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[Captivate Android Development] kismmisk:
Thanks you so much! I was having problem of Download mode on but ODIn not doing anything...I just closed ODin and followed the instructions from Naplesbill

They are on page 11 of this thread ..I copying them over for you guys

For anyone who is on the fence about doing this, don't be scared.

I simply followed the directions from where you turn the phone off, start the update program on the PC, plug in the usb cable, press both volume up and down together, while holding press power and and hold all three buttons until the screen goes off twice, release power but keep holding both volume keys until the download screen appears.

From here the update program showed com4 connected with id4 and I clicked start. It only took a few minutes and the phone is now back to stock. The program will announce when it is complete and there is a box on the screen that will say reset. This is your indication that it has completed successfully. It did do an update on first boot and once it rebooted I now have a stock phone without root.

I did not use master clear, just clicked on start.
[Captivate Android Development] jimtastic:
Sorry to throw out an often asked total n00b question, but i wasn't sure where to post it, and even though I know i've read it, I can't find it.

I've got odin (not the one click) i've got the jh3 tar.. my question is.. what do i do from here. With the pit, and the pda, phone, csc, etc? Thanks, I've never used odin before, and its looking kind of scary compared to rooting my phone.

---edit

Do i need a pit file? I don't have one..
[Captivate Android Development] MC Mate:
so there is no way of repairing the phone? i will let the battery go so i can go to the service and the phone not to start charge anything, maybe i will get it changed...
[Captivate Android Development] Visibly Shaken:
Do you think it might be a good idea to edit the first post in this thread with a warning saying *DO NOT USE THIS ON AN I9000 GALAXY S!!!!* seeing as so many people have had this rather expensive issue?

I think one of the reasons this keeps happening is that when someone Google's "Odin3" this page is the top result, and so first time users (such as myself) who don't know any better, don't realise that there are different versions of Odin for different platforms.

Yes, it's dumb. Yes, it's avoidable user error.

However, I know of at least 10 other Galaxy S owners *at least*... who have bricked their phones this way, so it's GOING to to happen again!

It would take about 30 seconds to amend the first post and potentially save a lot more people a lot more trouble and money.

I'm a little confused as to why this hasn't happened yet.
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
I agree that it couldn't hurt to amend the first post, but I'm not a moderator or the OP so I can't do much. Also, I feel they thought it was a safe assumption that the people on xda would think about what they're doing before they do it, and considering this post is specifically in the captivate forums, they didn't think there would be a reason for someone not having as captivate to use this tool

Sent from my Samsung SGH-i897
[Captivate Android Development] MC Mate:
did u fix your phone ?
[Captivate Android Development] Visibly Shaken:
No, but I did reply to your PM :)

I think the only fix for this is to physically remove the Galaxy S's onboard SD card and re-flash it with stock firmware. As such I've send mine back to Samsung via Carphone Warehouse (UK) who are the authorised repair partner.
[Captivate Android Development] bamonkey:
oh s***t

ya know ive refrained from saying this line because i always seems positive i can bring it back but... did i just brick my phone?

i finally got odin to work and flashed the pit file only *was following directions on the boards* and after reboot it seems completly dead.. power button doesnt turn it on and i pulled the battery, sim, and sd card.. still nothing.

HEEEEELP! :(
[Captivate Android Development] wannagofast:
I rooted my phone. I uninstalled Google Talk (oops) along with the other bloat. I went to market and could not complete any download. I DL Odin and used method 2 and was back to the day I bought the phone in less than 10 minutes. What a awesome way to save my phone from my most recent mistake and for any more down the road. And, next time I won't have to wait for the DL of Odin which was about 6 of those 10 min.

Thank you designgears.
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
I'm a little curious why you flashed JUST the pit file. The pit is responsible for repartitioning when tied to a pda/code file. I don't quite know what the behavior would be if you did just a pit file.

