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[Captivate Android Development] AllieB:
Thank you I love you man! I would buy you so many beers! Lets get drunk when I'm 21!
[Captivate Android Development] mrhaley30705:
To which person might you be referring? There's over 2100 posts in this thread.
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
I say it was me... I could use some cold beer money !! :D
[Captivate Android Development] omario8484:
I have a small dilemma ...I've used this many times and its worked perfectly .... But I was just using it and it said reset and the att or battery charging screen just keep showing up again and again
[Captivate Android Development] TRusselo:
odin is samsungs software, it is what they use to load the phones in factory and repair. it is not supposed to be in the publics hands, so that is why customer support knows nothing about it.

the link you provided doesnt work.
[Captivate Android Development] Ajsk:
[/QUOTE]

Drivers:

Windows 64bit

Windows 32bit[/FONT]

I897UCJF6 - Odin3 One-Click Downloader:

http://www.mediafire.com/?0w2y31maz8mdom4

http://www.multiupload.com/XAZUYNXSC1[/QUOTE]

Could some one tell me what are those drivers? can`t download them, need win 32 drivers, link does not work. Are those device drivers? do you still need those drivers if you have kies installed?
[Captivate Android Development] TheBronze:
Drivers:

Windows 64bit

Windows 32bit[/FONT]

I897UCJF6 - Odin3 One-Click Downloader:

http://www.mediafire.com/?0w2y31maz8mdom4

http://www.multiupload.com/XAZUYNXSC1[/QUOTE]

Could some one tell me what are those drivers? can`t download them, need win 32 drivers, link does not work. Are those device drivers? do you still need those drivers if you have kies installed?[/QUOTE]

I just grabbed them from here:

http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...3/SGH-i897_Captivate_USB_Drivers_5_02_0_2.zip

Should stay put for a while. Now if I could only unbrick my wifes phone...
[Captivate Android Development] bobcov:
Why does CM10 erase my IMEI and do I need this to restore?

I have two phones, so it's not the end of the world, but it is a pain in the ass. Was there a warning somewhere that I would lose my IMEI by agreeing to have /data wiped when I went from AOKP to CM10? Just seems like an unreasonable outcome. Do I need to copy back in my nv_data.bin and set the persmissions and all of that or is there another way to get my IMEI back into the phone?
[Captivate Android Development] MaverickCoast:
There's a way to get back your IMEI even though you didn't back it up. There's a thread in the forum that tells you how to do it.
[Captivate Android Development] BxingFetus:
I think everybody here knows they take responsibility for their own devices and what they choose to do with it/them. If you read into some of the aosp/aokp/cm whatever, it is common for your imei to go crazy on those partition schemes.

Sent From the Land of Defrag
[Captivate Android Development] matmanchu5:
I realize this imei thing is a touchy subject because

They are specific to each phone and could theoretically be used for wrongdoing but, there must be an easier way, short of, one-clicking back to stock (or sending your phone back to att) to rectify a lost imei/efs folder. I have a cwm flash able zip that is rogers stockk4 gb that I'm hoping might work. Since Odin wont write over my eu bugged data partition, I think this cwm zip may be my only chance at a working phone because all other efforts have yeilded nothing. I haven't flashed it yet because I am loving jb and hoping I can find an easier solution. If your data partition isn't borked by the EU bug this one click should fix you emei problems though. Just wish it could work for me though :(

Sent from my SGH-I897
[Captivate Android Development] JoeCastellon:
I have the same problem :( how did you fix it ?
[Captivate Android Development] ventureon:
while trying to run Odin3 with the right 64bit driver installed for my captivate, it FAILED.

Get it to the download screen and operated odin per front page instructions. My phone wont load any more. it goes into the "must recover" screen

Please help?:o
[Captivate Android Development] Storm T:
You need to be in download mode first.

Are you able to get back into download mode? If so, no problem. Try it again.
[Captivate Android Development] gameson:
Need Help!

My PC recognizes the phone, my phone is in download mode, but when I click start, the progress stucks at 'file analysis' and it's been a while

anyone know what's wrong?

Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] BxingFetus:
Do you have kies running as well? I have a captivate and if I remember correct you shouldn't have both programs open at the same time. Hopefully this helps a little.

Sent from a Borg powered Nexus 4
[Captivate Android Development] p_025:
So I tried this, and after Odin finished it rebooted into (what looked like) stock recovery, did some stuff, then rebooted again and failed. Now it won't even go into download mode, it just shows the battery charging screen if I plug in the USB cable and hold the volume buttons.
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
U will have to build a Jig or buy one to get into download mode.

Then once in download mode, use this to get back going...i897uckk4 Stock Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread... http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3
[Captivate Android Development] p_025:
Thanks, good to know it's not permanently bricked (at least, not yet). What exactly is this "Jig" of which you speak? Can you expand on that a little bit, or provide helpful links?

Thanks again. I was trying to flash my friend's phone back to stock in order to flash CM11 on it and ran into this wall...

EDIT: Google is my friend. Could the same thing possibly be achieved with a USB OTG cable and a USB flash drive?
[Captivate Android Development] 4-2ndtwin:
As to ur question about usb otg cable or flash drive, i don't know. But here is a link to a thread about makin a download mode jig. It was helpful to me when i made my first jig. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9238587&postcount=1
[Captivate Android Development] Xplorer4x4:
Can any one link to the 64bit driver? The link seems dead and my phone is suffering from the yellow triangle screen and my PC refuses to recognize it.
[Captivate Android Development] tahrang:
cannot find correct drivers

Hello

I cannot find drivers for sgh-1897 anymore anywhere.

Whatever drivers I have, Odin does not recognize my device. The device is visible in device manager as well as loaded as a drive on my pc, but odin does not recognize it neither does samsung kies.

I have cyanogen mod loaded, but i want to bring the captivate back to stock.

I cannot go into download mode, all I can go to is recovery mode.

please help.
[Captivate Android Development] carbon12:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34203308&postcount=2156
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Awesome, glad you got it working!
[Captivate Android Development] supernatural29:
wow

this is simply amazing. i rooted my device and uninstalled something i obviosly shouldnt have because everything was FC. i have the insurance but know that bringing the device in that state would have only gotten me laughed at. this program not only resets factory settings, it also reinstalls the bogus bs that att preloads onto it. this is the most reliable "last resort" that can be made.
[Captivate Android Development] calhouny:
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I had completely bricked my phone... it was STUCK on the white AT&T boot screen. Wouldn't load any further... until I found this post. It literally took one click to get it back up and running. All I did was follow the instructions and it worked like a charm. Thank you for the work and the help! You guys are the bomb.
[Captivate Android Development] amerikian:
No Power Up Screen at all?

How ****ed am I?

I can't even get to one of the recovery screens on my phone........

No "connect device to computer" icon

No "Android digging (download screen)"

Phone is completely DEAD Unresponsive to anything.

HELP? PLEASE!:confused:
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Great! Deleting things is what I do best, been there, done that :D

Thanks for taking the time to read! ;) Glad it worked for ya.

Pull the battery, sim, and external sd card if you have one.

Put just the battery back in, and plug in the USB cable.

If it comes on, goto the OP and start at the top...
[Captivate Android Development] mattonline:
Sorry if everyone has figured this out already (I'm a newb here) but I'm able to get into Download mode every single time...

1) Remove the battery

2) Remove the SIM

3) Reinsert the battery

4) Run ODIN (Note: I am using Windows 7 Professional x64 so I ran ODIN in Administrator mode by right-clicking on the file in Explorer and choosing the 'Run As Administrator' option. I would suggest doing this to make sure you have no permissions issues with the program.)

5) Depress both the up and down volume buttons on the phone at the same time

6) While you are depressing both the up and down volume buttons, plug in the USB cable.

No need to depress the power button or do anything else. The phone should go right into Download mode with the little yellow construction guy.

