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[Q] Help ..i9000 can enter boot mode..

i got a samsung galaxy s (i9000) yesterday and i hope to run a new software for the phone but after i have download the prog and the file that need to use ..i follow the step as they say by press "volume down,home and power on key"to change the download mode but it never change to it and it always show the startup image then it restart and restart...what's going on and what solution that can be made ? i feel confused and dun noe how to do it....pls ..tell me a clear and easy way to solve this problem.cos i was a beginner and it was first time i flash this phone ......

The guys over in the I9000 forum might be able to help you a bit better... the Captivate is the US variant- we don't even have a physical home button so our procedures are a bit different

Zilch25 said:
The guys over in the I9000 forum might be able to help you a bit better... the Captivate is the US variant- we don't even have a physical home button so our procedures are a bit different
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+1 to this, but if you are still here, which program did you download?
I assume because you're in this forum, you used the Odin one-click downloader (which is designed for the AT&T captivate) and even says "NOT FOR i9000" like a million times across the top. so if you're stuck in a boot loop with the AT&T logo flashing and then a black screen and then repeating forever, the last I checked that was the only thing you could do to actually brick your phone.
it is the only unresolved issue for i9000 phones until JTAG becomes an option. I believe the i9000 needs to use the physical home button for recovery/download, and because we don't have that, you can't get into those modes to repair the problem.
if this isn't what you did, then yes, head on over to the i9000 thread where they're more likely to have information to help out. they're also more likely to have the info on any potential fixes if it is what happened.

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[Q] Any way to unbrick my phone?

Hi,
please excuse for double posting this but I think I posted in the wrong forum before. Please find my previous post below:
Hi,
this morning I flashed froyo JPK onto my phone (GT-I9000M( and everything was working great until I downloaded a file through dropbox and suddenly my screen went black. I had to take out the battery to restart the phone and then it got stuck in an endless loop of blinking start up logo.
When trying to get into recovery mode I get the message it can't mound /dev/block/mmcblk0p1. I have tried several things I found here on the forums, including going back to stock UGJH2 but still the same.
Any suggestions on what to do? Do I have to send it in? The problem is I bought this phone through ebay as I am living in Australia so not sure if my local Samsung will be of any help.
Additional info:
I think I really screwed something. On another forum someone suggested to use the JM5 ROM and so I did. Now I can't even get my phone into download/recovery mode anymore. Any help on this or do I have to get it fixed in a service centre?
Thanks,
b3n

Odin Flash - Seemed to work - Did not - request for help please

**Resolved.
Hey all,
This could be a quick answer or hopefully something more. First off, I appreciate you reading this - and all XDA does. It's really nice to see development for the Android system.. so thanks for sure.
Deal is, is that I have a Galaxy Tab with build something like gjj7 - I didnt write it down before the flash.. ugh. Anyway, the post i was reading was installing Clockwork Mod, and recommended the forum below (on XDA)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
I used the CF-Root-XX_XEU_JPY-v1.3-BusyBox-1.15.3 because the thread talked about using the JPy file if your ‘Build Number’ wasnt listed.
Odin3 looked great - no errors, all green. Tab did not reboot itself though, just hung. I rebooted, and now it doesn't look to start. If i keep hammering away though, it will show the Galaxy Tab intro screen, but then stop again.
I've seen the battery logo come up a few times too - looked grey - though it was a full charge before the flash.
I did check a Google search and went through all the posts I could on XDA, but just didn't see what I'm looking for. Is it indeed bricked, or because it 'kinda works sometimes not really" is it gonna be ok?
THanks for any replies,
** Edit - I put it in the box to put it away for a while - and when I opened it - the Tab turned on with the Android dude holding a sign. Anyone know why thiswould have turned on after being in the box for a while? I have not tested to see if the computer recognized it - but would like to know if you have a stock Galaxy Tab firmware i can reload.
Hey thanks again for any help -
-Kenny

Hi, I'm no expert, but what I think you may have done is load a kernel only, and you'll need to load a ROM on top in order to get the Tab working again.
I say that because I loaded a .tar file onto my Tab and it hung on the Samsung Galaxy Tab screen. Only when I loaded the JJ4 'full flash' (as I saw it referred to) was I successful in getting my Tab back online. The JJ4 has three .tar files included, one for each slot (Modem, PDA, and CSC).
It's pure guesswork on my part, I am still very new at this, but that might be your issue.
In your shoes I would look for threads about combining kernels and ROMs...?
Hope this helps. And I hope someone will correct me if I'm completely off-track.

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** Edit - I put it in the box to put it away for a while - and when I opened it - the Tab turned on with the Android dude holding a sign. Anyone know why thiswould have turned on after being in the box for a while? I have not tested to see if the computer recognized it - but would like to know if you have a stock Galaxy Tab firmware i can reload.
Hey thanks again for any help -
-Kenny
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I'm no expert and havn't done any ROMs for my Tab yet, but I am planning to and thus am reading heavily on the subject.
If I'm not mistaken, the "Android dude holding a sign" is an icon for download mode. This means, you havn't done any ROMs yet, just the kernel part. (Same as above reply)
I suggest that you look at this post ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932082
It's the one I'm planning to follow. Alterbridge86 has done an excellent job on this post. It has a downloadable step-by-step instruction, as well as the necessary links to files you will need. I suggest you print the instructions so your PC can concentrate on the ROM part.
I hope this helps, and if it does, please click on the thanks below..

