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Ok I was flashing back to stock 2.1 useind odin when mid process my phone fell battery out usb disconnected and bam thats it. Now my phone is locked on a screen that shows a picture of a phone ! and a computer. I can get it back to download mode and odin will se the phone but gets no further then do not unplug device, my computer beeps when its plugged in but it dose not show the phone in my computer section. Any fixes or am i screwed?
PS phone is only two weeks old if need be could I take it back like this????
Hmm I think I may hove gotten past this problem. Uninstalled odin reinstalled and now it seems to be hopefully working
Here is the fix
I was in this same situation yesterday. Here is how to get it back into download mode.
•Be sure the Samsung USB drivers for the phone are installed on your computer.
•Remove and replace the battery.
•Connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable. The "phone-exclamation mark-computer" picture should display on the phone's screen.
•Hold the Volume Up+Volume Down+Power buttons down simultaneously.The screen should go blank, then the picture should appear again. When the screen goes blank a second time, release the Power button while continuing to hold the Volume Up+Volume Down buttons down
If that doesn't work,i had a similar problem where I could get into odin, but it would progress beyond the pit file. Take the battery, sim and memory card out of your phone. Start odin. Put the battery only back in. hold volume up and down. Plug the phone in while holding these buttons. Don't let go until you are in download mode. Now try restoring. It should work.
Thanks for the input i am back up and running!!
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Bricked replacement Captivate - Orange Screen
Just to let you know. I recently received a replacement captivate thru warranty exchange. The phone was apparently a new one with JF6. So I decided to do an update to JH7 using Kies mini. A little over half way to the update procedure, the phone screen turned orange and stayed there for a long time, eventually I had to pull the plug. Of course I had to manually go to download mode and launch Kies mini emergency recovery, the damn thing again got stuck at the orange screen.
If anybody has this experience do no proceed further and throw that damn thing back at At&T's face. Do not attempt to do anything. I made a mistake of then doing an ODIN one-click back to stop and the phone got stuck half way, went to the orange screen.. and then it was over.. The phone was dead, wouldn't turn on, no recovery or download mode with any button combo. When I plugged in to the wall, no battery indicator.
save yourself the trouble and return the damn thing
still there
I am a "noob" to posting here, and a noob to the android due to being an avid iPhone user. I am having the same problem, phone -!- computer and have tried every method i can find in this forum to get passed it. Are there any other thoughts or suggestions? (got hung at do not turn off target in odin) Thanks in advance to any help.
I would look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
Stephenv1971 said:
I would look at this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
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went that route, still cant find dl mode. have resistors built and all. any way i try to boot shows me the phone -!- computer, and the computer doesnt attempt to recognise it so there is no communication between the computer and phone. unfortunately, i dont have a v/ohm meter, so i am not sure of the accuracy of the resistors i used to make my jig.
I fixed this many times with phone that had the button download mode and didn't.
Getting into download mode while softbricked like this wont show the normal download screen. IT will still show the error screen....
With download mode working still:
Simply remove the battery and replace,
Open odin
Hold down volume keys and plug it in till you see odin recognize ur phone.
Then continue to use odin.
Dosent work, repeat.
If you know ur button combo dosent work:
Just open odin.
Remove battery & replace.
Use jig (3k 100k ohms twisted)
Then when the phone turns on and your see the pc! screen plug in usb.
See if odin sees it.
Assuming your flash didn't fail on the PBL.bin or SBL.bin you should be fine.
Follow the methods suggested by other users here and you will get back up and running in no time at all.
Don't sweat the 'phone-!-pc' screen. I'm a little surprised that no one has given you the good news....that is just a version of the download screen for later hardware revisions. It looks bad, but if Odin recognizes your phone (if one of the COM fields goes active), just start your flash again.
Now if Odin does not recognize the phone when plugged in via USB, then you have some more work to do.
