I rooted my cappy(cappy 1) and installed serendipity 6.4 on a clockwork kernel back in May for the first time based upon info I gathered here from all the experiences and advice. It went flawless. I odined back to stock and attempted to update the kernel to the one from the link on the serendipity 7 page and while it was doing the kernel flash it went into a boot loop that I apparently am not smart enough to recover from. Odin does see the phone for just a split second and starts but the phone restarts before it gets done. My wifes(cappy 2) came in the mail yesterday and she wanted freedom too so I rooted and tried to use a kernel I d/l from a site I recognized from everyones post and it said to use sgs kernel flash and I have had pretty much the same result in this phone too!! ??? whatsup?? I did it without fail the first time and now I am questioning myeslf. Neither will boot to recovery, neither will connect to pc via usb long enough to use odin. I am dumb about ADB. Clicked on the adb file and it flashes through really quick on my pc then closes. Tried to make the usb manual jumper with the resistors and I can't seem to have any luck with the technique. I ordered the jig for the usb connection for like 9.00 but I won't get it til next week. Any help would be appreciated...... I am at a total loss!!!
Are you using Odin from download mode? As long as you have a cappy with working button combos, start Odin (right click and run it as an administrator) without the phone plugged in. Pull the battery out, remove the SIM and external SD card if you have one, replace the battery and leave the phone off. With the phone off, hold both volume buttons and plug the usb cord in. The phone should turn itself on in download mode, at which point you can hit start in Odin.
If this is what you're already doing I'm not trying to talk down to you, I just couldn't tell from your post. If this is indeed what you are already doing, are you getting an error in Odin?
the three button was working on both before but now seems to no longer.... I can't for the life of me get to recovery or download mode.... I think I could revive both if I could just get that far. and had a good kernel file which I obviously am not getting or I am doing somthing way wrong. Neither are totally bricked... the try to come on but keep restarting themselves. BTW thanks for the help and I don't feel talked down to at all.... felling pretty silly/crappy about my abilities right now. Thought I had the whole root/kernel/rom thing figured out til now.....
as far as odin errors. my first phone would hook to odin and then lose the connection because the phone turned itself off. the second one will not eastablish a connection at all.... does that make sense??
I would shoot for download mode at this point. When you tried the resistors to build your own jig, was the phone off when you were trying to get it to work?
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as far as odin errors. my first phone would hook to odin and then lose the connection because the phone turned itself off. the second one will not eastablish a connection at all.... does that make sense??
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If you're in download mode, your phone shouldn't turn itself off. What odin package are you using?
yes, phone was off and I had 4 resistors with a total value of just between 300K and 301K. I was in my opinion unsuccessful in touching the two pins correctly without the resistors touching. I may try to disect a usb cord tonight and solder my resistors to the black and green wires(think thats correct) and see if I have any better luck. To impatient to await the jig for 5 or so days. But at least i'll have it for later use. Then I guess go back stock and start over. but I gotta get D/L mode to work first. I think odin was version 3.1.7 I'm at work and don't recall exactly. I know I D/L'ed a odin console and a set of files to put in particular places as to direct odin what to use. It came as a complete D/L. I also have tried the one click odin files before(this is what I used the first time back in may) any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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yes, phone was off and I had 4 resistors with a total value of just between 300K and 301K. I was in my opinion unsuccessful in touching the two pins correctly without the resistors touching. I may try to disect a usb cord tonight and solder my resistors to the black and green wires(think thats correct) and see if I have any better luck. To impatient to await the jig for 5 or so days. But at least i'll have it for later use. Then I guess go back stock and start over. but I gotta get D/L mode to work first. I think odin was version 3.1.7 I'm at work and don't recall exactly. I know I D/L'ed a odin console and a set of files to put in particular places as to direct odin what to use. It came as a complete D/L. I also have tried the one click odin files before(this is what I used the first time back in may) any and all help is greatly appreciated.
