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[Captivate Android Development] chasesavestheday:
what happens if we MASTER CLEAR via odin? Is that how we start with a fresh phone just like the day i got it? When i odin back to stock i always have the same files from rom manager backups titanium backups etc. those are awesome, but what if i wanted to start all over?
[Captivate Android Development] TechNut*:
Odin3 doesn't pick up Captivate in DL mode. x_x

Hi to all the Android GURU's - am pleading for help as I have done stupid... I know no one can fix stupid... lol

What am I doing wrong here... besides the fact that I f'd up my phone, my precious... :P

Anywho, here is what I'm trying and my goal is to just boot back in to Android.

Got the USB drivers for Win7 x64

I can boot Captivate in to recovery mode & download mode

Have Odin3 1-Click downloader

I have removed my micro-SD, SIM and battery

Opened Odin3

Replaced battery

Then held down the volume buttons (+/-) got in to download mode (little android shoveling dirt)

Plugged in USB to phone

Odin does not recoginze the device... I've tried to unplug the USB from the PC and plugging it in to another port with the hopes it would re-install drivers and then maybe see the phone.

No luck!!! Am I really that stupid, what am I missing??? HELP!! Please??
[Captivate Android Development] lthomas926:
Awesome Thank you!!!! Only Way I could get into download mode was to have odin3 running then hold both up and down and then plug in usb.
[Captivate Android Development] igm503:
im beginning to lose hope...
[Captivate Android Development] madjsp:
So, this is the same firmware that comes with the phone already? What's the point then?
[Captivate Android Development] dewt:
That's what I'm wondering too.
[Captivate Android Development] kotoko:
Wow..gps works for me after flashing to firmware.
[Captivate Android Development] DailyApper:
for those who played around and deleted AT&T apps. and wanted them back.

etc.

Just a way to get things back to stock.
[Captivate Android Development] Fortune090:
I would also assume for warranty purposes since rooting voids it.
[Captivate Android Development] :
Same here!!
[Captivate Android Development] _Opiate_:
To be safe guys i would just wait until there are more tride and true methods. Especially if its the only phone you have.
[Captivate Android Development] evil5826:
I agree

But for those who are already have a messed up phone from attempting, follow these instructions to try to get your phone back into download mode

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=7292801&postcount=26

No reason to give up hope yet. In the end this will all be sorted out.
[Captivate Android Development] Bjd223:
Here is another mirror just in case, should be fast. No waiting no premium account bs.

http://www.thevod.org/misc/captivate/I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0.rar
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Hey guys, if you are stuck on that phone+!+computer screen, do this to get into download mode!!

note: THE STUPID SCREEN IS NOW FIXED!!
[Captivate Android Development] evil5826:
Now that you have done this and got it back to download screen were you able to reflash with this software?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Yes sir, my phone is restored back to stock!
[Captivate Android Development] rkorzuch:
When I take out and reinsert the battery and hold down the volume key and press power it takes me to Android System Recovery. Is that the download mode?
[Captivate Android Development] TimF:
By stock, do you also mean Non-Rooted?
[Captivate Android Development] _Opiate_:
Yes it will NOT be rooted anymore. If you want root back you'll have to re-do the root process.
[Captivate Android Development] Shadow77895:
Out of curiosity, could anyone post the steps required to dump the firmware ourselves? Also, this dump doesn't also happen to contain the baseband dump, does it?
[Captivate Android Development] ProtomanJ:
I'm a Android newb and just recently got the captivate. I've been stuck with iOS since it's release and I'm glad I made the switch. Having said that, I took it upon myself to mess around with the phone and carelessly uninstalled what I thought would be harmless services such as gtalk which really messed up my phone. Thank you so much for posting this. I was able to do a full recovery and I'm up and running again.
[Captivate Android Development] jhego:
sorry, new to this, what are the advantages of flashing the stock firmware to this phone?
[Captivate Android Development] mcvert:
it's just safe to have in case you mess your phone up.
[Captivate Android Development] inakaboy:
Any update on an nandroid backup file perchance?

I'm also on a Mac and forgot to backup my stock config...
[Captivate Android Development] storm717:
Cannot enter download mode

So currently I have no problems with my phone, I have successfully flashed oden by booting into download via adb.

However I'm concerned because no button combination i try on my phone will work to get it into either download OR recovery mode. The only way I've been able to do it thus far is via adb once the phone has booted.

To be clear, I'ved tried method 1,2, and 3... as well as various permutations of them all.

