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I apologize if this is a duplicate but I have a problem.
The USB cable came out of the phone while loading GR-10 ROM so of course the flash failed. The phone will boot up in Android System Recovery but go no further. Download mode does not appear to be available. Tried several times (5).
There is bunch of failed message string below.
My questions are:
Is this a soft boot where a Jig would make it go into Download mode?
Or is this a hard boot and I need to do something else?
Thanks in advance for any replies!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049294
you should be able to reach download with adb comands.
if it still boots at all you should still have a good combination of bootloaders. have you tried the i9000 combos as well? volume down+power untill the splash screen pops up, volume down for 2 sec then plug in usb cable with odin open? volume down+menu+power? pull battery then vol down + power + put battery back in?
also have you tried the captivate variations? volume up+vol down+power till att splash goes away, vol up + vol down+ usb cable, pull battery then vol up+vol down+usb +put battery back in?
id try them all or use adb while into recovery mode.
I went to take a shower and came back to try it again.
I got it to go into download mode. I believe it was the I9000 version which worked - volume down+power untill the splash screen pops up, volume down for 2 sec then plug in usb cable with odin open
However, it appears to be stuck trying to load. In Odin 3 app, I am at factoryfs.rfs and the progress bar has not moved for about 20 mins. Also my COM window is yellow.
It looks like Odin3 and Captivate are not talking and that the Captivate drivers did not load. Does that sound right?
Wanderer000 said:
I went to take a shower and came back to try it again.
I got it to go into download mode. I believe it was the I9000 version which worked - volume down+power untill the splash screen pops up, volume down for 2 sec then plug in usb cable with odin open
However, it appears to be stuck trying to load. In Odin 3 app, I am at factoryfs.rfs and the progress bar has not moved for about 20 mins. Also my COM window is yellow.
It looks like Odin3 and Captivate are not talking and that the Captivate drivers did not load. Does that sound right?
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Yeah, sounds like odin is detecting your phone, but having trouble transferring junk to it. Try a different usb port, or perhaps a different usb cable if you happen to have a spare one?
You can also try it again if it's stuck on factoryfs.rfs, since it's not in the process of flashing bootloaders it should be "ok" to pull the cable and try again.
Also, it shouldn't take more than 2 minutes to flash factoryfs.rfs, anything longer is a pretty good indicator that something went terribly wrong.
Also try restarting your computer.
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Just so you know - I tried everything mentioned here and I was not able to get the phone working.
The phone would not communicate with the computer correctly. I could never get the Odin3 to show anything other than yellow when I connected the phone and was in download mode.
I could not get it to boot at all at the end. So I took it to the local ATT&T repair center and got a replacement.
Thanks again.
i have a samsung captivate (build 1012) that i recently soft bricked and so far i have found no way to get it into download mode to revive it. i have used odin one click and flashed other roms before and im not new to all of this, but this one is just not working out so well. it was on serendipity 6.4 and i wanted to update to serendipity 7 beta 2 so i downloaded all the files i needed and went into download mode to flash gingerbread. odin went just fine until it reached the step where it says "do not power off target" and then froze and didnt go any further than that. so i unplugged the phone and every button combination i know to put it into download mode to run through odin one click and it simply wont do it. it is stuck on the phone-!-pc screen and thats all it will do. i have tried the gb bootloader button combinations and froyo combinations. im about to just order a jig because it looks like thats all i can do. has anyone else had something similar happen? i need all the help i can get.
I have experience in this area but not with Samsung devices. Is the bootloader unlockable, and if so have you unlocked it. Also, have you gotten any software on your computer to recognize your phone?
i have unlocked it and i do have the 64 bit drivers for my phone (im running windows 7 64 bit) and i have always been able to do this but i think odin screwed up my ability to get into download mode because of my build number :/
What Screen do you get when you power on? Phone ! Computer? Or something else?
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Can you get any sign of fastboot protocol support, or Koushs Clockworkmod recovery. You said you have installed the drivers, but when you plug it into your computer does your computer recognize your device as anything. Sorry about this whole situation
Hey i found this. I have not the slightest clue if it will help you but i will post it here just in case.
So far this has been the only sure fire method I've found to 100% get around any brick situation regardless of firmware, etc. This only works for the captivate, not any other galaxy s variant.
