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How to unbrick the captivate

Last night i was flashing the rogers orignal rom through odin and my phone was on download mode. I use rogers tar file on pda and pit file that came with odin1.7 zip. So i press start nothing was happening for like 10 mins it kept saying setupconnection.... So i unplugged my usb took the battery out and the phone was bricked with cellphone and computer logo so i plugged my usb and odin recoqnized my usb that yellow box was highlighted and i press start again WOW it was flashing and got my 2.1 back. So Thanks odin for saving me. I hope this helps people with brick phone.
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Congrats on unbricking your phone without making any "OMG MY FONE IS BRICKED, WAT DO I DOOO?!?" posts.

Lmao
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sofia-captivate said:
Last night i was flashing the rogers orignal rom through odin and my phone was on download mode. I use rogers tar file on pda and pit file that came with odin1.7 zip. So i press start nothing was happening for like 10 mins it kept saying setupconnection.... So i unplugged my usb took the battery out and the phone was bricked with cellphone and computer logo so i plugged my usb and odin recoqnized my usb that yellow box was highlighted and i press start again WOW it was flashing and got my 2.1 back. So Thanks odin for saving me. I hope this helps people with brick phone.
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u r one lucky person...same thing happened to me and i am trying to get my cappy recognized but with no luck...

Hi,
I just bought a captivate (rogers) 2h ago and was trying to put my phone ready for customization and I had the same long/no moving message under odin.
I removed the phone, and now I have the phone/warning/pc icon and nothing more.
And odin doesn't recognize it at all...
Is it bricked?

Soween said:
Hi,
I just bought a captivate (rogers) 2h ago and was trying to put my phone ready for customization and I had the same long/no moving message under odin.
I removed the phone, and now I have the phone/warning/pc icon and nothing more.
And odin doesn't recognize it at all...
Is it bricked?
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use jig...it will go in download mode and u can use Odin3 v1.7 after that

Actually I used this method (from xda) :
1. power off phone
2. remove battery.
3. plug in USB cable to computer and phone (with battery out)
4. hold Vol Up and Vol Down
5. drop in the battery while still holding the vol buttons
6. in 2 secs you'll be in download mode
And now it works!!! Thanks to adzidek!!

Soween said:
Actually I used this method (from xda) :
1. power off phone
2. remove battery.
3. plug in USB cable to computer and phone (with battery out)
4. hold Vol Up and Vol Down
5. drop in the battery while still holding the vol buttons
6. in 2 secs you'll be in download mode
And now it works!!! Thanks to adzidek!!
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You made what I thought might be a major issue easy to fix. Thanks

Soween said:
Actually I used this method (from xda) :
1. power off phone
2. remove battery.
3. plug in USB cable to computer and phone (with battery out)
4. hold Vol Up and Vol Down
5. drop in the battery while still holding the vol buttons
6. in 2 secs you'll be in download mode
And now it works!!! Thanks to adzidek!!
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for this method to work, do u need ur phone to have 3 button combo working?

You guys are lucky. My phone got stuck in the factoryfs.rfs step. Now it's dead. No response to charger to power button, or 3 button combo. Nothing.
Still under warranty so I'm sending back to Samsung next week.
edit: well, I managed to get it up after struggling with my jig for a while.///

I didn't
viny2cool said:
for this method to work, do u need ur phone to have 3 button combo working?
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Pulled my cord while using odin bricked captivate. No response at all need to try linux phone still gets warm i downloaded ubuntu but dont know the process if anyone could give me a little help i would appreciate it.

If ur phone has no signs of life...even when plugged into the wall charger, then it is hard bricked.
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cumanzor said:
You guys are lucky. My phone got stuck in the factoryfs.rfs step. Now it's dead. No response to charger to power button, or 3 button combo. Nothing.
Still under warranty so I'm sending back to Samsung next week.
edit: well, I managed to get it up after struggling with my jig for a while.///
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If ur phone has no signs of life...even when plugged into the wall charger, then it is hard bricked.
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PHone still gets warm when plugged in.

