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Hello Everyone,
I have a rogers captivate. I was trying to update to 2.3 android using Odin . I followed the whole process as stated. After rebooting, I got AT&T logo??? and the phone will not boot, go into recovery mode, or connect to my computer. Have I messed up my phone. Please advice.

how did you get an AT&T logo if it doesnt boot?
also what part of the process were you at? gingerbread shouldnt give the white ATT screen
it should give the "i9000" screen with gingerbread.
or were you flashing stock ATT first?
there is nothing wrong with having the wrong boot screen AND A FIX WAS RELEASED LAST NIGHT FOR GB
the fix for stock ATT has been out for a while. AND MY STOCK ROM FIXES IT TOO!
did you read the part about the button combos changing with gingerbread? or if you are on the ATT stock, use old button combos. Also you should have found my stock rom link before flashing, info there too!, its in my sig,
you have to give us more information to help you.

I beleive I was installing it to stock ATT first. That is when this happened. I was on Odin one click install. I remember the phone saying "do not disconnect the target". then all the installation was done from odin. This phone had 2.2 from samsung.Right now all that happens is that the phone starts and a flashing att logo on white background stays..
please let me know what other info is needed. i will post it all to the best possible

boot into download mode and flash ATT stock again. something messed up
are you using the "one click odin" or the other odin?
and what gingerbread are you trying after?

how do i do that. i have tried vol up+down+power combo. still the same flashing logo with no menus. i was using one click odin. and i was still on installing stock android. never got the chance to go to 2.3

If you can't get into download mode through the 3 button way you might need the jig. You got lucky since you're still able to boot up some have perma brick so try the jig and flash back to stock
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HOLD VOL UP + DOWN
the plug in USB to PC.
keep buttons held until screen comes on!
i asked which gingerbread you were going to do AFTER

What is the build number on your phone, 4 numbers printed under the battery, mine is a 1010 for example, which mean oct. Of 2010 is when it was built. Some phones 1010 and after will not accept the one click odin rom and cause a bootloop like you are having, Try an odin package from TRusselo's sig instead.

my packages dont have the bootloaders. that might be whats screwed up with blinking att boot.
need download first before anything. i do have a GB bootloader package separately

something else:
try removing battery,
plug in USB to PC and Phone
Hold both Volume buttons
put battery back in.
should get you download mode

I really have noidea about what gingerbread i was after, i guess i wanted just the stock android without any custom software from samsung. I am total noob here as far as androids go.
the number on the battery say 2010.12.20 and the last forr nos under the battery at s/n are 11.02.
what is a jig. how do i use it. My phone cannot connect to the computer.
When I try to reset my device by any method, whether usb or power combos, it goes into either a. ATT logo flashing every few secs. or b. battery charging logo with nothing happeining.
Also my phone cannot be seen on my computer

gingerbread isnt for noobs
NOT THE DATE ON the battery
UNDER the battery ON THE PHONE
4 digit number
if you dont know what a jig or gingerbread or any of this stuff is,
you shouldnt have touched your friggin phone!

My apologies. the number is 1102. I understand I have screwed up. Any chance of having a working phone again.

GO GOOGLE A CAPTIVATE JIG AND BUY ONE
you wont be able to make one if you cant follow instructions.
that is your only hope. if not your phone is F'ed up perminantly.
your ONLY HOPE AFTER, is if your phone *somehow stops* turning on *forever*
and you send it back for warranty, and play dumb! ..... ..... ... .. .
PROGRAMMING a phone cant be learned it 5 minutes.
HELL you cant even read the friggin instructions (written for experienced users) in 5 minutes
this was an expensive lesson on researching and learning before doing

hitechchef said:
My apologies. the number is 1102. I understand I have screwed up. Any chance of having a working phone again.
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Sorry for stepping in..
Yes there is. Might be a little complicated tho. You have some reading to do my friend.
Tru, I'll let you handle it but HiTechChef, you might've to go in for waranty and exchange it saying it did that after you tried to update through Kies. They'll check it and give you another one.

Thanks I will try this method

BWolf56 said:
Sorry for stepping in..
Yes there is. Might be a little complicated tho. You have some reading to do my friend.
Tru, I'll let you handle it but HiTechChef, you might've to go in for waranty and exchange it saying it did that after you tried to update through Kies. They'll check it and give you another one.
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he's a rogers phone and it boots to ATT screen
it has to *stop* booting to get *warranty*

TRusselo said:
he's a rogers phone and it boots to ATT screen
it has to *stop* booting to get *warranty*
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Oh right.. Wow..
Yep, go read about a JIG (it's pretty simple to use). You can either build it or buy one from mobiletechvideo or ebay.

