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[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
I'm assuming you have access to Odin 3.1 and the firmware you want (JF6, JH2/3). If not, you can find them all here on threads scattered about.

START WITH PHONE OFF!!! Pull the battery for 5 secs if you need to. Then put the battery back in. Open Odin. Choose your files to flash. HOLD both volume buttons and then plug in usb. In like 2 secs it'll register on odin and will be in d/l mode. Start odin. When it finishes and reboots phone, close odin and WAIT! It will take up to 5-10 mins where you think it's not doing anything or it's frozen, but give it at least 10 mins before you give up.
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
You sir are deserving of some cash from me, got a paypal?
[Captivate Android Development] driike:
out of curiosity any one know if the phone/pc screen kill the battery? was curious if that might help reset my phone so i can get off it, but its been on for a little over 24 hours and still going
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
What is showing on the phone's screen?
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Lol, no problem. Glad to help. And I am far too new at this to be accepting donations for just giving advice..... when I learn how to write mods, I put a donate link. That's what these forums are about. People helping people.

I really appreciate the offer though! =)
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
Ha ha and very humble also. I tried searching for my symptoms but got nothing. VOL UP + Power got to some red text screen with some IRQ listings and some other nonsense. USB unplugged showed IRQ as 0x0 but plugging in USB changed a field or two. Not sure if that would have been helpful.

However I was able to get Download mode and Odin to reflash the JH2. Next I did the clockwork recovery mod update.zip and was able to restore the nandroid backup.

One thing, most apps force close upon launch. Grr time to reflash to JH2 or better the stock captivate rom!
[Captivate Android Development] driike:
showing the phone--!--pc screen. no key combo is unlocking itwas hoping if i can kill the battery maybe it wou;d reset the dang thing.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
That's odd. Usually, my clockwork recovery works great. Titanium does that sometimes, but what can you do. It's still good. Rom Manager and Titanium are VERY important to me =). Try going into Rom manager, scroll down to manage and rrestore and do it from there. Can't hurt to try, right?

Ummm..... pull out the battery with the phone not plugged in. Count to 5. Then look a few posts back for my instructions on how to get a broke powered down phone into download mode and odin.....
[Captivate Android Development] driike:
done all that, nopthing is working. i have literally tried over a hundred times to get it off the screen. if i do vol up+ power the screen will flash, if i do vol up/down + power the screen flashes, if i do vol down + power it just sits there, does nothing. odin is not picking it up for anything.
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
I've had this happen, install the drivers from the OP, Odin is finicky about drivers, some people have had to uninstall and reistall them several times before Odin would recognize. Are you opening Odin while the phone is on and plugged into USB? Does you pc make any sound when you connect it to your pc?

I hope you are not running I9000.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
I'm finding it hard to believe that the phone has power if you unplug the usb cable from it and pull the battery.......
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
sorry, delete post.
[Captivate Android Development] driike:
i have done the op walkthrough, DL'd the drivers from the op, done techmikes suggestion. nothing works, have pulled battery for 5 secs, popped it in, held the vol buttions, plug in usb, nothing happens. tried it with the battery out for 1 min and putting t back in, same result. tried with battery out for 10 minutes, same result. pc makes no noise at all when i hook up the usb. only reason i know the phone is connected is because it powers up. and the phone retains power if i pull the usb out after its powered on. i'm at my wits end with it. it will be a week at the least before i get a replacement as i didn't go through att, and i need it before then, i could go pay the tmo bill, but i'd rather not

not runnin the i9 either, was running sre at the time
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
If your getting no sound on your pc when plugging in then my best guess is the drivers. From what I've read on multiple forums including here and my own experience these drivers are tricky and finicky, I had to install and unistall them 4 or 5 times before Odin recognized it. Then bamn it worked. I was just about to throw in the towel and it worked. Are you still within warranty return period?
[Captivate Android Development] driike:
yeah, still within my warrenty, hell still within my 30 day return period. it will just take me a week at the least to get a new phone in return. it may be the drivers i dunno. can't seem to find them anywhere and i've installed them like 10 times already, and i never get an overwrite message about them. runnin xp sp3 if that helps.

