Hello Everybody
Iwant someone to help me really. My captivate unbootable I forget to disable the phone's internal memory, so I partitioned what I thought was the sdcard. so by cheking the sdcard is not partition it mean that the internal memory partitions, the Rom that wre installed will not boot. What should I do to my Phone? I weighed the button vol+ vol- and power to go into recovery but nothing is happening. please help me
How to unbrick the totally bricked captivate
Read the stickies and use the search button.
Download Odin.
Get to download mode.
Flash to stock.
Flash custom rom over the stock garbage.
Profit?
You just need to relax. I know it can make you anxious, but just calm down and READ. Believe me, I've been there. Its pretty tough to brick a cappy. Search google (xda cant boot my captivate) take your time and learn. Screwing with a phone can be nerve wracking, thats the price you pay. Have faith in yourself.
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Hello tk you for your help but I had already used odin et odin3 but each times It was an error message in red. There another method?
What did the error message say
MIUI
The error message was Fail in Red
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Well I was caught my the new MIUI ROM i saw this morning and decided to switch from Bionix. I have flashed many phones and farmiliar with the process. I left my phone alone while the install occured. I watched it wipe data and cache. Now when it powers up, the samsung logo appears for 2 seconds and a quick I9000 logo flashes for like .25 of a second. The 3 button method to force it into recovery. I dont have a usable copy of windows to boot camp from my mac so ODIN is currently not an option.
I can get the phone into download mode so i know its not a lost sailor, i just need a mac solution without booting windows. I really dont want a refurb replacement from warranty either
You want heimdall.
Yup. heimdall rocks
samsung screen of death...
LinuxBozo said:
You want heimdall.
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SO here goes...
first off i am rooted, have all appropriate drivers, etc, have used dab to root.
I am a total newb, and was experiencing issues flashing a new ROM. when trying to install the zip through cwm the phone said "signature verification failed" or something to that extent. so being the deductive thinker that I am, I formatted everything: boot, system, sd, etc. After doing this, I realized that I totally wiped out all the files on the internal sd.
so i downloaded the heimdall one click- it connects but fails regardless of whether i flash boot loader.
i can access blue 3e recovery and download mode.
now. i want to know if it is possible to push or even install a ROM through adb. I've been playing around with it all day and have gotten nowhere.
i thought maybe i could load up a rom to an external sd but obviously you can't mount an extsd in cwm.
am i screwed?
ill gladly donate through paypal if someone can help me get my baby up and running again. i do not want to be using my nokia from middle school anymore!!
thank you in advance for ANY help you can give me.
Rob
Never been rooted. My phone froze so I took out the battery and when I turned it back on, the phone was stuck on the boot logo. I've entered into the hboot menu by holding down the down volume key + power. I selected "Factory Reset " but it does nothing. I also tried selecting "Recovery Mode", which makes some green arrows appear, then the phone vibrates about 6 times in a row and goes blank.
Can I load a ROM or something to save the phone?
I also tried removing the SD card when booting, plugging the phone into the PC, etc. Nothing.
Running Gingerbread 2.3.4
I've never rooted or anything but I can follow directions if there's a way. Thanks a lot for reading.
Oh, and when I plug the phone into the computer, it appears to create a drive letter in My Computer, but when I click the drive, it doesn't open.
Should I just warranty out this phone or is there any hope? thanks.
confirm your sd card is good first.
flash your phone with the rom you like.
I think it will be ok after you flash it.
RussianSpring said:
Never been rooted. My phone froze so I took out the battery and when I turned it back on, the phone was stuck on the boot logo. I've entered into the hboot menu by holding down the down volume key + power. I selected "Factory Reset " but it does nothing. I also tried selecting "Recovery Mode", which makes some green arrows appear, then the phone vibrates about 6 times in a row and goes blank.
Can I load a ROM or something to save the phone?
I also tried removing the SD card when booting, plugging the phone into the PC, etc. Nothing.
Running Gingerbread 2.3.4
I've never rooted or anything but I can follow directions if there's a way. Thanks a lot for reading.
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Goto the glacier forum. Download the factory img file found in the rooting topics. Boot into recovery and let it flash completely. Should be good.
Or... U have a bad emmc and it is toastito's...
How do I flash the phone once I boot into recovery? do I drag and drop the IMG file somewhere on the SD card?
Sorry for the noobness.
When I plug the phone into the PC, a drive letter appears in My Computer - but nothing happens when I click it. Once I put it in recovery, the drive letter disappears.
How would I go about flashing if I don't have access to the files on the SD card?
Okay I got access to my SD card by plugging my SD card into a different phone then the computer.
There is no root folder available when doing it this way - so where would I install the flash file to?
**** never mind, I get what they mean by root...sorry, I'm retarded *****
I think I got it, I'll give this a try.
Okay. All it does is in Hboot, it checks and loads PDIMG15.ZIP, but then it just takes me back to the Hboot menu and the phone is still stuck on the boot screen.
it says...
"SD Checking PD15IMM.ZIP
No image or wrong image!"
Then reverts back to Hboot menu. Tryed formatting the SD card. Will try a different SD card next.