I had forgotten about posting here, and my problem has been resolved. So here it is... I tried everything that I could find within this forum, almost. I built my own jig with inferior radio shack components that would not activate download mode, though it would turn the phone on. I got wise, spent 8 dollars at ebay and purchased a JIG there. Instant download mode after 3 days (shipping). Reflashed with one click, updated w/ kies, made kernal changes and am now rockin my captivate. Thanks to those who assisted.
Steve_O_1971 said:
I had forgotten about posting here, and my problem has been resolved. So here it is... I tried everything that I could find within this forum, almost. I built my own jig with inferior radio shack components that would not activate download mode, though it would turn the phone on. I got wise, spent 8 dollars at ebay and purchased a JIG there. Instant download mode after 3 days (shipping). Reflashed with one click, updated w/ kies, made kernal changes and am now rockin my captivate. Thanks to those who assisted.
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Using the 3-resistor method takes A LOT of patience, at least in my experience. Glad everything worked out.
beast534 said:
Using the 3-resistor method takes A LOT of patience, at least in my experience. Glad everything worked out.
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Patience is a virtue, and my Ex's name. LOL! I can do without patience.
Jokes aside, i actually soldered the resistors to a plug that i had cut up, and made sure it was covered so my skin wouldnt come in contact. The Radio Shack here buys inferior products and sells them at reggular retail. Unfortunately my $300.00 V-Ohm meter is on the fritz, and i have not had the time or money to replace it yet, but I have intentions to check the actual resistance of the jig I made. ^^
I have been having trouble with my Bell Vibrant for the past few days, with a black screen after the 'S' Tried several things out there to resolve this issue, nothing seemed to work.
In desperation I tried the Odin3 one-click, not noticing its for the captivate. I successfully flashed and am now in a reboot loop with the AT&T logo screen. I can't get into recovery mode. or download mode to re flash with different ROM.
Any ideas????
Yes this is a vibrant device running a captivate rom and I have also posted this question in Vibrant general.
[email protected] said:
I have been having trouble with my Bell Vibrant for the past few days, with a black screen after the 'S' Tried several things out there to resolve this issue, nothing seemed to work.
In desperation I tried the Odin3 one-click, not noticing its for the captivate. I successfully flashed and am now in a reboot loop with the AT&T logo screen. I can't get into recovery mode. or download mode to re flash with different ROM.
Any ideas????
Yes this is a vibrant device running a captivate rom and I have also posted this question in Vibrant general.
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Use odin for the vibrant, not familiar with that SGS phone so I don't know if they have a one click odin . If not, you will need the stock .tar or kernel, modem and zimage files.
Open Odin in windows.
Take out your extSD, Sim and battery, wait 10+ secs.
Now plug the usb in.
While holding the vol +- insert the battery and it should go into download mode.
Now you can click start in odin.
I do know that the vibrant is a pain in the ass to get into download mode and that the above is the most consistent way to get there.
This is what I know of the vibrant, correct me if I'm wrong anyone.
For what it's worth, I had a hard time getting my captivate into download mode. This is what I had to do...when you do this, have the ODIN for your phone ready because if you back out from download mode, you'll get the blessed 'phone to computer' screen...which I was still able to get into download mode from...but some people haven't had such luck.
1) Turn off phone...(take battery out or whatever)
2) Holding the two volume buttons down, SLOWLY plug in USB cord HALF-WAY. Push it in just a tad...if the screen doesn't come up with the shoveling android...push in just a little bit more...keep doing this until you get the shoveling android...if the phone turns on...you missed it - start over.
3) Once in download mode, if the ODIN program doesn't see your phone on a COM port yet...push the USB cord in the rest of the way and it should see it then. I think I actually had to unplug the cord and plug it back in slowly till it saw it. Once it does see it, don't touch the cord anymore!
4) Click start on ODIN and let it do it's thing. You should see a progress bar show up on your phone's download screen within a minute or so...if not...turn off the phone and try again. you will get the 'blessed' screen but hopefully you won't have to do it.
