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fully bricked captivate? share stories here!

i bricked my captivate. fully bricked.dead. gone. haha it was all my fault though. i flashed back to stock and wanted to see if there was an update OTA. there was so i downloaded it. forgetting that i always have the update.zip form clockworkmod (so i dont have to keep rooting to flash a rom) on the root of my sd card, the update.zip from the download went somewhere. i dont know where it went. so the message popped up saying do i want to update now so i did. it booted into this software update screen. halfway through the process it said 'installation aborted. going to reboot . so the phone shut off and never came on again because it was installing the clockworkmod file. not to mad tho. haha did it right on the day my contract expired. now im getting the inspire
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I doubt its bricked, make a usb jig to bring it back to life.

nah just gone. tried putting it on the charger. battery gets hot. tried jig. nothing. not even the capacitive buttons light up

i'll buy it off you for 10 dollars

I had infinite loop for an hour, so my battery died pretty much and i didnt notice that...I was using one click odin to flash to stock..and it turned green...i pulled everything out....again tried in download mode and now it turned pink...so again I pulled everything and tried to put it in download mode....Dead...complete dead...tried everything I could....

viny2cool said:
I had infinite loop for an hour, so my battery died pretty much and i didnt notice that...I was using one click odin to flash to stock..and it turned green...i pulled everything out....again tried in download mode and now it turned pink...so again I pulled everything and tried to put it in download mode....Dead...complete dead...tried everything I could....
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ugh thats a day killer! once my battery died right before starting odin. i just popped in my dads battery and finished it. scary though

I too received the green screen when flashing...Fortunately I can get to the download mode use a jig, although I cannot do anything from there. My computer recognizes the phone but I get no response when trying to flash the firmware.

peachpuff said:
I doubt its bricked, make a usb jig to bring it back to life.
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I second that idea.

Somehow I've managed to fully brick my phone more than ten times!! Always came back to life with dl mode or jig but mostly persistence, gotta keep trying the jig and volume up down buttons followed by endless connecting and disconnecting USB cables to get it to take.
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Full bricks front come back to life
If I have helped press thanks.

Hello,
Anyone with bricked or broken captivate wants to sell it?? I am looking for a captivate for parts. PM me
Thanks

aguila88psi said:
Somehow I've managed to fully brick my phone more than ten times!! Always came back to life with dl mode or jig but mostly persistence, gotta keep trying the jig and volume up down buttons followed by endless connecting and disconnecting USB cables to get it to take.
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Are you sure???

That's not full brick... Full brick won't go into download mode. It will just sit therea dn do nothing. Not even get hot when you put it on the charger.
Listen guys... I need a for-real bricked captivate. Black screen, won't do anything at all for testing... This is why.. If you have a brick, please PM me. I'll return it after testing, hopefully in a working condition.
That "brick" in the video, that's a soft brick. it's not a full, hard brick.
I'm trying to NOT black-screen hard-brick my own phone... If you have one around which is bricked, please let me know and I'll try to fix it. I need one for testing before I go bricking my extra phone for real

trell959 said:
ugh thats a day killer! once my battery died right before starting odin. i just popped in my dads battery and finished it. scary though
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This happend to me as well. Battery died during Odin. Completely black screen. Wouldn't charge and would get hot while plugged in.

****, i guess i just fully bricked mine >_> was updating to 2.2 via kies mini and it froze on 46% of installation because it doesn't work on win x64. Went to download mode through 3 button, tried Odin and it ****ing failed on me. Now this piece of **** won't even turn on. Gonna try a jig, but i read multiple times on multiple places that it won't work if the phone doesn't even turn the screen on, so i guess i'm ****ed.

Language. Please watch your language. One every so often is not too bad, but that's WAY 2 much for one post. Just letting you know before a mod sees it.

mrhaley30705 said:
Language. Please watch your language. One every so often is not too bad, but that's WAY 2 much for one post. Just letting you know before a mod sees it.
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Sorry about that! I was really frustrated at that time, my bad!!! well, after 2 hours trying to revive it i was able to launch download mode, and this time Odin didn't fail, feeling soooo much better now hehe

Toddyn said:
Sorry about that! I was really frustrated at that time, my bad!!! well, after 2 hours trying to revive it i was able to launch download mode, and this time Odin didn't fail, feeling soooo much better now hehe
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Well, I'm glad to f*¢king hear it

Glad you got it going.

