i cant get my captivate in recovery mode i need to master clear it because its locked and i dont know the password someone help i dont know what to do
What have you done in order to get into recovery?
Vol up and down and power, let go when at&t screen comes up
I am not sure you can just factory reset in click quirk to remove an un lock code
I think you can reflash software using odin
yea i tried using the volume buttons and power but it doesnt wanna work for nothing i been trying all damn day
Have you tried getting into download mode
Take battery sim and ext sd out
Put battery back in
Hold vol up and down
While holding plug usb in (should be connected to pc)
By the way how did your screen get locked? Do you have usb debugging enabled
a lil child was playing with it and locked it while i had it sittin down but usb debugging is off and i tried that also
what is your build number, located under battery, my guess is 1008
yep 1008 man i kno u can help me some how
There is a known issue with some 1008 build phones, where button combos don't work.
Hmmmm. No button combos, no usb debugging. Its your phone rooted, have you flashed any roms?
I am really not sure you may need to reach out to samsung/at&t
its stock not rooted
Well you have done nothing wrong and the fact that you cannot get into recovery is a product fault.
Wait, a jig should get you into download mode
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0aoabVtPJ8
Watch this. If you can get into download mode you can use odin to flash stock software back onto your phone. You will lose your contacts, settings, and apps
I an guessing you have no idea what odin is
i kno what it is thanks imma try it
Pm me if you need more help I will offer anything I got. Good luck
Odin with three button fix. If you are lucky enough to get to this point. It will hopefully fix your issue going forward
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439
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I've been using custom roms for over a year with no problems, but am wondering if I'm currently facing a possibly bricked Captivate (unless I pursue the jig solution).
I'm really hoping there's another solution as I can ADB into my phone, but it still won't accept reboot download commands, it just simply reboots.
So technically, I can send commands to my phone with ADB, but download mode just doesn't want to work.
Are there any other avenues I can pursue?
I've tried various 3 button combo tricks to enter download mode and the aforementioned ADB reboot download.
I've been actively searching for a solution for 3 hours now and wouldn't post here if I wasn't desperate.
Same thing happened to me. Jig fixed it all.
BelvedereWRX said:
I've been using custom roms for over a year with no problems, but am wondering if I'm currently facing a possibly bricked Captivate (unless I pursue the jig solution).
I'm really hoping there's another solution as I can ADB into my phone, but it still won't accept reboot download commands, it just simply reboots.
So technically, I can send commands to my phone with ADB, but download mode just doesn't want to work.
Are there any other avenues I can pursue?
I've tried various 3 button combo tricks to enter download mode and the aforementioned ADB reboot download.
I've been actively searching for a solution for 3 hours now and wouldn't post here if I wasn't desperate.
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Try this:
Open Odin and plug the cable into your computer only not your phone
Remove your battery from your phone
Wait 30 seconds and put it back in, don't turn your phone on
Hold both volume buttons down and then plug the cable into your phone, it should go into download mode.
jhernand1102 said:
Try this:
Open Odin and plug the cable into your computer only not your phone
Remove your battery from your phone
Wait 30 seconds and put it back in, don't turn your phone on
Hold both volume buttons down and then plug the cable into your phone, it should go into download mode.
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Just tried, but no go.
This thing really doesn't want to enter DL mode.
try a few more times mine did that i thought it was bricked did it like 10 x before it worked, just make sure you open and close odin each time, then plug phone in with it off holding both volume buttons, if doesnt work remove battery pull cable put battery back close odin reopen odin, hold volume buttons and insert cable
BelvedereWRX said:
Just tried, but no go.
This thing really doesn't want to enter DL mode.
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Well if that doesn't work then I think you need to make or buy a jig to force it to download mode.
ok so i went to AT&T webiste to install 2.2. well not my phone is stuck on a black screen with the cell phone ! PC picture.. I have tried to hold teh volume keys and power etc.. nothing all i get is that picture.. What can i do to fix this tonite??
Buy a jig. You would have come to that conclusion already if you had bothered searching the forums.
Pull battery, sim, external sd. Put battery back in. hold just volume up and down, plug in usb. Do you get to an android guy with s shovel? If so you will likely recovery tonight. If not you will need a usb jig
mcord11758 said:
Pull battery, sim, external sd. Put battery back in. hold just volume up and down, plug in usb. Do you get to an android guy with s shovel? If so you will likely recovery tonight. If not you will need a usb jig
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^ This. People don't always need a jig. (most cases they won't). Try that first then if every way imaginable of doing that fails. Build a jig (if you know how, there's a thread around here somewhere) or buy one.
well now if anything was CLEAR on the steps to fix this i wouldn't be asking..