My heart stopped for a bit when I tried the above and it didn't work the first time and I got the 'blessed' screen. But I just tried again and all was fine...so don't fret too much.
Anyways...hope this helps.
iceman198 said:
For what it's worth, I had a hard time getting my captivate into download mode. This is what I had to do...when you do this, have the ODIN for your phone ready because if you back out from download mode, you'll get the blessed 'phone to computer' screen...which I was still able to get into download mode from...but some people haven't had such luck.
1) Turn off phone...(take battery out or whatever)
2) Holding the two volume buttons down, SLOWLY plug in USB cord HALF-WAY. Push it in just a tad...if the screen doesn't come up with the shoveling android...push in just a little bit more...keep doing this until you get the shoveling android...if the phone turns on...you missed it - start over.
3) Once in download mode, if the ODIN program doesn't see your phone on a COM port yet...push the USB cord in the rest of the way and it should see it then. I think I actually had to unplug the cord and plug it back in slowly till it saw it. Once it does see it, don't touch the cord anymore!
4) Click start on ODIN and let it do it's thing. You should see a progress bar show up on your phone's download screen within a minute or so...if not...turn off the phone and try again. you will get the 'blessed' screen but hopefully you won't have to do it.
My heart stopped for a bit when I tried the above and it didn't work the first time and I got the 'blessed' screen. But I just tried again and all was fine...so don't fret too much.
Anyways...hope this helps.
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He is on a vibrant, not a captivate although it should be close to the same procedure. I've seen the usb half plug method but it never did anything for mine.
A jig should do the trick. Get a MicroUSB-b plug breakout board from sparkfun.com and two resistors (300k+1k) in serial across pins 4 and 5. Turn your phone off and take the battery, sim, and external sd card out. Pop the jig into the usb slot and put the battery back in. The phone should go into download mode on it's own without you having to hit any buttons.
After that, just follow what everyone else said - use a one-click-stock odin for your particular model.
The jig worked. took a trip to the source and grabbed the resisters and took apart the micro USB adapter included in my BlueAnt handsfree.
followed the directions from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9804077#post9804077
Back in business.
Thanks all.
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The jig worked. took a trip to the source and grabbed the resisters and took apart the micro USB adapter included in my BlueAnt handsfree.
followed the directions from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9804077#post9804077
Back in business.
Thanks all.
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Glad that worked and thanks for the update info.
I have a rooted stock phone that stopped working for no apparent reason (no new ROM flashed, no configuration change). It starts, shows the Samsung logo, and immediately reboots. I tried to put it in download mode, when i hold the 3 keys I see the download logo showing up, but it reboots after a few seconds anyway. after a while it will start looping through the battery charge screen (which shows the battery as empty). I tried 2 different batteries with no change. Any idea how to get something working again?
That almost sounds like some sort of power issue. Have you left it sit turned off until the battery was full?
Yes, I left it overnight and it just keeps flashing the battery screen and then resets. I also have an external charger and used it to charge the battery, so it's not an issue with the battery actually being empty.
Have you been able to get the phone into download mode previously?
Have you have dealt with a boot loop and performed an Odin recovery previously? If not, remember it can take a few tries to get download mode to pop up.
If you can't get Odin to go, you might try flashing with Kies.
I am wondering if your phone met with some kind of disaster when you weren't around (trauma or liquid).
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I have a rooted stock phone that stopped working for no apparent reason (no new ROM flashed, no configuration change). It starts, shows the Samsung logo, and immediately reboots. I tried to put it in download mode, when i hold the 3 keys I see the download logo showing up, but it reboots after a few seconds anyway. after a while it will start looping through the battery charge screen (which shows the battery as empty). I tried 2 different batteries with no change. Any idea how to get something working again?
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This sounds almost exactly like the problem I had with my Sidekick. In my case, it turned out to be a bad battery and a loose ribbon cable on the motherboard. I'd check those two things.