I tried to flash
{Stock Rom} Odin JF6 with 3 button fix
with odin because my 3 button wasn't working.
Everything seems like it was going fine Odin says successful, but when it was supposed to restart. It never turned back on. Now the screen never turns on when I try to power on, charge, or use my JIG.

What the hell did i do?

Okay, so i had Infused 2.3.0 (i think that was the number, it's the latest one anyway). I followed the instructions to the T. I had no issues.
About 3 or 4 days later i woke up and my phone had 1% battery. I sent a text, and then locked the phone. I came back to plug it in, and tried to see if it had any battery. None, it was dead. No biggie. I plug it in, and i get the circle loading thing. Then the battery symbol appears (charging). Then the phone goes black and the circle loading thing appears again. Then it keeps restarting. and going back to the circle loading thing. Over... and Over... Then i tried charging it for a while to see if the battery was just really low. No dice.
I put my girlfriends battery from her infuse 4g and it had 90%. Did the same thing. Circle loading thing, restart, circle loading thing, etc. Then i tried to put it into recovery. No dice, it would just keep restarting. Sometimes the Samsung logo would appear, and then it would just restart samsung, black screen, samsung, black screen, then eventually back to the circle.
I got it in red recovery ONCE, i was able to scroll down twice, and then the phone restarted. I couldn't get it back into red recovery.
I thought i had bricked my phone somehow. So i tried to use GTGs unbrick. I loaded it up fine (i'd done it with my girlfriends phone before to restore it to stock). It took me about 15 tries to get it into download mode. It was in download mode for long enough so that the program recognized it, and it started the download to restore it, then the phone turned off.
Now the phone won't even turn on. I can't put it in download mode, i can't put it into recovery, i can't get it to do ANYTHING.
What the hell did i do? What caused the original issue?
HELP

Does your phone still have warranty?

What the hell didn't you do.

Ok well first of all it is not Infused 2.3 it is 2.2.3. Anyway that is not the point, did you have juice defender installed? I do not think it could have done anything, but maybe. What is the latest app/tweak/anything you installed? Finally, have you tried holding both volume buttons and power button when trying to turn it on? This problem you are having seems extremely odd. Try plugging it in.

eatjello said:
Okay, so i had Infused 2.3.0 (i think that was the number, it's the latest one anyway). I followed the instructions to the T. I had no issues.
About 3 or 4 days later i woke up and my phone had 1% battery. I sent a text, and then locked the phone. I came back to plug it in, and tried to see if it had any battery. None, it was dead. No biggie. I plug it in, and i get the circle loading thing. Then the battery symbol appears (charging). Then the phone goes black and the circle loading thing appears again. Then it keeps restarting. and going back to the circle loading thing. Over... and Over... Then i tried charging it for a while to see if the battery was just really low. No dice.
I put my girlfriends battery from her infuse 4g and it had 90%. Did the same thing. Circle loading thing, restart, circle loading thing, etc. Then i tried to put it into recovery. No dice, it would just keep restarting. Sometimes the Samsung logo would appear, and then it would just restart samsung, black screen, samsung, black screen, then eventually back to the circle.
I got it in red recovery ONCE, i was able to scroll down twice, and then the phone restarted. I couldn't get it back into red recovery.
I thought i had bricked my phone somehow. So i tried to use GTGs unbrick. I loaded it up fine (i'd done it with my girlfriends phone before to restore it to stock). It took me about 15 tries to get it into download mode. It was in download mode for long enough so that the program recognized it, and it started the download to restore it, then the phone turned off.
Now the phone won't even turn on. I can't put it in download mode, i can't put it into recovery, i can't get it to do ANYTHING.
What the hell did i do? What caused the original issue?
HELP
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Did you try your girlfriend's charged battery with the charger disconnected?

Sarius24 said:
Does your phone still have warranty?
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Yeah I'm going to try to take it to the ATT store tomorrow to see what they say.
Eddie Bombay said:
What the hell didn't you do.
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Thank you for the valuable contribution.
Ryanscool said:
Ok well first of all it is not Infused 2.3 it is 2.2.3. Anyway that is not the point, did you have juice defender installed? I do not think it could have done anything, but maybe. What is the latest app/tweak/anything you installed? Finally, have you tried holding both volume buttons and power button when trying to turn it on? This problem you are having seems extremely odd. Try plugging it in.
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2.2.3, thanks. I was too lazy to look it up. No, I didn't have juice defender. I used Lookout, that's all.
The latest thing I installed was the 2.2.3 update for Infused. I updated Pandora, and that's all.
Yes, i've done that with the volume buttons.
Entropy512 said:
Did you try your girlfriend's charged battery with the charger disconnected?
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Yes. Won't turn on.