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I have never been successful in touching the pins without cutting apart a USB cord. With the cord, though, it's a piece of cake. You don't even have to solder them, just stick the plug in there and you can hold the resistors (as long as they're covered with something) to touch the right pins. I don't know that the color coding is consistent, but you can figure it out either with a multimeter or trial and error. I also think it's 3 resistors not 4, but your values are correct so that's probably what you were doing.
Once you get into DL mode, you have a couple of options:
1. Try Serendipity 7 again. I've done several installs from their instructions and they work perfectly, but there are a lot of steps and you need to be careful to hit them all in order (I've definitely ended up in your situation before because I thought I remembered what needed to do but missed something).
2. Flash a one click. You can find them all here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
If you were going to go this route, what I would do is flash the one-click for KF1. This will give you Samsung gingerbread bootloaders which are both compatible with everything and will give you your button combos back for download and recovery modes. Once you flash this, you should only use bootloader-free packages and you will always have your button combos with no risk of a hard brick.
Once you have KF1, you can root it from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1127249
then get CWM recovery, skip to step 13 in the S7 download instructions, and flash it in recovery.
Good luck!
Thanks Ever So Much!!
:cool Well long story short my jig worked. You were right, it was very easy to make. Soldered resistors to pins so now I have a working jig. My original phone is so totally fixed. Running rooted 2.3.3 Serendipity 7 with CWM. Thank you very much for the confidence building and advice on where to start and finish.
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I was flashing EZ base and not paying attention (see attachedfile).
Now my SGS doesnt even respond to the power button! Is there ANYTHING I can do??
Please help
Plug the phone into the usb port then switch on phone. Does the pc detect a device?
i think i know you mate?
I recently soft bricked my phone and couldn't get into download mode the normal way.
What worked was holding the vol down button and the home button in (not the power button) and then plugging it into USB while holding them in. The USB power basically takes the role of pressing the power button.
I hope it works, good luck!
sorry mate but i just cant figure out how you could be so clumsy... so many times it is stated that you must be very careful with odin....
that is not helping, is there anything that can be done in the situation?
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sorry mate but i just cant figure out how you could be so clumsy... so many times it is stated that you must be very careful with odin....
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Sorry mate, I just can't figure out why you would post a such a useless unhelpful reply. I flash my phone on a regular basis with CM7/MIUI, mistakes can happen!
To everyone else, thanks, I got it working.... no idea but I read some bricked threads and tried out something... took the battery out, kept hammering the power button whilst putting the battery in with vol down and managed to get into DL mode.
Phew!
Hope you have your efs folder backed up. The SGS is hard to brick and one of the phones that can be unbricked easily. The only problem is with the efs (the files inside the efs folder stores your product code and the imei number.)
Just wanted to bring this to your notice if you haven't done it yet.
just bricked a samsung gt-i9000. Hopefully I can get help to recover. I made several mistakes or false assumptions.
1. I could never get the phone to boot into recovery or download mode by itself. (this is my wife's phone -uh oh - as my phone I had no problem doing this). But I installed adb sdk and could reboot it into recover or download that way, so went ahead with flash.
2. I was using an older perhaps guide to flashing MIUI which had different file names that no longer seem to exist but double checked a few places and got current version numbers on MIUI and cm7 kernel and etc., but I used a newer version of ODIN 1.82 instead of the 1.7. Thought that wouldn't matter but in my bricking searches found that it may be an issue.
So now I have the icon of ..phone ! computer... and no way of getting into download mode as adb can't see the device. Hopefully there is a way - I've tried the suggestions above but they aren't working. I hope as last resort I can make the jig I've seen mentioned.. but any other methods?
/jd
[edit] these two phones were purchased at the same time and have same firmwares. I did back up efs from my phone, and in this process of flashing wife's phone had uploaded the galaxy_efs_backup file but didn't get a chance for it to work. If efs is borked, can I use the one from my phone or are they unique to each device? (assuming I can unbrick). [/edit]
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just bricked a samsung gt-i9000. Hopefully I can get help to recover. I made several mistakes or false assumptions.