This happened to me as well, and the three-button method to get into download mode wasn't working. For some odd reason, for me to get into download mode all I have to do is hold down the power button + track pad, and it goes right into download mode... Maybe slightly different model?
Try that - power button + trackpad
Bootloops.
Not a guaranteed fix by any means but for troubleshooting purposes you may want to consider making a USB JIG. It will most definitely help you figure out just how serious the problem is and if it IS software related with a way to get it working again you will need the JIG anyway so its worth a shot. If nothing else you learn a new skill and you're the proud owner of an incredibly useful tool that you can say you made yourself. good luck!
I know this post is kind of old, but it just happened to me last week (same circumstance, a rooted phone, but stock). I ended up just pulling the battery out and pressing the power button a couple times to hopefully drian it and letting it sit for 15 minutes, and then I put the battery back in and it worked again. I now have another rom flashed on it, I hate stock.
I know this forum is ancient, but I'm working on an E-Bay phone with this exact issue. I found the following thread the most useful and informative on the problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996709
Hopefully this helps other.
what i did was hold the power volume and button between the menu n back with the left hand YES HOLD IT UNTILL THE PIT IS UPLOADED. then u can let go then slide in the vattery with the right.while checking off the flash bootloarders on the heimdall with it fixing my phone XD
I had this happen, I dissassembled the phone, and used an alcohol pad to clean the power button area, and manipulated the button a lot, let it dry, reassembled...it still bootlooped.
BELOW IS RISKY BUT WORKED FOR ME
So while the back cover was off (exposing the cicuit board but everything still connected) I inserted the battery and watched it boot loop...during this, I used a flathead screw driver to "short" the power button pins...this let it boot fully, and it has been fine since.
i smacked the phones power button a few times and it worked
I tried to root my phone using ODIN. I did everything as described and left it alone while ODIN was doing it's thing. At the end the phone was supposed to reboot and then voila but when I got back to the phone the screen was black and did not restart. ODIN was showing "PASS" so I thought everything went good. I tried to restart it manually but could not do it. None of the button combinations work- power itself, power+Volume Up+Home button or any other combination. Plugged in to wall charger does not show anything on the screen, like it's not charging. I took the battery out, plugged it in to the charger and the red light that shows that is being charged came on. Tried to turn it on, nothing. Tried the button combinations again- nothing. Put the battery back in the light disappeared. Took the battery out again- the light came back on. Still nothing on the screen. The phone is in coma. Is there anything that could be done te revive my phone or I should throw it away? What are the resolutions? Free or paid does not matter. Give me something and I will decide what to do afterwords. Thanks
Was the phone fully charged when you were flashing it with Odin? It's an odd coincidence that it would die at that time.
However, I have a friend whose S3 similarly died overnight sitting on the nightstand. Same exact symptoms and he even tried a new, spare battery with no joy.
Need more info to know for sure what may be wrong with your phone. A link to the guide you followed would be good. In the meantime, you can try what the OP in this thread did:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397145
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Need more info to know for sure what may be wrong with your phone. A link to the guide you followed would be good. In the meantime, you can try what the OP in this thread did:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397145
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Thank you, I'll give it a shot and let you know. That's a job hopefully for the next weekend cause I'm not home right know.
What root method did you do?
It's always a very tense moment for me whenever I use ODIN. It's not that hard to brick your phone with it so I'm always on the edge of my seat. Still, if you have everything set up properly it should never be an issue. Since ODIN actually said "pass" then I'm thinking either:
a) You flashed the file onto the wrong partition
b) You flashed a file meant for a different phone
I'm leaning toward b since I'm assuming you read directions carefully and only flashed to the PDA portion. Do you have a link to the website or forum topic from which you got the root instructions? The behavior you're describing is very similar to what happens when people flash a file meant for the International version of the S3.