Well, best thing you can do now is see what ATT can do about it. The worst that can happen is they say they can not do anything, which you then can keep trying the ultimate unbrick over again. This helped someone on an earlier thread.

Same thing happened to me. Take the battery out. Make sure USB cable is unplugged. Hold down both up and down volume buttons plug in USB into ur phone and PC and put battery back in. This will put you in download mode and it will stick do u can return to stock. Good luck
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jmatt78 said:
Same thing happened to me. Take the battery out. Make sure USB cable is unplugged. Hold down both up and down volume buttons plug in USB into ur phone and PC and put battery back in. This will put you in download mode and it will stick do u can return to stock. Good luck
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I'll try this again, but it didn't work last time. No matter what i did.
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Tried again multiple times. It just won't turn on.

I think you have a hardware failure of some sort... Take it back to AT&T for warrany service.
You probably didn't do anything to it - just bad luck and coincidence.

Entropy512 said:
I think you have a hardware failure of some sort... Take it back to AT&T for warrany service.
You probably didn't do anything to it - just bad luck and coincidence.
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this is exactly what i thought. and what i'm hoping. I'll let you guys know what happens tomorrow at ATT.

let me know what ATT says and how your approach was to them.
I just got my phonw into a boot loop ...
Was thinking if nothing works just play dumb with ATT.

Evanescense said:
let me know what ATT says and how your approach was to them.
I just got my phonw into a boot loop ...
Was thinking if nothing works just play dumb with ATT.
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I'm at att right now waiting. Ill let you know what I say and what happens.
What rom were you using?

They're replacing it. No questions asked. The phone wont turn on. So they said its a hardware failure
The guy was really nice. Didn't ask me if I did anything to it
He tried everything I did. Download mode. New battery. Nadda

got my replacement today. all is well. now to root

Can't get into download mode

First I want to say I love this forum.
I believe I have a unique problem. I searched around on forum and couldn't find my issue.
My infuse is completely unmodified, I haven't rooted or flashed any roms. My phone suddenly restarted today and now it just keeps flashing the "SAMSUNG" logo on the screen over and over every 2 seconds. I tried putting it into download mode but the problem is once I put the battery, it automatically turns on ... So theres no time for me to do the sequence. I'm not sure how else I can get it into download mode. I have all the odin software and stock roms from the other threads.
Any help would be greatly appreciate. Thanks for help in advance.

D4rkL1ght said:
First I want to say I love this forum.
I believe I have a unique problem. I searched around on forum and couldn't find my issue.
My infuse is completely unmodified, I haven't rooted or flashed any roms. My phone suddenly restarted today and now it just keeps flashing the "SAMSUNG" logo on the screen over and over every 2 seconds. I tried putting it into download mode but the problem is once I put the battery, it automatically turns on ... So theres no time for me to do the sequence. I'm not sure how else I can get it into download mode. I have all the odin software and stock roms from the other threads.
Any help would be greatly appreciate. Thanks for help in advance.
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Have you tried holding both volume buttons as the power cord is inserted? Lol sorry i had to laugh at myself.

D4rkL1ght said:
First I want to say I love this forum.
I believe I have a unique problem. I searched around on forum and couldn't find my issue.
My infuse is completely unmodified, I haven't rooted or flashed any roms. My phone suddenly restarted today and now it just keeps flashing the "SAMSUNG" logo on the screen over and over every 2 seconds. I tried putting it into download mode but the problem is once I put the battery, it automatically turns on ... So theres no time for me to do the sequence. I'm not sure how else I can get it into download mode. I have all the odin software and stock roms from the other threads.
Any help would be greatly appreciate. Thanks for help in advance.
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Alright, its been a while since I've troubleshot on stock but, here goes. If you can't get download mode,(Pull battery, reinsert, hold both VOL +/- while plugging in USB) try this first:
Make sure the device is off.
Power it up and repeatedly tap the far left soft key until the phone boots.(now i'm not 100% sure, but I think the ATT bootanimation has to show up first before tapping, but trying won't hurt)
If that doesn't work you could try a hard reset: (Warning, this WILL erase all data)
To make my life easier, I'll just link the how-to's lol:
LINK
LINK
Now these have slightly varying methods, so I linked both. Good luck!

