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Since i live in Brazil and here the galay s i9000 version is much different then our captivates and there is any place where i could try to fix my captivate i´ve decided to donate US$ 50,00 for who helps me fix my phone.
Here is exactly what happened:
I was already on cognition 2.3b6 but decided to flash back to stock and flash it again to 2.3b6 since i´ve never flashed back to stock and sincer i installed the firts custom room.
I installed the stock version usin odin 3 ( the files from cognition download threat ) and i didnt disabled lag-fix netheir deleted any folder or anything at all.
The installation to stock was succesful, then i used one click root installed the rom manager and selected the 2.3b6.zip
After rebooting it went to recovery screen as usual.. i selected the reinstall packages options and it reboot again, now it stuck some time on the at&t logo ( never had the voodoo voice ) ...and the rebooted again..
and here is the part where i know i was stupid
this time it entered on clockwork recovery mode then i tryed to backup and mount and it came back again to clockwork recovery mode... then i decided to wipe data and cache... then to format my sd card ( stupiedest point ! )..after i tryed to install packages again and after reboot it stayed like it is now
without the usb cable... if i turn it on it goes to at&t logo screen then it flashes on at&t logo... and then boot on recovery mode.
if i put the battery...plug the usb cable and try to turn it on.. the phone doesnt go to at&t logo.. it just stays on the charging mode.
i already tryed all download modes and none of them worked...
here is the list of things i´ve already ordered from sparkfun if i need to build that JIG thing...
1 - $10.95 - COM-09258 - Resistor Kit - 1/4W
1 - $3.95 - BOB-10031 - USB MicroB Plug Breakout Board
other info:
when i get on the at&t logo or recovery mode odin recognizes the phone as a com 4... so i cant flash it with odin...
and when i try to reboot on download mode using adb i receive an error msg " [1] segmentation fault " when i try to get the SU
any help ?

Can you still get to clockwork recovery?
If you can still get to cwm, download this http://www.ponack.net/designgears/JH7_OTA.zip and copy it to your external sd card, and try to flash it.
For download mode did you try:
1. Start odin
2. Remove battery from phone
3. Plug usb cable into phone
4. Hold down both volume buttons
5. Put battery back in while holding both volume buttons
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not anymore...

curti.nogg said:
Can you still get to clockwork recovery?
If you can still get to cwm, download this http://www.ponack.net/designgears/JH7_OTA.zip and copy it to your external sd card, and try to flash it.
For download mode did you try:
1. Start odin
2. Remove battery from phone
3. Plug usb cable into phone
4. Hold down both volume buttons
5. Put battery back in while holding both volume buttons
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is there any specific way to get on clockwork recovery ?
when i try to get on download mode like you said it just keeps charging the battery...
its strange.. when the usb is plugged the phone doesnt go enter on recovery mode netheir at at&t logo

tegots said:
is there any specific way to get on clockwork recovery ?
when i try to get on download mode like you said it just keeps charging the battery...
its strange.. when the usb is plugged the phone doesnt go enter on recovery mode netheir at at&t logo
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If it's still on the internal sd card and you can get to recovery, choose the option "reinstall packages" it should do something and then it may kick you back to recovery 2e and then try one more time.
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curti.nogg said:
If it's still on the internal sd card and you can get to recovery, choose the option "reinstall packages" it should do something and then it may kick you back to recovery 2e and then try one more time.
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i can get on recovery 2e but when i try to reinstal packages it says that /sdcard/update.zip doesnt exists

Search for instructions on building a jig. It is a device that forces download mode, you need a spare cable our connector to cut up and some resistors. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841512
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so my only hope is tat jig thing ?!
if yes i will stay a while without my phone =/

Wait so what happens if you have odin one click open, then unplug usb, pull battery, then put the battery back in and then plug usb in while holding both volume buttons. That's usually the surefire way to get download mode.
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No.. the Battery trick should work. If your getting the battery charging while the device is turned off and the USB is plugged in that battery trick should work.
I've horked my phone harder then you have an still managed to get back into download mode.
The trick is remove the sim/sdcard and battery.
Plug in the USB
Then jam the battery back in.
Also.. if it's looping at the ATT logo you might have it up enough to do ADB commands.
See if your computer is recognizing the device. - ADB Devices - If it returns a value then you can just do:
Adb reboot download.
And Odin 1-click as normal to restore it.