1. I could never get the phone to boot into recovery or download mode by itself. (this is my wife's phone -uh oh - as my phone I had no problem doing this). But I installed adb sdk and could reboot it into recover or download that way, so went ahead with flash.
2. I was using an older perhaps guide to flashing MIUI which had different file names that no longer seem to exist but double checked a few places and got current version numbers on MIUI and cm7 kernel and etc., but I used a newer version of ODIN 1.82 instead of the 1.7. Thought that wouldn't matter but in my bricking searches found that it may be an issue.
So now I have the icon of ..phone ! computer... and no way of getting into download mode as adb can't see the device. Hopefully there is a way - I've tried the suggestions above but they aren't working. I hope as last resort I can make the jig I've seen mentioned.. but any other methods?
/jd
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i got the semi brick icon once
i pressed vol down, home, then power and held them together until the phone booted once, then once more, then once more (I kept holding them for about 40 seconds I guess). Then took the battery out for a minute, then while holding all 3 buttons together, put it back in (this is tricky, you need to practice or have someone else to help you) and did another 40 second loops. Finally took the battery out, put it back in and tried download mode and it worked.
But I could get download mode before I bricked it...
thanks allotrios,
Gave it a valiant try and no luck. I'm going to have to figure out the jig I guess - I can't figure out how they plug in those largish looking usb jigs into that tiny proprietary (looking) usb port on the i9000. Videos say a cheap micro usb cable but I think i may have to cut into my SGS charging/usb cable. But doesn't look like the cables on videos/pics.
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thanks allotrios,
Gave it a valiant try and no luck. I'm going to have to figure out the jig I guess - I can't figure out how they plug in those largish looking usb jigs into that tiny proprietary (looking) usb port on the i9000. Videos say a cheap micro usb cable but I think i may have to cut into my SGS charging/usb cable. But doesn't look like the cables on videos/pics.
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Hang on, one more thing you can try, worked for me just last weekend....
"Leave Odin Open. Then Plug the USB. While the USB is plugged in and Odin running press and hold volume down + Home + Power. Once the black screen comes release the Power Button. It will get to the download mode"
Worked like a charm, got it from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13630631#post13630631
If it works for you make sure you hit the thanks button of the guy that originally posted it
If you really need a JIG try this http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10031 with one of these http://parts.digikey.com/1/parts/764289-res-301k-ohm-1-4w-1-metal-film-mfr-25fbf-301k.html
Taken from 1st post in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551
Gave it a go and no luck. I was wondering if Odin v1.82 was a problem so dl'd and used Odin v1.3 (says GT-P1000 on the title bar of it) but didn't seem to matter. Tried both versions.
I had Odin running, plugged in the phone which brought up the "brick" icons, then held down the 3 buttons until it rebooted (black screen came on) and released power, still holding other two buttons. Nothing - just the icons of death. I'm very rural so have parts coming for a jig - might have them by Monday evening or mid-week. Lucky that the phone was really slow and buggy (build XXJP2) so wife didn't like it at all. She wants an iphone so was hoping to spiff this one up to curtail that move. /jd
[edit] My research says that some of these phones have a bad secondary bootloader that prevents the 3-button technique. Not sure if that is inclusive of all these methods mentioned in this thread - that they simply won't work on a phone with the bad bootloader or whether these methods have sometimes overcome that limitation. But I've found a few links to fix it if I can get the phone back from the dead..
My phone is rooted, how can find efs folder and can I save a backup my computer hard drive?
I do odin flashing, in case something goes wrong.
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My phone is rooted, how can find efs folder and can I save a backup my computer hard drive?
I do odin flashing, in case something goes wrong.