Hopefully you have already fixed the problem by now, but one other thing to consider is the possibility that the USB port is messed up. This can happen pretty easily on these phones if you use a USB cable other than the one that came with it. It is possible for the phone to get confused and think that there is a cable plugged in even when there isn't. I have this problem with one of my Infuses and it causes the exact same symptoms you have described. I usually just plug in the original cable and wiggle it around a little, then unplug it and try it again.
In my case the problem started when I unknowingly plugged a Logitech USB cable covered in mustard into my phone. Don't ask how it got there because I sure as heck don't know. All I can say is I now keep my cables away from my three year old.

I tried all those suggestions and it didnt work, please keep in mind that once I put my battery in it AUTOMATICALLY turns my phone on. Theres no way for me to have it off with the battery in. So I cant hold the buttons down while its off and then plug it in. Or do recovery mode or anything. I am using the cable that came with the phone.
Also, all it does is the samsung logo comes on the screen for 2 secs then goes off for 2 secs and that process repeats for eternity... When I plug it in the battery charge meter starts to come up and then the screen goes black, and then that repeats the same way ...
Before you guys suggest to take it back to AT&T i already did. They said it needed to be reflashed ... So they tried, and told me that they couldn't even do it because it was messed up so bad. And they said they couldn't replace it because I have a small crack in my screen EVEN THOUGH he told me that he knows that isnt related to the problem! Are you kidding me? Great way to treat loyal customers ... AT&T are cheap bastards.

D4rkL1ght said:
I tried all those suggestions and it didnt work, please keep in mind that once I put my battery in it AUTOMATICALLY turns my phone on. Theres no way for me to have it off with the battery in. So I cant hold the buttons down while its off and then plug it in. Or do recovery mode or anything. I am using the cable that came with the phone.
Also, all it does is the samsung logo comes on the screen for 2 secs then goes off for 2 secs and that process repeats for eternity... When I plug it in the battery charge meter starts to come up and then the screen goes black, and then that repeats the same way ...
Before you guys suggest to take it back to AT&T i already did. They said it needed to be reflashed ... So they tried, and told me that they couldn't even do it because it was messed up so bad. And they said they couldn't replace it because I have a small crack in my screen EVEN THOUGH he told me that he knows that isnt related to the problem! Are you kidding me? Great way to treat loyal customers ... AT&T are cheap bastards.
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Try these steps.
1. switch off the phone.
2. remove the battery.
3. connect the phone to computer (without battery)
4. press both volume up and down buttons.
5. put the battery and wait to open in download mode.

Yeah I have the same problem, and it is my first and only att phone without an upgrade till 2013. If you figure out how to fix it please tell me.

please give a solution to dis problm i'm facing the same problem
whenever i'm inserting the battery with out pressing the power button my infuse switch on's and go on repeating the samsung logo....

prudhvi11 said:
please give a solution to dis problm i'm facing the same problem
whenever i'm inserting the battery with out pressing the power button my infuse switch on's and go on repeating the samsung logo....
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Have you tried doing what is said in this thread?
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Crinkypops said:
Have you tried doing what is said in this thread?
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yeah i had done it while trying in ur manner it goes into the charging mode and keeps restarting....
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D4rkL1ght said:
I tried all those suggestions and it didnt work, please keep in mind that once I put my battery in it AUTOMATICALLY turns my phone on. Theres no way for me to have it off with the battery in. So I cant hold the buttons down while its off and then plug it in. Or do recovery mode or anything. I am using the cable that came with the phone.
Also, all it does is the samsung logo comes on the screen for 2 secs then goes off for 2 secs and that process repeats for eternity... When I plug it in the battery charge meter starts to come up and then the screen goes black, and then that repeats the same way ...
Before you guys suggest to take it back to AT&T i already did. They said it needed to be reflashed ... So they tried, and told me that they couldn't even do it because it was messed up so bad. And they said they couldn't replace it because I have a small crack in my screen EVEN THOUGH he told me that he knows that isnt related to the problem! Are you kidding me? Great way to treat loyal customers ... AT&T are cheap bastards.
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I'm facing the same problem
had u got any solution for dis one...

