[Q] download mode with hard bricked i897 - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

ok i hard bricked my phone (samsung captivate i897) and all i got was the att screen repeating itself as i tried to get it to go into recovery mode. nothing worked... i did a little research and found a thread were it showed me how to make a "jig"... well it worked and thank u very much for that... now how do i re-load so to speak the o.s. is there software that i can use to do this? what do i do now that i have it in down load mode.
im noob i know but if someone can point me in the right direction?

ODIN back to a stock or leaked rom. You aren't hard bricked you are soft bricked. Hard brick means your phone is dead, no signs of life, literally a paper weight.
You shouldn't be modding your phone if you don't know the basics of ODIN or Heimdall. Please read the stickies before you kill your phone.
READ FIRST as sticky in Dev section
List of Stock roms and Leaks as sticky in Dev section.

Order a download jig if your gonna be flashing it will save you and like everyone says read and read and read more understand basics it helps and keep asking questions you will get it
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Definitely buy a jig. I was not too recently in your situation, and the jig worked like a charm. Also, once the jig puts you in download mode, go into the Android Development section and flash one of the stock roms with bootloaders.

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[Q] 3 button download mode not working

hello
ive got a samsung galaxy s gt 19000
i want to be able to overclock my phone so i was pointed to this site.
after reading the sticky threads it says first thing first get the download mode working
ive tried loads of times and it will not work.
could someone help me out please.
need some noob guides please.
also if someone could help me clock my phone or point me in the right direction that would be great
thanks alot in advanced
also its a car phone warehouse phone
NEXT QUESTION INSTEAD OF OPENING ANOTHER THREAD
ok guys ive got my 3 button mode working fine.
what do i do next.
i want to be able to overclock my phone but when i find a thread about flashing it it says ive got to do this first so i click on that link then that says ive got to do this first etc etc
can someone point me in the right direction PLEASE!
after ive done what i need to do i will make a guide for noobs like me
Three Key Stickies .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939752
If you want to overclock or mess with your phone and know nothing read nothing and learn nothing before you start be prepared to throw a dead phone in the bin .
So take your time and read up first .
jje
Hi, I have no 3BR either but I found an app that gives you the 3BR, it's called Quick Boot and is available in the market, hope that helps.
brian.
That app just goes to force shut down all the time
Jj i understand that you can brick your phone. Ive messed with a psp and that took days of reading. Just need to get this 3 button working and then go from there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201
I restored download mode on my phone using this guide, you need to read it very carefully though, as I bricked my phone on the first time trying (used odin v1 instead of 1.3), luckily if you do brick then you can use the download mode jig.
got it going ha ha now try to find out how to clock this baby
is anyone can help me with that would be great.
+1 to jjgane and DrFredPhD
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966646
just go there, you will find what you looking for
derrzredeem said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=966646
just go there, you will find what you looking for
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better get the reading glasses out. thanks for that
from what guides ive read through they all seem to be for people who know what there doing.
dont get me wrong i build my own computers (not exactly rocket science) and ive flished my gpu and ive flash WII's and psp's although i did have to do alot of reading on them there were many noob guides or at least semi noob guides
all seem to be going over my head a little
OP updated with another question. dont want to keep opening new threads. so if someone could help i would be grateful thank you
of reading on them there were many noob guides or at least semi noob guides
No all you can do is read whats posted first ..
Noob guides are of no use 99% of noobs dont read guides .
Overclocking most definitely advanced users .
User must be able to recover from bad flash and no how to flash via Odin via CPW update get into download mode and use a recovery jig .
The beginning posts.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939752
jje

[Q] Hard Bricked. Jig no response..Am I no luck?

Good morning guys.
I was using this forum for alot of information but yesterday I had a trouble on my captivate.
I was using 3 button ODIN to flash rom and somehow my phone got stuck in the blank screen, the button combination didn't work and I have no way to go to either download mode or recovery mode..
I searched about jig and got one from ebay. It worked great on my friend's galaxy but it didn't do anything on mine. My battery has been fully charged. I'm really out of options to do now..
Am I fully f-ed up..? All I wanted to do was install gingerbread on it..
Any help will be appriciated.. thank you.
It sounds like your hard bricked. But, search for "Am I Bricked?" By Adam Outler in the development section. It will help you figure out if its a hard brick, or something you can recover from.
If it turns out that you're hard bricked... try looking here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1206216

