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HELP: I accidently installed a Sam. CAPTIVATE rom on a Galaxy S i9000- Not booting up

PLEASE HELP: Calling all experts!!!
After installing the: [STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader and Drivers CAPTIVATE ONLY
My Galaxy S 19000 is stuck on the at&t boot screen.. the at&t logo just keeps flashing...
I cannot get into download mode...
PC is not recognising phone via Kies, odin or anything else...
Something tells me I have made a huge mistake somewhere along the line.. any fix???
Thank you

If no recovery/download mode working...
Only UART/JTAG, check on progress on this.

Thank you for your help...
Quite expensive options aren't these, GOOD THING I HAVE INSURANCE!!!
There must be a software way around this thou...
HELP!!!!

If your phone can't get into download mode due to it being disabled it looks like your pretty much screwed. You could phone samsung and see if they'd fix it.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

If you can get to the AT&T logo part, I'm assuming you should still be able to get to download mode. Did your phone have dl mode before?

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Yes my phone could get into dl mode b4 but now it doesn't work any more, phone just keeps on showing at&t logo and rebooting.
When I put the USB lead in the phone does not switch on at all..
thanks 2 all for assistance in this horrible mess negligence has left me in.

the USA models goes into download mode by using the volume up + volume down + power
see if that works

Thanks for your reply...
no joy... any other viable button combinations I could try? I've already tried many to no avail...

I'm no expert on the matter but don't you think that since you flashed a Captivate ROM on an I9000 that the home button wouldn't work since the Captivate doesn't share the same home button? Logically I would try looking for what the combo is for the Captivate to get into download or recovery mode. Now, I may be wrong and it may not work if the captivate uses its home button to enter the home button but it's worth a shot.
Edit: I just checked here and it says you hold both the volume up and volume down button while you press the power button. Try that.

With the device off, try holding both vol + & - then plugging in usb cable. Thats how a captivate enters download mode. If flashing the i9000 on captivate changes the button sequence it could not hurt to try.
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@ Bell & foom....
I understand both your thought pattern and YES this was mine also...
However thus far no combinations have worked, still continually looping the at&t logo.
If I plug in the charger or USB whilst its doing this it kills the device, it wont switch on...
Knowing the different CAPTIVATE button comb. to recovery or download mode would be a big help right now.. also how the buttons would be mapped... i.e Captivate rom. on GALAXY S device?
How would one fix a captivate that was continually re-booting at operator logo start-up? Might be another way to angle this?
Thanks....

Think u are better off paying the guys at samsung or phone repair store to load the right firmware back in if u dont have the 3 btn combo...
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try downloading that one click unroot program, plug the sgs into the computer and then force unroot, although the unroot won't work it should then allow the sgs to enter recovery mode.

Unfortunately my PC is not recognising the phone...
Plugging the USB in while the phone is switched OFF does nothing....
lugging the USB in while the phone is switched ON.. Turns it off...
Same things happen when the Charger is plugged in.. Althou the phone seems to still charge!!!
Arghhh..
Thanks for your suggestion thou.. Any more help/ ideas are welcomed...

Last resort maybe try heating up the phone like the others did to force download mode?
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so any news on this? i too have successfully flashed the captivate rom on my unbranded i9000 the official repair shop i first took it to (mttc <Lithuania>) told me that it needs a new motherboard, and it would cost me 700LTL(270 $us)... kinda sounded like bull****, so a week ago i took it to a private repair shop, they said they had jtag, so i should be hearing from them this week, if not, i'll buy the stupid riff box myself and repair it..
no button combination worked for me, and the symptoms were exactly the same, flashing att, usb kills it etc. etc.
well, my advice would be to keep contacting different local repair shops, and asking do they have a jtag that supports the samsung galaxy s, if they do, the repair shouldn't cost more than 25$, at least thats what I've been told. good luck, and stay in touch, update on your process, cause the number of people flashing the wrong rom on the i9000 is horrifying.
it kinda sux that its so easy to brick the sgs... and its wrong for people to state that "if you have 3button combo enabled, you are safe", well thats just bull****.