Then ODIN will see the COM port you are connecting with and you can just click Start.
[Captivate Android Development] supertrac:
:rofl: LMAO you confused the shiiit outa me! THANKS! it helped a lot.
[Captivate Android Development] Dxtra:
Its there a Mac version? I don't own a pc.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Its in the OP ;)

Sorry, there isn't a mac version. Just use bootcamp and install windows. That is the only option. Microsoft has 60day trials you can download.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/cc442495.aspx?ITPID=sprblog
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Help with Master Clear

Can anybody help me get master clear to work?

I have followed the OP's instructions but every time I click "master clear" it says master clear started but nothing else ever happens. I have tried this several times, but I simply can't get master clear to work.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Install the drivers from the OP if you haven't already.
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
I already did. I finally gave up on that and just clicked start and everything seems to be working so far.

Thanks for the reply.
[Captivate Android Development] sparker366:
OK this sucks. I finally figured out how to get into download mode. In odin it shows a com port and then I hit start file anyalsis shows up and the boom it pops up fail. WTF. I have the proper drivers installed as I can drag and drop stuff to my phone from within windows.

So what should I do. I am thinking of returning the phone for another and had rooted and removed some stock apps.
[Captivate Android Development] robstunner:
how long does this take? Ive been waiting for about 30 mins with no change, just "started" master clear
[Captivate Android Development] bacuy82:
I think it's best that you Open up ODIN first before plugging your phone in then put it in download mode. It worked for me every time i open ODIN up first.
[Captivate Android Development] supertrac:
Did you try with KIES installed? Give it a try man. It didn't work for me before installed Kies. Also try to release the power button as soon as the screen goes off the 2nd time.
[Captivate Android Development] bryman27:
Just installed KIES and tried again. Still couldn't get "master clear" to work, so I just restarted and everything still works.
[Captivate Android Development] Mr_Armageddon:
Works as Advertised. Thank you.
[Captivate Android Development] Belaflek:
Quick question. Why is it, when I run Master clear, it comes up with the new rom but all the old files are still on the internal file structure. Espn score center, the maps program I downloaded ...even the update.zip. Is there a was to get rid of all the extra crap I threw in there?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Sounds like master clear didn't actually work.
[Captivate Android Development] sparker366:
Well finally got it to work. I enabled usb debug mode and it worked like a champ. Reset everything to factory and now resetting the phone up
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
glad ya go it working!
[Captivate Android Development] lost2030:
wrong post sorry!
[Captivate Android Development] fatalsync:
Hey, I just wanted to post another method for getting into download mode. If you have Terminal Emulator installed you can.

1. Open ODIN

1. Take out SIM and SD.

2. Boot phone

3. Open Terminal Emulator and type:

>su <enter>

>reboot download

4. When you see the shoveler, plugin USB.

5. Click Start on Odin when you see the COM port.
[Captivate Android Development] 07g6mt:
oden or my computer does not recognize my phone while its in download mode

any suggestions?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Install the drivers from the OP while it is plugged in and in download mode.
[Captivate Android Development] 07g6mt:
Thank you worked like a charm
[Captivate Android Development] jhego:
OP, I tried your method to get into download mode and it did not work. The method that worked for me came from another thread

This is the method:

1. Take out your sim card, sd card, battery and open Odin3.

2. Put the battery in.

3. Plug in USB. (the phone will power on to that screen)

4. Hold down both Volume keys, and then push power. Hold it and dont let go.

5. Wait for it to go black.

6. When it goes black the 2nd time release power and keep holding the Vol Down and Vol Up.

The yellow android with the shovel appeared after I did this and was able to recover my phone.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
That's exactly what the OP says to do... lol

Take out your sim card, removable sd card, battery and open Odin3(you must open odin3 before you start or it won't flash. Do NOT put your sim or sd card back in).

Put the battery in.

Plug in USB. (the phone will power on and goto the phone+!+computer screen)

Hold down both Volume buttons, and then push and hold the power button. Hold all three and do NOT let go!

Wait for it to go black and return to the phone+!+computer screen.

When it goes black the 2nd time release the power button and keep holding the volume buttons.