My sister had the exact same problem with her phone.
take battery out. insert USB cable, hold both Vol Up/Down, insert battery.
If not use a USB Jig
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0
and don't use the culprit charger/Usb cable that threw your phone into this mess!

hey XDA my infuse is workin
what i did is just gave my infuse a one day rest without doing anything(with battery removed)
and thanx all for ur suggestions...

My Samsung Infuse 4G keeps rebooting every 2 sec and won`t let me do anything
Hi ther,
Even I have similar kind of issue not sure if you got any solution. Can anyone help me getting this fixed.
Thanks in advance
AK
D4rkL1ght said:
First I want to say I love this forum.
I believe I have a unique problem. I searched around on forum and couldn't find my issue.
My infuse is completely unmodified, I haven't rooted or flashed any roms. My phone suddenly restarted today and now it just keeps flashing the "SAMSUNG" logo on the screen over and over every 2 seconds. I tried putting it into download mode but the problem is once I put the battery, it automatically turns on ... So theres no time for me to do the sequence. I'm not sure how else I can get it into download mode. I have all the odin software and stock roms from the other threads.
Any help would be greatly appreciate. Thanks for help in advance.
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Sounds like power button is stuck.... a few threads here on the subject. Good luck.
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My Samsung Infuse 4G keeps rebooting every 2 sec and won`t let me do anything
I removed casing and checked the power key it looks all fine.
Pony Express said:
Sounds like power button is stuck.... a few threads here on the subject. Good luck.
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anandvia said:
I removed casing and checked the power key it looks all fine.
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The power button should make a distinctive clicking sound when pressed. Are you getting that sound?

My Samsung Infuse 4G keeps rebooting every 2 sec and won`t let me do anything
Yes it makes clicking sound when I press. Is JIG is the only option left ?
Pony Express said:
The power button should make a distinctive clicking sound when pressed. Are you getting that sound?
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anandvia said:
Yes it makes clicking sound when I press. Is JIG is the only option left ?
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Just a quick review of download mode: Pull battery.
Connect USB to phone from a known working USB port on computer. (Infuse drivers installed.)
While continuing to hold down both volume up and volume down (no power button),
insert battery.
Should see download mode screen after 2-4 seconds.
If no, a jig is the least expensive option at around $2. You can also send it to a repair service, think I read that is around $50.00. Good luck.

anandvia said:
I removed casing and checked the power key it looks all fine.
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even tho it look fine, you should attempt to clean it..mebby a electronic cleaning solution

D4rkL1ght said:
I tried all those suggestions and it didnt work, please keep in mind that once I put my battery in it AUTOMATICALLY turns my phone on. Theres no way for me to have it off with the battery in. So I cant hold the buttons down while its off and then plug it in. Or do recovery mode or anything. I am using the cable that came with the phone.
Also, all it does is the samsung logo comes on the screen for 2 secs then goes off for 2 secs and that process repeats for eternity... When I plug it in the battery charge meter starts to come up and then the screen goes black, and then that repeats the same way ...
Before you guys suggest to take it back to AT&T i already did. They said it needed to be reflashed ... So they tried, and told me that they couldn't even do it because it was messed up so bad. And they said they couldn't replace it because I have a small crack in my screen EVEN THOUGH he told me that he knows that isnt related to the problem! Are you kidding me? Great way to treat loyal customers ... AT&T are cheap bastards.
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Same issue ı am desperate

[Q] Phone won't stay in download mode?

I'm having some weird problems getting the phone into download mode. If I hold down voldown + power + trackball, the phone goes into download mode and is recognized, but then leaves download mode about 5 seconds later. The screen goes black and the charging screen turns on for a few seconds and then also goes black. If I just plug in the phone to charge, the charging screen turns on for a few seconds and then cycles with a black screen.
Is there something up with the charging circuitry? Is it possible to get the phone to stay in download mode?

Try doing the forced download mode method

Are you talking about the volume down + trackpad? Same thing happens, download mode screen flashes for ~5 seconds, phone turns off, starts flashing charging screen.
I also have a download mode jig, but that isn't working either.

Also, new development: the phone won't even turn on now when I hold down the power button. Bad battery?

No he means pull battery, connect usb, hold power, volume up, volume down, camera, and tackpad and insert battery. It should FORCE the phone into download mode.
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That works, but I still get kicked out of DL mode after about 5 seconds. The issue was never getting into download mode--all button combinations work for that--but the problem is I get kicked out of it after a few seconds.

