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[Q] Help getting from Cognition2 beta5 back to stock, no Odin..

Hey there, i have searched around for a day or so and found a similar post on here but no real answers thus far. There is a ton of information out there so i may have missed it but my phone is having issues so i really need to wipe and go back to stock, then update from there...
Running Cognition v2.2 Beta5.5 UCJ16. Love the rom but i have had some issues and decided to upgrade to the new Cog rom then found out i cant without going back to stock first. Tried to do that with "Odin" but i get the USB not recognized when going into download mode, Odin will not pick up the phone. I did read the entire Odin faq and saw that other ppl have had this issue but did not really find a solution. I can get into dl mode fine and i've never ever had an issue with my cpu not picking up the phone via the USB until now. Tried the adb reboot, volume buttons, everything in the faq, it's a no go & all my drivers are up to date. So far i can't do anything and it's getting a bit frustrating lol.. I rooted with the Galaxy S One click Root by TGA_Gunnman, not sure if that helps any.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance!!

Also meant to ask, if i can't go upgrade to the new version of cognition can i flash from that one to a different rom and them maybe back to 2.1? I'm not a noob to rooting and flashing i did my last 2 phones and have rooted this one, i haven't had one single problem with anything of my phones until this one...

Try a different us port the ones on the back seem to work better

Already tried that same result, it won't recognize the device. I have to go out of town in a few days and need my phone to quit acting up lol. If i can't get it resolved by tomorrow i guess i'll just start trying to flash other roms and see if i can find one it will take and go from there..

CoolhandLocke said:
Already tried that same result, it won't recognize the device. I have to go out of town in a few days and need my phone to quit acting up lol. If i can't get it resolved by tomorrow i guess i'll just start trying to flash other roms and see if i can find one it will take and go from there..
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Usb debugging turned on? You have odin opened up BEFORE you put your phone in download mode? Technically you don't have to odin to stock you just have to odin to a Rom that has 2e recovery. So you could try that if you can't get one click odin to work.
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Yes i tried it with de-bugging turned on and odin running before hand. Pretty much tried everything in the Odin thread and about everything else i could find with google. The phone's just acting funky and not accepting it

CoolhandLocke said:
Yes i tried it with de-bugging turned on and odin running before hand. Pretty much tried everything in the Odin thread and about everything else i could find with google. The phone's just acting funky and not accepting it
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How are you putting your phone into download mode?
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I'm getting into download mode through doing the volume up/down then inserting the usb cable with the sim and everything out. I believe it's method 3 listed in the Odin post, it does go into download mode but i still get "USB not recognized" from both the front and back ports..

Finally got it fixed! Just tried it out on my friends laptop and everything worked flawlessly. Must be a problem in my Desktops USB somewhere but it is still odd as it worked fine and still does, just didn't work with Odin. I've seen other people with the same issue hopefully someone else can learn from my mistakes....Just try another PC lol.

CoolhandLocke said:
Finally got it fixed! Just tried it out on my friends laptop and everything worked flawlessly. Must be a problem in my Desktops USB somewhere but it is still odd as it worked fine and still does, just didn't work with Odin. I've seen other people with the same issue hopefully someone else can learn from my mistakes....Just try another PC lol.
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I am glad you got it working cause I had ran completely out of ideas lol
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Not to extend the thread but in my previous post i forgot to add, Thank you to all of you who tried to help!

[Q] Restoring Captivate from AT&T World Phone Screen

Hey folks. I'm hoping to get through this in one piece, with one walkthrough.
I recently messed up in flashing a Rom to my Captivate. It cleared the phone of firmware and left me with the AT&T splash screen.
I bought a jig, and am now at the "Downloading..." screen and am trying to take this slowly to ensure a properly functioning phone (I've been without for two weeks now).
I've read through the sticky post [link]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364[/link] and have most of the downloads. The Odin link is dead, and I don't have the proper version (I used a version I later found out was bad).
What I'm hoping for is to get someone to show me where the proper version of Odin is, and maybe give me a quick guide to doing this for a Rogers Galaxy S Captivate.
I hope I'm not coming off as lazy, but I tried this solo, and it went awry. Thanks for any help in advance.

