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OK, I've been reading here for 6 days all manner of Captivate unbricking. Here is my story...
I picked up a Captivate on the Rogers network. I connected it to my email server (Exchange 2010) with no problems, poked around, noticed the lag, noticed the SMS time issue, then promptly rooted, installed clockwork, and then threw cognition 2.2 beta 9.1.3. Quite frankly I was shocked at how much faster it was.
Anyways, after a day of poking around, I could not get my email to my exchange server running (tried the email.pak floating about), so I actually decided I was going to go back to the backup I made of my phone using clockwork before I installed cognition. When I restored my backup, I thought I had bricked my phone.
I let it rest for a day, then came back here, and found one of the 3-4 different variations of the 4 button download mode combo that permitted me to do the 1 click restore. This restored me to the AT&T version of 2.1. It worked, but was less than desirable.
I decided that at that point I really wanted to go back to stock, so I downloaded the stock backup on the Rogers Captivate wiki page, and did the restore using clockwork. The phone has not been the same since.
When i turn it on, I get an at&t splash screen, then in about 20 seconds I get the at&t "jingle", but the splash screen stays on. I can't seem to find any key combination that will permit me to get back into download mode so I can restore using the One Click that worked for me the first time. I have tried:
1. 3 button salute with USB in first, battery out initially.
2. 3 button salute with USB plugged in *as* I was inserting the battery.
3. Power and volume down (both with and without USB, and with battery being plugged in after USB and "during" insertion of battery)
4.Power and volume up with same combo's as #3.
5. Just volume up and volume down with same combo's as #3.
In all cases Odin was running before USB connected, running as administrator. I'm running 64bit windows, but I'm sure I have the correct drivers because I did this the first time with Odin and download mode and I haven't added or changed anything. But just for arguements sake I did uninstall, and then install the drivers again.
Any combination of power and volume buttons just gives me a battery charging logo. Occasionally when holding up until the second black screen I will get a quick indication that the computer might see something, but it dissappears withing a handful of seconds showing it promptly removed.
I'm downloading the Android SDK in the hopes that when I get the normal at&t splash screen after the "jingle" that something might actually be running in the background and maybe I can adb reboot download it but I'm not holding my breath.
Anyone seen this that has managed to get out of it? I'm starting to think the "unbrickable captivate" can be bricked. Assuming it is bricked, short of taking it back, is there anyone on the internet that can jtag these and in some fashion bring back to life?
Cheers,
Tim
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ditto
and download mode is easy.
1. start odin3 and have data cable plugged into the computer
2. insert proper files if needed
3. hold volume up and volume down for 2 sec (no power button needed) then insert usb cable, continue to hold volumes till either the download mode screen pops up or odin3 sees the phone(if you bork the phone bad enough you can corrupt the download mode image, i did it with the not to successfull manhatten project kernel) but despite the screen being black it very well may be in download mode.
4. start flash
5. if it doesn't work send it to me ill find a use for it
alternatively if the phone can go passed the splash screens and boots fully you can adb reboot download. just get the development kit and drivers on your pc.
Dani897 said:
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and download mode is easy.
1. start odin3 and have data cable plugged into the computer
2. insert proper files if needed
3. hold volume up and volume down for 2 sec (no power button needed) then insert usb cable, continue to hold volumes till either the download mode screen pops up or odin3 sees the phone(if you bork the phone bad enough you can corrupt the download mode image, i did it with the not to successfull manhatten project kernel) but despite the screen being black it very well may be in download mode.
4. start flash
5. if it doesn't work send it to me ill find a use for it
alternatively if the phone can go passed the splash screens and boots fully you can adb reboot download. just get the development kit and drivers on your pc.
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Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.
MikeyMike01 said:
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Could a moderator move this to Captivate General then? Sorry about that...
timmy22 said:
Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.
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just to be clear, you are holding volume up as well as volume down starting with the phone being powered down and continue to hold them after you plug in usb untill something shows on the screen?
if your phone is not seeing the volumes buttons you are one of the very unlucky few that had a problem at the most inopportune moment.
there is also a way where you hold all three buttons till the phone reboots twice, or something. let me try it and ill give more specifics.
timmy22 said:
Thanks, but that doesn't work. All I get is the battery charging screen. Using the process it does not go into download mode.
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Pull the battery, open odin, plug usb into computer, hold vol up and down, plug usb into phone still holding vol buttons, drop in battery still holding vol buttons, when dl screen pops up and yellow com port lights up in odin release volume buttons. Do not touch power button at any time
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Have you tried rebooting into recovery mode instead of download mode? Stock recovery is adb-ready and you should be able to adb reboot download. Its a long shot if you're having problems using button combo to get to d/l mode, but it's probably still worth a shot at this point.