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hey dude just download root explorer then open it u will find the efs folder in it
presss the efs folder for a second then there will be a popup in that u will find copy
just copy it and paste it in ur sd card
then connect ur phone to pc then u will find that efs folder
then just copy it to ur pc
Just a note to add data points on the bricking from my situation.
I read somewhere that a guy got his phone in download mode by plugging it into a bluetooth headset without it plugged into the charger. He figured it had built in resistance to help detect which device it was being plugged into and voila! he got download mode. (People in that thread asked which headset and he hadn't replied at that point so I don't know which).
I misread that at first to read a guy plugged the phone into his charger so I tried it (3 button combo and variations) and of course didn't work. But I was sitting there thinking about something else holding down the buttons and all of a sudden got it into download mode. The computers wouldn't recognize it though. So no luck - figured I had a jig coming so no biggy. Pulled the battery and tried again and it worked. This time I got into a download mode that the computer recognized.
So I flashed a kernel and got a "higher level" brick - got to first boot screen with words - but it just sat there vibrating. So tried a JVH single tar file an then got a boot loop up through the boot animations and noise. So am progressing - think I will try getting back to stock Froyo from samfirmware.com and see what goes from there. /jd
I'm on a warranty exchanged 1012 build Captivate. I initially decided to go ahead and flash a new ROM to it, and proceeded to do so using Odin 1-click like I had done so many times in the past with my old 1008 build Captivate. Odin hung for quite some time, and I feared the USB cable I was using was faulty to a certain degree. No biggie, just restart the process and all would be good.
That wasn't the case here though. It simply doesn't boot anymore. I believe it to be a soft brick as there is an image available on the screen. It's the wretched cellphone --- computer screen. I attempted to reboot into download mode like I had done using the VOL+/VOL- and USB insert method, but all that appeared was this symbol. I was simply trying to restore to stock 2.1, as this Captivate came with stock 2.2.
I've even built a JIG, a couple actually, using varying resistors. The first JIG I built before attempting the ODIN flash that killed my phone. Prior to flashing ODIN, the JIG appeared to work brilliantly. It put my phone into download mode about two seconds after contact. Now all it does is bring up that damn cellphone --- computer screen.
What is strange is that the phone, when plugged into the computer after I attempt to put it into download mode using my JIG(s), the computer will play that sound that it plays when it recognizes a USB device. In addition to that, if I plug it in when ODIN is open, ODIN recognizes the phone and displays a yellow block with "0:[COM11]" in it.
I went ahead and downloaded the necessary things from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
and began trying to flash to stock using his instructions. So far ODIN appears to be running, but is stuck at modem.bin.
Maybe its not making any progress at all, but I'd like to hope so. Does anyone know if the 1012 batch can get into download mode using a method outside of the normal key presses and JIGs? Any recommendations for me to revive this Captivate? I did enjoy the fact that it didn't shut down on me every 30 minutes. The GPS still sucked on it though. But I need to bring it back to life, just don't know what other options there are. As far as I know, if the screen presents you with an image of any sorts, its just a soft brick and CAN be recovered.
Can't use one click with your build number. You would need to use full odin. There are numerous articles here on how to do that.
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Can't use one click with your build number. You would need to use full odin. There are numerous articles here on how to do that.
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Yeah, found out the hard way. I do wish there was a stickied post that broke down the build numbers and the various caveats of each build number, including tried and proven methods of restoring to stock and other things.
My situation was quite strange, as ODIN appeared to recognize the phone even though it only displayed the "cellphone --- computer" icon. I'm wondering if the failed flash screwed up the download mode graphic and replaced it with the "cellphone --- computer" graphic? Either way, it didn't "appear" to actually be in download mode, it was.
That screen only means that a flash was incomplete. Flashing anything even a modem successfully will get rid of that screen, granted your kernel/rom was broken so it wouldn't have booted properly but that screen would've went away, replaced by a bootloop. so to fix it completely to an up and running state an entire rom package is needed. Like you used.