I get the android with the shovel sometimes, but when i started the mini keis the install fails.. wants me to do emergency recovery which i do then that fails. that is when i get the cell ! pc screen..
sorry if i am asking.. just new to this and this was my first post..
Forget kies for now, that is not going to help you now, you can get to that screen though correct?
Pull your battery, on the left side on the white sticker is your build number. Something like 1008. What is yours
This should help in many cases.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944418
Flash stock software.
It might just be that you need a new usb cable because I had the same problem where it seem to get stuck when I tried to flash the new firmware and I got the same screen you got but I tried a different usb cable and it worked.
Come on mods do some modding
i think the build # is 1083
I just changed the usb cord. followed these steps:
This only works for the captivate, not any other galaxy s variant.
Situations: phone-!-Computer / no download mode
Black Screen / RST_STATUS 0x0
Procedure:
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Connect usb cable.
5. Hold volume up + volume down + Power.
6. Insert battery.
7. Release POWER BUTTON ONLY.
You should now be in immediate download mode.
Get the android guy with shovel.. downloading etc..
I looked at the odin screen and it shows:
0:[COM7} in the ID:com
But feels like nothing is happening..
sorry sticker says CE1068!
Redjules8 said:
sorry sticker says CE1068!
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there is no model 1068 or 1083
Redjules8 said:
ok so i went to AT&T webiste to install 2.2. well not my phone is stuck on a black screen with the cell phone ! PC picture.. I have tried to hold teh volume keys and power etc.. nothing all i get is that picture.. What can i do to fix this tonite??
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If you're trying to upgrade to 2.2 from AT&T then you don't need to enter download mode or recovery mode. First make sure that USB debugging is unchecked.
Go to Menu>Settings>Applications>Development
Go back to Applications>USB Settings
(Recommended) Check ask on connection
Assuming you already have the drivers installed, open Kies mini as this is how to install the update. Plug in the USB cord, check the Kies (firmware update) button on the phone and wait for Kies mini to find your phone.
If it finds your phone it will do the rest. Just be patient. Good Luck!
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If you're trying to upgrade to 2.2 from AT&T then you don't need to enter download mode or recovery mode. First make sure that USB debugging is unchecked.
Go to Menu>Settings>Applications>Development
Go back to Applications>USB Settings
(Recommended) Check ask on connection
Assuming you already have the drivers installed, open Kies mini as this is how to install the update. Plug in the USB cord, check the Kies (firmware update) button on the phone and wait for Kies mini to find your phone.
If it finds your phone it will do the rest. Just be patient. Good Luck!
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Good one.. I like how you just gave him a bunch of advice he can't really use in a soft-brick situation, even after quoting him saying that he's soft bricked
I do this regularly (switching between roms and kernals). The easiest way I fix it is to use Odin3_v1.0 and just load some random pda/kernal/modem files in there and run it. When it gets into the OS, just turn it off and use Odin3 to put I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 back on it. Works every time.
i have a samsung captivate (build 1012) that i recently soft bricked and so far i have found no way to get it into download mode to revive it. i have used odin one click and flashed other roms before and im not new to all of this, but this one is just not working out so well. it was on serendipity 6.4 and i wanted to update to serendipity 7 beta 2 so i downloaded all the files i needed and went into download mode to flash gingerbread. odin went just fine until it reached the step where it says "do not power off target" and then froze and didnt go any further than that. so i unplugged the phone and every button combination i know to put it into download mode to run through odin one click and it simply wont do it. it is stuck on the phone-!-pc screen and thats all it will do. i have tried the gb bootloader button combinations and froyo combinations. im about to just order a jig because it looks like thats all i can do. has anyone else had something similar happen? i need all the help i can get.
I have experience in this area but not with Samsung devices. Is the bootloader unlockable, and if so have you unlocked it. Also, have you gotten any software on your computer to recognize your phone?
i have unlocked it and i do have the 64 bit drivers for my phone (im running windows 7 64 bit) and i have always been able to do this but i think odin screwed up my ability to get into download mode because of my build number :/
What Screen do you get when you power on? Phone ! Computer? Or something else?
Sent from my Galaxy S Firefly 3.0
Can you get any sign of fastboot protocol support, or Koushs Clockworkmod recovery. You said you have installed the drivers, but when you plug it into your computer does your computer recognize your device as anything. Sorry about this whole situation
Hey i found this. I have not the slightest clue if it will help you but i will post it here just in case.
So far this has been the only sure fire method I've found to 100% get around any brick situation regardless of firmware, etc. This only works for the captivate, not any other galaxy s variant.
Situations: phone-!-Computer / no download mode
Black Screen / RST_STATUS 0x0
Procedure:
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Connect usb cable.