This is the link for Odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
You want to Open Odin, then use the jig to put the phone in download mode, connect usb to your computer and wait until odin recognizes your phone. Click Start and sit back and wait. You should then be able to put whatever rom you want on the sd card and flash

Okay. I got the proper download, and used Odin. It reported success.
I haven't unplugged the phone from the computer yet, but it's also not showing as a drive on my computer. I'm at the stage where I'm supposed to root the phone after using Odin and before flashing.
Should I unplug the phone, or is that going to send me back to square one?

JavaMac said:
Okay. I got the proper download, and used Odin. It reported success.
I haven't unplugged the phone from the computer yet, but it's also not showing as a drive on my computer. I'm at the stage where I'm supposed to root the phone after using Odin and before flashing.
Should I unplug the phone, or is that going to send me back to square one?
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If you used that Odin 1 click you will have the AT&T version, it will work but you will have the AT&T boot up screen. After it is finished your phone should reboot by itself. If it didn't try pulling the battery and then turn it back on.

Driver Installation Issue at Fault?
Okay, so I'm starting to wonder what's going on with the communication between my phone and my computer. I have the drivers, but when I try to install them (64 bit, for a dual-core, right?), it claims to fail.
I think maybe that this is the reason I can't get the computer to recognize the drive. Also, when plugged in last time, it said it failed to install drivers again. Even when the phone was operational, I had issues with that.
So . . . I'm wondering if maybe I solve that and the issue becomes seamless. Any thoughts on this would be appreciated, as it seems I'm stuck until I get the phone to register. Even Odin won't see it now, although I've already passed that step. F-Bomb.

Did you get the drivers right from samsung web site if not thats why they wont install i had same thing when i got my cappy.
I got drivers from.samsung.com installed em worked perfect sence. i kept the download saved had to install em a few times over the last 9 or so months. Only because of all the dam software hardware i run. Good luck
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Just because it's a dual core processor in the computer doesn't mean you have a 64 bit OS.
You might want to know what version of windows you have...just a thought.

Okay . . . I can't seem to resolve this driver problem, nor can I move forward in the previous issue of getting my phone back to a functional state.
I can't imagine what I'm doing wrong that everyone else managed to avoid. Could I maybe request some one-on-one time with an experienced Rogers user? Just to recall the exact steps they took in order to successfully UNSCREW their phone.
Again, I appreciate all the help. Every post is making progress. I'm just frustrated at my ineptness with solid state installations.

I'm still not able to install the drivers or get my computer to register the phone as a drive. I did a bit more reading, but I've found nothing but different driver links. Has anyone else had this installation failure?

I have had driver problems before...try plugging up phone; on computer control panel, device managment , go to were it has device (just click then till se something about samsung) then uninstall drivers, next unplug phone, reinstall drivers that are on design gears (developer) thread for odin one click, next plug up phone sbf it will say new hardware and install drivers then see if that works... Ps if need to just pm me and I will get back to you to try and help
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A side note: I just tried it from my computer and the link if good and they work
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Try it again, however this time plug your USB cable into the USB port in the back of the computer.

Drivers were installed properly with Toolbox. Thanks for the help

[q] help with cappy

Okay, so i had accidentally hard bricked my captivate, and sent it in to the guy from mobiletechvideos. but when i got it back, it no longer would connect to my computers, not the ones i had before i bricked which worked perfectly fine. (two XP laptops), or the one i bought while i sent it out, a Windows 7 laptop. I need to get it to connect so i can update to KB1, since JTAGging left it at JF6. i also need to root it after that, but it wont connect. i will leave it on ask on connection, kies mode, and mass storage, but half the time i dont get a notification saying its plugged in. and when in mass storage mode, it doesnt recognize my phone, or the sd card in it. also when i did get it to be recognized by kies mini, it said something like the software is unauthorized and it wont let me click update. i hard bricked after trying to flash back to JF6 from CM7 build 22 if that helps. Does anyone have any ideas on wats happened?
EDIT: and yes drivers are installed on each. i performed the updste back in Feb. on one of the XP's before switching to CM7, and it worked perfectly, but know it doesnt work

1. Wrong section.
2. Try reinstalling the drivers. Make sure the phone is in debugging mode as well.

sorry wasnt sure where to put it, and..
1. i reinstalled twice on each.
2. i did make sure

Try Odining to stock again. That is all the guy that you sent your phone did, but it might help to try again.