Situations: phone-!-Computer / no download mode
Black Screen / RST_STATUS 0x0
Procedure:
1. Remove the battery, external SD card and SIM card.
2. Wait 10 seconds.
3. Open odin3
4. Connect usb cable.
5. Hold volume up + volume down + Power.
6. Insert battery.
7. Release POWER BUTTON ONLY.
You should now be in immediate download mode.
Make sure to try this a few times if it does not work imediately.
I hope it works and wish for the best
yeah i get the phone ! computer screen, thats all it will do no matter what combination i try
Try this
Here is another thing to try as button combinations, removing the sdcard and sim seem to be the only possible way out of this
What worked for me was: Pull the battery, sim and micro sd card. Open odin on the PC. Insert the battery. Hold vol up and down then with the buttons held connect the usb cable. Ju..st remember to plug in the usb cable with the vol up and down held in and odin must be open on the computer.
With your current luck this will probably not work but anything is worth a try
From the Phone ! PC screen I've flashed stocked roms. If Odin can see your phone from this screen you don't need to enter download mode because your technically already in an alternate download mode. In theory you should be able to just Flash to stock from the Phone ! PC screen.
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Does Odin recognize it and did you fix it?
Well I never got the buttons to work :/ but I made a jig from a few resistors and my baby is back once again haha
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I do have one other issue though, I still want to flash serendipity 7 but when I try it odin freezes on "do not turn off target" after setting pit file. Any advice? Its the odin version that comes with serendipity 7. I believe 1.72 or something
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it all started when i wanted to try the Stock Deodexed T959VUVKG4 with Root, and i went to the red recovery i had, voodo recovery, and i did all the unmount, mount, and all that good stuff.I flahsed the room waiting for the process to finish but i got stock on the galaxy logo. when i went back to the post, i read that recovery didnt work for some reason, so i decided it was time for me to restore my phone using odin, but my pc doesnt recognize my phone anymore, whenever i plug in the cable to the pc, its like nothing has happened, i have installed all of the usb drivers ive seen on the web, but nothing seems to work, any suggestions???/
Did you forget to disable voodoo in CWM and then reboot to un-convert the file system before you started flashing?
to get into download mode, are you sure you are holding both volume up/down buttons down while you plug in the usb?
the kg4 doesnt have the bootloaders, so you should be able to get into download mode using the three button combo.
i disabled voodo lagfix but i did not reboot the phone instead i flashed the room right after. and i am holding both volume up/down buttons down while i plug in the usb and i see the download pictures and everything
and what do i do if my pc doesnt recognize my phone???
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and what do i do if my pc doesnt recognize my phone???
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I had an issue where my pc would not recognize my phone in download mode after flashing the original 2.3.4 posted by chadster. I finally got it to recognize it by installing all the drivers used with heimdell. Hope that helps.
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ive tried that but the only driver that my pc recognizes is my wireless driver.thanks for the help everybody.
ok. drivers are sometimes a problem. restart the computer and then reinstall the drivers. then plug your phone into a different usb port from what you had it and go into download mode. let me know if that works.
i will try again with Heimdall to see if it works
Can you try taking the battery out for 30secs open odin plug the usb in the phone hold vol up and down then slap the battery in while still holding keep holding it and if a com sign comes up in odin flash it even if screens blank
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it doesnt work
i still have the same problem with the usb drivers, does anybody know how to fix it?
Try uninstalling all your phone's usb drivers, then go to the device manager in system properties, right click on your USB controller, and uninstall the device. Then reboot your pc, and let windows find and reinstall the USB controller. Then reinstall the samsung usb drivers, and see if that works.
I had the same issue once.
I had the same issue before and was able to fix it by rebooting the phone and letting GB boot up. I then turned on debugging mode and plugged the phone into the pc. I then installed the hemi drivers and windows installed the device and everything worked after that. From what I've found, after you flash GB, sometimes it wont recognize the device anymore, so putting the phone into debug mode after booting seems to force it to use the correct drivers. Hope this helps!
I'd try the fevers then hold up and down and put USB cord in
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Yes I have looked, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 and searched for quite an extensive time before giving up as I have not found a solution to my problem.
This is pretty much what happened, I was rooting my i727R through odin when the usb jiggled out of the original spot a bit and cancelled the Odin recovery.img transfer, I thought I was okay, until the device on longer showed up in Odin(no yellow bar saying COM: specifying the port my device was in).