You should now be in download mode, click start on Odin, wait for it to finish and start enjoying your phone again!
[Captivate Android Development] zpzgclan:
did i do anything wrong?

for my captivate did i do anything wrong? my phone is back to factory set using the odin but didn't follow the instructions given in this thread..

the thing is that i got into the download mode without even pressing or holding the power button. all i had to do was to hold the VOLUME button.

this is wat i did with my captivate.

1. take out battery and sim card

2. put the battery back in

3. open odin

4. connect usb

5. hold the VOLUME button and DID NOT TOUCH THE POWER BUTTON AT ALL

6. download mode

Before i did this, i had my captivate rooted and i deleted all the AT&T bloatwares.. but i had to get my phone unrooted and get the AT&T bloatwares back in order to get a new captivate when im in my warranty period.

Thank you anyways.. sorry my english
[Captivate Android Development] jhego:
Oh oops, lol.... I didn't come across the return to the phone+!+computer screen part thats why. My bad:p
[Captivate Android Development] phrozen209:
Hey, I'm getting the same thing on mine. It just won't turn on! I just got mine a couple days ago too..

I think it might have something to do with not having the battery cover on when plugging the USB cable in because there are these pins that make contact with the cover when it's closed. Maybe I shorted something by doing that.
[Captivate Android Development] durrence:
No SIM installed

I was able to use Odin3 one-click downloader and it showed the download successful but when I insert my SIM and turn the phone on I get the message "no SIM installed". The first time I did the download and got the message I could still use the phone to make calls. I wanted to get rid of this message so I loaded it again. Now I still get the message but when I try to make a call I get the message "not registered on the network" and I cannot make or receive calls. There is a SIM icon at the top of the screen with a red exclamation point next to it. The SIM works fine on my old phone.

Has anyone else had this problem? Any suggestions?

thanks,

Durrence
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Put the sim card in the right way ;)

Seriously, I put mine in the wrong way 5 times before I realized what was going on. Make sure you pull the battery before you put it in too.
[Captivate Android Development] durrence:
Thanks for the reply. This SIM goes in backwards from every one I have seen. Problem solved.
[Captivate Android Development] Mattwp103:
"Black screen of death" Fix

So its my first post here and I have come across a fix for the screen not turning on I plugged into the computer via USB and removed the battery reinserted the battery. Then held volume up and power till red text came on the screen from there i switched to holding both volume buttons down and power then when the red text flashes to black release power and continue to hold both volume buttons. That should get you back to the downloading digger bot. If this helped you or was already posted let me know. thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] askpcguy:
Thanks for this! I deleted Gtalk and Android market refused to start any download. Such an annoying dependancy.
[Captivate Android Development] phrozen209:
Holy ****, this worked for me! I was about to return my phone, and then i tried this and it worked! Thank You!:D
[Captivate Android Development] quarlow:
Finally

THIS worked ... I spent hours trying multiple computers trying different versions of the drivers, trying different cables. It would have been nice if the OP had pointed out there is a difference between the Bootloader screen and the Download screen. I thought I was on the right screen, and the odin was connecting, so I thought I was doing it right, and my phone was broken.
[Captivate Android Development] Intervenient:
So...I haven't been keeping up with the whole thread...is this safe? Like 100%? I want to take my phone back, and want it stock.
[Captivate Android Development] cheth20:
One click Odin repair for Galaxy S

Hi,

This seems to get any bricked phone back to normal.....As I have galaxy s, is there any way to get a stocked rom for that too? Galaxy S i9000(Asia, India)?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
It is the stock rom

ya, its not possible to brick these phones.
[Captivate Android Development] cheth20:
ROM for any galaxy S?

Thanks for your reply, but is the ROM included for Captivate only or can be used for i9000 (International version) Asian too?
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
It should really be added to the first post that you need to run it in XP compatibility mode for Windows 7...

It hangs when you run it normally, and then resetting the phone takes you to the screen. But method 3 takes care of it.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Not true, you just need to do the steps in the right order ;)
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
Well at least a note that it's something to try.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
If you install the drivers from the OP and follow step by step, it will work every time.
[Captivate Android Development] anothertmobilemda:
im flashing back from the i900 rom and odin froze up. i tried to restart everything but phone just shows the black phone and computer icon and it won't detect on computer

any idea ?

phone is not responding to odin and adb. think i bricked it!
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I installed the drivers in the first post, and now it won't work at all.