TRusselo said:
he's a rogers phone and it boots to ATT screen
it has to *stop* booting to get *warranty*
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Lol That kind of subtly is lost here... noone is picking up on your suggestion...

and thats how its going to stay,
ive said it before with almost the same words.
ive laid out all the tools....
correction of the original problem is necessary,
research is salvation,
resistance is futile.
there it is... i laughed... all is good again...

[Q] got my broken captivate replaced lost 3 button combo

The power lock button broke on my cappy. So i took it back to AT&T and got a new one. At first the 3 button combo worked, I went to flash to complete stock 2.1 because i was about to go to GB. Well then i lost the three button combo and cant get it back. Should i try to take the phone back saying it wont go into recovery and try to get a new one. Idk if having to get into recovery is a must to them or if they'll say you dont need it. What should i do I got it back to stock 2.2 using kies from 2.1.
I really dont want to put up with a non 3 combo phone. What should I do? Get a JIG or go back to AT&T?

chrisd000111 said:
The power lock button broke on my cappy. So i took it back to AT&T and got a new one. At first the 3 button combo worked, I went to flash to complete stock 2.1 because i was about to go to GB. Well then i lost the three button combo and cant get it back. Should i try to take the phone back saying it wont go into recovery and try to get a new one. Idk if having to get into recovery is a must to them or if they'll say you dont need it. What should i do I got it back to stock 2.2 using kies from 2.1.
I really dont want to put up with a non 3 combo phone. What should I do? Get a JIG or go back to AT&T?
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Rooting and changing roms voids your warranty, so if you tell them what your up to not only will they not help you, but they may void your warranty. Try a jig, or if you really want to take it back, return the phone to stock and tell them the gps still sux. Good luck
This is my signature, this is my gun. One is for posting, one is for fun.

Im all the way back to stock, Im still showing the correct product code and everything so that shouldnt be a problem. Im just thinking how i can get them to give me a different one. I guess i can say i use recovery to wipe my phone clean every once in a while to speed the phone up. Oh and you need recovery if you get ota updates right

Not a big deal in the least.
If you were going to gingerbread anyway all you need is that first boot into download because once you flash gingerbread bootloaders you will have a working combo.
Its software not hardware, button combo is contained in the secondary bootloader, no reason to replace a phone because of slightly faulty software.

Ok so i guess ill work on getting the three button to work tomorrow then go to gb, cause the three button fix by design gears wasnt taking, thats why i got a little scared, and i guess i better order a JIG. Ive been without one for 10 months but now im a little nervous lol

and i guess once i get a JIG it will completely eliminate the use of the three button combo anyway. Cause im one of those people that goes back to stock on every flash and it would be a pain to have to do the three button fix. So i guess ill order a JIG from mobiletechvideos.com
Though it wouldnt help recovery as much but rom manager will take care of that.

Didn't they have a three button combo fix a while back? I haven't been on here in a while since my captivate is broken but i seem to remember something like that...

Yea i have the zip file to fix it but now my phone wont go into clockwork at all to even install it. It keeps saying signature failed

Did you apply the 3e fix?
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chrisd000111 said:
Yea i have the zip file to fix it but now my phone wont go into clockwork at all to even install it. It keeps saying signature failed
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There's a .zip for that, too. Somewhere in the threads you can find the zip that will get you to recovery. Look for 3e recovery without signatures.

The 3e sticky is at the top of the page...i thought you flashed 2.1, you shouldn't have 3e that is a stock froyo recovery, what did you do?

i had 3 button when i got the phone and then i went back to 2.1 cause i was gonna flash gb. so once i went to 2.1 i was mad that i lost it and updated it to 2.2 through kies thinking i would just take it back to att and thats when all this start happening.
So i got clockwork to work and the three button combo is now working also, so ill just flash gb straight from 2.2. That is fine right its still a stock rom with root but thats it. or should i now go back to 2.1 then get three button and then flash.
I hate that i have to add all these steps compared to before which was so easy and fast.

You can flash gb over whatever. I went from firefly to stock gb.

Thanks alot i should be good to go now, Im never going to go to stock 2.2 unless im taking it back again.
I guess I'm gonna definitely order my JIG today too.

[Q] Something Wrong With New Captivates?