I then tried plugging in the device again, with Windows greeting me with "The last usb you plugged in has malfunctioned". Sooo I started to panic a bit. Upon plugging the device back in numerous times(with the ODIN MODE screen bootlooping every time I removed the battery+cable) I saw the yellow COM: indicating the device was plugged in, however when I tried to flash back to stock it did not work. Now I can no longer get my device recognized by Odin or Kies and my device is stuck in Download Mode. Can any bright members shine some light on this little situation I'm in? Thanks
Uninstall the samsung drivers, reboot the PC, then install them again and try.
Use a USB port connected to the motherboard if you have a tower PC. You may need to try to enter Download mode fresh. Hold power and both volume buttons until it reboots, then let go of ONLY the power button. This will force Download mode again and may get the PC and ODIN to recognize it and install the drivers again. Hope this helps
Thanks mate, found the problem myself. One of the bottom pins of the micro usb was broken on the phone, just bent it back and now Odin detects it. (Y)
Here is what happened. I was on CM7 with blue cwm, flashed paranoid android successfully, phone works, calls/mms work, everything works but i get rainbow cwm. In order to fix this i followed the directions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260, was on step 3 when i installed kies i had the phone connected to the computer via usb. After kies installed i received an error in windows saying the usb device could not be recognized. Since then no matter what i try i can not get the phone into download mode.
Things i have tried:
1- pulling battery, reinserting, holding +- volume while attaching usb cable
2- different usb cable
3- different computers
4- turning on and off debug mode
5- mounting usb via cwm (pretty sure thats what i selected, hard to see with cwm so messed up)
6- uninstalling and re-installing kies+drivers
Any ideas?
***UPDATE: Fixed... installed 2.3.6 rom with red cwm, then installed PA through red cwm. Download mode now works and rainbow cwm fixed, doesn't make 100% sense but it is fixed...
Outstanding pls change title to SOLVED.
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Here is what happened. I was on CM7 with blue cwm, flashed paranoid android successfully, phone works, calls/mms work, everything works but i get rainbow cwm. In order to fix this i followed the directions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705260, was on step 3 when i installed kies i had the phone connected to the computer via usb. After kies installed i received an error in windows saying the usb device could not be recognized. Since then no matter what i try i can not get the phone into download mode.
Things i have tried:
1- pulling battery, reinserting, holding +- volume while attaching usb cable
2- different usb cable
3- different computers
4- turning on and off debug mode
5- mounting usb via cwm (pretty sure thats what i selected, hard to see with cwm so messed up)
6- uninstalling and re-installing kies+drivers
Any ideas?
***UPDATE: Fixed... installed 2.3.6 rom with red cwm, then installed PA through red cwm. Download mode now works and rainbow cwm fixed, doesn't make 100% sense but it is fixed...
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Ok so I jumped the gun early last night in assuming it was fixed. As my update states on red cwm and no rainbows, I can get into download mode through cwm (advanced menu). That's as far as I got last night before I went to bed, this morning I went to re-install PA since the phone was stuck at samsung logo (like PA thread says in installation procedures) and i got an installation error. Went into download mode to put today's update on it and found out the PC was unable to recognize the phone. I tried un-installing kies and just installing the infuse drivers, when i connect the phone i get an error saying the device is not recognizable. Tried un-installing the drivers and reinstalling kies+drivers and get the same device is not recognizable error. I also tried different usb cords and on a laptop and get the same device not recognizable on both computers.
Really at a loss now on what to do since the same error is happening on two different computers, something must be wrong with the phone or cwm? Unable to follow un-brick guides since odin won't recognize the phone... Any ideas?
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Ok so I jumped the gun early last night in assuming it was fixed. As my update states on red cwm and no rainbows, I can get into download mode through cwm (advanced menu). That's as far as I got last night before I went to bed, this morning I went to re-install PA since the phone was stuck at samsung logo (like PA thread says in installation procedures) and i got an installation error. Went into download mode to put today's update on it and found out the PC was unable to recognize the phone. I tried un-installing kies and just installing the infuse drivers, when i connect the phone i get an error saying the device is not recognizable. Tried un-installing the drivers and reinstalling kies+drivers and get the same device is not recognizable error. I also tried different usb cords and on a laptop and get the same device not recognizable on both computers.
Really at a loss now on what to do since the same error is happening on two different computers, something must be wrong with the phone or cwm? Unable to follow un-brick guides since odin won't recognize the phone... Any ideas?
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Since you can get into CWM, there is still so much hope for you, it'll just require trying a bunch more stuff but you will figure out out.
IDEAS:
Did you try installing PA again via CWM? If you are still on red CWM, that means you're not on an ICS kernel yet. You want blue CWM. Maybe try installing the PA zip a couple more times after doing a wipe.