found them, sais i'm runnin v1.3.950.0 if that helps
[Captivate Android Development] kamots:
ok im confused i downloaded the zip file but what do i do now? do I have to put the zip on the phone is so, how I am using method 2 the zip is on my desktop and I am in stock recovery mode
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
uzip it. you need to run the ODIN.exe that is about 262mb. get your phone into DOWNLOAD mode, just like the OP states, then click start on ODIN

you dont copy anything to your phone nor do you need to be in recovery mode.

read the OP
[Captivate Android Development] kamots:
stuck in file analysis mode damn!
[Captivate Android Development] mongstradamus:
I know this sounds stupid but i ran odin i was recovery mode not download mode , so maybe that is why your are stuck there ?
[Captivate Android Development] aceman0455:
hey wondering if you might be able to save me a headache. I had lag fix program opened and installed lag fix 2 over lag fix 4 . the device now starts to boot but turns off after the galaxy logo goes away. wondering if there is a adb shell command or set of commands to remove the fix or both fixes w/o re flashing stock. i just flashed stock last night and took forever to get back to where i am now. any help
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
really? according to the OP you should be in download mode, since recovery mode wont actually let you push the rom through ODIN
[Captivate Android Development] magistrateee:
Hello all. Sorry I am new to everything here. I was playing with my phone for a while now and have finally decided to try some of the ROMS and fixes so I am trying to use this.

How long does this take? People said a few minutes but is going over 30 min too long? I choose Master Reset because I want to start everything from scratch (even contacts,data,... etc).

Is this taking too long? My phone is still on the download screen with the triangle downloading sign and my Odin just displays:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

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

<ID:0/004> Master Clear Started.....

Thanks for the help.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
You need to start master clear booted up normally or in recovery.
[Captivate Android Development] magistrateee:
booted up normally? you mean just do it with USB debugging plugged at the main home screen and run master clear?

in recovery- is the Odin screen suppose to be updating or the phone screen?

Update: I got Odin to say Completed! with the master reset but how do I know it is? It seems all my apps and everything are still there. Isn't this suppose to factory reset the phone or am I getting something wrong?
[Captivate Android Development] pburkett:
Worked great! Thanks designgears!

A little info:

Computer OS: Win7 x64

Samsung Kies Drivers

Method 3: (KEY COMBO)

I tried the master clear but didn't have any luck. Just using "start" worked fine. I had SRE ROM and wanted to go back to factory stock. Thanks again.
[Captivate Android Development] kamots:
this worked and i was able to recover the phone and re root. thank you for your help:D
[Captivate Android Development] kamots:
yep that was it . got into download mode once out of 10 times. once was all i needed though lol:D
[Captivate Android Development] driike:
still no sound when i hook my phone up to the pc. and guess what...still no DL mode from any sort of key combo so i give up and the phone is going back. thanx for the help but mine is honestly screwed
[Captivate Android Development] gordec:
Guys what's the difference between doing Odin and doing factory reset if all I did was root the phone with stock rom and applied lag fix?
[Captivate Android Development] DoritosMan:
Thanks for this

I read over the part in SRE that I had to flash and I got my phone in a boot loop

Thanks for the awesome program!
[Captivate Android Development] pokedoke:
I'm unable to get into download mode... used ADB earlier to get in and semi-bricked it (the whole phone+!+computer thing).

Can't force download mode using button combos... any tips? Much appreciated, thanks in advance.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Try this: With the phone powered off, open Odin and point it to the files needed.

Holding BOTH volume buttons, count to 2, insert usb cable, count to 5. If doesn't get you into mode I don't know what will.....
[Captivate Android Development] pokedoke:
Yeah..didn't work. I've tried vol up + power, vol down + power (which does nothing, no blinks of the phone!computer), and both vol + power. Release power on second black screen for all.