Different 8gb SD card = same results. No image or wrong image.
Appreciate it if anyone has a fix on this.
If anyone else is having this issue, I found a solution:
Go to T-Mobile and buy a SG2.
Problem solved.
This is supposed to a big Android site? thanks for nothing, guys!
I ended up just getting a new phone. Appreciate no one helping. Awesome awesome.
RussianSpring said:
This is supposed to a big Android site? thanks for nothing, guys!
I ended up just getting a new phone. Appreciate no one helping. Awesome awesome.
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Actually you are in the general section question and answers. There is an Android Section Questions and Answers, and better than that...wait for it...A MYTOUCH 4G QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS!!! Imagine that!! Im quite sure you would have gotten the answers you needed had you done a little searching and posted in the correct spot. Good luck with your new phone!
Maybe someone could of directed me there sooner? This site is confusing if it's your first time.
I know this is free...just saying. My post got a lot of views but almost no response.
Whatever. It's all good...thanks for replying.
Etrick said:
Goto the glacier forum. Download the factory img file found in the rooting topics. Boot into recovery and let it flash completely. Should be good.
Or... U have a bad emmc and it is toastito's...
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This is a great site. This is/was your Answer!
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RussianSpring said:
Maybe someone could of directed me there sooner? This site is confusing if it's your first time.
I know this is free...just saying. My post got a lot of views but almost no response.
Whatever. It's all good...thanks for replying.
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There is a search bar ...there is forums..... each forum sorted out bu the phone you have each of those forums having subforums to "general Q&a development" and so on.... my question is if you didnt have it rooted why not just take it to the store directly??? Problems like that will asure new a new phone regardless....
Just my 2 cents
oh and this is an amazing site....
rooted 100's of phones with out ever joining and ive finally joined
....crazy how the search bar takes you long ways
I have made a big mistake and tried upgrading my phones firmware to install a costume rom.
Phone: HTC Sensation 4G
Company: Tmobile
I downloaded it the wrong firmware now my phone keeps restarting to the main htc screen over and over it wont get past that, I tried doing a factory reset but I'm not sure if it went trough. I'm done toying around with my phone I just want to go back to the the stock version of htc please help me. I can't afford to buy another phone.
Thank you so much.
Fredy
I'm a newbie, too. So get my advice in doubt.
As far as I read from forum, Task29 clears the ROM all. Then you can install a ROM freshly. May be you can search sbout doing Task29 on your device.
Download a compatible rom from the net to your computer and transfer it to the SD card using a USB cable (or just use the restore option in the recovery menu if you backed up the previous rom, which you should have). Then boot into recovery by turning your phone on, wait 1 second then press volume down then volume up to recovery and flash the new rom you just put on the SD card.
Good luck
If you can't get into recovery mode then I don't have a clue, sorry.
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If u can't get into recovery, u have to push the rom to the phone via adb. There's a thread somewhere on how to do it. Search it
Hit THANKS if I helped u
This is my first thread that i ever needed to start on anything on phones so please understand that i'm REALLY DESPERATE i have looked in a ton of places for this fix and i tried to use clockworkmod and ended up doing that correctly but when i tried to restore it it say i dont have any backups nor recovery files and i tried putting cynagenmod on my sd card but it couldnt find the file and then i tried to use NFFLASH and make it stock android again but nothing happened and ended up stuck on the blue logo screen again. please i dont know what to do
Which version of Cyanogenmod is it? Put it on the root of your SD card. Is it already on the internal storage? I believe when you click "install from .zip" or something of the equivalent there's an option to select "choose from internal storage".
You can boot back into clockwork mod by turning the phone off, holding down the power and volume down buttons until the lg logo with the BLUE background appears, then release.
I was trying to install cynagen mod 7.01 from Rom manager but it froze in the logo screen and so i took out the battery and put it back on and it still continued to do that. After that i used CWM but i didnt have any ROMS to restore it and before it didnt correctly make my backup so i just want to restore it like the way it used to but i dont know where to put it in my sd card
crazian425 said:
This is my first thread that i ever needed to start on anything on phones so please understand that i'm REALLY DESPERATE i have looked in a ton of places for this fix and i tried to use clockworkmod and ended up doing that correctly but when i tried to restore it it say i dont have any backups nor recovery files and i tried putting cynagenmod on my sd card but it couldnt find the file and then i tried to use NFFLASH and make it stock android again but nothing happened and ended up stuck on the blue logo screen again. please i dont know what to do
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Your sentence is incredibly long. Gave up after the desperate grab for attention. You may have wiped your backups by mistake. It happens. I did it not once, but twice. Give us more info so we can help. ROM, kernel, etc. A list of apps you run on a daily basis would be helpful.
crazian425 said:
I was trying to install cynagen mod 7.01 from Rom manager but it froze in the logo screen and so i took out the battery and put it back on and it still continued to do that. After that i used CWM but i didnt have any ROMS to restore it and before it didnt correctly make my backup so i just want to restore it like the way it used to but i dont know where to put it in my sd card
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Never use rom manager to install on this phone, you'll continue to run into this problem.