5. Hold volume up + volume down + Power.
6. Insert battery.
7. Release POWER BUTTON ONLY.
You should now be in immediate download mode.
Make sure to try this a few times if it does not work imediately.
I hope it works and wish for the best
yeah i get the phone ! computer screen, thats all it will do no matter what combination i try
Try this
Here is another thing to try as button combinations, removing the sdcard and sim seem to be the only possible way out of this
What worked for me was: Pull the battery, sim and micro sd card. Open odin on the PC. Insert the battery. Hold vol up and down then with the buttons held connect the usb cable. Ju..st remember to plug in the usb cable with the vol up and down held in and odin must be open on the computer.
With your current luck this will probably not work but anything is worth a try
From the Phone ! PC screen I've flashed stocked roms. If Odin can see your phone from this screen you don't need to enter download mode because your technically already in an alternate download mode. In theory you should be able to just Flash to stock from the Phone ! PC screen.
Sent from my Galaxy S Firefly 3.0
Does Odin recognize it and did you fix it?
Well I never got the buttons to work :/ but I made a jig from a few resistors and my baby is back once again haha
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
I do have one other issue though, I still want to flash serendipity 7 but when I try it odin freezes on "do not turn off target" after setting pit file. Any advice? Its the odin version that comes with serendipity 7. I believe 1.72 or something
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
I need help getting the wife's phone out of safe mode. I rooted the phone and its on a stock rooted 2.2.1 rom and if you do a restart it loads the the boot loader screen and I can pick recovery and then restart but it still boots in to safe mode says it in the bottom left corner. She has apps and stuff on there so trying to get everything back but not really sure how to get this fixed. Also have pulled the battery out and still no luck going to safe mode. I guess if I can't get it fixed can I install a factory stock rom back on it to fix this? I know if I do she will lose everything. Just need the best option to get this fixed.
Thanks
"Safe mode"???? I've never heard of that.
Yeah it the bottom left corner of the phone it says safe mode it says it down near the home icon and over top off the circle with the up arrow. It looks like it may only load mainly core apps and some others but not all kind of like a windows pc in safe mode. And like I said I've pulled the battery out and rebooted and still says it and also from the boot loader screen picked recovery and then restart and once booted it still says it in the bottom left corner.
I gotta ask... Are you sure this is an Inspire?
Yes this is a inspire. I'm at work and once I get home I will use my inspire and take a pic of the screen with it saying it and upload it here. Mine I just got and haven't rooted it yet still a little unsure on the new way so you may see some questions from me on it a little later.
I have seen people stuck in safe mode . The guy was stuck in hboot and would not boot up. somehow he managed to boot it up but he said it was in safe mode. he was going to flash the gingerbread ruu, but havent gotten an update.
you posted in the thread gene it was titled bricked.
as to the question isse here. you might have to flash a new rom, though not ideal. But google does a good job of backing up apps/settings
I'll be damned:
http://www.technipages.com/htc-hero-start-in-safe-mode.html
This seems more applicable to the Inspire:
http://www.myvusers.com/forums/htc-thunderbolt/7426-safe-mode-htc-thunderbolt-adr6400.html
I'll try and see if one of these works. I think I read some where about the hero and tried it but may not have. So will give it a shot.
Thanks
sreadesjr said:
I'll try and see if one of these works. I think I read some where about the hero and tried it but may not have. So will give it a shot.
Thanks
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Apparently the hero has a "hard" menu key. The Inspire does not so you have to ue a different "hard" key. I tried it and the thunderbolt method works for the Inspire (using VOL "hard" key).
It was mentioned over on #liberatedAria that you may have a stuck VOL-UP key so it goes into safe mode every time you boot.
Ok thanks Gene I'll try it for the thunderbolt method. Like you said the key maybe stuck. So when you powered back on you held power and vol up key and it turned safe mode off for you then? Just checking cause not sure if vol down does any thing or you always use the up vol.
sreadesjr said:
Ok thanks Gene I'll try it for the thunderbolt method. Like you said the key maybe stuck. So when you powered back on you held power and vol up key and it turned safe mode off for you then? Just checking cause not sure if vol down does any thing or you always use the up vol.
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No, I just rebooted. That's why we thought the key might be stuck.
yeah I think it is the vol key stuck as soon as you try to turn phone on it just goes to hboot screen. Sense I do believe the volume key is stuck does anyone know how hard it would be to fix this problem? I'm sure I can order a new volume button on ebay but not sure that will fix the problem. I need to get it fixed so I can get it back to factory rom so I then can take it back to AT&T cause I do have insurance on the phone but don't believe they will take it back cause of it loading to the hboot screen menu.