Sorry...sounds like hard brick.
Check out mobiletechvideos.com for the fix.
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Built a jig fixed phone thanx
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Thanks very much, this helped me out a lot.

cumanzor said:
You guys are lucky. My phone got stuck in the factoryfs.rfs step. Now it's dead. No response to charger to power button, or 3 button combo. Nothing.
Still under warranty so I'm sending back to Samsung next week.
edit: well, I managed to get it up after struggling with my jig for a while.///
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could u pls tell how u used the jig
i too have the same problem and am unable to use the jig
i mean the jig has no effect
pls tell
regards

strategist99 said:
could u pls tell how u used the jig
i too have the same problem and am unable to use the jig
i mean the jig has no effect
pls tell
regards
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Do you have a self built jig (3x 100k resistors) or a USB jig?
USB jib is pretty straight forward, you simply put it in the phone's USB port and it will force the phone into download mode. Whether the phone is on or off doesn't matter. (You do need a charged battery in)

sofia-captivate said:
Last night i was flashing the rogers orignal rom through odin and my phone was on download mode. I use rogers tar file on pda and pit file that came with odin1.7 zip. So i press start nothing was happening for like 10 mins it kept saying setupconnection.... So i unplugged my usb took the battery out and the phone was bricked with cellphone and computer logo so i plugged my usb and odin recoqnized my usb that yellow box was highlighted and i press start again WOW it was flashing and got my 2.1 back. So Thanks odin for saving me. I hope this helps people with brick phone.
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I have to say thank you so much. I have been flashing my captivate for over two years now and have soft bricked it many times but I have always been able to 3-button or buttons with USB cable recover it. Last night my brother asked me to flash his phone to CM10. I agreed to and I was shocked with ODIN failed and got stuck on setting connection. I was even more upset when nothing would put me in download mode.
I stumbled on this thread whilst waiting for radio shack to open this morning and my stock 2.2 ODIN saw the phone! Yay. Now the phone is happily running CM10. I think this is a sign anyways that I should make a JIG anyways. Third time in need of one and yet I always find the most obscure way of getting by without it. I am such a bad elec. eng. to not have make a single usb JIG.
Thank you again for posting this so long ago. And thank you XDA for (putting me in trouble but) always having the solutions to save me.
PS. The only difference in the two phones that I can tell is mine is batch 1012 and shipped stock eclair and his is 1xxx and shipped stock froyo.

Helpppppppp.....

OK nice and simple got my g2x flashed the clockwork via NFFlash rooted after with oneclick everything was fine working great then my screen turned off and wont turn on full battery please tell me its not bricked i dont have or did not have one in when i did the NVFlash So please tell me its not bricked because it was on one second and off the next let me say that if i pull the battery and hold vol up and dow and plug in the usb to the phone i can see it search for the drives is that a good thing like its not bricked good thing and just needs to be reflashed please help??????

Have you read this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046831

has this problem already came up if so I missed it a link would be nice to fix my phone Thanks

I could be misunderstanding your problem here but I think i had a similar issue... first of all make sure you're holding down the power button long enough to boot up. Seems to take 4 or 5 seconds with this phone.
Also when I had the issue i took out the bat, put it back, plugged into a wall charger and then held the power button that worked. But I think really my issue was impatience not holding the power button the first time long enough.

no i am the screen wont say updating or whatever when i hold the up and down button but it looks for a driver ?? and installs the Right driver

helpppppppppp your way to the search button.

Thread moved to proper forum.

You only hold volume down and power. I had the same issue. Holding both volumes will cause the phone to not boot.
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kangxi said:
You only hold volume down and power. I had the same issue. Holding both volumes will cause the phone to not boot.
When Doing what? ...And your device would not turn on as well let me know
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I need to not be bricked

nucentury08 said:
I need to not be bricked
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People in Hell want Ice Water!

