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[Captivate General] studacris:
If one click gives you a bootloop, the bootloaders have already done their job. So that means they were flashed properly and the issue is in the "orange zone" seems perfectly logical to me that flashing jh2 after the loop will fix it and you'll have 2.1-2 bootloaders.

Or just flash the jh2 alone and keep the gb bootloaders like you said.
[Captivate General] Dlev7:
Hahaha no I already know that Odin-One Click wont work (*prior experience had to use the Jig*). But I will just use the JH2 method and keep the GB bootloaders I was just wondering what people in our (Build 1010+ should do)

And ya flame wars are more fun on the weekends....more patience...and so we wait till then.

Thanks!
[Captivate General] htcgee703:
Thanks alot good info
[Captivate General] studacris:
I'm so confused by this whole 1010+ one click bootloop. I've stated before in other threads that I flash 3 cappys on a regular basis, 1 1010, and 2 1012s. All I've used on them is one click never had issue one? Is it just a small percentage of later builds that don't want to accept it or am I just REALLY lucky to come across 3 that don't have that problem?
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
i have a 1011 rogers and the one-click never messed me up...

everything is and has been good (knock on wood)
[Captivate General] Dlev7:
yes you are SO LUCKY! I learned the hard way, flashing back to stock for the first time. Then getting that weird boot loop. Had to search a million threads and found that I had a common problem with the later builds.

Its nothing serious unless you freak out. You just need to build a jig. Put it back into donwload mode, and Manually use the JH2 from the Build1010 link in the OP and flash back that way.

You sir are very lucky, wanna trade :P? I have Darky 10.0 RC5.3 with Darkcore Kernel 2.1 Optimized for the Captivate, but doesnt work on Odin One-Click...lol
[Captivate General] studacris:
Nope ill stick with my issue less build, btw I don't have 3, my sister and her bf each have one and after I started flashing mine they got totally jelly and asked if I'd do theirs. Helps feed the addiction :)
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
might have to do with the date of the board inside..

but then again.

it is well known fact over 20% of all electronics fail before expected date, including the faulty from factory. 20% of customers will have a bad product within 5 years if not right away.

and modern electronics processor manufacturing... 1 out of 100 can be bad, they dont catch them all. ive had good processors and bad ones in my PC. its all luck of the draw and USING YOUR WARRANTY IF YOU CAN.... if you have any complaint, get it fixed
[Captivate General] dillonc:
This is one of the best posts I have seen thusfar, I have been in this position many times and wish I would have seen this post then! For those of you who are new at this, and things dont work out exactly how you planned, (They never ever ever ever will) just remember, STAY CALM AND READ READ READ READ READ! I cannot emphasize this enough!
[Captivate General] boborone:
Sticky? Bump

Sent from a super smooth captivate running andromeda
[Captivate General] 4n6science:
Thanks for all that great information. Hopefully I will not have to re-read all of that again, but informative nonetheless. :)
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
PLEASE re-read it all again. PLEASE...
[Captivate General] silentheero:
Awesome information! Tired of seeing the "is my phone bricked?" posts.

One correction (maybe)- With the 2.3.3 bootloaders, to get into download mode, you only need press down+power. I don't think the capacitive menu button is operational at boot time.
[Captivate General] modest_mandroid:
you're right, thanks for that.
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
and you spelled my name wrong...
[Captivate General] NCXC:
Wow!

One heck of a post, thanks so much for this, just put it to good use fixing my soft brink.
[Captivate General] milkytron:
Haven't hard bricked my phone but when I soft bricked once I really didn't know what to do when my phone would respond to anything. I eventually remembered the volume up and down and USB in to get into download mode and everything worked out fine. This really helped me understand the process of how a phone boots though so thanks for that.

Sent from the heavens using XDA App
[Captivate General] connexion2005:
I just wanted to say this is a great thread. I would however add to the fact that I can recover hard bricks on many Galaxy S and HTC devices and I'm working on the Captivates for free right now as a practice run. Just PM me for info. This is done with the use of JTAG. Search Vibrant JTAG and see my video on how I do this...
[Captivate General] AdamOutler:
There's more to the boot then the OP mentioned... there's 6 partitions involved, not 4.

irom = hard coded

IBL/PBL = initial bootloader and primitive bootloader

SBL = Secondadary Bootloader finds linux

param = contains paramaters to run the phone and required for boot.

