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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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4-2ndtwin said:
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.

[Q] HELP! I think I bricked my Sidekick 4g

I recently started looking into rooting my phone and was trying to use Odin to flash Clockwork Recovery mod into my Sidekick 4g. In the middle of downloading the program shut down. I unpluged the phone from the computer and got a black screen with an image of phone+!+computer. So i rebooted into download mode, opened odin, and plugged the phone into the computer. Clicked start and it reset. Then it went into a reboot loop, alternating between the boot up logo and a white screen with 2 blue lines. I thought i could reset it again with odin so i did, and now i have a black screen that only has the back light on if i press the power key or plug it in the computer via usb. Now odin wont even recognize my device. Neither would adb devices. If i hold volume down and power key for a few seconds the back light flashes on and off once then completely off. Can anyone please Help?

kcheung331 said:
I recently started looking into rooting my phone and was trying to use Odin to flash Clockwork Recovery mod into my Sidekick 4g. In the middle of downloading the program shut down. I unpluged the phone from the computer and got a black screen with an image of phone+!+computer. So i rebooted into download mode, opened odin, and plugged the phone into the computer. Clicked start and it reset. Then it went into a reboot loop, alternating between the boot up logo and a white screen with 2 blue lines. I thought i could reset it again with odin so i did, and now i have a black screen that only has the back light on if i press the power key or plug it in the computer via usb. Now odin wont even recognize my device. Neither would adb devices. If i hold volume down and power key for a few seconds the back light flashes on and off once then completely off. Can anyone please Help?
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it sounds like there is a chance your device is bricked beyond repair i did that to mine by flashing the wrong stuff with Odin, and i had no choice but to get a new one. all i could get was a slight backlighting when pressing buttons, no DL mode, no boot logo, nothing.
btw, Odin isn't used to root the phone or to install Clockwork Recovery(at least as far as i know). Odin is a tool to use if something goes wrong somewhere and you need to restore your phone from a soft brick.
also, just so you know, this post should go in the General section of this forum.

try an alternate way to go into download mode:
take the battery out
connect the phone via usb to the computer
while pressing vol down + power + trackpad insert the battery
try it a couple of times, if it doesn't work, sorry

tweeklulz said:
try an alternate way to go into download mode:
take the battery out
connect the phone via usb to the computer
while pressing vol down + power + trackpad insert the battery
try it a couple of times, if it doesn't work, sorry
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I vouch for the effectiveness of this method of getting into recovery. Saved me last night
Also if you can get it into download mode you can most likely recover it. Follow the instructions below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088413

I think this goes in the general section bro.

had VERY similar issues 2x.
I had to repartition with Odin, then drop the image.
The image drop didn't work, but after I reparted, (repart failed at the end, but it was good enough to redrop the image, after restarting the whole thing over again) all was good.

Just odin in that screen it will work pull the battery and plug ur phone in connected to the computer and odin regular its not brick I had this happen to me twice and twice I odined back to stock. Make sure all three boxes are checked
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Thanks, I ened up getting the phone replaced

NET TIME U KNOE
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Datlilboricua said:
Just odin in that screen it will work pull the battery and plug ur phone in connected to the computer and odin regular its not brick I had this happen to me twice and twice I odined back to stock. Make sure all three boxes are checked
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DarksteelBlade said:
I vouch for the effectiveness of this method of getting into recovery. Saved me last night
Also if you can get it into download mode you can most likely recover it. Follow the instructions below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088413
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My phone also showed the "phone - ! - PC" icon so I thought it was done for as well. Between these two threads, specifically tweeklulz post above, I was able to recover my phone!
Prior to starting the ODIN process,power on your Sidekick to that wretched brick screen. From there plug your phone to your phone via USB then immediately remove the battery. That horrible brick screen will still be there, but just run the ODIN process anyway.
Thank you all for your input! This saved my phone and I am a 9million% NOOB to developing and mods. LOL

kcheung331 said:
Thanks, I ened up getting the phone replaced
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im having the same issue now, guess ill go replace the phone too..
i tried odin, and once i click start, the phone doesnt even show download mode anymore, and it wont boot.
When i press power, dimmed lights come up on the background and when i connect it with usb, same thing..

Look back at the Odin threads again. I doubt your phone is (permanently) bricked.
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heart attack
THANKS DOOD almost had a heart attack.
Datlilboricua said:
Just odin in that screen it will work pull the battery and plug ur phone in connected to the computer and odin regular its not brick I had this happen to me twice and twice I odined back to stock. Make sure all three boxes are checked
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We do have UnBrickable Mod on this device now. You just remove a resistor, create a bridge and then use the Ultimate UnBrickable Resurrector to upload Download Mode to the device any time you want.. It takes a bit of skill, but hey.. Nothing to have a heart attack about.