I just got a Samsung Captivate two days ago, and while trying to root it, I seem to have bricked it. When trying to flash initial root zip in stock recovery, the install always failed because it failed to verify the signature. Then I got the bright idea of ODIN one clicking back to stock, thinking maybe that'd help. Now, if the phone is unplugged, I get a boot loop with the white at&t screen, and if I try to plug it in to get into download mode, it just blinks the battery status screen, showing an empty battery. I tried replacing the battery with a fresh one, but no change. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

should have just ran a search for " captivate signature verification ".. million threads... and fix in my signature...
so you odin flashed to stock then flashed the root kernel?
or just flashed to stock? What stock? there are many. theres 3 odin packages and 4 one clicks just for ROGERS.. there are even more for att. some even ACTUALLY BRICK YOUR PHONE.
having the WRONG kernel for wrong rom causes bootloops.
you are not bricked. bricked your screen doesnt come on.
you really need to research.

Sounds like you flashed jf6 on a froyo shipped phone, losing your 3 button ability in the process.

shagdaddy said:
I just got a Samsung Captivate two days ago, and while trying to root it, I seem to have bricked it. When trying to flash initial root zip in stock recovery, the install always failed because it failed to verify the signature. Then I got the bright idea of ODIN one clicking back to stock, thinking maybe that'd help. Now, if the phone is unplugged, I get a boot loop with the white at&t screen, and if I try to plug it in to get into download mode, it just blinks the battery status screen, showing an empty battery. I tried replacing the battery with a fresh one, but no change. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Please, you have gotto give us a step-by-step on what you did.......especially on what you did !!!!

mrhaley30705 said:
Sounds like you flashed jf6 on a froyo shipped phone, losing your 3 button ability in the process.
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we have a winner!!
op search usb download mode jig...easy to amke cheap to buy. it eill force dl mode and from there you can flash ANY other stock firmware than JF6...

One click root is much easier than whatever you tried doing
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I did the same thing. You will have to get the USB jig to reflash it. Get the stock 2.2 ROM and use super one click. Odin can get you back the clock work mod.
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studacris said:
we have a winner!!
op search usb download mode jig...easy to amke cheap to buy. it eill force dl mode and from there you can flash ANY other stock firmware than JF6...
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I won! Ok, where's the bacon for winner?

From bricked to fixed.

I was caught in a boot loop and tried to re flash, when in my haste I forgot that Odin will recheck partition when loading .Pit files (pretty lame feature)
Still it was my fault for clicking start in haste.
**phone was partitioned, and would not go into download mode, it was stuck in a screen that said "Firmware update error, please restore in Kies", but it wouldn't connect to kies**
I sent my phone to XDA member Connexion2005
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=1602851
I haven't got it in my hands yet, but he just told me it was fixed, I can't wait to get it back and leave it the hell alone (until someone makes CM7 or better work on it)
anyhow, this is out there so if you do what I did (DON'T) there's a solution. Set me back $50 plus shipping to TX from NYC but still, I didn't have to get a whole new phone.

for 50 bucks im sure k0nane would have made an uberfixit tar :/

shabbypenguin said:
for 50 bucks im sure k0nane would have made an uberfixit tar :/
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Absolutely.

shabbypenguin said:
for 50 bucks im sure k0nane would have made an uberfixit tar :/
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Please elaborate. Not finding much info on this "uberfixit", but it sounds like it's some method of re-creating the stock filesystem that's flashable in odin?

I was putting this out there, because I'm not the only one that this will happen to.

yea it happens when you repartition, an uberfixit requires a complete dump of the phone and quite a bit of time, but will completely fix what you described
the problem with repartitioning is that it wipes the phone clean and then starts to reinstall everything, problem is neither one of teh tars has the full dump (we do it for the sake of saving actual bricks)
knowing someone who can jtag is great we have had a few epic 4g touches that crashed and burned and were saved via jtag.

shabbypenguin said:
yea it happens when you repartition, an uberfixit requires a complete dump of the phone and quite a bit of time, but will completely fix what you described
the problem with repartitioning is that it wipes the phone clean and then starts to reinstall everything, problem is neither one of teh tars has the full dump (we do it for the sake of saving actual bricks)
knowing someone who can jtag is great we have had a few epic 4g touches that crashed and burned and were saved via jtag.
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You may not remember, but I did go onto your IRC and spoke with you regarding this issue.

oh sorry, the irc channel we have is for a bunch of devices currently we house blaze 4g, attain 4g, conenct 4g, lucid and optimus m+ owners. so i probably thought you were an attain owner since we have had a good number of attain owners repartition as well :/

shabbypenguin said:
oh sorry, the irc channel we have is for a bunch of devices currently we house blaze 4g, attain 4g, conenct 4g, lucid and optimus m+ owners. so i probably thought you were an attain owner since we have had a good number of attain owners repartition as well :/
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it's all good, bottom line is I f'd up my device, but now its fixed.

um...yeah...
So i did the exact same thing as you... Been trying to find anyone who can help me out. Is there anyway I can fix it myself? I haven't found a single place in my whole state that can fix the problem. If at all possible, I'd like to avoid sending it out for repair.