No GOOD news as of yet, but I am in the process of to admitting my SGS to a official samsung service centre.. I was also thinking of sending it directly to them for repair...
???
Still been trying some other things to try and jump-start this blasted thing in the meantime but NOTHING IS WORKING!!!!
I to am thinking about purchasing this riff box or JTAG but it would be for a ONE TIME USE only... Seems like a waste of money when I can just claim a new SGS through insurance only thing is playing the WAITING GAME!!!
I Shall definitely update this thread with any progress made in the coming days...
Here I was thinking I was a lone soldier with this dilemma...
Also I agree... SGS = Too easily bricked.. and no solution?? Other than splashing out 100+ £/$... in your words truly SUXXXXXXX!!!!

Konshens said:
Also I agree... SGS = Too easily bricked.. and no solution??
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Sorry, but ANY phone (or even any electronic component for that matter) is easily bricked if you flash firmware from a completely different device onto it.

Electroz said:
Sorry, but ANY phone (or even any electronic component for that matter) is easily bricked if you flash firmware from a completely different device onto it.
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well, afaik, its very hard to fully brick a new htc device.
anyway, i suggest you try finding a jtag repair shop first, as samsung will take a lot of time to "repair" it, or even tell you that it needs a new motherboard..

[Q] Bell Galaxy S Stuck on logo Screen

Ok I have read about 50 different posts that are similar to my situation but none of them seem to be exactly what I'm looking for. Here is what is happening with a little background.
Running Stock 2.1 on a BELL Mobility Vibrant.
No Custom Roms.
I did have the OCLF installed (Almost 3 months ago without issue)
Phone is also Rooted
Last night I was at a friends place showing off my phone as they were ready to get a new one. I showed them all the cool apps, google maps, google Sky, Soundhound, Bar Code Scanner, etc.. They were sold and are no longer getting an iPhone.
I came home and went to bed. I woke up this morning and the phone was off.. I turned on the phone and once it booted up it said the battery was dead.. No problem.. Power the phone down.. Replace battery and reboot.
It would not reboot.. it gets stuck at the Galaxy S logo screen
My phone is one of these earlier models that doesn't have access to the 3 button recovery so I was using the ADB reboot-recovery to access the menu.. However, this no longer works.. it just reboots the phone and gets stuck at the logo.
I have tried ADB logcat and it just loops and loops.. (Thousands of lines of data)
I have tried a few different batteries.. I have tried powering it up connected to a wall outlet (power) as well as to the computer (it does detect the USB and makes the USB connect sounds (windows7))
Keis and ODIn both don't see the device.. (Not surprising)
Have tried 3-4 different methods to get to the download screen as suggested in other posts and none of them work.
Is there anything else I can try short of taking the phone back to Wireless Wave?
Just uploaded a dump of the logfile from AGB Logcat Cmd. In case that helps.

If you can't get the download screen, then your best bet is making a homemade jig. Search google for how to make one. I made mine when I encountered this problem and it works every time when I am unable to get a download screen.
I guarantee that it'll work for you as well. Good luck.

[HOWTO] [REF] Get Download Mode without 3-button combo using homemade JIG

Can you clarify? Are you unable to get into recovery AND download mode?

gtg2 said:
Can you clarify? Are you unable to get into recovery AND download mode?
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Hey...my phone is currently stuck at a boot screen loop and it doesnt stop doing it. What can i do to fix this? I am able to get into download mode but not recovery mode. i know how to use odin, but can anybody guide me to which files i should use to put into odin to fix my phone? please help, thanks!! BTW, my phone is i9000 from BELL CANADA also!