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I tried to root my phone using ODIN. I did everything as described and left it alone while ODIN was doing it's thing. At the end the phone was supposed to reboot and then voila but when I got back to the phone the screen was black and did not restart. ODIN was showing "PASS" so I thought everything went good. I tried to restart it manually but could not do it. None of the button combinations work- power itself, power+Volume Up+Home button or any other combination. Plugged in to wall charger does not show anything on the screen, like it's not charging. I took the battery out, plugged it in to the charger and the red light that shows that is being charged came on. Tried to turn it on, nothing. Tried the button combinations again- nothing. Put the battery back in the light disappeared. Took the battery out again- the light came back on. Still nothing on the screen. The phone is in coma. Is there anything that could be done te revive my phone or I should throw it away? What are the resolutions? Free or paid does not matter. Give me something and I will decide what to do afterwords. Thanks
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I'm just register this site to need a help yours.
I'm doing anything that could hurt my phone, Galaxy S7 (south Korea SKTelecom gm-g930s)
When I turn on my phone, on the screen, phone showed to me booting logo.
and stop.
So I push power + vol. down and it reboot.
than my phone was booted to telecom company's logo
and phone dead
so I charged my phone and wait long time.
and finally my phone wake up in recovery mode.
because I think that it will be fine to boot normally because I never tried to change my phone's rom or bootloader, I just try booting my phone.
but my phone never booted, and entered recovery mode and printed "no command."
and really finally my phone dead.
any LED light, charging animation, vibration, sound ever never.
should I have to say "good bye" to my phone?
TT Plz help me
ps. My laptop is don't recognize my phone, even Exynose label.
김기수 said:
I'm just register this site to need a help yours.
I'm doing anything that could hurt my phone, Galaxy S7 (south Korea SKTelecom gm-g930s)
When I turn on my phone, on the screen, phone showed to me booting logo.
and stop.
So I push power + vol. down and it reboot.
than my phone was booted to telecom company's logo
and phone dead
so I charged my phone and wait long time.
and finally my phone wake up in recovery mode.
because I think that it will be fine to boot normally because I never tried to change my phone's rom or bootloader, I just try booting my phone.
but my phone never booted, and entered recovery mode and printed "no command."
and really finally my phone dead.
any LED light, charging animation, vibration, sound ever never.
should I have to say "good bye" to my phone?
TT Plz help me
ps. My laptop is don't recognize my phone, even Exynose label.
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What i am about to say is assuming that youve also tried to get the phone into download mode with the correct button press combo without any success
if the phone is going to be recoverable by methods most normal xda users are able to physically do, then youre going to need a couple of things. First and foremost a charged battery. If the battery drained so much that it wont even boot anymore, then we wont be able to help much past that. If the battery is charged, but the phone still wont boot, then you might want to try a USB Jig. Amazon link to show you an example of a Jig. Jigs look like the end of an older style charging cable but without the actual cable part of it. They have jumpers in them shorting out 2 of the pins inside the connector which causes the phone to boot into download mode. You can make your own Jig if you cant locate one to purchase with this tutorial. That should get the phone into download mode and from there youre in a really good position to fully recover the phone to how it was before it crashed. Be prepared for the possibility that the phone is actually dead tho
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What i am about to say is assuming that youve also tried to get the phone into download mode with the correct button press combo without any success
if the phone is going to be recoverable by methods most normal xda users are able to physically do, then youre going to need a couple of things. First and foremost a charged battery. If the battery drained so much that it wont even boot anymore, then we wont be able to help much past that. If the battery is charged, but the phone still wont boot, then you might want to try a USB Jig. Amazon link to show you an example of a Jig. Jigs look like the end of an older style charging cable but without the actual cable part of it. They have jumpers in them shorting out 2 of the pins inside the connector which causes the phone to boot into download mode. You can make your own Jig if you cant locate one to purchase with this tutorial. That should get the phone into download mode and from there youre in a really good position to fully recover the phone to how it was before it crashed. Be prepared for the possibility that the phone is actually dead tho
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Oh, is it possible to make resent samsung smart phone download mode? I just find some old posts that make jig for s2, s3 etc. I well do that as soon as possible. thank you. XD