I thought he used someweird thing to JTAG like in his demo. And Odin is wat bricked myphone. Also I don't have the 2.2 file, and also if my computer doesn'trecognize my phonehow can I use Odin?
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When was your last windows restore point? Might want to roll that back that's what fixed it for me when my computer wouldn't recognize the phone in download mode.

Aztecbandit said:
I thought he used someweird thing to JTAG like in his demo. And Odin is wat bricked myphone. Also I don't have the 2.2 file, and also if my computer doesn'trecognize my phonehow can I use Odin?
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It would take a god to JTAG our phones. He just used a JIG and put your phone into download mode manually. There is no mess with your bootloaders because you were just on CM7. And try what the post above me suggested, could work. Also, use Odin 1-click, you don't need any 2.2 file. All I'm asking you to do is try it. If you haven't tried it then there is no point in me trying to help you.

DemonWav said:
It would take a god to JTAG our phones. He just used a JIG and put your phone into download mode manually. There is no mess with your bootloaders because you were just on CM7. And try what the post above me suggested, could work. Also, use Odin 1-click, you don't need any 2.2 file. All I'm asking you to do is try it. If you haven't tried it then there is no point in me trying to help you.
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Ummm bro mobiletechvideos.com offers jtag for $50. Very difficult yes but achieved by a mortal. Check it out.
Lol connexion2005 demigod of soldering.
And the op is right if the phone isn't detected odin is useless.
Have you tried a different usb cable?

studacris said:
Ummm bro mobiletechvideos.com offers jtag for $50. Very difficult yes but achieved by a mortal. Check it out http://m.youtube.com/#/profile?desk...t=0&user=MobileTechVideos&autoplay=True&gl=US
Lol connexion2005 demigod of soldering.
And the op is right if the phone isn't detected odin is useless.
Have you tried a different usb cable?
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OMFG!!!!!!!!!! dude i am stupid i failed to realize my USB cord totally having exposed wires could have something to do with it. and thanks for correcting that guy i dont like dealing with people who get stuff wrong

[Q] I think its Bricked..and odin doesnt work

hey guys i have a captivate that i tried flashing and was successful then i tried again and the screen went black. im not sure if my battery died during the process or what but idk what to do. I cant get into recovery mode, i can only get into downloading mode but none of the odin's ive downloaded have recognized my device today. they worked fine yesterday. then i tried "hemidall one click" to try and get it back to stock but no luck. also when i try to power on I get the "Cornkernel" loading screen since that was the kernel i had loaded when it was working, but it fills the bar then shuts off. so it seems like im going to be at the mercy of a computer program since i am unable to access anything on the phone, right? I recently upgraded to gingerbread before all of the flashing of the new roms. all i want is to get back to either froyo or gingerbread, i dont really care, heck ill even take 2.1 at this point. if anyone knows whats going on and can help me thatd be great.
Thanks

Remember to use a rear usb hub for destop and run as admin. Heimdall will mess up your odin drivers.

You may also want to check out the captivate connection issues thread.
Also, to clarify further on prbassplayer's point about Heimdall, it will write its drivers over the drivers assigned to the USB port you are plugged into when it detects your phone. So if you have 4 USB ports and you use port 3 for Heimdall, it would look like this:
1 - Odin port
2 - Odin port
3 - Heimdall port
4 - Odin port
All this means is that you'll need to be aware of the port you used with Heimdall, or just reinstall the odin drivers (they'll overwrite the Heimdall setup).

OK so i tried what you mentioned in that thread on the connection issue and unfortunately it didn't work. is there a way i could start fresh? like delete all the drivers from my computer and then try it again, or do u not think that would work? im open to any ideas/suggestions right now because i hate having an extra paperweight and the thought of buying a new phone.