Alright, follow this link and you'll get your three buttons working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201
Make sure you get ODIN v1.3 and not v1.0 because the older one doesn't have a bootloader flash option.

zumi78878 said:
Hey...my phone is currently stuck at a boot screen loop and it doesnt stop doing it. What can i do to fix this? I am able to get into download mode but not recovery mode. i know how to use odin, but can anybody guide me to which files i should use to put into odin to fix my phone? please help, thanks!! BTW, my phone is i9000 from BELL CANADA also!
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My Galaxy S from Bell is doing the same thing I spent 6 hours yesterday and so far 3 hours trying to get a replacement over the counter and so far its go to where you got the phone (Future Shop) they say only 14 day return window on this phone and mine started do it 16 days after i got it. Future shops says to go to Bell Store. Bell Store says Future shop should be handling this. now I am on my second call to Bell Corp and they are trying to keep me as a customer since I told them if this is not fixed today or replaced I am send the phone back and they can take their 3 year contract and stuff it.
so far looking good she is being very understanding and trying to help me
we shall see how this will go..
well 2 hours on the phone with them and the rep Named Laura is doing her best to get me a swapped phone today but she keeps hitting roadblocks between Future Shop and her own jobs corporate policies
with Bell this phone is 30 Days for straight across exchange but with Future Shop this is a 14 day policy since my phone died at day 16 its no longer covered by Future Shop and Bell hasn't been able to help me yet.
Laura is now trying to go above her bosses heads' and do good for me they have notes that my phone is considered DOA and should just be swapped by Bell Stores wont help me due to this phone being purchased at Future Shop
oh so frustrating...
UPDATE:
well after 2.5 hours on the phone with Laura and full of empty promises she cannot do anything for me Future shop has a 14 day policy Bell has a 30 Day policy and the phone is now 17 day old and nothing but a brick.
so I am heading to the nearest Bell store and dropping off the Phone and telling them to stuff the contract and all my bills good riddance.

nyk0n said:
so I am heading to the nearest Bell store and dropping off the Phone and telling them to stuff the contract and all my bills good riddance.
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Let us know how that goes.

I predict the first murder in Canada inside a mobile phone dealership occurs in the next month over a Galaxy.

HELP!!! Phone stuck at Galaxy S screen!!

Hi,
My phone is stuck at the galaxy S screen... I was trying to get the 3 button recovery mode to get to work following instructions on this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821698&highlight=button+combo+fix
the guy suggested to go back to recovery 2e which i did following instructions from this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9433417&postcount=287
After running the adbrecovery, my phone just stays at galaxy S screen, Its not going forward!!
Please help what should I do!!! Is my phone bricked???

use adb to boot into download mode.
flash a firmware with all 3 files and 512pit, check re-partition in odin and that should work

Thanks for your reply, but how exactly do i boot into download mode from adb... my phone wont go past the galaxy s screen, adb needs an active connection with the phone, if i'm not wrong...

oh yea..
so you dont have the 3 button combo ? recovery / download mode ?

yep i dont have the combo working, thats the reason why i was trying to get it to work!! is there still a way to get it work??

not without download mode, or recovery mode, i think your gunna need a JIG

JIG?? i'm not sure what that is... Can you please give me a link or any information on this JIG...

yea, a JIG is a usb cable with a resistor attached which forces the phone into download mode. you can make them your self or buy them of ebay and places like that.
they are life saving tools for recovering from bricked devices, more so for people without 3 button combo, like yourself
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=819551&page=3
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fix-Download-...ltDomain_0&hash=item20b79446da#ht_2910wt_1154

Thanks i'll give it a shot!! otherwise i guess there is no other option than to take this to the service center!!!

the usb JIG will work 100% all the time. its what they use themselves at samsung service centre.
it will force you into download mode allowing you to flash what ever you want.
if you take it to samsung and they find out you had customised it they WILL charge you, or refuse to fix it.