If you were able to use 3 button combos before all this happened, and did NOT have to install the 3 button combo fix, its strange you don't have access to it now... Could restoring a Rogers Cappy to AT&T stock be the problem?
Dani897 said:
just to be clear, you are holding volume up as well as volume down starting with the phone being powered down and continue to hold them untill something shows on the screen?
if your phone is not seeing the volumes buttons you are one of the very unlucky few that had a problem at the most inopportune moment.
there is also a way where you hold all three buttons till the phone reboots twice, or something. let me try it and ill give more specifics.
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Yes, that's exactly correct. I do this:
1. everything pulled (battery, USB, sim, sd)
2. Open Oden (1 click)
3. Install battery
4. hold down (and keep holding) volume up and volume down
5. insert USB cable
6. depress (i.e. don't hold) power button
Goes straight to battery charging indicator.
If I swap #6 with holding the power button down, it continually reboots while just barely showing the battery charging indicator. I've tried letting go between black screens on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th black screen. Still no android dude with the shovel.
Try all the steps you stated but not the last one where you press the power button. Don't press the power button.
newter55 said:
Pull the battery, open odin, plug usb into computer, hold vol up and down, plug usb into phone still holding vol buttons, drop in battery still holding vol buttons, when dl screen pops up and yellow com port lights up in odin release volume buttons. Do not touch power button at any time
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Goes straight to battery charging.
johnny13oi said:
Try all the steps you stated but not the last one where you press the power button. Don't press the power button.
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Goes straight to battery charging.
Pull out battery for 10 seconds, hold volume up + down, connect usb into other usb port.
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Seriously, try adb. It works wonders.
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10tonhammr said:
Have you tried rebooting into recovery mode instead of download mode? Stock recovery is adb-ready and you should be able to adb reboot download. Its a long shot if you're having problems using button combo to get to d/l mode, but it's probably still worth a shot at this point.
If you were able to use 3 button combos before all this happened, and did NOT have to install the 3 button combo fix, its strange you don't have access to it now... Could restoring a Rogers Cappy to AT&T stock be the problem?
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Trying to get into recovery mode gets me the at&t logo and the "jingle", but no recovery mode menu to reboot, etc.
This is what I'm worried about, restoring the Rogers stock over top of the Odin 1 click restore (which is an AT&T image) has bricked it and prevents download mode from invoking.
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Seriously, try adb. It works wonders.
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I know, I played with adb before I bricked it. ADB needs to "see" the phone, it no longer sees it (I have three computers, all three can't see it, but they can see my friends cappy with no problems first time, every time). Same process for his phone works every time to get into download mode, but not on mine.
And yes, have tried other USB ports on the same computer, both on the mainboard, and on the front ports.
Keep the ideas coming though please, I will try every one.
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I know, I played with adb before I bricked it. ADB needs to "see" the phone, it no longer sees it (I have three computers, all three can't see it, but they can see my friends cappy with no problems first time, every time). Same process for his phone works every time to get into download mode, but not on mine.
And yes, have tried other USB ports on the same computer, both on the mainboard, and on the front ports.
Keep the ideas coming though please, I will try every one.
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There's a trick to prompt download mode through a "jig" which you can hack together for about $2 in parts and a sacrificial microUSB cable...it works on the other SGSes, but I think it should work on the Captivate as well. Never tried it personally...
Merlin_reloaded said:
There's a trick to prompt download mode through a "jig" which you can hack together for about $2 in parts and a sacrificial microUSB cable...it works on the other SGSes, but I think it should work on the Captivate as well. Never tried it personally...
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I work in a tech shop so have access to electronics, sacrificial cables, soldering irons, resistors, caps, etc.... could you point me in the right direction?
Oh, nevermind, found it in the i9000 forum. Will test first thing in the morning!
Cheers,
I bricked one today as well. Exactly what you are talking about here. The only thing is that i was still under the 30days so i swapped it out for a new one. As of right now ive been debating whether i want to do the voodoo fix (which i think is what bricked it to begin with)
Im trying to flash my phone to 2.2 *captivate*, but everytime I put my phone off, take out batter and sim card, then put battery in, hold the two volume buttons on the left and plug the usb cable in, odin does not recognize it. It is only recognized when I put my phone on. (drivers installed) Pleae answer, Ive spend so long on this. Also, when I try to go into download mode, the yellow guy doesnt show up, it just goes to a battery charging state
Ensure that phone USB has debug enabled in the development menu under applications in settings... And hold the buttons, insert USB cable until the phone goes into download mode. Yellow triangle... Odin should then see the port...
Are you using original factory cord?
Have you tried all usb ports?
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Yes Im using the original factory chord. Ive tried all of the usb ports except one. Trying it right now. It is still only recognized when the phone is on though.