Treb71, and SelfP - thank you for the replies guys, I really appreciate that. I finally got a chance to sit down with it again, and recharged it.
I got it into that download mode (power and both volume buttons - seems different everywhere i look, but it worked) and have it being recognized as a Samsung USB Composite Device in device manager. Good to see it can still be found eh?
When you mention Kernal only, - that sounds familiar. What is the difference behind this and ROM? Just the ROM is more of the O/S it uses? Is there a benefit to loading a Kernal thats not the default one that I missed? :S
I'm going to load up those links - that puts me on a great start. I don't normally feel like a total n00b around technology (I'm sure most people on XDA know their stuff) but this experience has humbled me hah.
THanks for the replies!

Hot dog -
It worked.
Basically, reading the PDF he gives here -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=578831&d=1303832984
The first 7 pages talk about backing up, i didn't need to worry about that part and went straight to the Odin3 flash.
Here it hung for a bit. Didnt skip past the "setupconnection" after hitting start (after loading the files of course - as stated) but then i realized the dude holding the sign image I was looking at was not the same as the "Download Mode" sign. The one I was referring to was holding up a sign in the top right corner. Didn't think of 2 versions of it come to think of it.
Anyway, rebooting the tab, reloading the files in Odin, and making sure I was indeed in Download mode - went through.
It was in Netherlands though hahah. Upon boot up I just needed to change some Language settings.
We're good!
I'll continue on with the flash tomorrow (it's late here now) and let you know how the custom firmware is - I figure why not, it's all pretty smooth so far.
You've both been a help, if I could hit thanks a couple more times on your posts you know I would. Let me know if you decide to flash, and if you have any questions or thoughts based on my experiences, and I'll do what I can.
Thanks again XDA - bad ass thread you got going on here the more I learn about it.
-Kenny

[Q] plz guys help me am in big trouble ??????

it started when i wanted to upgrade my galaxy tab to 2.3.3 gingerbread but something went wrong on oden and my galaxy stucked at screen of death (that screen that has a mobile icon pc and an exclamation mark) anyway i got out of it using hiemdall but now iam stucked at adroid system recovery 3e how to go back to the OS and also i can go to download screen ......
thnx (sorry for disturbance)

guys 85 views and no answer plz i need help

Well I can tell you how to completely brick your tab but I, probably as well as most of the people who viewed your post, don't know how to fix...
Doesn't take much to view a post, less to give bad advice... Requires patience to get the person who can help, to find your post and answer...
You also have a cdma tab, i believe, that's bad as most people have the gsm variant. It also means that steps I take to rectify your problem on my tab will probably brick yours...
Now, would you like me to tell you how to fix MY tab???
Also, no idea what you were on, what you were trying to flash, rooted or unrooted, locked bootloader check done and cdma, wifi-only or gsm??? We need this information before we can help.

thnx for your reply ultra. my phone is gsm (the one that i can insert sim card) and its rooted and i was updating to ginerbread when oden stucked at factoryfs and failed and it bricked i used hiemdall to skip the pc screen and go to download screen so what can i do know ????????
thnx in advance

1st thing I'd do is get my stock froyo rom... The one that came on the gtab. reflash that and then try again from there if successful...
You night find your stock rom here on xda or you might need to go further afield like samfirmware. I'd also, if back on stock rom, test to make sure my bootloaders weren't locked otherwise you may end up here again....
bootloadercheck/patch can be found in this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888071
Cheers...

thnx for the replay but there is a prooblem that happened yestarday my galaxy tab wont start while out of charger but while in charger it shows that pc thingy screen if you may help i apperciate it thnx

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thnx for the replay but there is a prooblem that happened yestarday my galaxy tab wont start while out of charger but while in charger it shows that pc thingy screen if you may help i apperciate it thnx
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Did you check to see if you had a locked bootloader before attempting to flash?
Which rom/guide did you use/follow?
Have you tried the Overcome rom/guide?

[q] help! Help! My tab totally dead!!

Pls.. Could anyone help!
If there's still a way to recover my samsung galaxy tab after i flash it to a rooted gingerbread. I used to have a 2.3.4 version but non-rooted.. I tried to to put the rooted version but unfortunately my tab bricked! And now its totally dead! I cant even go to recovery mode! Nothing.. all dead.. When i push the power on the led light for camera just keeps on turning on and nothing more... Connected to the pc and doesn't recognized! Now im losing hope but to junk it cuz i tried everything....
My tab is a korean version swh something... I don't remember
a i have a little hope that this thread might help me.
Thanks very much guys!!!!

Power button and volume down to go to flashing mode.... You need ODIN and you need to find your stock rom...
Bet you didn't check if your bootloaders were locked... This is probably why you have trouble now... You need to read first, then when you understand it, reread it to make sure....

Thanks for your reply.. U maybe right.. i wasn't able to read everything right carefully.. But do you know how can i repeat the process since I'm using Odin but unfortunately do not recognized it now? What will I do? .............Thank you

do you get anything from the tab after going to download mode ?
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