Hey man,
If you have Kies installed, hook it up to the phone and see if it will recognize it. If so, format your internal sd card. See if it will start up past the screen next reboot.

azzledazzle said:
the usb JIG will work 100% all the time. its what they use themselves at samsung service centre.
it will force you into download mode allowing you to flash what ever you want.
if you take it to samsung and they find out you had customised it they WILL charge you, or refuse to fix it.
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Ya thats true, however my phone only had a lag fix installed and was rooted... No custom roms or kernels!!! Since it wont go past the boot screen, i'll have to assume that they wont notice that it was rooted... Although this is a very stupid assumption but i'll take my chances if i'm unable to come up with a JIG...

electrotune1200 said:
Hey man,
If you have Kies installed, hook it up to the phone and see if it will recognize it. If so, format your internal sd card. See if it will start up past the screen next reboot.
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Tried that doesn't work... If it was recognized by my laptop i would have got into download mode using adb... but unfortunately it doesn't work...

oh yes totally, to be honest they will probably just jig it flash it with stock and send it back. they must do this loadsa times a day.
but there is a chance you will get some c**t who will dig deep to find the cause because he knows people like to hack android devices.
the chances are slim, but its still a chance at the end of the day.
another thing, a jig will be less than £10 and will save your ass many times.
service centre can take a full month, and if you hack it again and re-brick it, your back to square 1.
so even if you do send it to samsung, its worth looking into a JIG investment

azzledazzle said:
oh yes totally, to be honest they will probably just jig it flash it with stock and send it back. they must do this loadsa times a day.
but there is a chance you will get some c**t who will dig deep to find the cause because he knows people like to hack android devices.
the chances are slim, but its still a chance at the end of the day.
another thing, a jig will be less than £10 and will save your ass many times.
service centre can take a full month, and if you hack it again and re-brick it, your back to square 1.
so even if you do send it to samsung, its worth looking into a JIG investment
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Yep true, however i highly doubt that a service center in India will dig deep to find the issue, Service center people are really really lazy and they are much more interested in workarounds than rootcauses...
And sure thing dude, I'll try to find a ready made JIG tommorrow... I wont be able to take it to Service center until saturday, so if i can manage to find it, I probably save myself the trip and ya as you said, i'll be much more confident customizing my phone the next time... Thanks for all your help... appreciate it...

[Q] how to keep apps from getting erased

hey so i have a Samsung captivate and i just installed continuum v5.5 but every time to turn off my phone all my apps get erased. what can i do about that?

You flash the rom from cwm 2.5? That's my guess...
Try reflashing from where there. With talon kernel that has cwm 3.

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You flash the rom from cwm 2.5? That's my guess...
Try reflashing from where there. With talon kernel that has cwm 3.
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im sorry but im really new to this and i have no idea what that means. All i have one is install the new package and now when i turn off my phone all my apps that i downloaded from the market get erased.

What you were on before you flashed that?
Anyway...from where you are now just boot into recovery
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache
Go into advanced and wipe dalvik cache
Then reflash the rom.

umm for some reason i cant get into recovery mode.........haha any tips on that first

Turn off the phone. Hold volume up and power...that should do it
The extended power menu while it's on...
Or adb...

I have been trying those. none work, all that show up is a white screen that have AT&t and that says world phone. what should i do?

wait up!! AT&T screen?? FOUND THE PROBLEM!!!!!! although i have no idea how you have been able to boot at all... you still have stock eclair/froyo bootloaders. thats a gingerbread rom requiring updated bootloaders..so how it even got into the os is confusing me?
use this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143
then take a few days and READ!!! you skipped a HUGE step.