KCutrer1 said:
Wait so what happens if you have odin one click open, then unplug usb, pull battery, then put the battery back in and then plug usb in while holding both volume buttons. That's usually the surefire way to get download mode.
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it keeps frozen on the charging circle ( the grey circle doesnt keep moving )

I'd try pulling the battery again - it takes a few times to try and get it.
But.. I would try doing the ADB commands and see if you can get it into download that way.

avgjoegeek said:
I'd try pulling the battery again - it takes a few times to try and get it.
But.. I would try doing the ADB commands and see if you can get it into download that way.
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when i get home i will keep trying, but not sure if its gonna work, i´ve never had that error with adb

Steam recovery

How can I get in to download mode if Im using steam recovery? I have a brick on my hands!

eramming said:
How can I get in to download mode if Im using steam recovery? I have a brick on my hands!
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Can you access adb? If not, get a jig.

newb here. how can i get in to adb on my laptop? i have the drivers and odin installed already im trying the button combos and all i can get is the att screen and the gt9000 screen. I can also get the steam recovery screen but it just asks if i want to install the steam kernel or not and it doesnt do anything no matter which option i choose

eramming said:
newb here. how can i get in to adb on my laptop? i have the drivers and odin installed already im trying the button combos and all i can get is the att screen and the gt9000 screen. I can also get the steam recovery screen but it just asks if i want to install the steam kernel or not and it doesnt do anything no matter which option i choose
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Check out this link:
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html

adamholden85 said:
Check out this link:
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
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thanks! Odin recognizes the phone but the phone gets hung up on the gt-i9000 boot screen so i cant get it into download mode. I'll work with the adb and see if i can figure it out otherwise i'll hit the radio shack for a jig and if that fails i'll have to trade it in at att under phone insurance.

eramming said:
thanks! Odin recognizes the phone but the phone gets hung up on the gt-i9000 boot screen so i cant get it into download mode. I'll work with the adb and see if i can figure it out otherwise i'll hit the radio shack for a jig and if that fails i'll have to trade it in at att under phone insurance.
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You shouldn't be seeing any sort of boot screen if you're trying to get into download mode.. Do this: Pull your battery out and take out your sim and sd cards. Connect the phone by the usb. Hold down both up vol+down vol (do NOT hold the power button), and while holding those buttons, put the battery back in. It should take you directly into download mode.

eramming said:
thanks! Odin recognizes the phone but the phone gets hung up on the gt-i9000 boot screen so i cant get it into download mode. I'll work with the adb and see if i can figure it out otherwise i'll hit the radio shack for a jig and if that fails i'll have to trade it in at att under phone insurance.
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You made sure you had the three button fix working before flashing right? Steam doesn't touch the bootloader, and if you're seeing the gt-i9000 screen, your bootloader is good (and so is download mode). If Odin's picking up the phone, you should be able to get adb to reboot it to download if nothing else. And as always, the jig method.

i cant get adb to recognize the device when i type adb devices.drivers are good. my serial number wont come up so cant issue any commands to reboot it or put it into download mode. i assume its because its stuck at the boot screen. i dont think i have the 3 button fix. I was using serendipity 3.5.2 with the oc\uv kernel and wanted to flash back to my previous rom and thats where my problems started. i guess the jig is up!! LOL

eramming said:
i cant get adb to recognize the device when i type adb devices.drivers are good. my serial number wont come up so cant issue any commands to reboot it or put it into download mode. i assume its because its stuck at the boot screen. i dont think i have the 3 button fix. I was using serendipity 3.5.2 with the oc\uv kernel and wanted to flash back to my previous rom and thats where my problems started. i guess the jig is up!! LOL
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Did you try the usb/removed battery method posted above? I know it works for me and my phone does not have the 3 buttons fix...