I do remember reading about flashing just a pit under a specific circumstance that I can't readily recall, but I feel like that was a "all other options were exhausted" situation

Sent from my Samsung SGH-i897
[Captivate Android Development] gunnyman:
Grrr hanging on file analysis. Tips? Running on Win 7 on my netbook
[Captivate Android Development] gunnyman:
grrr 10th time's the charm I guess
[Captivate Android Development] bill.g:
Thanks, this has been a real big help I was able to bring my phone back from a really bad place. Since I could only get a "force close" I took it back to the at&t store and they finally got it back to a state that I could do something with it. Though the only thing I could do with it was make a call. I did not get 3g or even connect to a wifi.

It took me a few tried but I did get this to work and it has worked very well. I now have my phone back and I can once again pimp my phone.
[Captivate Android Development] jimtastic:
So in light of the fellow who flashed ONLY the .pit with disastrous results, anyone want to answer my question and tell me what a .pit file is? Why I need one? Or what happens if I were to just flash a .tar on pda (no pit)? I seem to remember reading you can do that, but I've been looking since last night, and wouldn't you know that somehow I can't find like explicit directions for using odin to flash to jh3.. (i've never used it.. so I only understand what it does in theory.)

Thanks guys.
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
As I understand (and said just three or four posts ago), the pit file is responsible for partition mapping on our phones. The captivate uses the 512.pit layout (I don't know which ones use the 513.pit) and it guides the software into how the layout is when repartitioning. Most firmware releases that come with separate PDA, PHONE, and CSC files contain a 512.pit inside the PDA, but not always.

Some firmwares also come wrapped in one single .tar file (like I believe JH3 does) and I used the 512.pit with that with no problems. Basically, the 512.pit can be applied for any flash--AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND--on the captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] jimtastic:
Right, okay. I saw that post about what the pit did, but I wasn't sure if it had other responsibilities as well. I've found the 512 pit in a different odin zip.. I should be able to flash to jh3 now.. So if it comes in one tar, you just put that file under pda? Right?
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
Correct

Sent from my Samsung SGH-i897
[Captivate Android Development] jc2470:
I was having problems worked great for me. I had to disconnect it a couple times and remove the battery cause odin was hanging. last time i pulled battery for 30 seconds then put it back in volume down hit power and went instantly to d/l mode then clicked start in odin and worked great. still had all my stuff in internal storage so I used clockwork mod and restored it so I had all my programs back installed where I left off before upgrading to i9000 rom and froyo.

Thx To the guy who started thread.

also my phone was on that black screen with the phone sign and computer on it.
[Captivate Android Development] Jim_C:
ODIN3 won't recognize files

I have downloaded all three of the files that were posted, but when I click

on the PDA file for .rar, .exe or .zip ODIN doesn't recognize them. I have

tried 10 or 11 times now and still no success.

What happened to the CSC and .pit files? the first time I used this it worked

great! Now I can't get it to work at all. Any suggestions? Reload the drivers

maybe?

*EDIT*

After reading some more in this thread, I discovered that there was two different

ODIN3's. I was trying to use the ODIN3 Android +SLP (the wrong one). Found the

other one and it worked great (Thanks DG-sorry I couldn't donate more, but I'm

currently unemployed).
[Captivate Android Development] 69Pwned:
Thank you, Thank you ......... :D
[Captivate Android Development] j7899:
A failed ODIN flash (just hung on the filesystem I believe, wonder if it was due to a lagfix that was installed) to stock everything on my Captivate resulted in my phone being bricked. I don't have any boot animation, sound, or images. I can not get the phone into download or recovery mode, but when doing Volume Up + Power I get the below screen with orange text:

RST_STAT = 0x1

PMIC_IRQ1 = 0x80

PMIC_IRQ2 = 0x0

PMIC_IRQ3 = 0x1

PMIC_IRQ4 = 0x0

PMIC_STATUS1 = 0x80

PMIC_STATUS2 = 0x0

*
[Captivate Android Development] actoman1:
ok im having some problems guys, i downloaded the drivers installed them, booted my phone in recovery mode or what ever the proper name of it is with the green android and the !, now i open odin, plug in my phone it shows up on odin, then i hit start and it either gets stuck on file anaylsis or it says fail what do i do ?
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
If i understand correctly you need to have Odin open 1st. Then enter download mode.