I've also tried it from an nandroid backup of my semi-stock phone (JH7 OTA + root) and with an nandroid backup of stock via odin3.

It doesn't matter too much as my phone is working perfectly fine atm but I don't like the idea of being unable to get back to clockwork recovery or do odin3 without being able to boot the OS

Any ideas??
[Captivate Android Development] chasesavestheday:
i had the same issue, but i just moved to another usb port. ehh know that didnt help much.
[Captivate Android Development] maximus-dev:
Freaking out a bit...

I am trying to use Odin to revert back to stock... a bit scared at the moment at what I'm experiencing.

The phone was working... I was on Cognition this morning but started having odd service issues. I disabled lagfix (ran fine) and clock work restored back to a precognition backup I made that was JH7.

The phone works okay... but for some reason I've totally lost all call/3g service... no clue why, so I'm trying this. I copied my sdcard contents off first... then got everything setup for Odin. Started it, and used adb to reboot to download. 0:[COM4] showed up and I went ahead clicked MasterClear.

It started...

Status area has just these three items:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

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

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

It has now been running for.... about 20 minutes and there has been no other log messages. I figured it would take a long time... but this is starting to worry me. Should I let it sit? Any advise at this point is GREATLY appreciated.

EDIT - Okay... I went for my hunch that since logging wasn't doing anything at all... that it wasn't working. I went ahead and disconnected... and booted back up. Everything is intact... all files still on sdcard... so I have no idea what happened. Oddly enough, I appear to have my service back too so I have no idea what the hell was going on.

I'd like to recommend if at all possible, (unless there already is and I haven's seen it) a short if this/do this section added to the first post.
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Master clear is not run from download mode. It is run from the regular system with debug on. If you havent already, pull the battery. Then either try and let it boot fully and then connect to usb and run master clear, or just run odin and then usb in download mode to flash whatever fw you were gonna....
[Captivate Android Development] maximus-dev:
Okay... gotcha... so I'm retarded for assuming that that was just missing from the instructions for some reason.

Yea... edited... I'm fine at the moment. Still may try again since I know I did it totally wrong.

Thanks man.
[Captivate Android Development] Joe1981AL:
This is only way that worked from me to get into download mode... It came up immediately like the post says.

Link to Post:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8171925&postcount=9

Method:

I can only enter download mode with the steps below.

Phone off

Remove battery, sim, microsd

Hold volume buttons

Plug in USB

Plug in battery

The phone will then immediately enter download mode.
[Captivate Android Development] evosky:
so when i connect my phone in download mode to the comp, the computer just spins trying to download the cdc acm driver. it only installs the samsung usb driver and just can't seem to get past the acm driver ... should i not be in download mode ?

**EDIT**

nvm got past that stage.

now, how long should i wait for the file analysis to be done after hitting start?? seems like a while ...

this is after i have master cleared the phone too

** double edit **

nvm found out i wasn't in download mode *facepalm*
[Captivate Android Development] shaolin95:
Is this able to COMPLETELY return the phone back to original? I tried installing Cognition 2.1.5 and now my HSUPA uploads are badly broken while the downloads still look good.

I tried a complete master clear and used Oding to bring back to stock then tried 2.1 which was working fine before and my uploads still are broken so I am wondering if there is something this does not touch that I need to restore some other way.
[Captivate Android Development] gustavoholst:
OMGTHX

OMG OMG OMG OMG Thank you so much evil5826. you saved my life :D this works like a charm.
[Captivate Android Development] storm717:
this does not work for me... nor any other method detailed in this thread. anybody else run into this ?
[Captivate Android Development] slashmania:
I am lost guys. I was running the Cognition ROM, and installed a 2g toggle widget. since then I was unable to send/recieve MMSs. so i uninstalled it. that resulted in complete loss of data(3g) connectivity. so I backed up all my apps and tried to reinstall the Cognition rom via ROM manager. when i booted into recovery, and selected reinstall packages, it said insatallation failed, so I thought i will flash the Stock rom. now the problem is for the last 25 mins, the screes shows andy with the shovel, meaning I am in d/l mode, but the ODIN interface is stuck on DO NOT TURN OF TARGET. have I successfully bricked my phone? I have used ODIN before and have all the right drivers. Please help.
[Captivate Android Development] JobinM:
Quick question:

There is a new update out for the Samsung Captivate right now. My phone is rooted with the usual "update.zip" method. I removed all the AT&T bloatware.

