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Well damn, seems I've bricked.

Tonight I flashed the leaked i9000 GB and when I was done I tried to flash to stock with Odin and thats the last my phone has done anything. My phone is completely unresponsive. Black screen with no response to USB or 3button or anything. So I'm going to go cause a rukus at ATT in the morning when they open and hopefully I'll have a nice new Captivate tomorrow lol.
Just thought I'd share.

USB Jig?

Well from my research it seems that since my phone won't do ANYTHING then its a bootloader issue so a JIG won't work.

ih4ckback said:
Well from my research it seems that since my phone won't do ANYTHING then its a bootloader issue so a JIG won't work.
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Jig will fix it.

ryude said:
Jig will fix it.
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Really? well I guess I'll head to radioshack and try that first. I'd love to not have to deal with ATT.

Hmm . Im on gb now. Havnt flash stock yet
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Yup. Same here. LOL. Damned leaked GB. I think it's because it's a development snapshot, so it might not be very stable yet.. Or they DID lock the bootloader with it. I'm not sure. I find it weird, since I've flashed tons of crap, and this is the one that bricks my captivate. I just ordered a jig. Thank god my brother had a Captivate, and he's friendless so I'm using his phone for now.

You need to watch what you flash. Most newer leaks contain bootloaders that will brick your device if you try to flash back to something substantially older.

Yep I know. lol.

If it helps, when I flashed to the leaked GB, I couldn't access download mode with the new 3 button comb after I (noobishly) tried to boot into clockworkmod recovery from rom manager. I had to hold down both vol up+down as well as power, and the instant it turned off, I switched to holding down only vol down and power, which got me into download mode.

Having similar issues.
No matter what I try, I cannot get past the Galaxy S logo. I can send ADB commands but the download command simply reboots the phone.
Device manager also sees it as a Nexus S now instead of a Captivate, not sure if this affects how ADB sends commands.

well at least you can do something with your phone lol.

If adb sees as a nexus, it probably wasnt a real galaxy s leak

That's why it is nice to have a jig even if you never had a need for it, just one time it pays for itself.

that's what I'm hoping lol I'm going to head over to radioshack as soon as they open at 10 lol.

Yea flash stock works for me..just like any i9k rom
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ih4ckback said:
that's what I'm hoping lol I'm going to head over to radioshack as soon as they open at 10 lol.
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If the jig doesn't work, then you are gonna have to see if ATT will do a swap or something.

is there any reason to think that the jig won't work?

There is always that chance.
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ih4ckback said:
is there any reason to think that the jig won't work?
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People have reported that it didn't work in that situation. Im pretty sure you need a jtag but it can't hurt to try.
I was hard bricked once after a bad flash so I was in the same position as you. I didn't have a jig at the time to test so I just brought it in to AT&T and said the ota update bricked it. They replaced it with a refurbished one with no questions asked.
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Bricked captivate

It looks like I've done the impossible. I was running cm 7 gb on it and like a dummy went back to stock. Tried flashing continuum 3.1 and phone got stuck in a vibration loop.
Was able to get into d/l mode with jig and tried to odin stock again. Phone screen went all green and odin was stuck at rfs. Can still get into d/l mode with jig but now phone just shuts off while running odin.
I think my biggest issue is that I didn't follow the steps properly and repartition while going back to stock.
I just ordered an inspire 4g, hopefully I will be able to get the cappy up and running again so I can sell one of them later.
Anyone have any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Did you use Odin one click
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donharden2002 said:
It looks like I've done the impossible. I was running cm 7 gb on it and like a dummy went back to stock. Tried flashing continuum 3.1 and phone got stuck in a vibration loop.
Was able to get into d/l mode with jig and tried to odin stock again. Phone screen went all green and odin was stuck at rfs. Can still get into d/l mode with jig but now phone just shuts off while running odin.
I think my biggest issue is that I didn't follow the steps properly and repartition while going back to stock.
I just ordered an inspire 4g, hopefully I will be able to get the cappy up and running again so I can sell one of them later.
Anyone have any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Been there, done this, fixed it doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36

donharden2002 said:
It looks like I've done the impossible. I was running cm 7 gb on it and like a dummy went back to stock. Tried flashing continuum 3.1 and phone got stuck in a vibration loop.
Was able to get into d/l mode with jig and tried to odin stock again. Phone screen went all green and odin was stuck at rfs. Can still get into d/l mode with jig but now phone just shuts off while running odin.
I think my biggest issue is that I didn't follow the steps properly and repartition while going back to stock.
I just ordered an inspire 4g, hopefully I will be able to get the cappy up and running again so I can sell one of them later.
Anyone have any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Next time just use the one click package

Have you tried pulling the battery for a minute or so before putting the phone in download mode?