SBL2 = download mode (included in SBL)

PIT = Partiton Information Table

Don't touch any of these files.

If you touch the param.ifs, the phone can still boot, however you will see a black screen if something goes wrong.

BOOT 00000000 0000 0003FFFF 0001
PIT 00040000 0001 0003FFFF 0001
EFS 00080000 0002 009FFFFF 0028
SBL 00A80000 002A 0013FFFF 0005
SBL2 00BC0000 002F 0013FFFF 0005
PARAM 00D00000 0034 004FFFFF 0014
KERNEL 01200000 0048 0077FFFF 001E
RECOVERY 01980000 0066 0077FFFF 001E
FACTORYFS 02100000 0084 11E7FFFF 047A
DBDATAFS 13F80000 04FE 085FFFFF 0218
CACHE 1C580000 0716 022FFFFF 008C
MODEM 1E880000 07A2 00C7FFFF 0032
07D4 1F500000
[Captivate General] carpenterethan:
I bricked my phone a few times over the past few days. I am raising my post count as we speak to be able to post a walkthru example with photos on how to chop a usb cable and make a jig with resistors.
[Captivate General] boborone:
Umm been done many times before. Don't need another thread on the subject.

Sent from a super smooth captivate running andromeda
[Captivate General] pigeroes:
Really really helpful.. Thank you so much..

I just flashed to Continuum v5.2 and I'm worrying about the stock rom boot loaders..
[Captivate General] Xtracter:
nice write up
[Captivate General] iamtheug:
its always good to know what your dealing with. coming from the iphone where they actively discourage poking around the system, its good to know this kind of stuff. plus being a hardware guy, software is kinda mysterious to me.
[Captivate General] w8qvg:
I can get my Captivate that was running on Gingerbread 2.3.3 and the Continuum 5.41 Rom into download mode only and nothing happens! I have tried to use stock Captivate Odin one click downloader and I get nothing just a screen indicating that it has started and than it does nothing!!! I've been working on his for 12 hours, any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated! I have also tried to get back into stock Gingerbread multiple times, with no luck just Odin showing that it started and than just hangs and hang!! Thanks in advance for any help.
[Captivate General] w8qvg:
I can get my Captivate into downloading mode but nothing happens? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
[Captivate General] w8qvg:
I think I may have bricked my Captivate! I was running Gingerbread 2.3.3 and installed a custom Rom and tried to flash the kernel and it just went into a constant boot loop! I am still able to get into download mode but, nothing happens Odin starts and just says stared and never does a thing? Any advice would be much appreciated!
[Captivate General] studacris:
Damn man, 3 posts in 15 minutes? And You gave very little information in all 3 if them.

Did you even read the op? You are in a bootloop, that is very far from being bricked.

You switch usb ports, make sure its one in the back of the pc not a front port? Restart your computer? Run odin as adminstrator?
[Captivate General] w8qvg:
Hey studacris,

Thanks for the reply and I'm sorry for the lack of details...Let me see if I can fill them in for you. I started with a new stock Captivate with Froyo 2.2 on it. I proceeeded to update it to 19000 JVH and installed the Continuum 5.41 Rom. Everything was running pretty good, but my battery was dieing very fast. I had read that Xcliburinhand 19000 Reorientated had been reworked for JVH versions and flashed that kernel or should I say tried to it would not install! I was able to get into CWM and tried to restore back with no luck. At this point all I can do is get into download mode and have been unsuccessful in my attempts to get back to stock anything.

I look forward to a reply and thanks again!
[Captivate General] bluemoon1221:
i didnt know how to get into download mode in a 2.3 rom. i kept trying volume up + down.

thanks for the info!
[Captivate General] studacris:
Volume down and power
[Captivate General] froggy3hope:
Much Love.
[Captivate General] captivate-1234:
How to know if I've screwed up my bootloaders or which ones I have

Hi, I've done a fair bit of searching here and Googling without finding my answer, my apologies if I'm asking this in the wrong thread- If anyone can point me in the right direction or give me a link to understand this, I'd be very grateful. I thought more info is more helpful so sorry if it's a couple of paragraphs long.