Don't know if this'll help or even why it worked for me but, when I had problems with odin recognizing my phone, I reinstalled/repaired samsung kies and odin would work for at least one flash.
Note: used full odin (not oneclick)
Good luck

hey guys thanks a bunch i finally got it to work. i had to use a different computer like you said. What a great feeling to have a functional phone again..
Thanks Again!!

So i got the phone back up and running android 2.1 and I would like to get it back to the stock 2.3 I had before the whole mess of rooting and stuff. but when i try to upgrade with kies or straight on the phone it ends up failing and telling me to try it again. any ideas why this is happening? or how to fix it.

blackjack54 said:
So i got the phone back up and running android 2.1 and I would like to get it back to the stock 2.3 I had before the whole mess of rooting and stuff. but when i try to upgrade with kies or straight on the phone it ends up failing and telling me to try it again. any ideas why this is happening? or how to fix it.
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Kies sucks lol
look at my sig the first "go to" has the One Click Odin file to get you to stock and rooted 2.3 ...should take no more then 5 mins to do it

the link on that page for the 1 click odin doesnt work.

Try looking >>HERE<<. There are more one clicks there than you will ever need (hopefully)

Thanks I think I might try one of those. But considering what happened earlier in the week i want to clarify/ask a few ?s about that page. How do I know which Gingerbread to use of the 3 listed? How do I know whether or not to click the one with or without the bootloader? I'm new at this with android but I used to flash roms on my old windows mobile htc TILT.

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Thanks I think I might try one of those. But considering what happened earlier in the week i want to clarify/ask a few ?s about that page. How do I know which Gingerbread to use of the 3 listed? How do I know whether or not to click the one with or without the bootloader? I'm new at this with android but I used to flash roms on my old windows mobile htc TILT.
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if you have never flashed GB bootloaders, you need to. Just oonce will work from that time forward. After you flash bootloaders, it's best to avoid them. A bad bootloader flash is one of the few things that will turn a Captivate into a paperwight. About which GB to use, I would say KK4. Its the same as the Official KK4 that was released. So to recap, flash bootloaders only once, then use no bootloader packages after that.

Im not sure if I unlocked them or not honestly. I know i had the phone rooted at one point and was running Cerberus rom. is there any way for me to check?

If you don't know, flash them.

ok i apologize in advance if this is a stupid obvious question..i got the odin one click and i was looking at the page u referred to me to and im wondering what the kernel is for? you cant place it in the odin one click obviously so is that just to keep things together or do i actually need it?

The kernel links are just to use if you want to root the stock rom. You have to use full Odin for those. Stick with the one click until you feel more comfortable in flashing AND do a lot research before your next flash.

so i got the KK1 gingerbread working and everything seems to work fine but now my data doesnt work. So I cant get ATT 3g or edge or anything the only internet i recieve is wifi. anyone know why this is? or how to fix it. ive tried a reboot and nothing ive tried changing the settings under network settings.

Help recovering from softbrick

Hey XDA, it's been a while. I tried to flash stock JF6 on my cappy last night and things went to hell.
The phone now only starts up for a forced download mode (inserting battery while holding volume buttons). When attached to Odin3-One-Click, it can begin the reset but crashes to a solid grey/pink/red screen when installing factoryfs.rfs, and then refuses to start up again for a couple of minutes. The previous ROM was cognition 4, I believe, alongside the CogKernel. I'm working with Windows 7 x64, which I understand can cause problems, but I don't really have a choice here.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled the Samsung drivers from the official Odin3 thread, restarting between each step. I've tried changing USB ports. I've also tried to flash with Heimdall, but it only sees the device as "Gadget Serial" and can't work with it.
What do I try next? When the phone comes back to life I'll be trying Odin with compatibility mode, but I don't know what else to do. Please save me!

Are you flashing with or without bootloaders? If without, try flashing a stock rom with them.
Also, look in my signature for the "Captivate Connection Issues" thread. That has some additional things you might be able to try.

jmtheiss said:
Are you flashing with or without bootloaders? If without, try flashing a stock rom with them.
Also, look in my signature for the "Captivate Connection Issues" thread. That has some additional things you might be able to try.
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I'm using the Odin3 from DG's page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
I do not get to choose what installs, however, I have Odin3v1.85 Multi Downloader that allows me to select files. Could you link me to a ROM that I should use?