So you flashed the recovery before you rooted. Try reflashing the original recovery. I don't know if that will work. You should have rooted then flashed recovery.
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thats what im doing now but gewt stuck at waiting for bootloader to int for some reason

Well your g2x will never go out of the updating screen you have to wait until one click says it has transfered the file. Wait a minute or so after that and unplug the USB and put your battery back in the I would do a master rest.
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thing is my lg screen is black can i still root with a black screen ? like i said only action i get out of the g2x is if i hold the vol up And Down and plug it in then i hear the sound of the computer finding it witch gives me hope

I would try recovering recovery befor trying to root again. I would do the nvflash but pick the original recovery instead of cm. Then after that master reset by original recovery which is hold power and down volume. Recovery will rest your rom. Rooting puts you root permissions I believe into a different partition any ways that's how a master reset does not wipe them. Your problem sounds like more of a recovery issue then root.
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scooter247 said:
I would try recovering recovery befor trying to root again. I would do the nvflash but pick the original recovery instead of cm. Then after that master reset by original recovery which is hold power and down volume. Recovery will rest your rom. Rooting puts you root permissions I believe into a different partition any ways that's how a master reset does not wipe them. Your problem sounds like more of a recovery issue then root.
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It is problem is it stays at Waiting for Bootloader int how long should that be there?

are you holding the volume buttons down and plunging in the usb before you select the version? you have to continue holding them the whole time. should pick it up in matter of seconds.

Cant unbrick a brick samsung infuse

ok i was using gtg unbrick odin and my usb got acidently disconected,try to run the odin program again but it does not do nothing, now my phone wont turn on
Can someone please help

Did you try to go into download mode ?
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How do you get into download mode

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ssfirme said:
How do you get into download mode
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easy to get into download mode, try this:
Unplug usb cable.
Press vol up+vol down at the same time and hold it for a few seconds then when you let go you should see a large triangle which says "do not turn off the fone".. when you see that, have Odin ready with all the flash files setup properly and simply plug the usb into fone from computer.
When you have done that, the [COM: ] entry in Odin will turn Yellow and it will have a number in it. After it does that click start in Odin.
Do not check or uncheck any of the boxes in Odin, let it stay at default.
Be sure to follow instructions in XDA forum where you got the Ultimate Unbrick........
Good luck!

To get into download mode you only need to hold the volume buttons down as you plug in the USB
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P1 Wookie said:
To get into download mode you only need to hold the volume buttons down as you plug in the USB
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You made me edit my post! (your right)

What they said. Sorry I fell asleep.
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Sorry but that dint work,i really dont feel like going to at&t since i dont have warranty or insurance on my phone

ssfirme said:
Sorry but that dint work,i really dont feel like going to at&t since i dont have warranty or insurance on my phone
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His instructions for download mode were correct, but I think you have to pull the battery first... Pull battery, hold volume buttons, put battery back, while holding buttons plug micro usb in phone (usb to pc should already be connected)
message from Sams inFuse... GINGERBREAD *****ES!!!!

byuboy87 said:
His instructions for download mode were correct, but I think you have to pull the battery first... Pull battery, hold volume buttons, put battery back, while holding buttons plug micro usb in phone (usb to pc should already be connected)
message from Sams inFuse... GINGERBREAD *****ES!!!!
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That's how I do it. Id have Odin already running on pc, take bricked phone and pull battery, hold down both volume buttons, while holding volumes plug phone via usb to computer, the phone should display the triangle screen telling you now to turn off phone or whatever.
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If you bought it within the last month, you can return it for a new one easily, no questions asked.
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Unkrash said:
If you bought it within the last month, you can return it for a new one easily, no questions asked.
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True but id think he'd know that which is why I think he picked it up used.
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Don't need to pull battery if the device is fully off.
If it's bootlooping or something, you'll need to pull battery to stop the bootloop then plug in the USB when holding VolUp and VolDown.
If you get the yellow "working android" screen you're good, if you get the "phone and PC exclamation mark" screen you're still good - the latter just means you HAVE to flash something to get a working phone.
gtg's unbrick package did not have bootloaders so it should not be able to hardbrick your phone. You're hardbricked only if you get a black screen no matter what you do.

PM sent. I would like to offer you a free opportunity to allow me to BETA test and attempt a JTAG repair on your phone and produce a world's first and also allow you to have a repair for free. Let me know! We could make history...