SamsungCaptivateUser said:
Yes Im using the original factory chord. Ive tried all of the usb ports except one. Trying it right now. It is still only recognized when the phone is on though.
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Do you have odin open
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yeah its open
Where did you get the drivers from?
Try the drivers from samsung
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SGH-I897ZKAATT
If the same message pops up click on it. It should give you the option to choose drivers. Navigate to these drivers, I believe they get saved to c drive, program files, samsung.
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how do you get into recovery mode?
Recovery our download mode?
Recovery
volume up and down and power. Wait till at&t screen comes on let go
download mode, needed for odin
Remove bat, sim, and external sd. Put bat back in, put cover on. Hold volume up and down hold, put usb in . Should be in download mode in a second or two
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My computer wouldnt recognize my phone either after a while... it turned out to be the crappy samsung usb cable. I tried a different cable and everything was fine. If you have a different usb cable try it! Maybe that will solve it. It did for me. Good luck.
my phone is recognized by the computer, just not when it is off
Sounds like you have the"no 3 button recovery"issue. You should be able to use adb with phone on to boot into recovery, just be ready before you get carried away and get/make a jig as you will likely need it at some point to get you out of a bad flash where adb commands are not possible.
So... That didn't work
So i am having the problem with ODIN not seeing my phone when in download mode, although it can when it is on. I really want to get CM7 on my phone and do my own boot animation/splash screen. Yet I can't seem to find any good information as to how to fix this.
I am not a NOOb at this nore am I dev. but this is something new that no one has seemed to be able to fix.
If anyone knows how to fix this that would be awesome, or if any dev with a fair amount of credit would want so give this a go that would be awesome.
Hoping to get some ideas...
I highly recommend buying a jig. I use mine all the time to go to download. I have softbricked many times and it has saved me.
SamsungCaptivateUser said:
Im trying to flash my phone to 2.2 *captivate*, but everytime I put my phone off, take out batter and sim card, then put battery in, hold the two volume buttons on the left and plug the usb cable in, odin does not recognize it. It is only recognized when I put my phone on. (drivers installed) Pleae answer, Ive spend so long on this. Also, when I try to go into download mode, the yellow guy doesnt show up, it just goes to a battery charging state
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So i think that i figured it out... After you install the drivers from samsung you need to install mini keis. It loads additional driver that allow the device to connect while in download mode
Good Luck
PM me & let me know how it goes
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While flashing a kernel/rom over to my tab I lost power... So the device seems to be hard bricked. Doesn't turn on no back light no icons of any sort. Left it plugged into usb wall charger over night and still nothing. I have searched the forums and have come up with no solution other then sending it out and paying to have someone fix it.
I am comfortable taking it apart and have done so already trying to follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312391 however its a no go because I have a VZW tab the sch-i800.
So any ideas on how to fix it without sending it out and paying for a fix?
I don't own a CDMA device,
but my understanding is that it is hard to brick the tab just by losing power during flash.
The bootloader is very small so flashing should have occured fast at that area of the chip.
Unless your battery is literally at 1% when you flash it.
Now you can't go to download mode at all? (Vol-Down + Power)
I can not in any way get any menu or image or even back light to turn on with any combination of buttons. I think if only the tab lost power it would have been fine but the computer I was using to flash with lost power due to a local outage.
have you tried pushing the power button down for about 10 seconds (in case it is not fully down)
Yes, after hours of being plugged in to usb wall charger, with the cord that shipped with the device holding power + vol up/down or anything else, yields nothing. However the back does get warm as if the device were on. I only know this because I tried this test with the device out of its case, and was able to feel a small amount of heat off the back plate covering the mobo chips.
but have you push the power for 10 seconds or more?
If still feels warm, means it is not yet powered down completely
Yes I have tried holding the power for up to a minute, I can power the device down rather easily seeing that the case is off and the battery is easily removed.
Lots of recommendation to preconnect to Odin and start up the device in download mode.
Sometimes Odin will see the device added suddenly even when device is dark.
Then quickly flash the rom when it happens.
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priyana said:
Lots of recommendation to preconnect to Odin and start up the device in download mode.
Sometimes Odin will see the device added suddenly even when device is dark.
Then quickly flash the rom when it happens.
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Try what Priyana recommended (Start up Odin, plug your G-Tab to your PC, and press power and vol down to go to download mode), and see if odin can detect your tab. You might get lucky.
If not, check this thread, it is the unbrickable mod for the CDMA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341753
priyana said:
Lots of recommendation to preconnect to Odin and start up the device in download mode.
Sometimes Odin will see the device added suddenly even when device is dark.
Then quickly flash the rom when it happens.