I have a Captivate, which I have flashed one Cognition rom and subsequently one Darky rom onto, which was an early cappy Froyo rom built off of a GT-I9000 Froyo release. My Status right now says

Model Number: GT-I9000

Firmware version: 2.3.1 (this is a Froyo build and I think that's a noted typo from this rom maybe?)

Baseband version: T959TLJL3

Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9 reoriented_balls #3

Build Number: Darky and ytt3r's v8.0

and when I reboot or power up, I see a startup screen that says "at&t world phone" followed by one that says "Galaxy S GT-I9000 Samsung".

I have used both ODIN and ROM Manager in the rom flashing process at some point in the past on this phone, I don't remember in more detail exactly what steps I did each time although I may be able to find some kind of record.

I want to get both this captivate and a brand new stock captivate (girlfriend's) onto the same ROM, to simplify my tech support life. I think I understand how to get the stock one onto Cognition 4.4.3, but for my modded phone I'm not sure what bootloaders etc., if any, have been tampered with, and how to figure that out and then get it straightened out.

For example, this may be relevant or a tangent, when I fire up ROM Manager (paid version) before I can use it to do anything it wants me to Flash ClockworkMod Recovery (which I thought I'd done already...), and it wants to know my phone model. The phone's a Captivate, but the boot screen thinks it's a GT-I9000, so I'm not sure what to tell ROM Manager at this prompt to avoid a possible mess, and as mentioned more generally, I'm just not sure how to figure out where my bootloaders are status-wise and thus how to get them squared away to flash Cognition 4.4.3 safely. I realize the question partly depends on the specifics of this rom but couldn't find an answer there either (may cross post this there).

Thanks a million for any and all advice, including just links to threads I didn't find in my search.
[Captivate General] studacris:
rom manager is useless if you are on anything but stock, clockwork is baked into all custom kernels.

If the very first image you see when you boot is the at&t world screen you have stock bootloaders.

Test this by powering your phone off ... Hold just volume up and power if that takes you to recovery you don't have stock bootloaders.

If vol down and power takes you to download you don't have stock bootloaders.

I'm pretty sure you still have stock bootloaders ... If you never used odin to upgrade to gingerbread them they would've had no reason to change.
[Captivate General] splitnail:
I don't know if this will help anybody out, but I'd like to share my lil hard brick story.

It was long ago... April...maybe even March... It was the night when most of us were flashing to the i9000 boot loaders for the first time. I finally got everything set and pushed start on odin. I feared my tasty pizza was going to burn so I jumped from my chair to check on it... That's when my dog (excited as I was and hoping I'd drop a piece) came running and knocked the computer desk unplugging my phone mid boot flash... :eek:

I tried for hours and got nothing. So i took out the SD card, the SIM, and the battery and left them for a half hour while reading all the things on here that said I was screwed. :mad:

I figured I'd give it one more shot, so I popped the battery in and pressed volume down + Menu (not home) then power. Download mode opened, :eek: and all was well. I even dropped a piece of crust for the dog. :rolleyes:

I write this for two reasons. One... so I can get through my 10 posts and be able to post in the development section... (Not Really). Two, so that this can help someone out. I realize it's a unique answer to my unique situation.
[Captivate General] iMohak:
sure I can now understand "how the OS works, and the boot process"...

So in my case... ODIN had gone thru the following steps and froze on me:

Odin v.3 engine (ID:24)..
File analysis..
Set PIT file..
DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

Now, I have a phone that does nothing.

The power button, volume buttom combo doesnt work it seems. Would a JIG help instead? Any opinions.

I am scared :eek:
[Captivate General] modest_mandroid:
Doesn't look like it flashed anything at all.. should be safe to pull the battery and try again. If it doesn't work, a jig should do the trick. Also, I noticed that occasionally Odin will refuse to recognize the phone again once it's been unplugged, so be sure to restart odin if you manage to get your phone into download mode before plugging it in.
[Captivate General] iMohak:
Thanks Modest_Mandroid. I finally got it into download mode. I don't know "HOW", but I did. I guess it was just the right moment in the day :D
[Captivate General] Vik_92_Sandhu:
Hard Bricked