So how do I get this uberfixit?
I stupidly re-partitioned using Odin, also: I did not realize that Odin re-checked the check box -even after unchecking- when a new pda file was loaded. My bad. Totally though it was bricked until i was able to flash this stock gingerbread rom, but now kies says that my Blaze S does not qualify for upgrades... Did the re-partitioning do this?
I can no longer get to the recovery screen, although if I restart my blaze while connected to a pc via usb, it does allow the "re-install OS?" page to display, and I can get to recover from there: But absolutely no more access to the recovery "menu" which allows me to wipe cache/restore to factory/etc.

Just Odin cwm back then flash away
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Thanks for the quick reply; I will try that right now: My fingers are crossed.
2vivid said:
Just Odin cwm back then flash away
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thomassino said:
Thanks for the quick reply; I will try that right now: My fingers are crossed.
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It's just a soft brick, I have done that at least 10 times.

Will you make this?
k0nane said:
Absolutely.
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Hi, k0nane I too have bricked my phone due to not unchecking re-partition. Now no matter what I do the phone displays the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. It is frustrating. I will certainly pay you if you make a fix for this that I can flash in odin! I don't care if it wipes my phone completely as I was trying to flash a new rom anyways. Please reply I'm desperate to get this thing working again.

runboyrun said:
Hi, k0nane I too have bricked my phone due to not unchecking re-partition. Now no matter what I do the phone displays the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again. It is frustrating. I will certainly pay you if you make a fix for this that I can flash in odin! I don't care if it wipes my phone completely as I was trying to flash a new rom anyways. Please reply I'm desperate to get this thing working again.
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That's a soft brick.
No need to pay anyone lol just pull the battery and go back to download mode (for Odin) again and revert back to stock. A quick search through 'bricked' type threads would have netted this info :thumbup:
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Can't get Vibrant to enter Recovery or Download mode after Odin Flash

Hey well, to start things off I was trying to unlock my T-Mobile SGS4G to work with AT&T but it turns out it needs to be rooted first. I have rooted before and this is the first time I have ran into a problem.
What I did first:
I used Heimdall in an attempt to flash CWM Recovery so I can gain root access. For some reason the zImage was bad (?) and my phone could only get to the T-Mobile logo and then freeze.
Recovery and Download DID work
What I did second:
I used odin3 to flash back a stock T-Mobile rom in hope to fix things... and it did everything succesfully but now it's stuck in a real boot loop.
Can't get into Recovery, nor Download. It's really depressing to keep seeing that battery show over and over again.
Any ideas on how to get my computer to detect my phone again?
Thanks.
Edit:
I did every button combination + usb plug combination known to man. I uninstalled and installed the files again.
Did my phone brick because I ticked the partition tab on odin?
PLEASE help.

Our phone IS NOT the Vibrant. Hopefully someone can help you, but... I don't know. If you flashed OUR stock rom, with bootloaders... you're screwed. But, the fact you have images on your screen, should give you some hope.

Yea, I saw that, but the title says he has a vibrant. I don't know....

Head to the vibrant forum there are some un-brick tools over there...you need to get it in download mode use odin to flash stock froyo vibrant rom.. Should get it back up and running
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Kingarabian said:
T-Mobile SGS4G
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Just to verify, pull out your battery and check if you have the SGH-T959V

One of the "download jigs" may help once you are certain which phone you have and what firmware and ROM you need to flash. You can make your own with a resistor and a microUSB plug, I bought one for $8.00, delivered, (I now see they have them on Amazon for $4, Super Saver eligible) and others have had good luck with even cheaper ones on eBay.
Also: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9403915

Jigs are cheap and unless you got the right resistor lying around buy a ready made one. Also if the phone shows up in odin you can download something whatever picture shows up on the screen. Raver has a thread about using heimdall to fix the boot files but its about six months old. Worked for me once. It might even be indexed in the bible under development.
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