If you're still on red CWM, you might be able to still install a GB rom that might be on your SD card to at least get you out of the mess for now.
For Odin/Heimdell, did you try other other USB ports, besides the 1 on each computer? Can you still get into download mode via the battery pull + volume buttons? The USB cord can be plugged into the computer before you put the battery back. I would trust that before the CWM download mode. Do you get the construction sign triangle that says "do not remove target"? That's what you want for Odin or Heimdell.
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Since you can get into CWM, there is still so much hope for you, it'll just require trying a bunch more stuff but you will figure out out.
IDEAS:
Did you try installing PA again via CWM? If you are still on red CWM, that means you're not on an ICS kernel yet. You want blue CWM. Maybe try installing the PA zip a couple more times after doing a wipe.
If you're still on red CWM, you might be able to still install a GB rom that might be on your SD card to at least get you out of the mess for now.
For Odin/Heimdell, did you try other other USB ports, besides the 1 on each computer? Can you still get into download mode via the battery pull + volume buttons? The USB cord can be plugged into the computer before you put the battery back. I would trust that before the CWM download mode. Do you get the construction sign triangle that says "do not remove target"? That's what you want for Odin or Heimdell.
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First off thanks for the help!
I was on blue cwm before I installed PA, it gave me the raindbow cwm so i figured i had froyo bootloaders still, which is what started this whole mess.
I am still on red cwm but I can not install roms off my external zip since the phone isn't seeing it, even when i try to unmount/mount it through cwm. The only rom i have is PA which is on internal sd that my phone does see. Unfortunately every time I try to install that rom now it says "successfully installed" then has an error that starts with assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "aries".
Regarding the other USB ports I have tried multiple ports on multiple computers (3 now), my newer one doesn't have usb 1.0 so I know for a fact I was using a 2.0 port, I have tried ports directly connected to the mobo and ports in the front of the case.
And here is the kicker that's really messing me up and what makes me hit a brick wall with every single post I read about this problem. I do get the yellow construction sign that says 'do not remove target', when i plug my phone into the computer with that sign on the screen the computer immediately says 'USB Device Not Recognized', then 'Device driver software was not successfully installed'. What kills me is I get this error on all 3 machines I have tried so far, with different usb cables. Since im getting this error I can not do odin or heimdall.
Sounds super frustrating. I haven't been stuck like that in a while..
Maybe remove the "solved" from your post and others might have ideas too.
I don't know about your cwm, but on mine i can access my external sd through the option called "install zip from INTERNAL sd card." That is different than the usual "install from zip" option. It's a few options down from the regular "install from zip". It is totally backwards, but let's me install from my external sd.
You are obviously having driver issues...so here is this best thing to do...do not use Odin, just try heimdal http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
Heimdal does not require drivers from kies or Samsung....in fact it uses its own custom drivers
Run heimdal
Connect phone in download mode
Press flash
It may say it needs to install drivers, just do as it says and follow the onscreen instructions to install the custom drivers
Continue with the flash
***when it finishes do not close the heimdal...leave it open***
Put phone back in download mode and flash again,except this time check the box for flash bootloaders-that will fix rainbows
Download mode:
Pull battery
Put battery back in
Hold volume up+down simutaniously *don't touch that power button*
While holding both volume buttons plug USB into both phone and computer
***also make sure you have java installed or else heimdall might not work***
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mg2195 said:
You are obviously having driver issues...so here is this best thing to do...do not use Odin, just try heimdal http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
Heimdal does not require drivers from kies or Samsung....in fact it uses its own custom drivers
Run heimdal
Connect phone in download mode
Press flash
It may say it needs to install drivers, just do as it says and follow the onscreen instructions to install the custom drivers
Continue with the flash
***when it finishes do not close the heimdal...leave it open***
Put phone back in download mode and flash again,except this time check the box for flash bootloaders-that will fix rainbows
Download mode:
Pull battery
Put battery back in
Hold volume up+down simutaniously *don't touch that power button*
While holding both volume buttons plug USB into both phone and computer
***also make sure you have java installed or else heimdall might not work***
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Just followed your instructions step by step. When the phone boots up in download mode i get a msg on the taskbar saying "usb device not recognized" and heimdall never changes from 'device status: disconnected", the big flash button is grayed out. I tried on two different desktops, tried different usb ports including 2.0 and 3.0, tried two different samsung branded cables. Frustrating
Are you entering dl mode through cwm or manually? I've never had luck going through cwm...although I think you stated earlier you couldn't enter dl mode the manual way
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Are you entering dl mode through cwm or manually? I've never had luck going through cwm...although I think you stated earlier you couldn't enter dl mode the manual way
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Tried both, although I am not 100% sure im in correct download mode manual way. When i enter download mode through red cwm i get the yellow construction sign but the pc never recognizes the phone it seems. Going the manual route the phone gets stuck on the samsung logo with the 4 buttons lit up on the bottom and the pc says "usb device not recognized". So it seems the PC is seeing something the manual route but the yellow construction sign never pops up.