Slowb00st said:
Did you try the usb/removed battery method posted above? I know it works for me and my phone does not have the 3 buttons fix...
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i tried every button combo known to man! LOL I got jiggy with it and that did the trick. Im back up and running. the good to come out of this is that i did so much research and reading i think i consider myself a novice now! Im schooled in adb now too! thanks for all the replies. thread closed

Volume down + home + power always works.
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The button order for odin that you list above never really worked well for me personally, but I found one that did.
Battery out
Start Odin
Hold volume up+volume down, THEN plug into USB
Using it this way, you never, ever touch the power button on the phone.
Maybe I've been lucky, but I've never had it fail using it this way.

jeromekobriger said:
The button order for odin that you list above never really worked well for me personally, but I found one that did.
Battery out
Start Odin
Hold volume up+volume down, THEN plug into USB
Using it this way, you never, ever touch the power button on the phone.
Maybe I've been lucky, but I've never had it fail using it this way.
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+1
I've had success with this, as well.

i think this same thing happened to me. Most kernels actually arent able to be used with steam recovery only meant to be used with clockworkmod. THat means in order for your phone to work properly again you have to download a mod that actually works with steam, such as serendipity. So download that, plug your external sd into your computer put it on there, then through steam select intall zip, external sd and select the serendipity zip. Hopefully that will allow you to boot up your phone, download rom manager, click flash clockworkmod recovery, and then you can download any of the roms you want since almost all of them work with clockworkmod

Help, choose wrong phone for ROM Manger and now stuck in Android Recovery Mode

Help guys.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate I897. Last night I installed the Clockworkmod ROM Manager in there and was messing around with it.
I choose my phone model to be the the I9000 and then I went into recovery mode to restore the previous ROM, but guess what? It went into recovery mode, the volume up and down buttons select the menu items and it asks me to hit the "OK key" to enter.
The Captivate doesn't have an OK key, it uses the power button. So the Android Recovery Mode here thinks the phone is a I9000 and I can't get it to do anything other than reboot into that mode.
I've tried using the ADB to try to get back into download mode but it's no longer reading the phone. The volume + power buttons to go into that mode has never worked for this phone either.
I'm at a loss at what to do. Is there anyway I can get out of recovery mode and into download mode or back to regular phone usage here? Would I need to take it to an android developer?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.

vancouverguy said:
Help guys.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate I897. Last night I installed the Clockworkmod ROM Manager in there and was messing around with it.
I choose my phone model to be the the I9000 and then I went into recovery mode to restore the previous ROM, but guess what? It went into recovery mode, the volume up and down buttons select the menu items and it asks me to hit the "OK key" to enter.
The Captivate doesn't have an OK key, it uses the power button. So the Android Recovery Mode here thinks the phone is a I9000 and I can't get it to do anything other than reboot into that mode.
I've tried using the ADB to try to get back into download mode but it's no longer reading the phone. The volume + power buttons to go into that mode has never worked for this phone either.
I'm at a loss at what to do. Is there anyway I can get out of recovery mode and into download mode or back to regular phone usage here? Would I need to take it to an android developer?
Thanks for your help.
Thanks for your help.
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Shut off the phone, open up odin(DG's flash to stock one) hold the power and the menu button. Once you see the ATT screen release the power while continuing to hold the volume buttons. Once odin recognizes your device flash to stock using the utility. Once this works donate to DG for saving your ass. Also, quit using ROM manager. Just use the update.zip method everyone else uses.

+1 for just using CWM update.zip It is sooo much easier/faster.

Thanks, but it didn't work. My Galaxy S is one of those where the volume + power buttons don't work to get it into download mode.
I did try power + menu as you suggest, but that doesn't work either.

try this
1. open odin.
2. With phone unplugged remove battery
3. with battery removed plug phone into pc via USB
4. with battery still removed simultaneously hold down Vol. + / - (forget about power button just hold down the two vol buttons)
5. While holding down the vol + / - insert the battery (keep the vol buttons down and hopefully DL screen comes up)

silverslotcar said:
+1 for just using CWM update.zip It is sooo much easier/faster.
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I cannot stress this enough.
Also, OP, if the above doesn't work, it might be USB jig time.

pwr isn't used to go into dload mode - that would turn your phone on.
Do this:
Open odin
Remove bat, sim, ext mem card
replace bat
hold vol -/+ and plug in data cable to computer
(should be download mode)
If that fails, then get yourself a jig... gotta search for the thread though - should cost a couple dollars. Then once you're back up... look up the thread to fix the 3 button combo.

