Hey guys I just got my Samsung Captivate I wanna use as a backup and well I think I already bricked it. Ive had a Samsung Captivate for a year and I never had this problem but now i am.
I used the AIO Captivate Toolbox and wanted to install the 3 button fix. So I go into Odin and put the PIT and PDA files where they should be and everything goes fine and it even says it passed but now its not turning on at all and it wont respond to a jig either.
i hope someone can help me but im fearing the worst.
AIO toolbox was taken down because the "3 button fix" bricks phones that already have gingerbread bootloaders. i guess.. you could say 3 button fix is included in gingerbread bootloaders.
as the 3 button fix only flashes 1 of 2 bootloaders and was only needed for the VERY first batch of captivates, and was RARELY ever needed although hundreds of people un-needingly flashed it... and still couldnt figure out why they couldnt get 3 button combo to work ( noob error is why).
once the gingerbread bootloader came out, 3 button fix was removed EVERYWHERE possible because it was bricking phones. and if a phone has gingerbread bootloaders it DOES NOT need the 3 button fix.
The phone was on stock firmware though. So I'm guessing my phone is hard bricked?
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^ Which Stock ??
If u have zero signs of life (even when u plug it in to charge) ...then yep u r hard bricked.
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^ Which Stock ??
If u have zero signs of life (even when u plug it in to charge) ...then yep u r hard bricked.
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anyone know how to do the unbrickable mod without costing me 50 bucks? lol
pwnerman said:
anyone know how to do the unbrickable mod without costing me 50 bucks? lol
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The thread is there explaining what needs to be done, but unless you have good soldering skills you will need to pay someone to do it.
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The thread is there explaining what needs to be done, but unless you have good soldering skills you will need to pay someone to do it.
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Yea I know I'm pissed off at myself for costing myself another 40 bucks the first day I get it but I guess that's how it goes
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It's a mod well worth the money however. I had it done to a previous captivate and I regret so much having to turn it in for warranty.
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And the link is ????????
thesnowsnake said:
And the link is ????????
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Uh search for it?
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I can't get into download mode.
2.2
I9000XXJP2
2.6.32.9
[email protected] #1
GT-I9000-eng 2.2 MASTER 332 test-keys.332
What do i have to do to get into the download mode???
Starting to get a little bit of panic now...
/Sandra!
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is your phone working or not ???
you probably dont have the 3 button combo, if your phone works, you can fix this using a program called 'Odin'
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821698
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201
Have a read through these
Don't i have to be in download mode to use Odin?
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well if you had actually read the threads i just posted you would know what im talking about.
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well if you had actually read the threads i just posted you would know what im talking about.
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Yes I replied b4 reading the post u sent me... Will try it now but thank you a lot for the answer!
What do I do if I can't get in to download mod recovery mod or in to the phone?
What do I do if I can't get in to download mod recovery mod or in to the phone?
Service centre only choice left .
jje
JJEgan said:
What do I do if I can't get in to download mod recovery mod or in to the phone?
Service centre only choice left .
jje
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Are u sure? Can't u fix it with a "fixed" usb? *panic*
you can buy or make a usb jig.... i suggest you buy one, and dont risk making one and damaging it further.
azzledazzle said:
you can buy or make a usb jig.... i suggest you buy one, and dont risk making one and damaging it further.
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Thnx a lot...
I was about to do my tech support rounds like I usually do once per week and provide some support in the "I bricked my device" threads.... But there are none.. Every week about 1 in 3 active threads were along the lines of "Black Screen, odin won't flash", or "help, my Cappy wont turn on".......
Did UnBrickable Mod clean this forum up or are people just not flashing anymore? Is everyone using Heimdall one-click? Either way, it's pretty cool that this problem does not appear to exist anymore.
Lol just cause there is a lull for a week doesn't mean the issue is resolved. just wait, there will be more. I guarantee it.
Not to say your work isn't doing any good, it is. Genius work. But there will always be people who don't read everything and/or are brand new to flashing and make mistakes, not to mention connection issues while flashing boots.
Keep up the good work, i'm sure there will be more bricks for you to rescue
I'm unbrickable!!!its so great!
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Honestly, I have made just about every noob mistake that can be made over the last 3 weeks and have yet to get myself to a point where I couldn't get the phone in to DL mode. I can't imagine what some of these people must do to get them completely crapped out.
haha thats funny cause i bricked my device last thursday and got the download dongle on monday. but did you say there is a mod that makes it unrickabe?
I think people are becoming smarter and more cautious about flashing bootloaders for no reason.
Here, fix this instead...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17979075&posted=1#post17979075
I have noticed that the phones are harder to brick with the new bootloaders.
a breaked my galaxy s i9000 (6 month ) when a downgrad from 2.3.3 to 2.1 with odin now the screen of the phone is completly black teh 301 ohm resistor failed I bought a new one and am very sad.can you help me!sorry for my bad english
romeofarok1977 said:
a breaked my galaxy s i9000 (6 month ) when a downgrad from 2.3.3 to 2.1 with odin now the screen of the phone is completly black teh 301 ohm resistor failed I bought a new one and am very sad.can you help me!sorry for my bad english
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Do the Captivate UnBrickable Mod.