I've tried every method I could find. I tried with odin one click but don't think I have everything downloaded that I need to make it all work properly as far as the put files and everything.
I tried finding it to try it but have had no luck. When I tried odin I used a version that I've had since buying the phone. Its a very old version of stock that I think I got from ponack.net last yr some time.
thank you for the reply's. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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thanks
carlsbl said:
Been there, done this, fixed it doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
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When I first replied about trying everything I hadn't read your full reply as i was using my wifes phone. After reading it on the pc I am going to give it a shot.
Will let you know how it goes, thank you for the help.

Tried method above with no success. No biggie, I'm going to send it to a guy to try to get it fixed so I have it as a backup in case I don't like the inspire.
The wife is ready to strangle me over this. Good thing she loves me.
Thank you all for your help. If I get it fixed and like the inspire enough I might end up selling it our keeping it for a play toy.
Thanks again.
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donharden2002 said:
I've tried every method I could find. I tried with odin one click but don't think I have everything downloaded that I need to make it all work properly as far as the put files and everything.
I tried finding it to try it but have had no luck. When I tried odin I used a version that I've had since buying the phone. Its a very old version of stock that I think I got from ponack.net last yr some time.
thank you for the reply's. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.
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Sounds like you're trying the wrong thing. The one-click odin stock doesn't require you to download any extra files, that's why it's a one-click solution. Everything is already packaged into the program, so all you have to do is connect your phone to the computer in download mode and hit the start button in odin, and the software takes care of everything else to get it back to factory defaults.

modest_mandroid said:
Sounds like you're trying the wrong thing. The one-click odin stock doesn't require you to download any extra files, that's why it's a one-click solution. Everything is already packaged into the program, so all you have to do is connect your phone to the computer in download mode and hit the start button in odin, and the software takes care of everything else to get it back to factory defaults.
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I am able to get it into d/l mode only using a jig but no matter what I try it doesn't seem to work.
I'm going to send it to Josh from mobile tech reviews, he thinks he might be able to fix it.
If not then hopefully I will have learned a lesson from this. That lesson being, don't mess up my inspire or I might end up single again. Not a big fan of that happening.
Thanks again to you all for your time and suggestions. People like you guys are the reason I like xda so much.
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donharden2002 said:
I am able to get it into d/l mode only using a jig but no matter what I try it doesn't seem to work.
I'm going to send it to Justin from mobile tech reviews, he thinks he might be able to fix it.
If not then hopefully I will have learned a lesson from this. That lesson being, don't mess up my inspire or I might end up single again. Not a big fan of that happening.
Thanks again to you all for your time and suggestions. People like you guys are the reason I like xda so much.
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Weird, never heard of a situation where you could get into download mode but couldn't recover your phone. Keep us up to date about whether you could get it fixed, yeah?

It's kind of a funny story, actually..

So I bought a Captivate off of craigslist. first mistake, i know. but i inspected the phone meticulously and everything had checked out. That is...
Until I got home. I had seen that CM7 nightlies were posted and I use them on my Inspire so i didn't waste anytime rooting and installing CWM. I then downloaded 2 ROMs, one normal 2.2 ROM and CM nightly build 13. I read about cm7 and how it replaces the EFS file system, so the only way to change ROMs is to odin back to stock.
Here's the funny part. Everything I did up up to and including installing CM7 I did WITHOUT using a computer/USB whatsoever. So I install samsung USB drivers on my 2 PC's (win7 and xp) and I go to connect my phone in download mode. no dice. everytime i plug it in, both of my PCs say the dreaded "usb device has malfunctioned"
2 additional details to note:
1. my friend picked up a stock 2.2 captivate at best buy tonight and i threw it in download mode on the same usb port and it connected fine and installed drivers, + odin saw the device. mine still says malfunctioned.
2. I know USB connectivity works because if i go to the CWM recovery I can mount USB storage.
SO what are everyone's thoughts? did i not read a special instruction? am I missing something really stupid? or am i stuck on CM7 nightly builds for the rest of forever? haha.
Edit: found this in the cm7 nightly post:
**Warning : Not for new users, flash this build only if you know what you are doing !!! Make SURE you can get into Download mode using only buttons (no other method, Download mode from just buttons is essential).**
I didn't read that^ whoops. I cannot get into DL mode using only buttons...does that mean i am stuck on CM7?