Try GB 2.3.5 i897ucKK4
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Try GB 2.3.5 i897ucKK4
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Ok, my question then would be - Bootloaders or no bootloaders? (I'm assuming I should go with bootloaders unless told otherwise)
EDIT: Bigger problem - the phone is taking longer and longer to recover from crashes. Last time I only waited a matter of minutes before it could get back to download mode, this time I've waited 20 and it still hasn't fixed itself.

U may have some hardware issues then.
But if it gets going u will need the GB Bootloaders in order to run GB.
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Damn, it's really unresponsive now. 50 minutes wasn't enough this time. I'm getting worried, I can't remember how many tries it took last night, and I really need my phone back. A failed flash during the transfer of factoryfs.rfs shouldn't hardbrick anything, should it?

Nope. That should not at all. Just a failure during the boot.bin and/or sbl.bin would cause a hard brick...or mismatched bootloaders between froyo and gb.
Which specific Odin3 one click did u use ?? Gotta link to it or the thread ??

BTW I haven't even tried GB yet. I'm still waiting for it to "cool down" from the last crash. I don't know why it's doing this now, since I had it in download mode an hour and a half ago and didn't crash it or anything.

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Which specific Odin3 one click did u use ?? Gotta link to it or the thread ??
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The one specified in my second post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989

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Ok thx. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't the Stock jf6 with the "3 button fix".
Well i hope it gets going for ya. Not sure what could be the problem.....do u have another battery to try out in the phone ?? -- Just tryin to think of what may have gone awry.
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I don't think it's the battery, though just before I flashed I had a 0% battery level erroneously detected.
UPDATE: The device is starting again, but now it only shows up in windows as "unknown device" and windows reports that it's malfunctioning. I'm restarting now.

Sorry for the double post, I think this is relevant though.
Now that the phone powers on to the download screen, I can plug it in to the computer but now receive an "Unknown Device!" error. Honestly this is just ridiculous, especially since I had no trouble transferring some of the Odin files. I'm downloading Puppy Linux now to see if Heimdall will pull me out of this.
UPDATE: The first time I started Heimdall on Linux it was able to detect the phone, but failed after the LOKE handshake part. Now it no longer sees the phone. I'm beginning to think there's something wrong with the USB port, even though it worked fine for file transfers just 2 days ago.
UPDATE 2: Good news everyone! The same linux install on a different laptop was able to see the device, and Heimdall could get all the way to "rebooting device" using the cyanogenmod kernel. However, the CM package doesn't seem to include bootloaders, so I can't actually start up the phone after downloading. I just realized that 4-2 also linked to Heimdall compatible bootloaders, so I'll be trying those now.

Jergling said:
Sorry for the double post, I think this is relevant though.
Now that the phone powers on to the download screen, I can plug it in to the computer but now receive an "Unknown Device!" error. Honestly this is just ridiculous, especially since I had no trouble transferring some of the Odin files. I'm downloading Puppy Linux now to see if Heimdall will pull me out of this.
UPDATE: The first time I started Heimdall on Linux it was able to detect the phone, but failed after the LOKE handshake part. Now it no longer sees the phone. I'm beginning to think there's something wrong with the USB port, even though it worked fine for file transfers just 2 days ago.
UPDATE 2: Good news everyone! The same linux install on a different laptop was able to see the device, and Heimdall could get all the way to "rebooting device" using the cyanogenmod kernel. However, the CM package doesn't seem to include bootloaders, so I can't actually start up the phone after downloading. I just realized that 4-2 also linked to Heimdall compatible bootloaders, so I'll be trying those now.
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UPDATE 3: It turned out the problem was with the first laptop's USB setup. Every port is attached to an internal replicator, which I believe was the problem. I hooked it up to an old Toshiba and the Heimdall version of UCKK4 installed flawlessly. Now I'm running CM9 and it's amazing. Thanks 4-2ndtwin!