Can anyone give me any suggestions on what to do to get this fixed? And would it be possible to use the stock rom or stock exe file to put it back to stock form to take it back to AT&T to get it repaired or can I repair this problem myself by ordering a new volume key off ebay.
You should try gene pooles s-on tool in the Dev section. Since you have insurance I would just have it replaced
I'm a newb to Android so please forgive me if I don't have my terms correct. Long story short, I returned my Skyrocket to stock using Odin3 v1.85 with the SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane.tar and got a PASSED! result.
By the way I had a hell of a time getting it to go into download mode. The three button solution would not work for my device (kept going into recovery mode). If anyone else has this problem I had to remove the battery and SIM card. Hold Up/Down Volume while plugging in the USB cable (no need to hold the power btn).
I need to take the phone to AT&T because the data service isn't working and I was wondering if they can tell whether or not it was rooted before I used Odin to unroot. How do you read the binary counter to see if my Flash count is correct? I'm assuming that's how AT&T would check the device to see if it was ever rooted.
If there is another thread regarding this I apologize, please point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance.
- dkaspian
The three button trick is not supposed to be used for going into download mode.
The volume + usb at the same time is.
Three buttons is for going into recovery mode.
One of those two modes should show you how many times it's hit the counter. I don't remember which. But I saw it just the other day.
I took my phone in to ATT to get a warranty replacement for some screen issues.
They never even looked at the phone, other than for me to show them the issue with the display. But if you're having OS issues then they may (or may not) look at this as a source of the problem.
What's wrong with your data service?
OP, power off your phone and pull your battery. Plug it back in and then hold down both volume keys while plugging in the usb cable which is connected to your computer. Continue holding the vol keys and you should see a download screen. Let go of the buttons and then tap vol up. You should see the counter here.
Sent from my Samsung GSII Skyrocket (SGH-I727) using xda premium
The 4g icon mysteriously disappeared and I could not get access to email, web or any other data related service. After I unrooted and restored to factory default the data services began to work again. I originally rooted so I could enable tethering (and it worked) but after reading several articles and threads regarding AT&T cracking down I decided not to put it to use. I may root again at a later date when cyangenmod has a version that works with the Skyrocket but my understanding is the current version wont work with the Skyrocket. Thanks for your help.
Rooting does not affect your data. You can use a rooted stock rom. Did u incorrectly flash a rom or restore apps and system data ?
dkaspian said:
I'm a newb to Android so please forgive me if I don't have my terms correct. Long story short, I returned my Skyrocket to stock using Odin3 v1.85 with the SGH-I727-UCKJ2-k0nane.tar and got a PASSED! result.
By the way I had a hell of a time getting it to go into download mode. The three button solution would not work for my device (kept going into recovery mode). If anyone else has this problem I had to remove the battery and SIM card. Hold Up/Down Volume while plugging in the USB cable (no need to hold the power btn).
I need to take the phone to AT&T because the data service isn't working and I was wondering if they can tell whether or not it was rooted before I used Odin to unroot. How do you read the binary counter to see if my Flash count is correct? I'm assuming that's how AT&T would check the device to see if it was ever rooted.
If there is another thread regarding this I apologize, please point me in the right direction.
Thanks in advance.
- dkaspian
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Take a look HERE
The short simple answer is this counter doesn't count ROM flashes, it count binaries and Odin uses. The easiest way is to buy a jig from ebay and reset the damn counter. No other way around it as far as I know.
KillaHurtz said:
The short simple answer is this counter doesn't count ROM flashes, it count binaries and Odin uses. The easiest way is to buy a jig from ebay and reset the damn counter. No other way around it as far as I know.
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can someone describe what this counter is, what it counts and if its really a big deal? I'm new to android coming from a few years with iOS, does the counter really matter? will att not take it back if this counter is > a certain amount?
with iOS i'd just flash back to stock and bring it in to get it warrantied out. now, knowing there's some sort of counter i may question what roms to flash if i can't get the counter back to zero.
Hi,
I have the I727R with Rogers.
I flashed a rom once (kernel included) with CWM recovery and install zip from sdcard. Now I'm back in stock mode.
I never used odin.
I try to enter into the download mode as you mention, but none of the methods described here work.
Hold down volume + and volume - at the same time and plug the USB cable brings me in recovery mode. such as holding the power button. hold down volume + and connect the USB cable up the phone to recharge. The only way that works is to hold down volume - and press the power button or plug the USB cable. the two ways gives the same result.
And when I got download mode (mode odin). I see "CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: NO"
To return to stock mode, I used the recovery option from CWM recovery.
Is it normal that my counter is still at 0?