Hey guys I hard bricked my captivate and need help evaluating what I did wrong so I can prevent it from happening in the future. I just received the device in the mail (it was a replacement device) and tried to use odin one click JF6 to flash it to eclair. I've done this process 100's of time with my previous captivate but with my new one I saw that it was hanging at sbl.bin and my device turned off. I unplugged the usb, did a battery pull, and used my jig and the phone went into download. PHEW... Thinking that my JF6 odin was corrupt or something I decided to use Odin One click JI6 and the odin hung again but this time I wasn't so lucky. The phone wasn't showing any thing and the jig was infective. The phone hard bricked. My question is how did I brick it and why did it hang when I tried odin one click,. (Odin one click has always worked flawlessly for me in the past). Also are froyo and eclair bootloaders the same? If were to flash JF6 2.1 eclair using odin3 over Rogers Froyo should that work?l (BTW my device is 10.11 build)

edit: I understand that odin one click always has a risk involved because your flashing boot loaders but I just want to distinguish whether it was just an unlucky odin flash or something to do with the build number. Thanks
[Captivate General] misterio_mr111:
THANK YOU!!! you rock!! saved my life!! :)
[Captivate General] dinty01:
Nevermind, re-read the original post and figured it out.

Thanks for posting this guide, it was an interesting read on how android phones boot.
[Captivate General] david.tong:
Hi guys, long time lurker here.

I have ran into a problem last night and I am pretty sure my phone is softbricked but I am not sure how to fix it.

I got clockworks and the Serendipity Rom 6.4 on the Captivate.

I tried to put Cyanogenmod 7 on it last night. I just used clockworks on the .zip file. I waited for 3 hours and realized the phone is completely stop responding. So I pulled the battery out. I tried to boot the phone up and it would just go to the Cyanogenmod screen.

I manage to get into download mode and use Odin3 and hit "Start"

now the phone only boots to the AT&T part and just keeps repeating here. I am kinda scared cause my phone is out of warranty with Rogers and I don't know what to do?

I hope it's enough details,

Thanks

~David
[Captivate General] modest_mandroid:
Did you check 'repartition' in odin3 before hitting start? Also, what firmware are you flashing with odin? Apparently if your phone is a newer build, flashing JF6 will result in a boot loop, so you might want to move on up to JI6 or JH2 or something.
[Captivate General] david.tong:
I used I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0, uh oh... I can't seem to put the phone back to download mode right now. There wasn't a repartition option

I don't think there is any firmware on it right now? cause I was in the middle of trying to put the CM7 nightly build firmware on it before it completely froze and failed.
[Captivate General] studacris:
No, it has jf6 on it. You used odin one click. That flashes jf6.

plus you are a rogers guy how have you not seen this thread? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=979133

pick one of those firmwares, i suggest the eclair one. get the full odin flashing utility, follow instructions and bingo bango you're playin banjo
[Captivate General] Nivle:
ok, i think i brick my captivate some one help me if i'm wrong, ok this is what i did , put my phone in download mode using adb wireless, rooted my phone with super one click, open odin one click recognize my device and hit start, in some point, i think 10 second it says don't turn off your device, but the blue line under download doesn't never appear, so take usb and then i pull the battery out and put it back, now have a pc and phone when i press power, i made a home made jig and its work in my galaxy vibrant, in the captivate its power on the same screen, phone and pc, any help will be appreciated.
[Captivate General] david.tong:
@studacris, I completely missed that thread, thanks for the tip. I followed all the instructions but now I am still trying to figure out how to get into recovery mode. I am following all sorts of steps to try to get into recovery mode. It does nothing but loops to the AT&T logo cause I flashed it to the AT&T 2.2 Firmware a long time ago.
[Captivate General] studacris:
Alright, a 2fer!

First my guess the image for download mode screen is missing. Just use the jig and it will boot inti the phone....!....pc screen but just use odin from there...that is just a .png and if the flash failed before it was loaded the image for download mode wont appear.

Second you aren't booting into recovery, you're trying to boot inti download mode.
[Captivate General] Nivle:
@tt: Studacris

thank you so much, that whats the problems, no download mode .png, i laugh at my self cause i realize i got in download maybe like 30 times, and only the image was wrong. jaja where i can find the pit and tar file, to use with odin3 v1.3, one click odin, doesn't work for me , now my image is fine android digging, but odin nothing , in my vibrant i use that odin 3v1.3. thank u for ur help very very appreciated
[Captivate General] studacris:
Ok...first use this .tar

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=995143

There are several versions of odin here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=979133

with the .pit included. Go down to the bottom of the OP.