Unique problem, only see Rainbow Recovery and nothing else

I have spent the last 4 hours searching this forum and countless others. I installed a custom gb rom over my froyo base, which resulted in rainbows. In a panic I went into rom manager and tried to recover my nand backup and now I am stuck in a boot loop with a rainbow'ed clockworkmod.
The version I have is ClockWorkMod Voodoo lagfix Recovery 2.5.1xx in red text.
I have tried every combination listed and I can not get odin to see my vibrant. All I can make out is that every now and then I can get into the recovery menu. From there I can get to the download mode, however I can't read the menus.
All I got is I have to go down 7 to get to the mount & storage option, but from there I don't know where "boot to download" is...
I have looked all over for screen shots to help me narrow it down. Can anyone please tell me how to get to the "boot to download" option in CwM?
I'm at a loss. Also I have not found anyone stupid enough to be in my position so I couldn't find anything useful to help me.
Please help!
modfrenzy said:
I have spent the last 4 hours searching this forum and countless others. I installed a custom gb rom over my froyo base, which resulted in rainbows. In a panic I went into rom manager and tried to recover my nand backup and now I am stuck in a boot loop with a rainbow'ed clockworkmod.
The version I have is ClockWorkMod Voodoo lagfix Recovery 2.5.1xx in red text.
I have tried every combination listed and I can not get odin to see my vibrant. All I can make out is that every now and then I can get into the recovery menu. From there I can get to the download mode, however I can't read the menus.
All I got is I have to go down 7 to get to the mount & storage option, but from there I don't know where "boot to download" is...
I have looked all over for screen shots to help me narrow it down. Can anyone please tell me how to get to the "boot to download" option in CwM?
I'm at a loss. Also I have not found anyone stupid enough to be in my position so I couldn't find anything useful to help me.
Please help!
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Sounds like you had the wrong bootloaders installed for the ROM you were trying to use.
I'm using Recovery v2.5.1.3. From the intial boot into recovery it's 7 down to the "advanced" menu then 8 down to reboot to Download mode (or up 2).
Hope this helps.
U need gb bootloader
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium
elry567 said:
U need gb bootloader
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda premium
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Yes, but he can't install it without getting into download mode.
I have had this issue. I wound up looking up CwM on google and seeing what the buttons were and using the pistures as a guide to were things were. I suggest doing this (IF you cant manualy boot into download mode.) And flashing to stock. Give yourself a fresh start. Rooting and installing CwM takes all of like 5 minutes, and if you have your contacts and such saved to your sim or google account you wont lose those (so you have nothing to fear).
I have personaly messed up my vibrant many times in wierd ways (such as this) and have found that it can be fixed allways, even without the unbrickable mod this phone is nearly unbreakable.
LMAO!! Unbelievable that in the past 48 hours 3 people posted either bricked or semi-bricked posts in the wrong section. You would think people would take their time in doing a little research in the proper sections.
In any case, here's your answer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
And before you start criticizing my bashing response to your post. The link I just gave you is about 6-7 posts under yours. So again, if you actually took the time to do a little reading and research, you would've found this.
djquick said:
LMAO!! Unbelievable that in the past 48 hours 3 people posted either bricked or semi-bricked posts in the wrong section. You would think people would take their time in doing a little research in the proper sections.
In any case, here's your answer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
And before you start criticizing my bashing response to your post. The link I just gave you is about 6-7 posts under yours. So again, if you actually took the time to do a little reading and research, you would've found this.
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And not to mention that once again people don't take the time to notice that they are in the dev section not the q&a thread please lets get or stuff together peeps and stop being lazy!!!
djquick said:
LMAO!! Unbelievable that in the past 48 hours 3 people posted either bricked or semi-bricked posts in the wrong section. You would think people would take their time in doing a little research in the proper sections.
In any case, here's your answer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737
And before you start criticizing my bashing response to your post. The link I just gave you is about 6-7 posts under yours. So again, if you actually took the time to do a little reading and research, you would've found this.
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Wow, talk about hate. I tried everything, including that link that you just sent me, I can't tell if it is in Download mode or not jerk. I've done this before and I rarely post problems unless I'm really really stuck.
All I see is rainbows on my screen for the clockwork recovery. It's not like everybody else's problem. Maybe you should take a minute and read my full post before making me feel lower than I already am about making a stupid mistake.
@jackdog
thanks for the numbers but I tried them and I got nothing except a reboot back into recovery. I tried 7 down, enter. then 8 down to what is suppose to be reset in download mode but it just resets.... I'm positive that I have that clockworkmod version, damn it!
modfrenzy said:
Wow, talk about hate. I tried everything, including that link that you just sent me, I can't tell if it is in Download mode or not jerk. I've done this before and I rarely post problems unless I'm really really stuck.
All I see is rainbows on my screen for the clockwork recovery. It's not like everybody else's problem. Maybe you should take a minute and read my full post before making me feel lower than I already am about making a stupid mistake.
@jackdog
thanks for the numbers but I tried them and I got nothing except a reboot back into recovery. I tried 7 down, enter. then 8 down to what is suppose to be reset in download mode but it just resets.... I'm positive that I have that clockworkmod version, damn it!
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use android screencast to see behind the rainbows, and get yourself into download mode from there
http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
thachosenone said:
use android screencast to see behind the rainbows, and get yourself into download mode from there
http://code.google.com/p/androidscreencast/