You might try turning the phone off then hold VOLUME DOWN and POWER (not vol up/dwn/pwr) to get into download mode. Make sure to remove the sim and sd cards.

I bricked my phone over the weekend and had similar problem you did.the easiest way too get out in to download mode is a jig. Its easy and cheap to do.look on you tube under un brick captivate fort a tutorial.
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Question about using update.zip to install clockwork recovery after flashing to stock (and avoiding Rom Manager):
Is rooting still required?

doreyu said:
Question about using update.zip to install clockwork recovery after flashing to stock (and avoiding Rom Manager):
Is rooting still required?
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Nope. No root needed

mcord11758 said:
Nope. No root needed
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Awesome, great that would be hugely faster, thanks.

doreyu said:
Awesome, great that would be hugely faster, thanks.
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Once you learn that trick you are on stock for like 2 minutes before you flash

Yeah I'm kind of a lurk but I've been around for about a month just flashing everything, and I had no idea it could be done like this till today. Going to make my next one even faster.
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Nothing seems to work.
I'm going to try the jig method Wednesday morning. Wish me luck!

I tried the jig and it didn't work.
What happened was that it got me back into recovery mode, not download mode. Tried it several times. So unless I'm hitting the wrong points on the phone usb plugin (other than the last two), I'm hooped.
I tried the direct resistor wire to points in usb plugin method. I didn't try the one where I cut open a mini-usb cable and use the plug as a dongle, although I think it may get the same result.
What do you guys think?

Intalled a New theme and can no longer boot

So i installed a new theme on my cappy and now the thing wont boot up, which would be fine but I cant even access recovery mode what should I do.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
That. Get it into download mode and use odin, the thread explains

ridethelight said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
That. Get it into download mode and use odin, the thread explains
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I cant get it into download mode any help or do i need a jig

1st, do you have drivers installed? Just for clarification, what theme did you install from what rom?
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Dupontrocks11 said:
1st, do you have drivers installed? Just for clarification, what theme did you install from what rom?
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Paragon was the rom and the theme was black froyo (which I realize too late was for a different modem. Also I do have the drivers installed

bethanensinger said:
Paragon was the rom and the theme was black froyo (which I realize too late was for a different modem. Also I do have the drivers installed
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Having a different modem shouldn't effect the booting into recovery part. It would cause a hell of FCs and get into a boot loop.

bethanensinger said:
Paragon was the rom and the theme was black froyo (which I realize too late was for a different modem. Also I do have the drivers installed
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Modem is irrelevant.
Different ROM base was your problem.

you need to build a jig or buy one if your key combo does not work on the phone (usually build number 1010 or later).
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...47234&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_511wt_1139

diablo009 said:
Having a different modem shouldn't effect the booting into recovery part. It would cause a hell of FCs and get into a boot loop.
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I am stuck in a boot loop and for some reason it just will not go into recovery

I am just going to purchase a jig as I am unable to get into download mode through any key combo meathod

bethanensinger said:
I am just going to purchase a jig as I am unable to get into download mode through any key combo meathod
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what is your build number, it is a number under your battery, like 1008, 1010, etc.

mengbo said:
what is your build number, it is a number under your battery, like 1008, 1010, etc.
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1008
10 char

try this:
1. remove sim, external sdcard, battery first;
2. run odin one-click;
3. plug in usb cable; the other end of the cable should connect to your desktop already;
4. hold vol up & down key; do not touch power key;
5. while holding those 2 keys, put the battery in; wait for a while;
hope you can get into download mode by this, otherwise, you have to wait for the jig to solve the issue.