I know the roms are rogers stock roms but it uses the same .pit
[Captivate General] david.tong:
@studacris, I meant to say "Download Mode" I can't seem to get access to "Download Mode".

The phone boots up to the AT&T logo, goes black, and boots up the AT&T logo and the cycle continues.

Is there a way where I can access "Download Mode" without jig

thanks in advance
[Captivate General] studacris:
If you have tried all the button combos then a jig is probably you're only option.

They are simple to make but if your home made one doesn't work or you just don't think you'll be able to do it mobiletechvideos.com sells them for under 10 us dollars.

Though Idk why you are avoiding a jig so phobicly, very cheap little tool and can save alot of headaches, you could have had your phone up and running long ago...

i built mine before I ever started flashing just in case my first attempt went wrong. It's always nice to have around as a safety net even for a more advanced user like myself.
[Captivate General] bferguson:
Quick to brick

I performed a real boned headed stunt today. I tried to flash my Cappy with the new Continuum rom through my VMWare Fusion Windows XP virtual machine. I don't know what possessed me to do something so dumb, but for all of you out there that don't know any better (which I did, just tired, excited, and temporarily retarded). DO NOT FLASH FROM A VIRTUAL MACHINE!!! Fortunately for me, I recovered (phew).
[Captivate General] pda191:
good guides, thanks you
[Captivate General] skeet34:
Great post full of extremely useful information. Its a good idea to read up on the stuff that could potentially happen to your phone before you start messing things up. Thx!
[Captivate General] OkNewMedia:
Can not get Odin to recognize phone in download mode.

I have put my Cappy into download mode, but Odin does not recognize my phone. Help!
[Captivate General] modest_mandroid:
Make sure you're using a usb port that's attached to the motherboard (usually the ones in the back of the computer). Try restarting odin - run as administrator.
[Captivate General] planc2006:
So your using a Samsung Captivate? (I know this is a S.C forum but sometimes you just have to ask.) Did you go back to stock froyo or eclair? Att or Rogers? Last thing, is GB faster than Froyo or is that just what I read?

*Btw, this is my first post on XDA* :D
[Captivate General] entraik:
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[Captivate General] pwnerman:
im glad this thread doesnt have many replys
[Captivate General] Bane99:
Like the previous person said, make sure that you use a USB port on the motherboard itself and not an expansion card or on the front of the computer.

Secondly, have you tried another USB port on the motherboard? Sometimes certain USB ports have issues with Odin *shrug* happened to me lol.
[Captivate General] fordac:
Damn !!! i should have read this post before trying to flash stock.

I recently updated my phone to the leaked Captivate gingerbread i897UCKF1 using ODIN. But today (Being a bad day for me) i decided to go back to the stock version so i used the AIO Captivate toolbox to flash back to Stock. ODIN flashed successfully but it didn't restart. I tried to boot manually but it didn't help. Now its all blank and doesn't start. Is my phone HARD BRICKED and how do i restore back to put my phone back in Download mode ????

Please HELP :-(
[Captivate General] dcardozo:
is your phone using cm7?
[Captivate General] PhoneTay11:
good information.Thankss
[Captivate General] pcguy23:
thanks

good read

thank you for info

so much to learn - so much to learn
[Captivate General] Lucas1:
Help help help

my captivate get stuck in the att logo, i follow this instruction:

use odin 1 click to go back to stock.

when i was in odin i get stuck in some point that said something about dont remove target. i follow some instructions that said to unplug from the pc, go back to download mode and contine with odin. but my phone now shows FIRMWARE UPGRADE FAIL (TRY USING RECOVERY MODE).

i make my custom JIG to go to download mode but when it start send me again the same message FIRMWARE UPGRADE FAIL

i try everything and nothing work please help.

off course i have use the search, but still need help
[Captivate General] Lucas1:
I fix it

When i use the JIG my cappy still show the Firmware Fail but, when i connect to PC, Odin recognize.

what i did different this time was:

use first Odin3 (SPL), it remove my Firmware Fail message and now show the ATT logo

them use Odin 1 clik, but change my usb cable to other port and voila.

my cell restart.