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I've been trying for the last hour to get my computer to read my phone but the only time it sees something is when the vibrant is looping from the boot screen to another screen? ( it's rainbowed out) and then it repeats. I'm trying to download and install the drivers for the damn thing but I'm not having any luck.
Can any post post pictures of the clockworkmod recovery menus?
modfrenzy said:
I've been trying for the last hour to get my computer to read my phone but the only time it sees something is when the vibrant is looping from the boot screen to another screen? ( it's rainbowed out) and then it repeats. I'm trying to download and install the drivers for the damn thing but I'm not having any luck.
Can any post post pictures of the clockworkmod recovery menus?
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ODIN!!! Get into download mode and either flash the bootloaders mentioned above or flash a froyo rom. The easiest way into DL mode is to pull battery, hold volume up AND down, plug phone to PC, re-insert battery.
If you flash bootloaders you won't have this problem again and will be able to flash both GB and Froyo roms (eclair too if you want). Check out the custom bootloader thread fpr info.
explodingboy70 said:
ODIN!!! Get into download mode and either flash the bootloaders mentioned above or flash a froyo rom. The easiest way into DL mode is to pull battery, hold volume up AND down, plug phone to PC, re-insert battery.
If you flash bootloaders you won't have this problem again and will be able to flash both GB and Froyo roms (eclair too if you want). Check out the custom bootloader thread fpr info.
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I can't get into download mode because every screen I see is nothing but that rainbow garbage. I've tried every single button combo and odin isn't picking it up! Trust me I've tried all of that stuff. I need a frame of reference. I'm about to post a video so you guys understand what I see...
Unless you're HW locked (which I doubt if you're rooted) then manual-booting into DL mode should work. Do the following:
-Unplug phone. Remove battery, sd, sim.
-Set up ODIN on the PC, put the bootloader file in or the JFD, whichever you pick. If that's bootloader, please uncheck "Auto-reboot"
-Plug in phone with battery out
-Now while holding vol up and down firmly in and power, place the battery in the phone. Keep holding the three keys until ODIN recognizes your phone as a yellow COM port.
-ODIN. Let it finish. Reboot when it says success.
Goodluck, this should work- and I think DL mode is visible regardless of bootloaders. I may/may not be right on that.
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You could also try adb. Just plug it in and type the command... 'reboot download' I think. Should get you in download mode.
Also to even humor you on the Download mode screen being rainbows, the odin would still recognise the phone. if taking out the battery dont work then . hold volume upkey (only) and plug in usb cord. if that doesnt work buy or make a jig
Seriously we did the whole rainbow screen thing for about 2 full months this past spring. DL mode will never be rainbow, only recovery. It is a safe mode seperate from most everything "we" do to the phone and other than hard bricking your phone you should be able to get into it. I have never heard of DL mode being "rainbowed".
First try to hold both volume keys and power. If that doesn't work try what Troy said and hold volume up and power. If all else fails call a buddy to come and read these directions that everyone is posting. Not trying to be smart but we really did go about 2 months with "rainbows" and I don't remember any bricks or anyone not being able to get into DL.
I've done all of those steps. I have read countless threads about it. I know exactly how played out it is. I have already ordered the damn resistor to make a jig. Nothing is working and that is why I am panicking. I can't imagine how many people pester you guys about the same damn thing. I'm sorry. I just want Odin to read my damn phone so I can upgrade the bootloader and be done with it. adb doesn't read the phone either, no matter what I do. Thank you for your help, if the jig doesn't work then it doesn't work.
*sigh*
If you haven't yet realized, several of the "old pros" on this forum have placated your lack of reading by posting the steps to solve your problem. If none of their solutions have worked, your phone is dead. Given your inability to find such basic information on a problem that has been thoroughly solved 200x over (Hell, I tried to make a thread with "rainbow" in the title and XDA gave me 900 similar threads on the problem) I suggest you try a simpler phone.
Maybe an etch-a-sketch.
kaintfm said:
*sigh*
If you haven't yet realized, several of the "old pros" on this forum have placated your lack of reading by posting the steps to solve your problem. If none of their solutions have worked, your phone is dead. Given your inability to find such basic information on a problem that has been thoroughly solved 200x over (Hell, I tried to make a thread with "rainbow" in the title and XDA gave me 900 similar threads on the problem) I suggest you try a simpler phone.
Maybe an etch-a-sketch.
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You know what I don't seem to get is since when is this forum full of [email protected]? Seriously. I've put in all of my time to search and I did follow all the steps from what I have found and tried it over and over again. You seem to just want to bash people simply because you think they are a moron. You know what I get that, but I how posted repeatedly that I have looked over those forums and still have the same issue, and all I get is a stupid noob video on youtube. Real mature. The mod can close or delete this thread for all I care, I needed help and thanks to you and a few others on here for making things worse then they should have been. For those of you that posted helpful information and tried to help me thank you. I will leave all of you a thanks. I'm done.
You don't understand how exasperating it is for forum regulars to write long, painstakingly researched guides on how to solve common problems only to have a thousand yahoos ignore it, make their own thread, and then ***** when people get snippy that they completely ignored any and all forum guidelines in posting that thread titled "OMG How do I flash a ROM and how do I root and I can't get recovery to install!"
Your problem is not unique. If you're seeing a rainbow, you have not yet reached download mode. Take out the battery. Wait 5 minutes. Plug the ORIGINAL USB cable into your computer. Hold down BOTH volume keys and ONLY both volume keys while inserting the cable. KEEP HOLDING THE KEYS and insert the battery. Release the keys. You should be in download mode. If that doesn't work, you either did it wrong, or your phone is dead. Try it several times over until you're satisfied that it's one or the other.
WoW.. just read through the thread and no one has been out of line... There have been several very good and trusted peeps.. Devs even. . Who gave you an answer. Your problem is jot unique. Download mode does can be a ***** to get into sometimes. Keep trying.