kcheung331 said:
I recently started looking into rooting my phone and was trying to use Odin to flash Clockwork Recovery mod into my Sidekick 4g. In the middle of downloading the program shut down. I unpluged the phone from the computer and got a black screen with an image of phone+!+computer. So i rebooted into download mode, opened odin, and plugged the phone into the computer. Clicked start and it reset. Then it went into a reboot loop, alternating between the boot up logo and a white screen with 2 blue lines. I thought i could reset it again with odin so i did, and now i have a black screen that only has the back light on if i press the power key or plug it in the computer via usb. Now odin wont even recognize my device. Neither would adb devices. If i hold volume down and power key for a few seconds the back light flashes on and off once then completely off. Can anyone please Help?
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I jus got my sidekick 4g for my birthday and rooted it. Tried installing Smooth Maximus X and softbricked my phone. I get the lady telling me something about the software invalid or something. Yes I am a noob and i am trying to Odin my phone back to stock but the links for the Odexed arent working properly. So I need major help as i dont want to lose my phone and i would really love to be able to use the softwares u guys have provided. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME!!!!

The KD1 odin links work

Serious i think

I was doing odin to get to download mode and trying odin gb bootloaders for 2.3.3. Now my phone doesnt boot i have a black screen picture of a phone triangle and computer. What did i do and how can i get out of this? Please need help. Im not even rooted yet i was on eclair and 2.1update1 and did have recovery but update.zip sd file bad so i could never reinstall packages.

Which gb bootloaders were you trying to install the i9000 or the i897
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i897 gb bootloader. is there hope? ive got black screen and pic of a white phone then an orange triangle! and white computer

cell2011 said:
i897 gb bootloader. is there hope? ive got black screen and pic of a white phone then an orange triangle! and white computer
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If I'm not mistaken, the phone -!- PC screen is the equivalent of download mode. I'd unplug your phone, restart Odin, plug phone back in and go from there. I'll defer if someone has a more detailed explanation though

edtonn said:
If I'm not mistaken, the phone -!- PC screen is the equivalent of download mode. I'd unplug your phone, restart Odin, plug phone back in and go from there. I'll defer if someone has a more detailed explanation though
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Your right, got that screen recently myself. Just do as he says and you will be fine.

im trying that just not working i tried took everything out the plug usb and open odin 3 and hold power and volume put in battery and let go of power and nothing?

cell2011 said:
im trying that just not working i tried took everything out the plug usb and open odin 3 and hold power and volume put in battery and let go of power and nothing?
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leave the power button alone
power down
hold in volume buttons
insert USB

If you managed to get the GB bootloaders in place (assuming I9000), the download mode key combo is to hold Vol- and Power. If you're still on Eclair/Froyo bootloaders, hold Vol-/Vol+ (with power off), then insert the USB cable.

cell2011 said:
im trying that just not working i tried took everything out the plug usb and open odin 3 and hold power and volume put in battery and let go of power and nothing?
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Unplug your phone, pull your battery for 2+ min. Then open Odin, plug in your USB, press and hold the vol up and vol down, while holding them down, put your battery in. You should see a big triangle with the Android guy . That is Download mode

which odin i have two 3 v1.85 happy flashing and 3v1.85 android+slp

Have odin opened remove battery, insert battery,hold vol+ and vol- , then insert usb . if odin recognizes the phone try flashing the bootloaders again
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nothing im not sure at this point its like the usb doesnt even make a sound when i plug into computer

odin is not recognizing my phone

is there someone that would be willing to troubleshoot this for me over the phone or chat?

This is for sale if someone can fix this PM me. Does anyone have one for cheap i dont even care if it is cracked as long as its fully functional

Is the usb plugged into back of pc or port number 1 on laptop?
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Reboot your computer
What OS are you running?

Let's run down a quick checklist of things to make sure that you're putting yourself in the best possible place for success:
1. Unplug any cables you have plugged in right now, Turn off ODIN, remove the battery, and reboot your computer.
2. Boot up your computer, let it fully boot and settle. Once it's fully settled, double-check to make sure you have the Samsung USB drivers installed for the Captivate (and that's its for the correct version of Windows - x86 or x64).
3. Assuming the drivers are present and correct, start up ODIN (You might try the One-Click to Stock, as it will take you back to a stock state). Let it sit for right now.
4. Plug your USB cable into a port that connects directly to the motherboard (but not to your phone just yet). On a desktop, it will be on the back of the machine. On a laptop, you may have to find it by trial and error.
5. Reinsert the battery. Hold Vol+/Vol-, and then insert your USB cable. This should put you in download mode. If not, pull the cable, remove the battery, reinsert the battery, and hold Vol- and power until download mode appears, then insert the USB cable.
6. Assuming you are in download mode, and the cable is inserted, check to see if ODIN recognized the phone. If not, try a different USB port on the computer. You may have to reboot your computer between trials.
7. If ODIN still won't recognize the phone, you may need to look into using Heimdall to flash.
Post back if you have questions.

I have to get a USB jig to get to download mode and special thanks to kangi26 for alll his help. And ty jmtheiss for the last post

cell2011 said:
i897 gb bootloader. is there hope? ive got black screen and pic of a white phone then an orange triangle! and white computer
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I thought I remember seeing somewhere a ways back that from this alternate d/l screen Odin may not recognize the phone, but that flashing Odin package would work anyway.
Pretty sure I saw that...but at this point, can't hurt to try. Otherwise jig should get you there.
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Please help me unbrick if possible.