Just informing you that, that screen isn't the **** your pants moment. that time comes when the phones does absolutely nothing, as long as there is ANYTHING you are 99% of the time ok. That 1% is when your usb port on the phone is broken, or your pc drivers just all of a sudden decide to extend their arms and give you the figner, or you try odin again with the same faulty connection that gave you the bad connection/incomplete flash and that time it hangs on the bootloaders and bricks it.
Odin recognizes my phone in all modes except completely off: booted, recovery, download and I just tested the phone...!...pc screen on purpose by yanking the chord during a kernel flash got that screen of coarse cause the flash was incomplete. But unless the phone is in download mode it doesn't initiate download protocol and odin will hang on setting up connection.
You can't really have a guide line for what works on what builds for any certainty because every phone of a certain build doesn't behave the same way.
I have 3 captivates I flash. 1, a 1010, and 2 are 1012s all of them have no issue whatsoever with odin one click. It's just the luck of the draw...
I recently had this EXACT issue. The way i fixed it was building a jig out of 3 100k 1/4w resistors and forcing my phone into download mode.
Studacris helped me out there!
if your still having issues, its http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079000
I also just went through this. I just had to keep trying. The jig is what saved me.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA Premium App
So I was trying to go from serendipity 6.4 to 7...
I was following the directions on the serendipity site, got to the point where it was supposed to be flashing the new boot loader and gingerbread. Odin sat on "zImage" for about 15 minutes before i decided for some reason that it was frozen and that unplugging it and trying again might help...
now the only thing I can get from the phone is a black screen with red and green dots when i try to get to download mode.
any suggestions??
Elliot
zImage is the kernel. This should recoverable
Did it get passed boot.bin and sbl.bin? If so you've got the new boot loaders. vol down and power to get to DL mode. Since odin hung and was disconnected before completion the image for DL mode might not even be on the phone. Try that combo (or better yet a jig) then whatever screen it boots into hook it up to odin and try flashing just xcals gb kernel. If it's not in DL mode it will just hang on "setting up connection."
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zImage is the kernel. This should recoverable
Did it get passed boot.bin and sbl.bin? If so you've got the new boot loaders. vol down and power to get to DL mode. Since odin hung and was disconnected before completion the image for DL mode might not even be on the phone. Try that combo (or better yet a jig) then whatever screen it boots into hook it up to odin and try flashing just xcals gb kernel. If it's not in DL mode it will just hang on "setting up connection."
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Got it to what is now just a white fuzzy screen (not giving me the black with dots anymore) and the computer doesn't recognize im plugging anything in. about to head to radio shack to source a jig.
Assuming im not completely water-headed, there should be a screenshot of my odin attempt, for your viewing pleasure...
if thats the first fail, then the bootloaders were never flashed so try the old button combo... switch usb ports first of all no matter if you try the next peice of advice or not anytime odin fails you should swap usb ports(always making sure its on the back, no hubs or front ports)...open odin, hold volume buttons and plug in usb chord on your phone...
a jig is always a good idea... i made mine before i ever flashed anything so i knew i would have an out if things went sour.
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if thats the first fail, then the bootloaders were never flashed so try the old button combo... switch usb ports first of all no matter if you try the next peice of advice or not anytime odin fails you should swap usb ports(always making sure its on the back, no hubs or front ports)...open odin, hold volume buttons and plug in usb chord on your phone...
a jig is always a good idea... i made mine before i ever flashed anything so i knew i would have an out if things went sour.
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finally got it to download mode, but now im frozen at "param.lfs" after "firmware update start"...
Thank you so much for the prompt help studa, I really appreciate it
Hmmm...not your day huh? If it's frozen you have no choice but to disconnect. All the damage has been done. When you disconnect now you will most likely get the "clay" screen: phone....!.....pc and like I said before the download mode image might be missing. But this should still be recoverable
What version of odin is that? The earlier versions tend to freeze up more. go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979133 don't worry about the firmwares just at the bottom there is a few versions of odin. 1.7, 1.81 and 1.82 try one of those.