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Tried this, did not work
yappoe said:
Try what Priyana recommended (Start up Odin, plug your G-Tab to your PC, and press power and vol down to go to download mode), and see if odin can detect your tab. You might get lucky.
If not, check this thread, it is the unbrickable mod for the CDMA:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1341753
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I have been looking for that post, thanks. I'm going to give this a try but it might take me some time due to not having my soldering iron around. It might have to wait until I head back to college.
Hi,
So I have 2 Captivates here with me, one is running on AOKP Milestone 6, and is recognized just fine by the PC, so we can rule out drivers issues
On the other hand the other captivate had eclair, so I got into download mode, and used a one click Odin package to KK4, after that I can't get in anyway to Download mode, I nevertheless can go into stock recovery. I should note too, that I have a jig that is working with captivate1 but not with captivate2, like I said, it is not going into download mode, screen stays black.
Whenever I try to get it connected to the PC, a pop up on the PC says (roughly translated): "that one of the USB devices linked to the computer ididn't worked correctly and Windows couldn't recognize it. click on this message to get more info on how to solve this problem".
After I click on it, a windows with the title " USB device not recognized" is shown and listed is what I know is supposed to be my captivate but instead it says "unknown device".
If I insert the battery the device would turn on, no need to press the power on button, but if I shut down the device, I can't turn it on with with the power on switch, I have to reinsert the battery, in other words it's like the power on button is stuck, I don't know how to verify this, and I don´t know if this is what is causing me the problems, though I dont think so. Power on behaves just fine inside recovery or with the device turned on.
I can charge the device with the PC or with wall charger just fine.
Thanks
Probably the power button as you suspect... They have problems with the power button, so I have heard.
But what about the usb not being recognized, and I should also add, that it intermitently gets recogonized and when it does, it gives the message I typed on the OP. Could the power button affect to this extent?
Is there anything that can be flashed from 3e recovery (from KK4 update)??
Nope. Stock recovery is very constrictive.
Aleatory YouTube videos explaining the problem and possible fixes, I don't recommend this channel, I don't know the YouTuber.
ROG2 here turns off and not power on again after gaming and charging same time (it's dead). Someone here tried one of this with success?
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Hello there!
I have no experience with your problem. Just going to say that from the top. I've never torn a phone down, and when hardware components need replacing that's when I usually decide I need to pick up a new phone.
I just recommend you make sure the phone you're trying to fix like this actually needs it. I've messed with my tencent rog ii quite a bit lately and I have had the phone go completely black - thinking I had thoroughly destroyed my phone, but I was able to get it running again.
It's possible that the complete "power off" that you are reporting is the phone being in EDL mode as the phone gives no indication whatsoever that it is on when in EDL mode. As a hail mary maybe you should quickly try this before tearing your phone down.
go to this guide, and download the zip file in the main post.
Repair your ROG2 phone with EDL mode，Official firmware！
Success is disgusted by some people, and will not share any files for free in the future.
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extract the zip, then go the the folder "qpst.win.2.7_installer_00453.2" and run "QPST.2.7.453.msi" - this installs the drivers necessary to communicate with your phone when in EDL mode (this may not be necessary, as your pc may identify a usb connection without this, but just to check 100% I'd install the drivers anyway.)
charge your phone for at least 30 minutes. just to make sure it's got juice.
use a DIFFERENT USB-C <-> USB-A cable than came with your phone (pick one up at the shop if you're not sure. ALSO plug your [charged] phone into your PC using the side USB port on the phone (Not the bottom usb port). This is because ASUS's cables don't seem to support flashing, so I'm suspicious if they'd work appropriately in this case, and because the side port is the only one that works for flashing and the like.
now open device manager (press windows key, type "device manager"). with that screen open, plug your phone in. On device manager you're hoping that a device appears under the menu "Ports (COM & LPT)" probably named something to do with Qualcomm.
if nothing shows up, unplug the usb port from the side and hold all three side buttons down for 20 seconds (vol +, vol -, and pwr) and keep an eye on the upper left side of the device where you MAY see a red light flash indicating signs of life. then plug it in again. if nothing happens unplug the phone, and hold the power button for 5 seconds, and plug it in again. if nothing happens, unplug it and try holding down just power and volume up for 20 seconds, then plug in again. If nothing happens, try power and volume down for 20 seconds, then plug in again. (you see where I'm going?) just make absolutely sure your phone has a hardware problem and can't connect to your PC in any way before performing surgery. If the device does show up under this "Ports (COM & LPT)" device it means your phone OS is thoroughly trashed. check out that same guide I linked, as well as this youtube for some ideas how to get it going again.
If your phone doesn't connect no matter what, and you're certain you've gotta get into the hardware, then I wish you the best of luck. I really wish I could be of any further assistance with regards to hardware. maybe if you do take that road let us know how it goes.
good luck!