And my phone is all messed up.

When I boot it normally, the startup videos are blank, and then it goes to the home screen and I'm bombarded by force close after force close. If I boot it into the recovery thing, Odin hangs at "file analysis". The ADB says "device not found".

Help!
[Captivate Android Development] MikeyMike01:
I love you.

You just fixed the problem I posted up a post.

:D
[Captivate Android Development] tysj:
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH to all of you who helped out in this thread. After reading through all 25 pages and downloading the proper drivers in the OP, I was able to revive my bricked Captivate after messing with the taskbar (EVO4g thread in the Themes and Apps subforum and attempting to revert back to stock taskbar, essentially bricked after reset). Now my phone is back to how it was right out of the box and saved me a trip to the store to switch out for another phone that doesn't feel like "mine" :)
[Captivate Android Development] anothertmobilemda:
still a no go for me
[Captivate Android Development] Colton5419:
This works 100%, decided to try this as I unrooted and this left my "/system" directory as read and write and I would have had to root again to change this.

Decided to give this a try:

1.) Installed OP Drivers to be safe.

2.) Removed Battery, SIM card and SD card.

3.) Reinstalled Battery.

4.) Held both volume buttons down and inserted the USB cable. (While device is OFF)

5.) Downloading digger appeared, I opened up Odin3 on PC.

6.) Waited for Odin3 to recognize the device, and pressed start.

The device reboots a few times, so I decided to leave Odin3 open, and the USB cable inserted until the device fully booted into the OS.

Thank you for this, worked flawlessly!
[Captivate Android Development] networkdood:
this will get me back to my original stock i897 AT&T rom - I want to start again as I made a few mistakes when trying to speed up my phone. DO I just run the exe file - the I897UCJF6-final-OCD file first and then go to odin, or does that file run in odin like I would if I were restoring the kernel/ROM back to original. Thanks
[Captivate Android Development] anothertmobilemda:
still cant get step 5 to happen.....is it a good sign that atleast holding down the volume and power keys my screen blinks black:(
[Captivate Android Development] anothertmobilemda:
brick no more

can i tell you how good god is?:D

below has resolved my issue. phone is stock and running

so over at androidforums at by djgibbsjr

his words....

i did the same thing thing initially, no big deal, battery pull and while the phone is off hold volume key and power, ...

GUYS.......all i needed to do was hold down the volume key not both:eek:

all in all, all of you rock in my book! and major kudos to the newer guys who where throwing suggestions my way
[Captivate Android Development] Colton5419:
Did you try holding down both volume keys with the device OFF and then insert the USB?

1.) Turn the device OFF

2.) Press down both volume keys and HOLD

3.) Insert USB cable

You do not need to use the power key for this method.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Go to the op, install the drivers, follow the directions.
[Captivate Android Development] fireshot91:
For some reason, Odin doesn't recognize my Captivate.

I have the Downloading Android shovel logo, and then I open Odin, but it doesn't recognize it.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
you need odin open and the usb plugged in while entering download mode.

also, install the drivers from the OP
[Captivate Android Development] fireshot91:
Ah, I had the drivers from the OP. I just thought you put it into download mode and THEN open odin....Its working now. :D

Thank you all so much.
[Captivate Android Development] ProtomanJ:
Thank you so much! I thought I was done for. I was in the middle of restoring stock when my son tripped the usb cable and the process got interrupted. After that the phone would not power on at all until I tried this fix. Thanks again!

:D:D:D:D:D
[Captivate Android Development] dc41:
Nothing to add but a big THANK YOU!:D

You saved my butt!
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
You are all welcome! Glad I could help!
[Captivate Android Development] Tiazi:
OK I did have the same problem with my european Galaxy. I used your method en it flashed. Now I keep getting the AT+T logo. Cant get into download mode anymore.

anyone got a solution. I f*cked it up bigtime I think