Please help. I was using odin3 v1.85 and trying to flash the stock EP4 from the imnuts page. during the flash odin said it failed. My phone now fails to be recognized by my PC. I am not able to boot into CWM nor am I able to boot in to download mode. Any which way I try to get the phone booted up I get the screen that looks like:
cellphone...exclamation point in a triangle... computer
With the battery out of the cell, if I plug the phone into my computer, it is not recognized by the computer and no power flows to the phone
When I put the battery back in and either try to boot to CWM or download mode, I get the:
cell... exclamation point in triangle...computer.
Am I now bricked for good? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Are you holding the volume down button when plugging it in? Battery out, hold volume down, plug in phone... If still not recognized, try downloading an older version of odin... Then repeat... Ive had my phone at that same screen and came out ok so dont freak... Lol.
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Volume down with battery out when connected to PC. Then make sure you put the battery back in before flashing.
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ppreciate your Help! I think I am still bricked.
xdadevnube said:
Volume down with battery out when connected to PC. Then make sure you put the battery back in before flashing.
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Once I conntect to the PC, the phone screen goes to a picture of a battery charging and won't recognixe my keys for entering download mode
stebomurkn420 said:
Are you holding the volume down button when plugging it in? Battery out, hold volume down, plug in phone... If still not recognized, try downloading an older version of odin... Then repeat... Ive had my phone at that same screen and came out ok so dont freak... Lol.
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Good thought. I booted up Odin3 version 1.3 and no luck. The phone will not go in to download mode but Odin1.3 will recognize the phone as plugged in, which is a step in the right direction compared to Odin3 1.85 which would not. Oh, I am beginning to "freak out" from this stress!!
Any recommendations or suggestions? Thanks ahead of time.
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I use odin v1.82... Try that. If I rememebr right it took me several tries before I got odin to recognize my phone. So your starting with the phone off and battery out... Your holding down volume down key as you plug the phone in? and when you do that it odin recognizes your device but your device just shows that its charging? Try flashing it anyways with the .pit file and stock ep4d... If that doesnt work try flashing CWM first.. Then flash the restore package.. Sounds to me like your phone has been absolutely wiped so you have no recovery image. I think thats finally what got me up and running again.. This is a fixable situation, dont give your hopes up!!!!
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shopperschmenj said:
Once I conntect to the PC, the phone screen goes to a picture of a battery charging and won't recognixe my keys for entering download mode
Any recommendations or suggestions? Thanks ahead of time.
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Take out the battery and it shouldn't do that.

Fixed.
Thanks to everyone for your help. I used the IMNUTS recommendation on how to "fix my phone" and it worked. Again, thanks for the help!

Cant enter download mode

I was in the middle of flashing a kernal when my computer froze up on me. My phone now has 3 little icons (what looks to be a flipphone, a yellow triangle with an ! in the middle, and a computer). I had this happen to me with my captivate a while back and i remember it being a simple but different button combination than normal to get into download mode. Is anyone aware of how I can get there? Please help!

spazit101 said:
I was in the middle of flashing a kernal when my computer froze up on me. My phone now has 3 little icons (what looks to be a flipphone, a yellow triangle with an ! in the middle, and a computer). I had this happen to me with my captivate a while back and i remember it being a simple but different button combination than normal to get into download mode. Is anyone aware of how I can get there? Please help!
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To get to download mode:
Pull battery.
Reinsert battery.
Hold down both volume buttons and plug in the USB cable.

Yes...
prairied0gg said:
To get to download mode:
Pull battery.
Reinsert battery.
Hold down both volume buttons and plug in the USB cable.
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im aware of this method as this is how I usually do it, but that combination is working. Thats the problem

That Phone-!-PC screen is a form of download mode. Flash the kernel again in this mode. If the program hangs or doesn't recognize the phone, reset or restart the program (Odin or Heimdall), shut the phone off, and put it back in this mode. Then try again.

spazit101 said:
im aware of this method as this is how I usually do it, but that combination is working. Thats the problem
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This happened to me a while back too after a one-click heimdall suddenly stopped ..
I managed to get out of the phone-!-pc screen by using this one-click unbrick: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252
after that you should be able to get into download mode in the usual way and go back to stock

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andros11 said:
This happened to me a while back too after a one-click heimdall suddenly stopped ..
I managed to get out of the phone-!-pc screen by using this one-click unbrick: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252
after that you should be able to get into download mode in the usual way and go back to stock
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Ive tried this method as well but i dont even have the computer connecting to the phone image on my phone. It doesnt get into download mode period. PLEASE HELP!

Hman319 said:
Ive tried this method as well but i dont even have the computer connecting to the phone image on my phone. It doesnt get into download mode period. PLEASE HELP!
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Is the phone completely unresponsive: no access to download mode, recovery or operating system?