Use a Jig and flash with Odin
Look at this link: android.jakaar.net/infuse-jig.html for information how to make a jig.
Then go here: android.jakaar.net/infuse-return-to-stock.html to flash it back to stock.
Hopefully it would help someone else who more recently bricked their Infuse

ssfirme said:
ok i was using gtg unbrick odin and my usb got acidently disconected,try to run the odin program again but it does not do nothing, now my phone wont turn on
Can someone please help
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Same thing happened to me two days ago. I was going back to stock and the usb cord came out (was house sitting a neighbor's frisky dog). It was me, not the dog. I really thought that I was screwed this time. I only had a few dots in a diagonal pattern and that was it. I did the vol+,vol-, and usb and saw that odin recognized my infuse with nothing on the screen but a few dots in a diagonal pattern. Went through the motions and bingo. It was fixed. GTG to the rescue again!

fishjam said:
Same thing happened to me two days ago. I was going back to stock and the usb cord came out (was house sitting a neighbor's frisky dog). It was me, not the dog. I really thought that I was screwed this time. I only had a few dots in a diagonal pattern and that was it. I did the vol+,vol-, and usb and saw that odin recognized my infuse with nothing on the screen but a few dots in a diagonal pattern. Went through the motions and bingo. It was fixed. GTG to the rescue again!
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I've had this happen to me (yanked the cable accidentally) and had the dotted colors/black screen. See if your PC will recognize your phone. The way to tell is if COM##4 or whatever comes up in the far left box in Odin, the box will be yellow. If it does just run odin like your phone is showing the download screen.

Jakar217 said:
Look at this link: android.jakaar.net/infuse-jig.html for information how to make a jig.
Then go here: android.jakaar.net/infuse-return-to-stock.html to flash it back to stock.
Hopefully it would help someone else who more recently bricked their Infuse
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Thank you very much. This helped me out when I had no hope left. Now I'm stuck at the CWD blue screen.

I flashed a wrong kernel by mistake... and now my phone just comes up for a sec or so.. shows samsung logo and goes black... i can see the internal and external sd card drives under my computer but cant access them ofcourse. Am i hard bricked? How do i go into DL mode from here?

I had the same situation, thought I hard bricked my phone as well. That little pic of a phone triangle and a small mini computer is really nothing to be alarmed about, its still considered to be a download mode. If you have GTG's Unbrick files Use them in Odin to unbrick your phone and continue as normal.
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sasa111 said:
I flashed a wrong kernel by mistake... and now my phone just comes up for a sec or so.. shows samsung logo and goes black... i can see the internal and external sd card drives under my computer but cant access them ofcourse. Am i hard bricked? How do i go into DL mode from here?
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USE GTG's Unbrick go back to stock and do it again.

Strange icon on my Startup Infuse 4G

I think i BRICKD it.....
I was performing a Restore to STOCK using Odin 3 v 1.7 and the GTG's UNBRK files from here.
The process failed while the phone was in Download mode.
Now all I get is
An icon which looks like
A Cell Phone ........Exclamation Mark (in orange).......... Computer
The phone is not responding to any of the buttons:
1. No power down... I have to remove the battery and then no matter what I do, power on or else, it shows the same icon
Any one else been here?
Any way to FIX this or am I SOL?

I believe this is in the wrong forum but I understand your panic. Don't take my word for this but I believe you need a USB jig to get out of this. Or unless try this:
1. Pull battery for 15-20 seconds
2. Re insert battery
3. Hold volume up/volume down while plugging in USB cord from computer
4. If it succeeds you should be in download mode!
P.s. Sorry if you have already done this, i'm just attempting to help you troubleshoot
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I believe this is what you're seeing..
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3323/20101211170056.jpg
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Like rominator was saying pull battery hold volume buttons replace battery insert USB cord will turn on in download
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theROMinator said:
I believe this is what you're seeing..
http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/3323/20101211170056.jpg
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Thank you for the suggestion. Yes, that is the exact thing I am seeing and No, that Vol Up + USB insert still gives the same icon.
What is a USB jig? and where do I get it?
Many thanx and sorry for posting it in the wrong forum... perhaps, admin can move to the right one.... yes, it was panic.

phoneman108 said:
Thank you for the suggestion. Yes, that is the exact thing I am seeing and No, that Vol Up + USB insert still gives the same icon.
What is a USB jig? and where do I get it?
Many thanx and sorry for posting it in the wrong forum... perhaps, admin can move to the right one.... yes, it was panic.
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Uhh, I haven't gotten stuck on that on my Infuse I don't think, but with the Captivate the solution was to hold vol + and - and power at that screen until it rebooted, then let go of power and it would fall back to download mode.
And yes, this is not development and should be in the general section.