Can you access your phone storage when it's plugged into your computer? If you can, drop CM onto it at the root directory, put it back into your phone, boot into CWM and install the zip.
i think my rom was stock rom 2.3.4 before i tried flashing cynagenmod the apps arent very important to me and i only had this phone for a week because i got too excited about the dual core.
Follow the instructions HERE to the letter. You'll go back to stock and you'll have to root your phone again (if that's what you want to do) but it should get you up and running again.
In future, search, search, and search some more. I assure you, most problems people have had have been discussed and probably solved on these forums.
Welcome to XDA!
What is the name for this process of trying to restore my device from blue logo screen? If i know the name of the issue im trying to fix maybe i can start searching for the guides. I can't really access my internal or sd card when i plug in my usb and i don't really understand what the problem i ran into if its even fixable or not. The link you've sent me for the guide i'm trying right now but i can't just sit here and wait for an hour. Feedback is really appreciated
crazian425 said:
What is the name for this process of trying to restore my device from blue logo screen? If i know the name of the issue im trying to fix maybe i can start searching for the guides. I can't really access my internal or sd card when i plug in my usb and i don't really understand what the problem i ran into if its even fixable or not. The link you've sent me for the guide i'm trying right now but i can't just sit here and wait for an hour. Feedback is really appreciated
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The whole process (if done correctly) should take but about 15 minutes give or take. What you'll be doing is Flashing Stock Recovery. Download the file provided in the link I gave, and then follow each instruction exactly as it says. Shouldn't be a need to Google any guides as this spell it out for you. Just have read and execute.
If you used NvFlash/One Click Recovery to flash Clockwork Mod to your device then you should already have the APX driver installed on your computer. In that case, half of the battle is already done.
But, if you installed your recovery using Rom Manager, then I would download the APX driver and go through the whole process in the guide I've linked from start to finish.
Hey there, apologies in advance if I have submitted this thread in the wrong section. I really looked as hard as I could before posting.
Well I rooted my phone, got super user on there, then got clockworkmod red, and then attempted to put the ice cream sandwich mod on my phone, thats where everything went sour. Phone would not go past screen that says samsung. I tried a few times to get it to go past that point, and just nothing. I then attempted to use odin to have my phone put back, but now I cannot even get the phone to open up clockworkmod.
To put it very simply. The only thing I have access to now is the download option (holding both volume up and down while inserting the usb cable from the computer) I have searched the internet high and low for something to run through odin to put my phone back to the way it was. I keep coming up with dead links and long dead downloads. I was able to use the gtg ultimate unbrick, but all that managed to accomplish was to have my phone say at&t instead of rogers.
Im still at the screen that says samsung, with no access to a recovery menu at this point. I only have the download option.
Can anyone help me salvage my phone?
edit: I appear to have been able to reput clockworkmod back on the phone with odin. Thats all I have been able to do.
When flashing any ics Rom/port from.gingerbread/red recovery you will need to double flash...I'm seeing a lot of people.with bricks lately and I think the problem is they are not reading enough before flashing ics...
So you have cwm correct? Boot into cwm by holding volume up down and power button. If you have no roms hen go to mounts and storage and mount USB then plug it into the pc and copy over the Rom...if its gingerbread Rom.just one flash...if its ics then flash, you will get stuck on Samsung screen so boot back into cwm...you will either boot into a blue or some distorted rainbowy cwm...just reflash he Rom
If you can't do that...then idk what else to do as I don't know much about rogers phones and what is and isn't compatible with them...but u would suggest qksters heimdal one click back to stock uclb3...its always worked for me...but not sure if it will work with rogers...
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Mytheos said:
Hey there, apologies in advance if I have submitted this thread in the wrong section. I really looked as hard as I could before posting.
Well I rooted my phone, got super user on there, then got clockworkmod red, and then attempted to put the ice cream sandwich mod on my phone, thats where everything went sour. Phone would not go past screen that says samsung. I tried a few times to get it to go past that point, and just nothing. I then attempted to use odin to have my phone put back, but now I cannot even get the phone to open up clockworkmod.
To put it very simply. The only thing I have access to now is the download option (holding both volume up and down while inserting the usb cable from the computer) I have searched the internet high and low for something to run through odin to put my phone back to the way it was. I keep coming up with dead links and long dead downloads. I was able to use the gtg ultimate unbrick, but all that managed to accomplish was to have my phone say at&t instead of rogers.
Im still at the screen that says samsung, with no access to a recovery menu at this point. I only have the download option.
Can anyone help me salvage my phone?
edit: I appear to have been able to reput clockworkmod back on the phone with odin. Thats all I have been able to do.
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If u can get to dl ur fine
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331381
Use this link/program from download mode to get to stock 2.3.6.
Wait, if you can get to download mode, you can reflash JScott's option C from here, then get into CWM red, flash the ICS of your choice, reboot into CWM blue (press and hold vol up/vol dn/power 5 seconds when stuck at sammy screen), wipe data/cache/dalvik, reboot and you should have ICS.
I understand that some people will never get "it", but reading the entire post for flashing/modding firmware is a MUST.