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Tried both, although I am not 100% sure im in correct download mode manual way. When i enter download mode through red cwm i get the yellow construction sign but the pc never recognizes the phone it seems. Going the manual route the phone gets stuck on the samsung logo with the 4 buttons lit up on the bottom and the pc says "usb device not recognized". So it seems the PC is seeing something the manual route but the yellow construction sign never pops up.
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The Samsung logo should not pop up at all so your either doing something wrong the manual way or your infuse doesn't wanna go the manual way
It may be that your power button is borked...been seeing that a little lately...
When entering download mode it should go straight to the yellow triangle thing or to the option to enter download mode or reboot phone...again when entering download mode you should never see the Samsung logo first
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mg2195 said:
The Samsung logo should not pop up at all so your either doing something wrong the manual way or your infuse doesn't wanna go the manual way
It may be that your power button is borked...been seeing that a little lately...
When entering download mode it should go straight to the yellow triangle thing or to the option to enter download mode or reboot phone...again when entering download mode you should never see the Samsung logo first
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OK well that makes sense, the phone refuses to go into download mode the manual way. I am 100% positive I am not touching the power button during the process.
I am unplugging from usb and removing battery
Holding both volume buttons
re-inserting battery with volume buttons held
re-inserting usb cable with volume buttons held
it goes straight to samsung logo every time
mbliss said:
OK well that makes sense, the phone refuses to go into download mode the manual way. I am 100% positive I am not touching the power button during the process.
I am unplugging from usb and removing battery
Holding both volume buttons
re-inserting battery with volume buttons held
re-inserting usb cable with volume buttons held
it goes straight to samsung logo every time
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if you put battery in without usb will it bootup to samsung logo by it self? if that happens then it supports the possibility that your power button is borked
also may wanna try this method to get into download mode as ive heard of it working for others
pull battery
hold volume keys
plug usb in
place battery back in
and as a last resort there's always usb jigs which i think you can buy for like 5 or 10 bucks on ebay
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if you put battery in without usb will it bootup to samsung logo by it self? if that happens then it supports the possibility that your power button is borked
also may wanna try this method to get into download mode as ive heard of it working for others
pull battery
hold volume keys
plug usb in
place battery back in
and as a last resort there's always usb jigs which i think you can buy for like 5 or 10 bucks on ebay
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Ok progress is made! Not sure why it worked this time but I was able to get into download mode manually! The phone immediately went to the yellow construction sign. I cleaned out the area around the power button with an air compressor (not a can), was probably just real dirty from pocket scum. Heimdall still says disconnected
Ok semi-success!
Heimdall recognizes the phone now!
When i go to flash it pops up a window with some instructions for zadig.exe (wants me to select samsung usb in next window), however when i select options -> list all devices it doesnt show samsung usb in the drop down menu. Just 'Gadget Serial' 'Gadget Serial (Interface 0)' and my IR receiver (its a htpc that finally recognized the phone).
Not sure what to do now...
Fixed!
Just used odin and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27286083#post27286083 !
Sweet now back to stock and can work on getting back to yummy ICS from here... what a learning experience! Seems it all came down to a dirty power button...
Thanks for the help everyone!
Awesome! Glad you figured it out somehow. You might want to download zen arcade's infuse toolkit or some roms and throw them on your phone just in case something crazy happens during a flash again.
Can not get into download mode or switch on... Please help!
I have Samsung Infuse 4G and I was on Froyo and tried to root my phone with Odin3 v1.7 (I997UCLB3-CWM-root-deodex-extras.tar); however, messed up something now I am not able to switch on the phone or get into download mode or any boot loop screen ... nothing at all... on black screen which shows image of mobile and PC and one yellow triangle between them with "!" sign...
Someone please help me... if there is any way to fix this... or my phone is dead for ever...
Use Odin on that screen, same as download screen
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