phoneman108 said:
Thank you for the suggestion. Yes, that is the exact thing I am seeing and No, that Vol Up + USB insert still gives the same icon.
What is a USB jig? and where do I get it?
Many thanx and sorry for posting it in the wrong forum... perhaps, admin can move to the right one.... yes, it was panic.
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EDIT: Did you hold BOTH volume up and down as you plugged in the usb?
USB Jig
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0053H73JQ/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&condition=all
It's been reported here in the forums that IT DOES work. You might want to search around to confirm that. Or, if you want quick help you can possibly explain more of what you did to get your phone to this point.

Jig Does work!!!
i made at the job not to long ago....took me a while to get the right resistance, but it got it into download mode.

theROMinator said:
EDIT: Did you hold BOTH volume up and down as you plugged in the usb?
USB Jig
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0053H73JQ/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8&redirect=true&condition=all
It's been reported here in the forums that IT DOES work. You might want to search around to confirm that. Or, if you want quick help you can possibly explain more of what you did to get your phone to this point.
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Yes, I meant to write Holding BOTH Vol+ and - and USB insert.
Here are the steps that I got me here... one step is completely stupid....
1. Yesterday, I was trying to get 3e recovery, so got the zip file
2. MISSED this step - of Copying the recovery file to SD Card.
3. Renamed the old recovery in the bin folder to _old
4. Rebooted and then used the ROM Manager to reboot into Recovery.... Bad idea - The phone went blank....
5. Only solution I saw was to ODIN in the GTG's Ultimate unbrick.....
6. Went into Download Mode....
7. ODIN sees the COM Port.
8. Loaded the .pit and other files per instructions....
9. Pressed START
10. ODIN reports failed.
11. Unhooked the USB and HARD rebooted.... Arrived at this icon.
Yes, i am a noob and am paying for my mistake of overlooking a step.

You could possibly try heimdall... do you have kies installed (only needed for drivers)? Hmm, I couldn't help you any further w/o actually being there
Definitely keep me posted!

I have bricked my phone a few times now . Same error screen and everything, just do the vol + and vol - down trick , let it boot to the error screen and startup odin 1.8 or higher. That part is very important. Odin 1.8 will recognize it as a serial device and write the software . Good luck!

I've been in that icon, but I just tried back with Odin gtg's unbrick and it went through perfectly as always. I got there because I forgot to select the pit file and Odin started to download and it failed.
I think that symbol is the same download mode but in this case you must use Odin because the phone can't startup itself. Just don't panic if it worked for me then it would work for you.
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Nopcodex90 said:
I have bricked my phone a few times now . Same error screen and everything, just do the vol + and vol - down trick , let it boot to the error screen and startup odin 1.8 or higher. That part is very important. Odin 1.8 will recognize it as a serial device and write the software . Good luck!
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weird because I have used odin 1.7 with success each time..

Oh yeah, that error screen is a download mode isn't it? I forgot about that. So just use unbrick from there or flash something else you want.

AJerman said:
Oh yeah, that error screen is a download mode isn't it? I forgot about that. So just use unbrick from there or flash something else you want.
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Yeah, that error screen is download mode, just like the usual "Construction Android" screen, with one difference:
The phone is forcing download mode because it knows it's hosed up. It's saying "flash something with Odin or you're not going anywhere".
So you're already in download mode - no need for button combos, the phone realized you needed it and went straight there for you.
BTW this doesn't belong in Development.

re: its not bricked!!!
phoneman108 said:
I think i BRICKD it.....
I was performing a Restore to STOCK using Odin 3 v 1.7 and the GTG's UNBRK files from here.
The process failed while the phone was in Download mode.
Now all I get is
An icon which looks like
A Cell Phone ........Exclamation Mark (in orange).......... Computer
The phone is not responding to any of the buttons:
1. No power down... I have to remove the battery and then no matter what I do, power on or else, it shows the same icon
Any one else been here?
Any way to FIX this or am I SOL?
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Its not bricked!!!
Those symbols only mean that it did not finish the last operation/flashing
Its the same as download mode.
So go back into those "Cell Phone ........Exclamation Mark (in orange).......... Computer"
Which is download mode and start a new flash of the Ultimate Unbrick.
Good luck, be sure to to put PIT to PIT PDA to PDA and PHONE to PHONE
in odin!!!