3buttonfix.zip is floating around here somewhere

ConeyKiller said:
3buttonfix.zip is floating around here somewhere
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His main problem is odin wont reconize his phone once it is in download mode. Three button fix is secondary mainly because you need odin to flash it.

Try getting jiffy with it
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erstad said:
Try getting jiffy with it
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I think you mean jiggy.....as in a jig. Still issue is odin not reconizing phone in download mode.

erstad said:
Try getting jiffy with it
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I don't think peanut butter is gonna do any good ;p

Correct me if im wrong but cm7 flash requires nexus s usb drivers(or did at one point). Your friends new phone would be detected with the captivate drivers while yours would not.
If you just have the wrong drivers installed you can get the right ones from the android sdk. Uninstall current usb drivers.. reboot... install nexus s usb drivers.. reboot... plug in phone.

whiteguypl said:
Correct me if im wrong but cm7 flash requires nexus s usb drivers(or did at one point). Your friends new phone would be detected with the captivate drivers while yours would not.
If you just have the wrong drivers installed you can get the right ones from the android sdk. Uninstall current usb drivers.. reboot... install nexus s usb drivers.. reboot... plug in phone.
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Your correct.
Good luck OP.

studacris said:
I don't think peanut butter is gonna do any good ;p
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Hahaha nice

erstad said:
Try getting jiffy with it
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I carry a jig in my wallet. Not sure I am up to carrying peanut butter too.

Well I hope you get out of your Jam...
Pun intended
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Hard Bricked Skyrocket!!!!

I was doing something that i shouldn't hav done so i bricked my phone. I was being lazzzy and tried a zip file to remove cwm and go back to stock recovery and that's what f***ed me up!
I can't get it to power on.
Can't go to Download mod.
Odin won't recognize phone.
Can't do anything. So help me plz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THnxxxxx.

What exactly did you do?

DANIEL133337 said:
What exactly did you do?
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I was being lazzzy and tried a zip file to remove cwm and go back to stock recovery and that's what f***ed me up!

you gotta get into download mode somehow maybe get a jig if the button combo doesnt work. try to hold only the volume down button and see if that gets you into download mode
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U need to get a jig ..... and get jiggy with it na na na na na na. Get jiggy with it. Lol sorry stupid song got stuck in my head. But on a more serious note go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954458. Order the jig and youll be saved
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Im curious....exactly what zip file did u attempt in cwm? And where did u get this zip file

try the volume down button on its own too otherwise get the jig
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So there is no other way rater than waiting til the usb jib to come? It won't be here until next week

how about you tell us the zip you flashed........
so we can know what it did to your phone

the2rrell said:
how about you tell us the zip you flashed........
so we can know what it did to your phone
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I used the zip from this thread.
http://android.modaco.com/topic/336320-4-apr-r1-stock-recovery-image/

appdroid said:
So there is no other way rater than waiting til the usb jib to come? It won't be here until next week
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If you are good with soldering and have a spare cable around, you can make one. (and have a resistor or two) Search the Captivate forums for how to make a jig.

Hold that thought before you go ahead and order the jig. It may not necessarily work for our phones. I have mine at home to test and see if it can get you into download mode (at least). From what I know, the 2.3.5 version made a change so the jig doesn't reset counter, not sure about getting into download mode. Can anyone with a jig readily accessible try this? Otherwise, I'll try when I get home tonight
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Te file u tried to flash is for the lg optimus 2x not the skyrocket. You options at this point are make a jig or order one thats it thats all you can do.. and for futre refrence do not flash stuff thats not intended for the skyrocket here look at the picture first off the date is april 2011 there was no skyrocket then and at the top it says back to lg optimus 2x

I already bought it. Did you try it though?
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Hold that thought before you go ahead and order the jig. It may not necessarily work for our phones. I have mine at home to test and see if it can get you into download mode (at least). From what I know, the 2.3.5 version made a change so the jig doesn't reset counter, not sure about getting into download mode. Can anyone with a jig readily accessible try this? Otherwise, I'll try when I get home tonight
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I know it works ive never needed it but other users have posted it works for the skyrocket

silver03wrx said:
I know it works ive never needed it but other users have posted it works for the skyrocket
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Great news for me! i hav insurance and warranty but i don't wanna go to att cauz i don't want them to find out.