Hmmmm. I think its probably a bad battery.
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Alright. I'll definitely check that out and get a new battery.

Got the battery today. Unfortunately, still the same problem! The Sidekick boot screen now displays in place of the battery charging screen, but I still get kicked out after 5 seconds.

Damn, well the only thing I can think is a problem with the board not receiving enough power. But I don't know, maybe someone else can help you better.
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Another thread reminded me...
Fixed the problem! Seemed to be a ribbon cable or some sort of loose connection. I opened up the phone (all the way), removed the RF shield, unplugged all the ribbon/connector cables (minus the one for the camera) and removed the whole board from the phone case. Checked the connections, put everything back together snugly. It now works like a charm.

same problem
would you make a tutorial on how to do this ?

AFAinHD said:
No he means pull battery, connect usb, hold power, volume up, volume down, camera, and tackpad and insert battery. It should FORCE the phone into download mode.
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AFAinHD said:
Hmmmm. I think its probably a bad battery.
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I also meet the problem same as Redct and after I tried the solution provideed by Afainhd，the problem has been solved. Thank you Afainhd.

yinyuyang said:
I also meet the problem same as Redct and after I tried the solution provideed by Afainhd，the problem has been solved. Thank you Afainhd.
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Anytime.
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SK4g
Yeah i had the same problem iv been trying to go into recovery mode and safe mode. I cant do it im having the same exact problem. I get kicked out every 5 seconds but Redct has a point. There may not be enough power going to the phone. I may attempt at taking the phone apart extremely carefully. If this works ill post then its a manufacture problem for not assembling the phone right or not finding out that people do lots of things with their phone and the phones is just a bunch of computer componets wraped around a piece of plastic. Better quality phones must be sturdy.

So I attempted to take apart the phone and put everything back together and successfully booted. I it booted into the Android OS but then for some reason crashed and entered the boot loop again god this is irritating
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Same Problem
I am having the same problem. I took the phone apart, but I couldn't figure out how to get the circuit boards out to unplug the ribbon wires, can you tell me what to do? I had the same problems a few weeks back, but it was staying in download mode then, but now it won't stay in download mode for more than 5 seconds. I got a new phone because of it(LG Optimus). I would really like to get my Sidekick going again though!

Try using heimdal n enable flash bootloaders n hold the volume keys
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I'm attempting this fix. Got arround taking out the board and just need some help with what to do with the RF. I can't simply take it out and put it back, my guess. Any help is appreaciated. Like what kind of tool would I need for that? Thanks!
The RF shield or the RF 5000? I'm confused.
BTW... If anyone needs help with how to dismantle the phone, follow this thread. It can be found in General section.

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.

[Q] Samsung Infuse 4G white screen brick. Help!!!

Hey whats up, I have messed up my Infuse and I need some serious help. I was flashing back to stock and Odin stalled so mid process I pulled the plug (stupid me).
Now all the phone does is show a white screen and nothing more, I cant get to download mode or anything. The white screen is constant, its not flashing. It wont connect to windows neither. Is the phone completely toasted or is there a chance because I have searched all over and couldn't find my particular case. Help me plea, help me plea. Nah, joking aside I need your brain power because unfortunately mine is full of air!

I can try to help
antnee85929 said:
Hey whats up, I have messed up my Infuse and I need some serious help. I was flashing back to stock and Odin stalled so mid process I pulled the plug (stupid me).
Now all the phone does is show a white screen and nothing more, I cant get to download mode or anything. The white screen is constant, its not flashing. It wont connect to windows neither. Is the phone completely toasted or is there a chance because I have searched all over and couldn't find my particular case. Help me plea, help me plea. Nah, joking aside I need your brain power because unfortunately mine is full of air!
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have u tried a download jig or taking the battery out and then (while holding volume down) putting the battery in? sometimes that works it worked for me when i couldnt get it into download mode

Yeah ive done the jig thing and still to no avail. I am starting to think that irt is completely finished.

I'm in the same boat now. Odin froze, unplugged cable to restart process and now have a solid white screen. PC makes a noise as if it's connected, no access to phone and unable to get into download mode. Please help.

Guys I would suggest to try different factors and experiment.
:thumbup:Try a different USB Cable.
:thumbup:A different USB port.
:thumbup:A different computer/PC perhaps.
:thumbup:Also make sure u reboot the computer you just freshly installed the up-to-date Kies drivers.
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