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Hmmm...not your day huh? If it's frozen you have no choice but to disconnect. All the damage has been done. When you disconnect now you will most likely get the "clay" screen: phone....!.....pc and like I said before the download mode image might be missing. But this should still be recoverable
What version of odin is that? The earlier versions tend to freeze up more. go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979133 don't worry about the firmwares just at the bottom there is a few versions of odin. 1.7, 1.81 and 1.82 try one of those.
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Fortunately, I am apparently allowed a few more tries... it keeps letting me go back to download mode after it inevitably freezes at either "param.lfs" or "zImage"...
I tried with 1.82, still no luck...
umm could be the usb chord...
ouch.... a usb cable.... but on the other hand, you are now my hero!
Thank you very much sir, donations ye shall receive
Hi everyone! I have Captivate(1008 batch) with Phoenix Ultimate firmware. Today I tried to flash it with batch Gingerbread. Seems like my mistake was that I forgot to turn off lagfix. Odin halted. Now I'm getting "phone-!-PC" screen each time I connect phone to PC...
I can not get cappy into download mobe(tried all 3 ways)
Odin doesn't see phone...
Do I have any chaces to repair my phone or it's a brick? Is there a chance that jig will help?
There's a new thread in the dev section about a one click unbrick from that screen. I read that it's just downlad the software, plug in phone and click run.
AdamOutler made this -
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
Ok, thanks I'll try that! BTW which fimware should I flash if my cappy is back to download mode? As I understand Phoenix formated my phone memory into ext4 filesystem. Is that possible to flash stock Gingerbread on ext4 filesystem?
UPD: Unfortunately software unbrick doesn't help I got "Phone is not connected" message. My PC doesn't see phone at all
The Jig should work, assuming you don't have mixed bootloaders. If you do have mixed bootloaders, JTAG service will be what you need.
If you do manage to get back to download mode, use the JF6 Odin 1-click.
You can get it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Here's another suggestion that I did with a 1008 that I had a while back. open Odin 1 click to prepare for download mode. (make sure it's not one with the three button fix - if you one click from gingerbread to 3 button fix stock, it is a certain hard brick).
Remove battery, count to 10, replace battery.
hold the vol up and vol down buttons at the same time until you see the screen flash. It should flash every 5-7 seconds as long as you continiuosly hold the buttons.
When you see the screen flash, insert usb cord (with it already connected to computer).
This got me to download mode. It mat take a few tries. sometimes it's a challenge to get to DL mode from this screen. This procedure worked on my 1008. Hope it works.
A jig may work too, but it n ever worked for me on the 1008.
Thank you guys. Hope your suggestions will help!
With the phone and PC screen the Jig will work for sure try and make one or u can buy it.
You can also try this, Remove the battery open odin 1 cick and plug the cable to the usb port at the back of the PC and then the phone and now put the battery see if the odin lits up if yes you are done.
I solved the problem(even without jig). So writing my solution, hope this will help someone.
1) I went home to use another PC. Installed Samsung drivers there.
2) I tried different key combos. Vol Up + Vol Down didn't worked but Vol Down + USB entered Download mode.
3) One guy from russian android forum told me to try with Odin 1 click 2.1 stock firmware. Only this version of firmware connected to my soft bricked phone.
One more time thanks everyone for your replies
For future reference.
If your phone turns on (you can see anything on the screen), then you do not have a perminate brick, and a jig will work.
And your filesystem/lagfix does not matter with odin 1click. It resets everything to the way it came, nomater what you came from. (It even works on cm7 witch repartisioned it and used MTD).
I have the same problem as you. I can't get get the one-click unbrick to work (doesn't detect a device). I ordered a jig yesterday, hopefully it comes soon. I have a 1010 though, which I heard had more problems than others.
use a JIG
i made my custom JIG for 60 cents, save my Cappy after a failed cyanogen install.