Im so confused now. it just stopped working? when i turn on my phone all that shows up is the AT&T world globe thingy and i cant get farther then that. I tired clicking the power and volume buttons but im just stick on the globe thing. is my phone like broken now??

connerpeters said:
Im so confused now. it just stopped working? when i turn on my phone all that shows up is the AT&T world globe thingy and i cant get farther then that. I tired clicking the power and volume buttons but im just stick on the globe thing. is my phone like broken now??
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no. if it comes on its not broken.
what you need to do is pull the battery...and leave it off. come back to the forums and after you have spent several hours READING up on what exactly you are doing to your phone THEN you will have the knowledge to fix your phone.
this **** shouldnt be taken so lightly if you have literally no idea what you are doing.

yaaaaa i think im going to be done with all the rooting thing in till ive learned more about it. But is their a way to get it back to the way that i bought it.?

Yeah you just put it into download mode and use odin one click
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This is a perfect example of why I ask that everyone to spend at least a day learning about what they are doing before doing it. Flashing a Rom to your device has some very major side effects if even one step is done wrong.

I tried to put it in download mode. it doesn't work, my phone will turn on and off but will just sit in the start up screen but thats all that it will do?

You will need a jig to force download mode.
Go to mobiletechvideos.com he has a video on how to make one actually heres the link to that video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0... if you can't get yours to work or think it might be to difficult after watching the video he also sells them pre made for under 10 us dollars.
There are also quite a lot of useful videos for beginners to watch and learn about what you're doing.http://mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=31 that whole page is worth a look...

so theirs no other way to get the phone back to normal? If their isn't anther way to get it back to normal then can i just call AT&T to send me anther phone because this phone is only 3 days old??

thats what all of my posts have been trying to do. get you to normal.
especially the ones WITH LINKS!!

yaa ik, sorry what i was trying to say was that is their any other ways to get the phone into download mode that doesn't take making that JIG?

with phone off try holding both volumes and inserting the usb cable thats connected to your pc.
or take out the battery, plug it in and hold the volume buttons, then with the buttons still held indert the battery.
if those dont work the jig will. its easy to make...or if you cant manage its cheap to buy...
what is it with people so resistant to trying to make/buy a jig? both ways its under 10 bucks, and that beats the hell out of not having a phone, and the frustration of trying everything else before you get around to a jig. make/buy one now you will have it for future use. its never not handy to have. i made one before i flashed anything so i would have an out if it went bad.

Okay well thanks to everyone who helped, im going to try to make the jig thingy but if i can't make that then im just going to throw it against a wall and use the insurance to get a new one. thanks though

[Q] Cannot get phone to boot

Hi guys,
I recently used rom manager and flashed the wrong clock work mod to my phone, more or less trying to get cm7/9 on my galaxy s captivate, now my phone does not get past the 'Samsung SGH I896' Screen, hard reset does nothing, tried all the key combinations, I work in technical support for all types of phones, and yet I don't know what really can be done with this. I suppose I may be sol. Any input would be appriciated thanks guys.

Try to get your phone into download mode by:
Breathe
Taking out battery
Plug phone into computer
Hold down vol+ and vol-
Insert battery
If it goes into download mode then flash back to stock and stop using Rom Manager. It has nothing for our phones. You can find one-clicks back to stock in this thread
If you can't get it into Download mode that way, you'll want to build/buy a jig.

Thanks for the input, Ill try that out.

If you can't get into download mode, buy yourself a jig to force download mode. works like a charm and they're only about 5 usd

Well then, I've got it into download mode now im just like durr, I have no idea how to get the software on there through kies, I watched that video and im not afraid to admit im a noob at this stuff, my carrier is rogers in canada how do I get the software back on this phone. The one click's aforementioned are for american i897's and I don't think they'd have the proper carrier settings on them.
Excellent, after perving the forums a bit I found a one click fix for the phone and now its fired up and alive again thanks guys <3

You're in luck my beaver-lovin friend.
Another Canuck on the board made some One-clicks to fix problems like yours.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979133

Yeah I noticed those, I work for Rogers WCTS at there corporate centre so these experiences are definitely beneficial. Atleast now I know how to force this phone into download mode, I bet ill save a 100 phones at my job doing stuff like this now xD

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Well. You could also try using Odin to flash it? Have you looked into that?