No dice.
[Captivate Android Development] igm503:
how did you get back to where you can reflash?
[Captivate Android Development] sejin:
no i'm still the computer issues. just asking what messages he got after file analysis for that thing to go
[Captivate Android Development] igm503:
but how did you try multiple times?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Is this what you guys are seeing too?
[Captivate Android Development] igm503:
yeah. it gives me nightmares. we really need a fix for this
[Captivate Android Development] _Opiate_:
You can pull the battery and boot back into Android after you see that screen right?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Haven't had any luck yet, now I have two that way!! I tried the custom recovery image and it bricked my wifes XD
[Captivate Android Development] igm503:
no we cant even get into download or recovery mode
[Captivate Android Development] _Opiate_:
HOLT SH@T What about booting into recovery?
[Captivate Android Development] _Opiate_:
Oh wow i was going to give it a shot but not anymore.
[Captivate Android Development] igm503:
we are really pretty screwed
[Captivate Android Development] decepticon:
Incase the other mirror goes down here is another link http://www.multiupload.com/BDVBMNIY50

Scary though that it has rendered a few useless right now.
[Captivate Android Development] mcvert:
my computer is running win7 64-bit

in that picture I noticed that the usb is still in. make sure to unplug that otherwise you won't be able to get into download mode.
[Captivate Android Development] igm503:
how did you get back to download mode?
[Captivate Android Development] evil5826:
From what i just tried, you have to have odin running

Usb plugged in

Power off the device

Hold both volume keys and then press power while holding the power keys.

It then went into download mode for me.

Im running windows 7 64bit
[Captivate Android Development] clubtech:
When you guys started the process, did you click "Master Clear" before you clicked "Start"? Is it needed for the process?

I know that in the classic Odin, you had to select "repartition" when flashing otherwise it would get stuck on "flile analysis" or something like that. Maybe this master clear is actually repartition?
[Captivate Android Development] _Opiate_:
Come on guys you can't give up yet.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
I am getting mine replaced tomorrow, I need my phone, no time to mess with it.
[Captivate Android Development] DailyApper:
I got mine replaced. Simply said I was syncing it and the cable got accidentally pulled out. They were dumb founded and had never seen that before. And gave me a new one.

I also had the phone / computer screen and couldn't get out of it.
[Captivate Android Development] clubtech:
So who completed this successfully?

Just one guy from the entire thread ?

Those who did flashed with no issue please state your exact steps and the windows OS you are running.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Do not touch the power button at all with what I said. I can't get it NOT to work like that. With no power and holding the volume buttons, it goes into download mode every time, about 2 secs after I plug in the usb.
[Captivate Android Development] pokedoke:
Understood. I was just recapping what I've done before yours.

I still can't get it to go in - repeated about 15 times now?
[Captivate Android Development] bsinc1962:
is there anyway to get the 32 bit windows drivers hosted somewhere other than mediafire or mega? the IT department here where I work blocks those sorts of file storage sites.
[Captivate Android Development] A.VOID:
I've run Odin on my home windows 7 machine without issue. When I try to launch it on this windows xp netbook the window has no text in the buttons to load the pda, pit, etc. It's also in a different looking format/ layout. Did something change or am I missing a necessary step?
[Captivate Android Development] datnukkapenut187:
Download mode

on average how long does it take for odin3 to reinstall stock rom?
[Captivate Android Development] bsinc1962:
Once you get the right sequence of buttons on the phone to push and you get the big yellow downloading triangle on the phone it takes less than 10 minutes.
[Captivate Android Development] crupp:
So along with "Downloading" should it also say "DO not turn off target"?
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
Yes...You should see a progress bar on your phone...Just watch it and it will slowly fill up...
[Captivate Android Development] sevenvt:
Honestly mine took 3 minutes from beginning to end at most.

edit: this is not including the first boot up, that adds some time, but the reflash is quick, and first boot maybe takes another minute after that.
[Captivate Android Development] anneoneamouse:
Master Clear Questions

Hi,

Some questions- I read all 58 pages, didn't find a clear answer to the following:

What does exactly does master clear do? The first page says it wipes internal storage;

(i) will the phone be functional afterwards (I'm guessing not)?