By the way i think its hard brick since it won't do anything.

Yes sir that is a brick

silver03wrx said:
Yes sir that is a brick
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So the jig won't work now its under 30 days so i will go to att and get another skyrocket tomoro.

appdroid said:
I already bought it. Did you try it though?
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Just tried it and it works
no reset of counter but it got me to download mode

appdroid said:
So the jig won't work now its under 30 days so i will go to att and get another skyrocket tomoro.
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yes the jig will work......the jig gets you into download mode when your brickd

Help Please?? Can't get back to stock through Heimdall:(

Hi guys.
Was wondering if anyone could help me out with my phone. I'd been running the Unnamed rom for a while then last week the phone started acting up on me. Now I'm trying to return it back to stock and for some reason I'm getting a claiming interface error. It says device connected on Heimdall, and the connection is able to initialize but it keeps failing on the interface part.
Any help would be truly appreciated.

I suggest you try another USB port or even another computer if you can.

try this
this happend to me once but what i did was
1.restart pc
2.take out battery from phone nd put it back in
3.enter download mode
4. put usb cable on a different spot (sometimes odin can interfer with heimdall)
5.open heindall with phone already on download mode
6.reinstall drivers for that usb slot
7.then initiate the flash back to stock
8.after its done reboot phone (mine turns on by itself)
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hope i helped if i did plz click thanks:good::good:
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chacua358 said:
this happend to me once but what i did was
1.restart pc
2.take out battery from phone nd put it back in
3.enter download mode
4. put usb cable on a different spot (sometimes odin can interfer with heimdall)
5.open heindall with phone already on download mode
6.reinstall drivers for that usb slot
7.then initiate the flash back to stock
8.after its done reboot phone (mine turns on by itself)
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hope i helped if i did plz click thanks:good::good:
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Thanks for the assistance man. But i got a question on one step. Could you explain how to reinstall the drivers for the usb slot? I'm on a mac os right now btw, but I could switch over to windows if needed.

itzik2sh said:
I suggest you try another USB port or even another computer if you can.
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Tried multiple other ports still same result. Even tried another comp, but no go.. I'm confused.

Hope you get it working. Here's this in case you somehow missed these.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716
Second post on this one
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First thing.... Take a breath and know that everything will be ok
now, you need to try different usb ports
reinstall the sgs4g drivers
make sure you have everything for heimdall
IF NONE OF THESE WORK
it is your cable

dsexton702 said:
First thing.... Take a breath and know that everything will be ok
now, you need to try different usb ports
reinstall the sgs4g drivers
make sure you have everything for heimdall
IF NONE OF THESE WORK
it is your cable
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i agee with dexton but one question so we can help you furthermore what version of stock do you want to go back to (i mean 2.2.1, 2.3.4 , or 2.3.6 )

chacua358 said:
i agee with dexton but one question so we can help you furthermore what version of stock do you want to go back to (i mean 2.2.1, 2.3.4 , or 2.3.6 )
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Thanks so much man! You have saved my life haha. Followed it exactly as you said, worked with no problems. Guess the old drivers just got corrupted and my phone wasn't being recognized anymore. Thanks again, you are awesome. :laugh:

classcsilk said:
Thanks so much man! You have saved my life haha. Followed it exactly as you said, worked with no problems. Guess the old drivers just got corrupted and my phone wasn't being recognized anymore. Thanks again, you are awesome. :laugh:
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hey no problem thats what xda is for is for people to help each other and we have all been on a sticky situation

chacua358 said:
hey no problem thats what xda is for is for people to help each other and we have all been on a sticky situation
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It is always the cord that gets me. I only own one that can one click correctly out of five... Not a fun time downgrading.
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Cooptx said:
It is always the cord that gets me. I only own one that can one click correctly out of five... Not a fun time downgrading.
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the original cable from the phone sucks its too short and thin mine broke 2 months after i bought a motorola droid one and broke like 3 or 4 monts after bought an lg one but all it does is charge the phone no data no flashing no nothing same with a cable from the gas station but the best cable ive used is the mytouchbranded on its been 5 months its the best one yet you should try it mine was from my old mytouch 3g slide:laugh: