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[Captivate General] tbong777:
Have to throw some love to Josh at Mobile Tech, sent a completely bricked Captivate to him last Thursday. Got word today it's back to life...... and I will have it Wednesday. I have to say that service is well worth the $50 to save my phone. Communication is great and F A S T....service.

I made the mistake of flashing a Froyo Bootloader over GB......oops forgot I had GB.. because I was on a native Captivate ROM.. Instant darkness. We have four Captivates. One is inthe process of being sold and I will be selling another to have a decent spare when I get the SGS II.
[Captivate General] insanity213:
Same exact story here... Think we're screwed. Need To JTAG it and use a RIFF box or something to restore the bootloader. I'm used to my Epic and I didn't realize there different hardware revs. I guess my 10.10 rev Captivate didn't like this process of rolling back the boot loader.

I've Odined my Epic literally hundreds of times and never hard bricked. 1st time I tried to Odin this Cappy it hard bricked.
[Captivate General] :
Add my Captivate to the Bricked list. Ugh
[Captivate General] Darkuso:
I have been trying to find an answerd or advise for this, my captivate is in softbrick at this moment (phone---!---pc screen), i dont know which program use for fix it, this odin back to stock WITHOUT bootloaders :http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=995143.

Heimdall from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1113195

Odin one click, or AIO flashing to stock.?
[Captivate General] jmtheiss:
You might be better served to try the One Click Unbrick. It's actually targeted at getting you out of that screen, if I remember correctly. From there, you might be able to reflash your rom (or whatever else you need to do) from CWM.
[Captivate General] Darkuso:
Thanks jmtheiss, i already fix it with odin one click before see your answerd, but i have another question about flashing to stock and bootloaders. WHEN i have to flash to stock restoring bootloaders odin one click?
[Captivate General] studacris:
Yup, odin one click restores eclair boots.
[Captivate General] fireboss:
Got a new Cappy from AT&T because my would shut down. I had rooted the old phone and was running Andromeda so I wanted to get this one onto to something better. It was Froyo 2.2.36 I believe it said but I didn;t write it down since my previous experience had been relatively painless. I missed or never saw a warning about using a different Odin revision so after rooting it I ran I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 got through to Odin showing restart but the device never restarted.

Pulled battery tried to go into download but I get the AT&T screen boot loop on battery and if I plug in the usb I get the battery charging screen. I've read a dozen or more threads today, downloaded the SDK ran that but it shows no devices. I'm guessing I need to build a jig or buy one from one of the guys on here that offer them as parts may be scarce around here. But I'd like to be sure before I wander off and get something else that doesn't work. :-|

The phone is am I897, 1007 build
[Captivate General] Darkuso:
Looks like the same situation that i was and my homemade jig worked perfectly. Looks like you have the button comb lockes like me. Have a jig is for sure a good tool in any emergency.
[Captivate General] Darkuso:
If i want change of custom rom begin both froyo i need restore the boots? Or can i use the odin without boots and param file to flash to 2,1 and install the new rom? I want to avoid flash those files.
[Captivate General] studacris:
No need to restore bootloaders. They are backward compatible. The new ones work work with older versions of android.
[Captivate General] fireboss:
Just ordered a jig for $8 delivered. Cheaper than building and I have a backup phone
[Captivate General] goderaj:
Very good explanation. I do have to say though. I seemingly hard bricked my Captivate about a month ago. Nothing would happen, screen stayed black and I was just about to give up and order a new phone. Well after numerously removing the battery, pushing this button and that one many seemingly millions of times, unplugging and replugging the usb cable it amazingly lit up and I got into DL mode. I was very relieved. I don't know exactly what I did or anything, but the damn thing was definitely hard bricked. Now it works perfectly except for my damn loudspeaker that keeps losing connection. Maybe it was just luck in my situation...I do feel my hard brick was recovered from without any surgical procedure.
[Captivate General] Darkuso:
I read something about few days ago, looks like sometimes are softbrick that looks like hardbricks, i not sure how is it, is like the screen dosent show anything but the phone still working. Maybe someone how know about can explain that case.
[Captivate General] studacris:
The "soft brick" image must have been missing. When a flash fails its marked as an incomplete flash and the phone...!...pc image is called on. If it failed and that image wasn't written to the phone then there would be nothing there to call on so it would just be a black screen.

The symptoms of a hard brick but the bootloaders are intact so not an actual hard brick.

That is just an educated guess ... it would be a very rare occurrence.

I would probably have to change pants if it happened to me lol
[Captivate General] tonyb81:
I'm bummin hardcore. Screen doesn't turn on, it charges cause i can feel it get warm when i plug it in, but screen won't turn on. I tried every combination of button pressing and battery pulling. my next step is a jig which I hope to go works.
[Captivate General] Darkuso:
yes try a jig, a jig just fixed my phone today. JIG FTW! :D
[Captivate General] tonyb81:
did you have the same problem as i mentioned?
[Captivate General] Darkuso:
Soft brick with a phone without button fix, i cant get into recovery/download mode using any combination of buttons, i had the phone---!---pc screen and my computer and laptop didnt recognize the phone. I had to built a jig to fix it.
[Captivate General] Boldizzle:
Awesome guide.

Thanks for this!
[Captivate General] tking0036:
If you flash back to froyo without bootloaders, you will still have gb bootloaders. Bootloaders being boot.bin and sbl.bin
[Captivate General] Jusrertiner:
Make this a sticky quick!

Samsung captivate

glitch kernel

cyanogenmod 7 #89

OC and UV
[Captivate General] Darkuso:
I have to say thanks to modest_mandroid for this guide, really helped me a lot to understand how works and avoid brick my phone again, but i wish to know if this applies to any phone/brands? Or just the galaxy s, like captivate, vibrant and the new S2? Im really interested in this kind of topic and wish learn a bit more.
[Captivate General] b-eock:
Yahh bricking is no longer a problem for Captivates.
[Captivate General] Darkuso:
Why is that? For the unbrickable mod? I still wonder is this guide applies for other phones.
[Captivate General] krazie805:
thanks

sent from my cappy. xda app
[Captivate General] leakz:
-Running GTi9000 Gingerbread Cone for ~6 months

-Switched to CM 7.1 around 3 months ago

-Went back to stock ROM and bootloaders today (heimdall OneClick 1.3.1)

-Proceeded to power my way through 3 more ROM swaps, 2 including bootloaders.

Everything proceeds grand. The only hitch is that you have to change the 3e recovery file, but it doesn't take more than a minute if you know what you're doing.
[Captivate General] thisguyneil:
soft bricked my phone the other day, read this guide. i almost jumped for joy when i realized that since my phone still went to the samsung att screen i still had hope. you have instilled joy in my life. thank you op
[Captivate General] slimsheiggy:
Please i need help with my samsung captivate, i've gone through various post and thread in all forum pertaining 2 soft brick or hard brick. But i don't what i can call my own because all i get when i try booting the device in various mode is white display at times with several colour doting display or fading display with several color, whenever i try boot in download mode it displays the white with several colour and at my computer i get gadget driver installation succesful then d phone power off and on which i hear disconnection n connection sound from my pc. so it keep repeat d same thing. pls help how can i fix this. i need genuine solution.... thks
[Captivate General] Temetka:
Bricked also

I bricked my phone nicely as well. It's the standard Captivate from AT&T.

I decided that Andromeda was pissing me off too much and after months of dealing with it, it was time for a new ROM. No problem, I have hacked/rooted many devices so this should not be too big of a pain in the ass. So I downloaded Slim Jelly Bean, installed via CWM and booted up. It ran great until I realized it wiped out my IMEI info so I now have a 4" Tablet.

No worries I thought, I'll just wipe and load up CM7. Except you can't.

So I tried ODIN one click JF6 after getting into download mode.

Run flasher.Get blue bar. ODIN says time to reset so I did.

Now I get a flashing AT&T logo. I have tried probably damn near every boot button/battery pull/virgin sacrifice method to get the phone to go back into download mode so I can re-flash.

Nothing.

So after work today, I will be going to radio shack to acquire parts to build a JIG.

Oh happy days. I'll keep ya all posted.

Too bad the phone cant boot from the external SD slot. If it could maybe I could load ROM's like I do on my Nook Color.
[Captivate General] leezrd:
Have u tried holding volume rockers and plugging charger?
[Captivate General] Temetka:
Yep. No go.

Because I cant fail hard enough it would appear that I bought a 5 pack of 1/4 watt 5% tolerance 100k ohm resistors for the jig. I needed 1/2"W. Dammit.

So i'll try again tomorrow.
[Captivate General] 4-2ndtwin:
^

1/4 watt will work.
[Captivate General] Temetka:
Well 3 connector jigs later and 2 sets of resistors and no luck.

Gonna bite the bullet and take it into the store and plead ignorance and see if they can do anything for me.
[Captivate General] MyNameIsJoJo:
Some Help

Nearly bricked my captivate cause of some stupid mistake. Just make sure u Follow the instructions and research before you do anything that you dont know 100% about. Also before flashing or wiping recovery make sure you are not doing it at night, you have plenty of battery, and that you are reading step by step instruction and that YOUR PHONE IS NOT HOOKED UP TO THE USB CABLE!!! - hope this helped :cowboy:
[Captivate General] Temetka:
Yeah this isn't my first rodeo.

I'm gonna give it another shot tomorrow morning. If it fails, off to the store I go.

I am not with out cell service though. I busted out ye 'ol trusty Blackjack II, swapped SIM cards and am good to go.

At least I can text and call, but surfing or anything on that phone is stupid slow even though it's 3G. Can't wait to get another android phone, or my cappy repaired.
[Captivate General] HTCTerrorist:
I did the same thing although after I flashed SlimBean 4.2.2 and realised I wiped my IMEI and had no service I flashed CM9 and about 30 modems to try and regain cell service I worked on it for 7 hours straight and smoked 20 cigs lol when I had given up I unplugged the phone and it rebooted well then it said no sim card emergency calls only so I thought hmmmm and inserted my sim to no avail so then I rebooted again, took a piss, and walked outside and had full reception lol I was mad as hell although I seem to have been VERY lucky
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcusva79:
Which one is better. Can make up my mind. Happy Easter.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
Go for nightly 54. Haven't used my phone much...92% and about 6.5hrs on battery life.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mmegalodon:
Been riding the Stable for a while. The talk following the immediate nightlies thereafter put me on hold, figure I'll wait it out until drastic changes / additions start happening.

Seems like said issues have been addressed and / or a fix is available. Stable has been running great for me, using Tiamat, and haven't really had a reason to move on.

So long as you avoid the 'bad ones' you should be good.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
do you not know the difference, or are you asking what are the benifits of the newest nightly over stable? if so, here's the changelog. http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=supersonic . happy easter
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aph:
Latest nightly w/ n39 GPS driver fix
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] knightwolf123:
+1

although there are a few bugs you can find a few answers in my siggy and the rest in the xda threads.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bjones267:
Use Nightly 54

I have been loving Nightly 54 with gps-test.zip to fix Google Maps. Everything has been running smoother than Stable, good luck!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dkdude36:
stable 7.0.1 is out.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] themitchy:
I can't seem to get any wallpaper updated.

I'm on CM7 and ADW... I select an image from the gallery, click menu, click more, click wallpaper. Resize the wallpaper, it says saving picture, then goes to a black screen that just says gallery at the top.

Please help!
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] khaytsus:
I have weirdness changing wallpaper as well, it always stays the same until I restart the launcher, and sometimes get weird glitchy graphics after. I had to stop trying. :(

ADW EX.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] Axecaster:
Set & Save wallpaper worked for me as long as the wallpapers were saved as png format.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] d00med:
I just had some serious problems with trying to set a wallpaper on CM7 using perfect viewer. I'm paranoid about setting wallpapers in CM7 now. Seems very glitchy in that area.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] skeeterpro:
I've never had an issue using Walpeper Set and Save on CM7. As long as your graphics file was appropriate resolution (I am running three screens and using images 1280x1024). Using jpgs.

(Edit) Using Zeam and Launcher Pro
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] ponyboy82:
I know this is an older post, but I just had a similar issue so I wanted to post the solution in case anyone else runs into it too. What was happening to me is I would go to select a new wallpaper, click to save it in either Gallery or Quickpic, and when done it would revert back to the stock CM wallpaper. I found I had to restart ADW by going to Settings -> ADW Launcher -> Restart ADW in order for the new wallpaper to show. This just started happening since I installed to emmc, so not sure why, but this works reliably now.
[Nook Color Themes and Apps] khaytsus:
Yeah, of course that works but it's annoying. I switched to Launcher Pro and that problem went away, so there's something weird with wallpaper and ADW.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] matoya:
SkyRaider Athena is one of my favorite ROMs. Build in the sense framework with the look and feel of AOSP Android, for the most part at least. I would like to replace the sense dialer and contacts apps with the stock Froyo dialer and contacts apps and the gingerbread keyboard with the Froyo keyboard. I hunted them down, put them on my SD card and tried to install them using Astro, app installer and Root Explorer but to no avail. All I get is a message saying that the installation has failed. I tried using appmonster as well, but I didn't see an option to install from the SD card. Is there any way to replace the sense dialer and contacts with the stock dialer and contacts apps and if so how would I go about doing so?
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] smtom:
Dialer/Contacts Alternatives

Don't know much about SR Athena.

I do know DialerOne (my preference) and Go Contacts do a nice job of replacing dialer/contacts features that I liked in the stock dialer, like speed dial, etc.

Each has a different look and feel from stock, but each has it's own strengths too.

May be worth a look.
[HD2 General] grifter024:
Just got a new HD2 for 180$ brand new with just the computer connection and a rubber protector.....everything else including the only other thing I wanted the SD card wasnt included.

Was this a good deal?

I am also looking into straight custom roming this phone....have a TP2 custom romed and with geny with android.

3 questions.

1.I am not use to the snap dragon yet.....I overclocked the tp2 yet the snap dragon makes it seem like molasses...will a custom rom make the HD2 slower or will it actually increase?

2. Which is the most stable ROm out now?

3.Are there any overclockers?
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
That was a really good price for a HD2.

I am not aure bit I think some of the custom ROMs slightly overclock, but over all the custom ROMs run a lot better and faster on the HD2.

All the custom ROMs are pretty much very stable in my opinion.

I do not knpw of a actual overclock app for Wimdows Mobile maybe someone else can help you out there.
[HD2 General] grifter024:
Thanks for the info!

I already HSPL'd and put the dinik rom onto my phone but when all the craze was getting a overclock on the tp2 I heard someone say that the HD2 already had a overclocker..

I'll keep looking around.

Thanks.
[HD2 General] silverwind:
Maybe you want to take a look at this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=682663&highlight=overclock
[HD2 General] grifter024:
thanks for the link....do you know if it works with the TMo version of the HD2?
[HD2 General] T-Macgnolia:
ai also checked out the link, and even though I never even knew about this app while running Win Mo I am sure it works with the TMOUS cause it is made to work with Win Mo.
[HD2 General] silverwind:
Frankly, I never try it :D

I dont need to overclock, most custom roms are already blazing fast ;)
[HD2 General] grifter024:
T-mac

Yeah I can understand what you mean but there seems to be a difference between the Leo and the TMo HD2 which never made sense to me.

I'll look through the thread and see if it does work.

silver-

Yeah the HD2 is one of the fastest phones I've had due to the snapdragon ...it makes my TP2 even overclocked feel super slow haha.

I just want to check out the overclocker to see how faster it would actually become, faster is usually a good thing. haha.

IF you guys have any other tips for the HD2 please feel free to post....I just custom romed it and thats about it....well and putting slacker on there.
[HD2 General] yurigagarin61:
it's really cheap buy it!!!i bought my used hd2 for 1100 TL (about 700$)
[HD2 General] grifter024:
Holy cow thats expensive!

I knew I got a good deal but I didnt know it was that bad to buy.

I called T-mo here and they said no contract it would be around 500.
[HD2 General] buru898:
It only costs about 200 used... new maybe 350 at MOST.
[HD2 General] grifter024:
I see well I still got a good deal it seems.