(ii) does it leave the appropriate directory structures intact (my understanding is that reflashing with odin only modifies the /system directory)

Are the following steps correct to use master clear, with 1 click Odin?

(1) Open Odin

(2) Connect USB to phone (in debug mode, and powered down)

(3) Power up phone normally

(4) Click master clear

(5) Sweat awhile, while something happens

(6) Disconnect usb & power down phone.

... and then to reflash the JF6 Rom:

(7) Start from instructions on first page of this thread, method 2 or 3?

Thanks in advance - figured it was safer to ask than to begin without information.

AoN
[Captivate Android Development] fastwanabe:
1. open ODIN

2. with phone OFF hold volume up and down and plug it the USB.... hold volume up and down till android guy with a shovel appears.

3 ODIN should show the start button and say COM bla bla bla........... click START and let it do its thing..... blue progress bar should appear under the android guy with shovel. Shouldnt take more than 1-2 for process to commence.

I tried it on 2 diff captivates and this works perfectly.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
well this is weird....

Odin works fine with my phone. Have flashed many times. However, the 1click version is hanging when I tell it to MASTER CLEAR..... It detects my phone when I plug it in (yes, in d/l mode) and says added, but then master clear never finishes....

Am I doing something wrong?
[Captivate Android Development] spradling:
Yup, doing something wrong :P

Master Clear runs when the phone is booted, not in Download Mode :)

Cheers
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Ok, debugging on, plugged in usb, added in odin. Clicked master clear, and it says master clear started for the last 4 minutes and my phone looks like its doing nothing. When I pug in usb, do i need to pull down notification bar and change the usb there too, or just plug in and go? I have no problem with odin 3.1 to install fw, but this 1click version and master clear is killing me!!:eek:

nvm, got it..... dont forget to mount =)
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
So after plugging in usb I mounted, then clicked master clear. For the 1st time, not only did master clear started text appear in the window, but the bar above the yellow COM indicator finally did stuff..... said master clear, etc.... then it went all the way thru. It rebooted.

Everything is still there in storage!!! WTF?!?!?!?
[Captivate Android Development] DoritosMan:
Never mind I got it

Thanks again for this great program
[Captivate Android Development] robertwileysr:
I have got a lot of help from these forums but I'm stuck. I have a Captivate running JH3 + SRE 1.2.3 so I know a little bit but not much, at the very least i know how to get into recovery and download mode. I bought a Captivate for my wife today in the mail from ATT.... I cant get the ***** thing in download or recovery mode no matter what I try... Any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] gnac:
Any possibility of getting a this tool built for linux? I can help!
[Captivate Android Development] sparker366:
Ok best bet then would be adb from the sdk. You download it extract to a dir open a command prompt navigate to the tools menu in the sdk dir run adb reboot dowload or adb reboot recovery. Phone must be in download mode first. This will get you into those modes easyily
[Captivate Android Development] ladiesgod:
FOR ALL THOSE HAVING TROUBLE GETTING IN DOWNLOAD MODE:

1) Remove SD Card, SIM Card, and Battery

2) Replace battery: DO NOT POWER ON!

3) While phone is OFF with battery inside hold BOTH volume buttons.

4) Plug in your USB while holding BOTH volume buttons with phone OFF (you must have proper drivers installed).

5) The phone should go into download mode!

hope this helps!
[Captivate Android Development] driike:
out of curiosity, since the newer vibrants are being considered hardware locked from DL mode or recovery, maybe this is possible for the captivate to. i was able to do mine in adb, but never through hardware, is just a thought as i i am waiting on my replacement
[Captivate Android Development] j1mb34m:
Hi, first off, thanks for putting this together :) I have a quick question though--what's the purpose of master wipe? Apparently it has to be run when the phone's booted (i just did it), but don't know what difference is between doing that versus clicking 'start' when in download mode? Do I have to master wipe, then go into dl mode and click start? I'm trying to get the SRE 1.2.3 going, but am not sure of the prerequisite steps.

Thanks a lot!
[Captivate Android Development] Coldheat1906:
so once I have the JH3 do I need to rename it to update.zip in order to flash it?
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
No, you use odin to flash it. Not sure whch version of the jh3 you got (how many files). If it's just a .tar, point the PDA in odin to it. If it's a zip, unzip and then point the pda at the .tar you just unzipped.
[Captivate Android Development] Coldheat1906:
Another dumb question.... How do I point to the tar file?
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
You need to click on the PDA button and select the tar file...
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
There are no dumb questions =)

Hope you got it.... follow the path (odin will default use the last path it remembers, so next time you do it, if you don't move anything, when you click PDA in odin it will already be pointing to the folder you want. Just choose your file and click ok.
[Captivate Android Development] sevenvt:
And remember its not this odin
[Captivate Android Development] warri:
Agreed, but where is the odin I need
[Captivate Android Development] Coldheat1906:
That was my next question also....... I hate being stuck... fell stupid....
[Captivate Android Development] Coldheat1906:
found a new Odin3 here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=769400 about to try it.....

any thoughts?
[Captivate Android Development] warri:
Going to try this now, I pointed the PDA to JH3.tar i hope this is all i need to do ;)

Removed SIM, and External SD, and poof, it worked fine.. now i have jh3!
[Captivate Android Development] Coldheat1906:
It's not working for me.... I can boot but when I put my Sims in it says that I do not have one in.
[Captivate Android Development] adt6247:
You guys saved my butt! Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] robertwileysr:
Thanks!!! this worked
[Captivate Android Development] robertwileysr:
This is very true unfortunately. I wonder if changing the firmware would correct this issue.
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
did you reboot your phone after booting your SIM in? it wont recognize it if you put the SIM in while it is on.
[Captivate Android Development] elite_is3:
when i try to get into download mode, after ADB REBOOT DOWNLOAD, it says " ADB: not found" (usb debug enabled, and also tried in recovery)

am i screwed? i cant use buttons on mine to get to recovery etc.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
You don't have the PATH set to the directory where adb.exe is. Navigate to that directory (for me, in windows, its .../.../android-sdk/tools) and then you can use it. Or use a path statement from where you are.
[Captivate Android Development] elite_is3:
resolved, thanks

i seriously panicked lol
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Glad to help =)

Bet you'll remember that path statement thing....
[Captivate Android Development] Coldheat1906:
Yes I rebooted after I put the sim card back in .... for some reason it still does not recongnize my sims card.....any thoughts?
[Captivate Android Development] scott2ride:
Hi there. Newbe and my first post.

I live in New Zealand and imported a Captivate. Baseband i897UCJF6. Updated build is the Burgless Beast bloat removal. Kernel 2.6.29 (jetaek@sep-11 #2)

I Have Odin3 installed and Keis (for the drivers). (Keis is closed during the update)

I have no problem getting into download mode and have Odin3 open.

I have downloaded the I897UCF6-final-OCD-REVO.rar

So... my questions are these...

Where do I put the I897UCF6-final-OCD-REVO.rar file? On the PC or in the phone?

If on the PC, then where?

Odin3 does not recognise a rar file when I try to select it in Odin with the PHONE file download button.

Should I been in USB debugging mode with the phone?

I have Odin directed to the folder in my documents that has the rar file in it, but it cant view it.

Do I need to unzip it?

Help! :)
[Captivate Android Development] networkdood:
There was an option when the screen showed a generic phone and computer with a yellow triangle (! on it) - how did we get the phone to boot from that?
[Captivate Android Development] networkdood:
"If you see the "phone+!+computer" screen, you need this! If you deleted something you shouldn't have and can't get it back on your phone, this is probably your best bet. This is the Odin3 One-Click Downloader for restoring your phone from a completely software bricked state, or for whatever purpose you see fit to use it for. You don't have to change any settings, it is all pre-packaged and ready to go."

Yep, I got that screen - and when following instructions it basically goes away and a few seconds later comes back on again. SO, how long do I have to wait you think?