PS - from your description you were in download, not recovery mode. They are different.
[Captivate Android Development] actoman1:
after i rebooted my phone while it was in the middle of being stuck on file anaylsis, odin no longer reconizes my phone when i plug it in
[Captivate Android Development] Zetalai:
stuck in AT&T logo

I got a I9000 and I downloaded this rom

after I flashed it it kept showing the AT&T icon without actually booting

And any key combination won't bring it back to download mode

Linking it to usb make the whole device refuse to boot up

What should I do to recover the device?:(
[Captivate Android Development] MC Mate:
this odin is not for i9000 !!!!!!!!! Stop doing the same mistake as i and other did !!!! Please a moderator put on the front page in big red text !!! The only thing you can do now is go to samsung service as i will do today.no other fix for this.
[Captivate Android Development] actoman1:
every time i run odin it gets stuck on file analysis, any suggestions?
[Captivate Android Development] Zetalai:
I've did it

And samsung refuse to fix it

They say it is my fuxking problem and they will not use any method to try flash a normal rom for me

The only solution they offer is to replace the whole darn motherboard and charge me over 4000HKD (which is over 500USD), just a little little cheaper than buying a new i9000...though I told him somebody had the same case and got replacement for free.

It seems my only hope is to wait for a JTAG fix.....
[Captivate Android Development] Zetalai:
okay, now the main problem of this thread is

people want to know how to flash their roms

And people tell them to use "odin3"

and you type odin3 in google this thread is the first result.

Darn, how stupid am I.......
[Captivate Android Development] glio1337:
This section is for the CAPTIVATE, not the I9000. Head to the I9000 section of the forums to find an I9000 Odin version or an equivalent tool.

h t t p://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=665
[Captivate Android Development] glio1337:
Why would you even use this in the first place? This tool is posted in the Samsung Captivate section and is clearly made specifically for the Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] Zetalai:
Because people may think I9000 is equivelent with captivate

Because when you search odin3 in google this thread is the first result

Because people think is impossible to brick a i9000 based phone

Whatever, this mistake make me lose my flagship class handset and I'm gonna spend money for another one,....
[Captivate Android Development] glio1337:
I would imagine you'd be able to recover your phone by flashing it with the proper tools, much in the same way Odin works for the Captivate.
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
Unfortunately, Odin is a universal tool for a range of samsung devices (not just the captivate/vibrant). This particular one is designed to be a single-click option FOR the captivate, but because of how it works, their phones are (as of right now) unrepairable.

They can't access download mode, the screen just flashes the AT&T logo and then goes to black and then back to the AT&T logo so their phones are now very powerful and expensive bricks until a JTAG option comes out.
[Captivate Android Development] actoman1:
ok i turn on my phone and i get the phone and computer screen, i boot it in download mode with the android with the shove, i open odin, plug in my phone and it finds it as 0:[COM4], i then hit start but this happends

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

and now its stuck in this and wont finish, what do i do?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Open odin before you go into download mode.
[Captivate Android Development] actoman1:
i open odin then plug in the phone hold the volume buttons and the power button untile it has flashed twice then while its black i release the power button and it goes into downloading mode, odin recognizes the phone then i hit start and i still get

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

now the phone won't turn on what so ever
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
try method 3 from the OP
[Captivate Android Development] MC Mate:
that sucks. i hope they will not give me the same answer, because it is a let's say easy fix for them to open the phone and take sd card out and reflash... i have my phone in the service and i will wait for the answer
[Captivate Android Development] actoman1:
thank you so much everyone that helped me, useing method 3 i got it to work finally, sorry for the terrible noob attitude i had and not reading everything a few times before asking i was in a terrible rush but you won't have to be worring about me anymore i have decided not to root my next phone so no issues to deal with, thanks again to all of you.
[Captivate Android Development] j7899:
I was able to fix this by using method 3 :)
[Captivate Android Development] hitekdude:
thank you

worked great easy peasy:)
[Captivate Android Development] moswen:
Bricked!!???

OK so I read the first 32 pages of this thread and felt confident I could successfully flash the stock ROM, used method two to enter download mode, Odin flashed the ROM the phone shutdown ODIN registered complete. Now the phone will not power on to any state nor will it respond to being plugged into to the wall charger. I assume it is Bricked:( I have not seen anyone else refer to a completely unresponsive phone just wondering if anyone had any ideas restoring it.
[Captivate Android Development] j7899:
Mine was "bricked", holding volume up + power after removing and re-installing the battery resulted in a screen with orange text. I could not start the phone otherwise, but method 3 worked for me.

Method 3:(KEY COMBO)

Remove the battery, sim card, sdcard if you have one

Insert the battery

Hold both Volume buttons

Plug in the USB cable and continue holding both Volume buttons

EDIT: I have noticed it is easier to get into download mode, and method 3 after holding the volume keys for 5-10 seconds before doing the next step.
[Captivate Android Development] moswen:
Thanks for the tip unfortunately that did not restore my phone:( but I appreciate it:rolleyes:
[Captivate Android Development] gissentml:
where is ODIN for mac. i cannot find the installation anywhere
[Captivate Android Development] born_fisherman:
I know the first post was edited and says NOT FOR I9000 so please don't knock me for asking-

Does this mean the handset or the firmware installed?

I am running the JFM6 firmware and would like to know how I get back to stock JF6 firmware using Odin.
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
Odin is a windows only tool. If you're interested in some VERY RISKY alternatives, head over to the i9000 android development forum where someone is working on a cross-platform tool called Heimdall.

I'm having trouble understanding what you're saying, but this tool is specifically only for hardware of the Samsung Captivate i897 for AT&T.
[Captivate Android Development] born_fisherman:
I think you answered my question that it is for the hardware of the i897.. I have the i897 captivate - and flashed the JFM6 i9000 rom to the phone.. I wanted to make sure I could use this tool to go back to stock i897 JF6 firmware so that I can do the OTA update when Froyo is released.

I just wanted to make sure I didn't have to take any additional steps since flashing to the JFM6 rom required CSC and kernel flashing that's all..
[Captivate Android Development] bamonkey:
yeah sadly it sounds like you got the same problem i did a few pages back. tried all the methods listed and like you, it just sits there dead as dirt right? i go into warranty in the next few days *i cant exchange it because i bought it off someone else and am still in the 30 day trade in period* so i guess do what im and do a mail exchange...unless your in the 30 days which is excellent.. just bring it in and they will give you a new one :)
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Try this guys...... ALWAYS works for me Odin open, files chosen, only thing left to do is click START....... with phone OFF(!!!) hold BOTH volume buttons, then while holding them, insert usb cable....... 2 secs you should be in download mode. Then click START in odin's window. Works for me.....

As for all the probs with recovery mode, get a program called quick boot from the market..... works great!
[Captivate Android Development] mojmojmoj:
hi. i just did everything i think but unsure if its safe to do something now. it says on the first box (PASS!) is that it?

or is there anything more to wait for?

it says on my phone do not turn off Target!! what do i do? thanks
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
It's working, leave it plugged in until it finishes doing what it's doing. When it is finished it will reboot your phone and power back on. It takes a little time so don't panic, you're doing fine. Is there a blue status bar on the phone? Is Odin doing other processes? If so you are good. Again do not turn off the phone or disconnect it while Odin is running.
[Captivate Android Development] moswen:
Yeah thats exactly whats happening with my captivate, and I am also in the exact same position as you as far as phone exchange as well, just wondering are you doing a mial exchange with AT&T or Samsung I am buying a new phone today but would like to exchange this brick if possible. thanks again
[Captivate Android Development] bamonkey:
pretty sure its att as they are the ones i called and got all the info from. they will pretty much just ask you to check the power, battery, and then confirm its not water damaged. course if you can do it in store and have a recipt *i dont* they wont even care..they about handed me a new phone except they obviously couldnt find the purchase in my name lol
[Captivate Android Development] moswen:
Thanks for the tip, unfortunately I have tried that a 100 times (maybe a little exagerated;)) by now, but yeah the Galaxy S phones can't be bricked thing is feeling like a myth to me. thanks for the help
[Captivate Android Development] moswen:
Thanks I will give them a call
[Captivate Android Development] Zeimus:
Hey, I was downloading the rar since it was the most compressed, but megaupload free is horrible. I have a rapidshare account and would gladly post a mirror for you :)
[Captivate Android Development] networkdood:
what do I do if I can only boot to the recovery screen?? I cannot boot to download for some reason? Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] keener31:
for those of you that are still stuck at the phone!computer screen:

go to page 1 of this thread and use "Method 4" -- i was having the same problems with odin not doing anything or sometimes not getting into download mode.

METHOD 4 WORKS FLAWLESSLY (assuming you were never running non-stock/att ROM... i couldnt say if coming from something else would cause issues).
[Captivate Android Development] nosajhatesApple:
Im returning to stock again and odin 3 is stuck on "File analysis" The first time I did this it was quick. Im working and have just let the phone and program sit and nothing is happening.

Should I close Odin and try again?

Closed Odin and rebooted phone. Making progress now, passed File analysis real quick went to set PIT file and "do not turn off target" and holding there. Overall taking longer than the first time its kind of weird.
[Captivate Android Development] driike:
after 10 hours and 54 pages i am convinced that you can brick the captivate. I have tried every method posted and let it boot loop the phone/pc screen up to 20 times before releasing the power button and no dice. pulled the battery, sim, sd and plugged it into the wall then reinserted the battery....still get that annoying screen. guess i'm off to the att store
[Captivate Android Development] foofiebeast:
I'm confused. Is this (The Odin3 one-click downloader) the best way to return a phone to stock?

I would like to return my phone to stock, but I'm not sure what to do. Here is my concern. I got the phone (my first android phone) and rooted it right away, it was before any of these one click roots were out, so it was a little more involved. I then installed titanium and deleted a fair amount of the att bloatware. That is the extent of what I have done to the phone.

My concern is that I would like to install the official update of 2.2 when it comes out later this month, and I am afraid that because the phone is rooted/I've deleted att stuff, something might go wrong. Is this a legitimate concern? If not, it seems like I shouldn't worry about returning it to stock for now, as too many people are still having problems with this...

thanks
[Captivate Android Development] driike:
it is imho. i used 3 times the day before, just don't know what happened the 4th time
[Captivate Android Development] foofiebeast:
hmm, good to hear I guess.

I just really need to figure out if it's NECESSARY for me to do, or if it would just be a waste of time and possible risk/inconvenience for now.

I know I never installed a custom rom, but I remember having to boot into recovery mode and do something, maybe that was just something for titanium? shoot, I don't know.
[Captivate Android Development] nosajhatesApple:
Ok used method 4 to go back worked great! Returned the piece of crap and went back to the icrap.
[Captivate Android Development] daesdaemar:
Edit: deleted post - sorry
[Captivate Android Development] driike:
oh well, crap shoot either i'm bricked or the volume keys are broke and they worked fine before this. i used it 3 times and worked fine before..just not the last time, anyone got any other ideas, i don't feel like shipping my phone off and waiting on a replacement as i didn't buy it direct from att
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
Well I might have the worlds shortest attention span. I tried to flash to the JM2 rom however I probably did not wait long enough for Odin to finish.

Now I'm left with a captivate that doesn't power on, plug in USB doesn't show the Phone+!+Computer screen and the vol up/down buttons don't get me to Download mode.

Can I feign innocence at the AT&T store and say it happened overnight to get a new device?

Any chance to recover from this?