GOOD NEWS.
That was simple... Followed the suggestions from Nopcodex90 , Mrjunky and all....
Just started ODIN, loaded the PIT, PDA and PHONE files and off it went and am back alive........
You all are so helpful... Thank you all..... I learnt valuable lessons today.....
Now, if I may request the Admin to please move this post to the correct forum ......

phoneman108 said:
I think i BRICKD it.....
I was performing a Restore to STOCK using Odin 3 v 1.7 and the GTG's UNBRK files from here.
The process failed while the phone was in Download mode.
Now all I get is
An icon which looks like
A Cell Phone ........Exclamation Mark (in orange).......... Computer
The phone is not responding to any of the buttons:
1. No power down... I have to remove the battery and then no matter what I do, power on or else, it shows the same icon
Any one else been here?
Any way to FIX this or am I SOL?
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That icon is a form of download. You can still connect to odin amd use ultimate unbrick
looks like i some beat me to it. Glad to see your back
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That happened to me other day I just plugged it in Odin like that and it recognized it and did gtg unbrick back to stock, try to restart Odin and try plugging it in like that and see if Odin recognizes it, it recognized mine
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Take out the battery, put battery back in, hold both volume buttons, continue holding and plug in usb. You should be in download mode, now retry odin with GTG ultimate unbrick.
This phone is never really bricked, ive flashed a wrong bootloader using heimdall and nothing would turn on and i was still able to odin back to stock.

Help( hard brick)

I installed CW9 without installing kernal it's stock in the logo.I put a new CM9 with a new kernal. i installed both and rebooted .It's hard brick now.No boot no download mode no recovery.

Our ROMs have kernels built in so I'm a bit confused
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Very nice! Do some research
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Dylan Bay said:
I installed CW9 without installing kernal it's stock in the logo.I put a new CM9 with a new kernal. i installed both and rebooted .It's hard brick now.No boot no download mode no recovery.
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Wait, did you install a CM9 ROM on top of an existing, different CM9 ROM without wiping? If so, you're done. JTAG or warranty.

Are you 100% sure you can't get to download mode?
Is the phone boot looping at the Samsung logo?
If so... try to time holding the VOL + and VOL - while the phone is fully off.
You may have to turn the phone off (and back on) while holding VOL+ and VOL- to "extra confirm" the phone is seeing VOL+ and VOL- being held down on first boot.
Just remove the holding the power after you have confirmed this to prevent phone from just turning on/off constantly.
I had this happen to me with my Infuse after getting rainbow color recovery.
It might sound little tricky but (it's easy) I was able to get download mode by timing it right as I explained above.
Let us know if this helps.

We need more details I think
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sb0 said:
Are you 100% sure you can't get to download mode?
Is the phone boot looping at the Samsung logo?
If so... try to time holding the VOL + and VOL - while the phone is fully off.
You may have to turn the phone off (and back on) while holding VOL+ and VOL- to "extra confirm" the phone is seeing VOL+ and VOL- being held down on first boot.
Just remove the holding the power after you have confirmed this to prevent phone from just turning on/off constantly.
I had this happen to me with my Infuse after getting rainbow color recovery.
It might sound little tricky but (it's easy) I was able to get download mode by timing it right as I explained above.
Let us know if this helps.
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Bro i try to put in download mode .It won't and i try to put it in recovery it won't .I put jig to put it in download mode it won't it.I don't know what to do ...
I think JTAG can get the boot for me.

Dylan Bay said:
Bro i try to put in download mode .It won't and i try to put it in recovery it won't .I put jig to put it in download mode it won't it.I don't know what to do ...
I think JTAG can get the boot for me.
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If you can't get anything to turn on at all, yeah, you're hard bricked. JTAG or warranty it out.
In the future, and I know you were told by prbassplayer to do this in another thread, use Google Translate and read everything before flashing. I'm absolutely certain that your phone was bricked by user error, and that's so easy to avoid. Read the stickies, read the ROM thread, follow instructions to the letter. 99.9% of the time, you will not brick if you do those three things.

That sucks bro your lucky JTAG is only 50 bucks
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