I attempting to get the phone to load the "Sammy 1.5" Rom. I have a Galaxy S Captivate I897.
I was not initially able to get Odin 1.85 to recognize my phone. So I used Heimdall to place it back to UCKB2.
Now Odin recognizes the phone. So then going back to the instructions for Sammy ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1486344
I fired up Odin 1.85, placed Cog Kernel Beta 2 in the PDA slot. And now the phone is stuck at:
"File Analysis.."
Its been there for over 25 minutes.
Any suggestions?
Note: I had KK4 working on the phone (small quirks: games suck) just prior to attempting this MOD.
I had this issue with my backup phone. It never seemed to like to take a flash on the first try. If I put it in download mode via a jig it seemed to work better.
One trick that worked for me was to pull the battery (Yikes! I know it soft bricks it) and I would then get the incomplete flash screen. I would then Odin from that screen and it would take.
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I had this issue with my backup phone. It never seemed to like to take a flash on the first try. If I put it in download mode via a jig it seemed to work better.
One trick that worked for me was to pull the battery (Yikes! I know) and I would then get the incomplete flash screen. I would then Odin from that screen and it would take.
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Via a jig? Are you saying that you dance a jig when you connect the phone? Just kidding. What kind of jig are you talking about?
A jig is a usb connector that has a 301k Ohm resistor on the 4th and 5th pin (the top and bottom pins next to the headphone jack.) Most if not all Samsungs android devices use this method to get in Download Mode.
Layman way to make one found here. Don't buy the usb plug he used since thats really expensive but you can understand the theory of it. You can buy one here if you like. Cheaper to just grab the resistors and buying some plugs else where, splicing a spare cable or just trying to hit the 2 pins in the port.
Here is an example of one you can buy if you don't want to build your own. They are all over amazon and ebay. This is not an endorsement for this particular seller/product. Just an example so you can see what we're talking about. For $10 or less they're great to have around and can be a lifesaver.
http://www.amazon.com/SainSonic-Don...73JQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329842683&sr=8-1
Thank you. I do have a jig from when I bricked my first Captivate. I got Odin to recognize the phone. Now she is stuck at "Setup Connection"
I must be missing a step somewhere, or, I have something installed that Odin doesn't like.
Let me ask this?
If I installed kk4 with Heimdall, should Odin still recognize the phone in download mode?
Richdd said:
Thank you. I do have a jig from when I bricked my first Captivate. I got Odin to recognize the phone. Now she is stuck at "Setup Connection"
I must be missing a step somewhere, or, I have something installed that Odin doesn't like.
Let me ask this?
If I installed kk4 with Heimdall, should Odin still recognize the phone in download mode?
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Yes. Odin and Heimdall don't care how you flashed to where you are - they only care if the phone is in download mode.
Ok, I reinstalled KK4. I get a screwed up multi color screen. Then the phone boots correctly.
It seems I've missed something. I'm going to have to figure out how to get Odin recognize the phone. To be able to install the ROM I want.
EDIT
I noticed that when my phone reboots, my live wall paper goes back to the phones default wall paper. Does not remember what setting I have placed on the phone.
It sounds like you might have a mismatch between your bootloaders (most likely you have froyo/eclair) and your Rom (a GB rom).
If Heimdall worked, grab one of the Heimdall one-click packages that has bootloaders (you may have to flash twice to get the "flash bootloaders" option). That should straighten you out.
Ok, I'm downloading one now. I'll try it in a few. Thanks again everyone for helping!!
Edit
I tried everything with Odin. Nothing worked.
Heimdall works. I installed Heimdall I897UCKK4 Stock, Wipe, with option to install Bootloaders, Param,and Repartition-Heimdall One-Click. The phone boots good. Everything except games seem to be working for now. Still have to figure out how to get Odin to work to load that "SAMMY 1.5" ROM.