How come the screen is just white when i turn on captivate

I superonelick rooted. Then i downloaded ROM Manager and flashed CWM. Then i returned to stock using ODIN 1 click. It failed.
Now when i turn phone on it just shows a white screen and nothing else happens... i can't find problem anywhere else on google. I've rooted many captivates but never had this problem! UH-OH... Help please
the same thing happens whenever i try to boot into recovery and into download mode...
You are gonna need a JIG. Check mobiletechvideos.com to get one or u could make one urself.--see this for homemade jig... [HOWTO] *Layman's iGo Jig* [Solderless]
Which One Click Odin did u use ??
i used I897UCKH3_withBL
i used it the night before and did the exact same procedure with no fault... i didn't do anything differently...
If u can't get into download mode by pulling battery/ replacing battery and connecting the micro usb to the phone, having already connected the usb end to the computer... then u r gonna need a jig.
And a friendly fyi, once u flash Gingerbread firmware that contains the Bootloaders, there is no need to flash a firmware that contains GB Bootloaders again if u are flashing another or the same Gingerbread firmware... or even going back to Froyo or Eclair for that matter, because the GB Bootloaders are backwards compatible.
i pull the battery. press both volume buttons, plug in usb chord to phone (already plugged into computer) then put in battery. The phone screen turns on (all white, blank screen)
I've seriously done this with 5 captivates... i've never had ANY issue... and now this happens. I'm so confused.
Do u remember or can u still see on the Odin where it failed ?
Either way though, u r gonna need a jig.
But on the plus side, it is not hard bricked.
Yeah i just did it out of order... ugh...
well this sucks, cuz it's someone elses phone and it's 9pm on a sunday night... I don't know what to tell him, lol.
Once u get or make a jig, then just flash the KH3 that contains NO Bootloaders 1st, that is, if that is still the base u want to take the phone to. This should get the phone working, if the Odin failed after it had already installed the GB Bootloaders.
good grief... i still can't believe this has happened... I guess i'll just give him my phone to use... i'm never helping anyone else again with their phone. I don't want to be responsible for this crap.
Can i just take his phone to AT&T store and get a new one (it is only 2 months old)
i mean are there any other ways to try and get the phone to do SOMETHING? I mean it turns on....
Jig is ur answer.
If it turns on still its fixable if you tried download mode and the screen is all white does odin still see the phone??
Sent from my I897 using XDA App
odin does not see the phone.
As others have mentioned jig is your only option at this point, but easily fixed none the less
Sent from my I897 using XDA App
okay well i just bought one. I'm really short on time to make one this week. So it'll be here tomorrow or wednesday.
what are the actual instructions once the jig comes in? I just plug it in and it goes into download mode? Then hook it up to computer and ODIN. (which odin do you recommend for cognition, or do you recommend another OS? )
Search, man, search.there are dozens of threads that answer this, and all the questions you've had.
You may also want to try one of the heimdall one-clicks, especially if ODIN isn't working for you.
i appreciate that. I just wanted the opinions of forum members that i respect. (i know there are a lot out there who are worthy of it as well.) So i figured while i had one's attention, i would ask
There is nothing wrong with asking questions, but you can learn more by searching for one answer than asking 10 questions.