AdamOutler said:
Do the Captivate UnBrickable Mod.
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Nevermind... I just reread my post and that does not apply to an i9000. I need an i9000 to get the mod right.
thinks men but please give i9000 a try am very sad because of my dead phone
This is literally a how to thread>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242466
romeofarok1977 said:
thinks men can you give me how to do it
and is it safe؟
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think you but this is for the captivate can a try it for the samsung galaxy s i9000!
jbabbler said:
Honestly, I have made just about every noob mistake that can be made over the last 3 weeks and have yet to get myself to a point where I couldn't get the phone in to DL mode. I can't imagine what some of these people must do to get them completely crapped out.
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Lmfao me too no idea what these people are doing
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OK well i9k isn't available ...yet
romeofarok1977 said:
think you but this is for the captivate can a try it for the samsung galaxy s i9000!
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a simply downgrade with the right firmware from I9000XWJVI 2.3.3 to I9000XXJE2 2.1 and Odin failed finally the phone is dead!am sad
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OK well i9k isn't available ...yet
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thinks to you
Hey guys i think i boot looped my droid 3
I was messing in the mavrom toolbox and tried installing a theme but it was taking for ever so i canceled it but later when i decided i had time to isntall it it said it was already downloaded but it wasnt so it installed it and now its just stuck in a bootloop, i have no idea how to get out!
How can i unbrick it? i dont want to loose my unlock im on att
Juicy555 said:
Hey guys i think i boot looped my droid 3
I was messing in the mavrom toolbox and tried installing a theme but it was taking for ever so i canceled it but later when i decided i had time to isntall it it said it was already downloaded but it wasnt so it installed it and now its just stuck in a bootloop, i have no idea how to get out!
How can i unbrick it? i dont want to loose my unlock im on att
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Just flash a stock rom and wipe your data. That's all!
Try giving a good title. Writing urgent wont make it. You have to give a clue of your prob so that people here could easily know if they could help or not.
Hope that helps. Just sharing what I learned from posting on XDA.
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Paras Lehana said:
Just flash a stock rom and wipe your data. That's all!
Try giving a good title. Writing urgent wont make it. You have to give a clue of your prob so that people here could easily know if they could help or not.
Hope that helps. Just sharing what I learned from posting on XDA.
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Wont that get rid of my unlock for att? and i dont even know how to flash for the droid :/ anyway i can bypass it or something?
Juicy555 said:
Wont that get rid of my unlock for att? and i dont even know how to flash for the droid :/ anyway i can bypass it or something?
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I dont know much about unlocking so you better read about that. I cant link Jailbreaking and flashing together. I think it won't.
Well you have read about flashing then.
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Paras Lehana said:
I dont know much about unlocking so you better read about that. I cant link Jailbreaking and flashing together. I think it won't.
Well you have read about flashing then.
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I feel so stupid, i have no idea what to do and its fathers day and would rather be with my dad then fixing my phone :/
Juicy555 said:
Wont that get rid of my unlock for att? and i dont even know how to flash for the droid :/ anyway i can bypass it or something?
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No. Your phone will remain unlocked.
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hkhan1 said:
No. Your phone will remain unlocked.
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sad part is i just found out i can get into recovery... i mean thats good but i was going to make a backup later but when safestrap launched and when i pressed menu it wouldnt work so i figured oh well, but im now in it.
So if i flash the rom again i will still keep the unlock?
You're fine. I'm on T-Mobile and it will work.
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MrObvious said:
You're fine. I'm on T-Mobile and it will work.
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ok, everything is a lot more familier now that im in "cmw". And am reflashing mavrom 4 gsm ( just includes the gsm build.prop ).
First thing im doing once i reboot is making a proper backup!
my phone is bricked at www.samsung.com and wont go past is neither to download mode or CWM5. What shall I do?
PS: i wasn't even changing roms, i was using DEMOCRACY for a while and everything went smooth with install. What can it be guys?
UPDATE: now it is in a loop from backlight to no light and even bluescreen! HELP PLEASE
Total Brick man ! Cant do anything
origikid said:
my phone is bricked at www.samsung.com and wont go past is neither to download mode or CWM5. What shall I do?
PS: i wasn't even changing roms, i was using DEMOCRACY for a while and everything went smooth with install. What can it be guys?
UPDATE: now it is in a loop from backlight to no light and even bluescreen! HELP PLEASE
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I don't think it's bricked... Pull the battery and wait for about 5 seconds and try holding the power button + home. U should be able to get to recovery mode.
