them know that my phone has random shutdowns (once monthly), they checked the EMIE (I think that is what it is called) # on the phone, and they are replacing at no cost. I currently have a remanufactured (30 day warranty)1006 build I purchased Oct. 2010. My new SGS is shipped.
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Remy, Please stop spamming the board. I see that you're excited to let everyone else know about what you were able to do, but you've replied with the exact same message in more than 10 different threads. This behavior will likely end up with some pretty serious repercussions if you continue.
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I'll keep an eye out if you ever hard brick... . Bricking is typically a part of flashing. Very highly recognized DEV's have PM'd me after hard bricking. There's no shame in it as it happens every now and then.
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I still haven't bricked, but I got Adam to do the unbrickable mod for me! Haven't needed it yet.
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I was in download mode trying to download a SpeedMod Kernel following this CyanogenMod tutorial:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Captivate:_Full_Update_Guide
It locked, I had to unplug the cable in the middle of download mode and take out the phone battery.
Now I'm getting the Phone ! Computer error message and I've tried all the unbricking methods. Battery, SD, SIM card out, ODIN3, USB IN, Vol UP+DOWN+POWER buttons pressed, BATTERY IN, ODIN3, etc etc. NOTHING IS WORKING.
Doesn't work: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=775911&highlight=bricked
The above without Odin doesn't work either.
This is urgent because I'm leaving for Taiwan in 8 hours and I was depending on the phone to make calls when I get there. I can't believe that this bull**** is happening at this time, out of all times. I'm about to email everyone on Craigslist selling a Captivate, and I don't have time for a jig.
Which bootloaders r u on?
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Nevermind! I finally fixed it with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252#post15330252
Merry Christmas!
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Which bootloaders r u on?
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Stock bootloader.
Have a safe trip and merry Christmas to u too. Glad it worked out for u
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Anyone have any advice for a hard brick captivate with no soldering skills?
There are several ways to make a jig or you can buy a jig. Soldering wouldn't be required unless u are trying to jtag or make the phone unbrickable.
Anyone can solder a Jig.... Its not difficult. If your phone is hard bricked (no signs of life) then you will either need to develop epic soldering skills OR send it Adams or Joshs way to get it modded.
You can make a jig from radio shack for a dollar. Don't solder anything.
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