Any chances of resurrecting my Galaxy Tab?

Ok! I bought a Samsung P1000N Galaxy Tab from ClaroPR this week. Like always with every android devices i have i rooted it with superoneclick. Yesterday i was trying to update the tablet to gingerbread since it had Froyo. Follow the tutorials in here to flash it(I guess i didnt read the warnings about the secure bootloaders or something like that) but the thing is that i ended up softbricking my device. The gingerbread i was trying to flash was the JQ1. Anyways, i tried to flash it using Odin 1.7, it ended up failing and now i just have the cell triangle and computer logo of dead on the screen. Thing is that i know its not supposed to be totally bricked. But then in the device manager it doesnt show as samsung composite device or anything like that. I need help from someone who has gone thru this already and knows what to do. Or is it just a brick and thats it? Thanks...
enelyam said:
Ok! I bought a Samsung P1000N Galaxy Tab from ClaroPR this week. Like always with every android devices i have i rooted it with superoneclick. Yesterday i was trying to update the tablet to gingerbread since it had Froyo. Follow the tutorials in here to flash it(I guess i didnt read the warnings about the secure bootloaders or something like that) but the thing is that i ended up softbricking my device. The gingerbread i was trying to flash was the JQ1. Anyways, i tried to flash it using Odin 1.7, it ended up failing and now i just have the cell triangle and computer logo of dead on the screen. Thing is that i know its not supposed to be totally bricked. But then in the device manager it doesnt show as samsung composite device or anything like that. I need help from someone who has gone thru this already and knows what to do. Or is it just a brick and thats it? Thanks...
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If you get anything on the screen at all (Triangle, Download mode, Samsung logo, etc...) It's not bricked, just sponged. Unfortunately I don't have any experience with the P1000N, but in general, try reloading the samsung drivers and try another USB port. Once you get it to show up in device mangler you can push the right tar with Odin and you'll be cooking with gas again. Sorry I can't help with this specific model, but sammy devices in general are hard to truly "brick"
Okay i think now its dead. It turned off when it lost the charge and now not even Heimdall recognize it. So if someone knows about a good tutorial on Jtaging this i will appreciate.
Edit: Found useful guide in here to resurrect it so i will give that a try...
The Unbrickable Mod works like a champ! I know, because I had to resort to this over this last weekend.
However, it does require mods to the mainboard that require some skill. Once accomplished, it is virtually impossible to brick your Tab.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1338073
enelyam said:
Okay i think now its dead. It turned off when it lost the charge and now not even Heimdall recognize it. So if someone knows about a good tutorial on Jtaging this i will appreciate.
Edit: Found useful guide in here to resurrect it so i will give that a try...
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Why you want to go for Jtag just becoz battery is dead. Get the Tab Opened, Recharge the battery externally (Repair/Service Center should help). Follow the Team Overcome Guide to install the Stock Safe Rom and then you can either continue with it or move to any other ROM of your choice.
I would keep JTAG as the Last option.
If it's new Tab, it should still be under warranty.
wow, impressive post (the unbrickable mod).. Not sure I'd have the guts to do that though..

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