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Greatness_GH said:
I don't think it's bricked... Pull the battery and wait for about 5 seconds and try holding the power button + home. U should be able to get to recovery mode.
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it didnt work. i think i will activate the warranty even though i think when you have rooted the device you loose it :x
origikid said:
it didnt work. i think i will activate the warranty even though i think when you have rooted the device you loose it :x
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Well.... Tough luck bro... How can u re-activate ur warranty though? Anyways, all the best :thumbs up:
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Greatness_GH said:
Well.... Tough luck bro... How can u re-activate ur warranty though? Anyways, all the best :thumbs up:
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I guess I will try my luck, since the device is so f**ing damn bricked they may not even get the chance to see that is a rooted phone.
origikid said:
I guess I will try my luck, since the device is so f**ing damn bricked they may not even get the chance to see that is a rooted phone.
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Well... lets keep our fingers crossed then
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I really doubt that Samsung is gonna help. I faced the same problem and they didn't bother even though I had 6 months of warranty left
Hey guys, I'm having big problem and can't go to sleep
i tried flashing the new ROM (i've done it so many times that i wasn't scared of anything).... Rom installed the Kernel too and I cleaned cache after installation, but ! when i choose Restart Now option, it suddenly restarted (screen went black suddenly) and the BLANK___________________. :'(
Here are the things i did whole day :/
1-3Button's technique
2-Can't go in Download,Recovery Mode
3-Can't connect to PC
It's like a Plastic Toy now that has no functions
I don't even know what it is(Hard/Soft/Dead Bricked). I've read through web that it can b a SW/FW HangUp or Temporary Brick which can b fixed ?..
Please tell me how to fix this issue,I'm really nervous
Help would b appreciated...
-(sorry for bad eng-)
What ROM you flashed?
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ROM causing this issue >=
I tried to install JellyBlast..
Infact i was checking different Rom's, i installed about 4 others before installing JellyBlast(> no problem yet occured) but after Installing JellyBlast, it's not waking up and nothing's working..
Am gonna make my Jig to wake it up, I've hopes for it.....
But can't find resistors anywhere :/
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What ROM you flashed?
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I tried to install JellyBlast..
Infact i was checking different Rom's, i installed about 4 others before installing JellyBlast(> no problem yet occured) but after Installing JellyBlast, it's not waking up and nothing's working..
Am gonna make my Jig to wake it up, I've hopes for it.....
But can't find resistors anywhere :/
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What ROM you flashed?
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Its hard bricked: (
Jelly blast is for galaxy mini plus not the galaxy mini .
So you u flashed another device's rom.
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(it is not possible) but maybe your key combo have been changed with galaxy mini 2 so try that one
or maybe the battery got empty
So Hard Bricked can b revived ?
It installed The Kernel too which i forgot to delete ......
So can i revive it back ? or should'I take it to Shop ? what'll they do btw ???
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So Hard Bricked can b revived ?
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Only by sending it to Samsung repairing center or any local repairing center .
They will change your mother board .
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try this to see if your phone can be forced to boot up..
remove the battery from phone
connect the phone to pc, and when the pc beeps put the battery right away..
I tried it on my mini since it can't powered on a few days ago. and it worked.
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try this to see if your phone can be forced to boot up..
remove the battery from phone
connect the phone to pc, and when the pc beeps put the battery right away
I tried it on my mini since it can't powered on a few days ago. and it worked.
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my PC doesn't beep and nothing happens
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my PC doesn't beep and nothing happens
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Doesn't matter if it beeps or not actually, my PC didn't beep too when I plug the phone but I just put the battery back on and it booted.
I'm afraid your mini is indeed bricked.
You can try a USB jig or "Jtag (correct me if I'm wrong)..
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Can't find the JTAG anywhere
where to get it though ? !! ^_^
any idea ?
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Can't find the JTAG anywhere
where to get it though ? !! ^_^
any idea ?
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Dude its expensive (about 150 $)
And it might not work . just send it to Samsung repair center and they will fix it for a cheaper price .
N.B : I did that , my phone got bricked too and as u can it is working .
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To me, it looks like it needs to be sent back to Samsung. See if you can get it fixed under warranty, if not you'll have to pay. Good luck.
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Xenagirl83 said:
Hi dheeraj, is it possible that an empty or totally dead battery could prevent your phone from "memorizing" the flashing you do with Odin, so to send the device always in boot loop? I'm asking this since I'm having the same problem that the user who opened this thread has described, even if with a GT-S6500. It can only go into download mode, but not into recovery mode (could it be soft bricked?). I don't know what the previous owner did, but I'm trying to resurrect the phone. Thanks in advance for your help.
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thought your problem got solved
no it cannot happen that without battery the memory would be washed out as it is written on a storage kind of device
what you can do is just flash a four package firmware through odin (phone, pda, csc etc. slots filled)
let the phone reboots on it own, after rebooting the mobile will automatically go into stock recovery and will do some processing and you would be done