I hate how people overprice things. ;/ .

Anyone ever find out if that overclocker works with the tmo hd2?
[HD2 General] yurigagarin61:
yeah you pay 18% + 10% tax for phone purchase
[HD2 General] pvii:
About overclocking...

Taking into account how much a mainboard for HD2 costs and how many of them were destroyed by overheating, I want to warn you, beware of overclocking, Snapdragon is fast enough without any overclocking :)
[HD2 General] grifter024:
pvii-

Yeah I see that some people have been having problems with overheating the more topics I have been reading so I might not even overclock till later down the line.

sara-

Jeez 10% in just tax! Online shopping is becoming alot better.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamega2f:
so usually when there is a problem with my phone and i have to bring it in to the sprint store i download the the update from htc website and it unroots it easily. now my phone is having problems sending and receiving calls also texts and i want to unroot. but i keep the message that i need to check to see if the usb is connected to the computer and the phone and it definitely is i don't know what to do please some help in this issue. i'm running cm7 on my sprint cdma hero
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oohaylima:
I'm not understanding that last part. So you can't RUU it because your phone is not being recognized by the computer?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamega2f:
i would think so, but when i connect the usb i am able to copy files from the computer to my phone, but when i run the RUU i get the message that says i should check to see if the usb is connected to the computer and the phone:confused:
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpeeps74:
when you run the ruu is your phone only charging, or are you mounting it? if you're mounting it, don't. also try a different cable. also you could try downloading and installing htc sync maybe and see if it updates your drivers.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamega2f:
>> i download htc sync and it doesn't connect to htc sync, i tried running the sprint RUU and this time i got a boot loader error, i believe it told me to use the correct RUU which i believe im using, am i not using the right RUU?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpeeps74:
if it was a bootloader 140 error, i believe there's lots of stuff in the threads about that bu i don't know them off hand.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamega2f:
>> also i did change cords and i did not mount sd card. i ran the RUU again just so i can see the message i got and its

ERROR [140]: Bootloader version Error

the ROM update utility cannot update your android phone.

please get the correct ROM update utility and try again.

the rom update utility im using is "htc android phone ROM update Utlity 1.0.2.10"
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamega2f:
thanks man i found the fix and i got to unroot
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Well it would be nice if you would post how you fixed it. You posted asking for help with your problem and you received it. Now what if some other member has the same problem.??? Your post could potentially help someone in the future. XDA is all about gaining knowledge and sharing that knowledge as well.

#Root/Hack_Mod-Always*
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
Here's thread to fix error 140, enjoy:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=843544
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamega2f:
thanks man for putting that up i was in a bind yesterday but you covered it
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laie1472:
Duce I wasn't referring to you. You help plenty on here. Im more directing this toward him. IMO. If you ask for help y not post how you solved it. I didn't need the info but in general I think it should have been posted for users who may need it.

#Root/Hack_Mod-Always*
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] il Duce:
800% agreed.

sent from a series of tubes.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luisdg:
Good info, thanks for sharing. I may need it. :D
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riiidaa:
Hi peeps,

Never even seen a Samsung omnia 7, but tonight I was asked how you would sync MS Outlook contacts and calender from windows 7 pc to the Samsung omnia 7

I couldn't answer at the time because my last windows phone was a HTC HD2 running 6.5 and syncing that with XP seemed to be a bit backward compared with my old HTC Blueangel and ActiveSync.

Can you please point me / her in the correct direction. She has a pop email account, not hotmail and apparently is finding it a little difficult to find instructions for anything other than an MS Exchange setup.

I did a search and saw a few references to wireless sync, what's the way forward please?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] riiidaa:
If this MS outlook hotmail connector "Work around" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqJL9X0oqIk is the only work around then MS are truly nuts, what an own-goal. iPhone & Android have better sync capabilities with MS Outlook
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andreacorti:
you have to setup the phone to synchronize with Windows Live Website and then add in outlook (2007>2010) the hotmail account as mail account.

It will download the "hotmail connector" to download all data from windows live.

you can also use windows live mail 2011 instead of outlook (free and easy to use)