mengbo said:
try this:
1. remove sim, external sdcard, battery first;
2. run odin one-click;
3. plug in usb cable; the other end of the cable should connect to your desktop already;
4. hold vol up & down key; do not touch power key;
5. while holding those 2 keys, put the battery in; wait for a while;
hope you can get into download mode by this, otherwise, you have to wait for the jig to solve the issue.
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this is the meathod i have been trying to use, but after the 20th time i am fairly certain it aint working + now i am just waiting on that jig

in most cases, if you are in a boot loop and are at least getting to the ROM's boot screen, you can reboot into recovery via adb.
I am assuming you have installed the android SDK. open a command prompt and type adb reboot recovery.

gunnyman said:
in most cases, if you are in a boot loop and are at least getting to the ROM's boot screen, you can reboot into recovery via adb.
I am assuming you have installed the android SDK. open a command prompt and type adb reboot recovery.
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thats the problem i forgot to do it this time so I dont hav ethe android sdk for adb

bethanensinger said:
thats the problem i forgot to do it this time so I dont hav ethe android sdk for adb
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download it?

gunnyman said:
download it?
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can i if its not on my phone?

[Q] Can I get back?

So i just bought a captivate off of craigslist and it doesn't have the 3-button fix but is on CM7. I'm not sure if it has GB bootloaders. I cannot reach download mode via buttons so i assume it doesn't. Is there a way to get to a stock rom without ODIN?

sepherian said:
So i just bought a captivate off of craigslist and it doesn't have the 3-button fix but is on CM7. I'm not sure if it has GB bootloaders. I cannot reach download mode via buttons so i assume it doesn't. Is there a way to get to a stock rom without ODIN?
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If memory serves me correctly, you can use a terminal emulator to tell it to reboot to download mode.
Something like:
su
reboot download
But I could be wrong on that.

jmtheiss said:
If memory serves me correctly, you can use a terminal emulator to tell it to reboot to download mode.
Something like:
su
reboot download
But I could be wrong on that.
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I've already tried that, ive tried everything, adb, terminal, apps, and buttons.

sepherian said:
I've already tried that, ive tried everything, adb, terminal, apps, and buttons.
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Well, there's always the Devo approach:
"When a problem comes along, you must jig it!"

jmtheiss said:
Well, there's always the Devo approach:
"When a problem comes along, you must jig it!"
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It might have to come to that. I wanted to see if there were any other options first

If it has CM on it, then go into recovery by holding volume+ and volume- then reboot download mode.

i Cant get to recovery by doing that the only way was through the power long press reboot recovery.

sepherian said:
i Cant get to recovery by doing that the only way was through the power long press reboot recovery.
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And then you can reboot to download mode from recovery. This option should be in Advance!
Also, holding down both volume low & up button and inserting USB cable also initiate the download mode.

IlluminatedOne's suggestion is a good one. I never knew that was there!
I also have a Cappy without a working 3 button combo. You aren't on GB bootloaders because that would fix your button combo problem. If you are going to keep flashing ROMs, I would flash to a Samsung GB ROM first. This will give you your button combo back, then you can flash to whatever you want so long as you use a package without bootloaders (GB bootloaders are backward compatible).
If you don't have functioning button combos and you have a bad flash, you will need a jig to get back into download mode, so it is worth the extra flash.

IlluminatedOne said:
And then you can reboot to download mode from recovery. This option should be in Advance!
Also, holding down both volume low & up button and inserting USB cable also initiate the download mode.
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I tried that, I couldn't find the option.
it says my CWM is v5

Would that work? I thought the combo was in the blds, so if I flash a TB Tom it wouldn't help.

sepherian said:
Would that work? I thought the combo was in the blds, so if I flash a TB Tom it wouldn't help.
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Technically, it's the bootloaders. You don't actually need to flash the ROM, just the bootloaders.

i cant get to DL mode to flash the bootloaders... hence the problem

Stop fighting it and just Use a jig to get to download mode.

Get jiggy with it dude,
Mobiletechvideos has one for a few bux and the Guy is one of the dev's here, comes very quickly
sent from my uberclocled I896

Alright a jig it is then.