Would I need to use this to restore all of that before I try to download the update? Does Odin delete all my data? Such as pictures, contacts, apps and so on.
[Captivate Android Development] tylerdurdin:
Sorry to bust in here like this but, other than the fact that I may be an idiot is there something I am missing when it comes to OPENING odin on a linux box? I downloaded the one click, extract it but all that really comes out is a EXE. I just cannot seem to get a actual program to open. any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
that would be because its an EXE and only runs on windows.....there is no linux support as of yet
[Captivate Android Development] tylerdurdin:
alright, but when I tried it on windows i got back windows cannot open this file would you like to find a program online blah,blah, blah.
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
if its a .RAR file, you should use something like 7zip to extract it. then run the exe.....
[Captivate Android Development] randy_c:
Would be nice if we can have one click for the new firmware JH7
[Captivate Android Development] brefmint:
Odin Fail

Hello,

I have flashed with Odin once before in the past when the 1-click Lagfix left my phone in a boot-loop. It worked great to get me back to stock. My phone has been running fine until today. I was disabling a Lagfix and my phone turned off. It would no longer boot after that so now I am trying to reflash with Odin. I keep getting a "FAIL!" in bright red in the first box as well as this message below:

<ID:0/006> Added!!

<ID:0/006> Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

<ID:0/006> File analysis..

<ID:0/006>

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

My phone has power and tries to boot but never does. Is it bricked?

Thanks for your help!

MW
[Captivate Android Development] matthewpapa:
After attempting a one click restore using odin coming from cognition my phone is also in a boot loop

The flash appears to be successful and finishes fine but the phone reboots before getting past the AT&T screen. From there it just turns off and on, off and on... Have tried flashing 30+ times and having the same problem

Any suggestions on what to do? It has got to do something with that stupid lagfix in cognition. Possibly partitions are messed up. I have searched around quite a bit but to no avail

can I use adb from the yellow triangle screen? I cannot seem to get into normal recovery, despite the flash being "successful"

EDIT: Could this be a hardware error?
[Captivate Android Development] matthewpapa:
Just tried to flash the I-9000 rom and still the same results

Flashing back. I am not convinced that this "flash" is actually a complete wipe of the onboard memory. The AT&T stuff remained despite the fact I flashed a European I-9000 rom. Is there a way to get the flash back to an actual pristine state or is that hopeless at this point?
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
Did you disable the lag fix prior to using Odin? It not I'm not sure what to do as Odin doesn't play nice with the Voodoo lag fix...
[Captivate Android Development] matthewpapa:
Yea apparently I did not realize lag fix was enabled before trying odin.

Anyone know what to do, I have been searching forever?

EDIT: Hmmm, from the voodoo site "Can I uninstall completely Voodoo?

Of course. take a look at the documentation if you want to disable it.

If you really want to uninstall it, you’ll need to flash another kernel like the original coming with your Firmware, or flash at least the “PDA” version of a Firmware."

I am essentially installing the PDA version of a FW so I dont know if the above is applicable
[Captivate Android Development] himmelhauk:
This is a handy tool to get back to stock, thanks for this. My only concern is the kernel is not the stock kernel....anyone know of a way to get the stock kernel instead of the jetaek.lee 2.6.29 one?
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
you need to use a regular version of ODIN and not the one click. flash in a stock kernel, then run the one click
[Captivate Android Development] mod777:
I installed Cognition 2.1.5 and then wanted to go back to stock because I needed AT&T Navigator (and the bloatware rom didn't work) so I used Odin 1 click but it failed and I now have the phone-!-computer screen.

I can't get into Download Mode on my Captivate using any of the below ways:

I uninstalled drivers and rebooted. Installed drivers from OP tried all 3 methods and also the hold vol+/-, then power and release power on 2nd black screen. Nothing has worked. My phone battery date is 2010.08.16. I also tried all of the above on 3 different computers all runing WinXP.

They say it's unbrickable - I'm beginning to doubt that. Please help!
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
That is the stock kernel...
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
I take it you forgot to disable the voodoo lag fix...Odin doesn't work with the EXT4 file system...Don't know what to tell you...
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
but if you use ODIN, you should be able to use the repartition option since it wont care about what FS is on it. all data on the phone will be lost though.
[Captivate Android Development] mod777:
So are you saying I bricked the unbrickable???
[Captivate Android Development] tmadonia:
Hanging at factoryfs.rfs HELP!

I am in the process of running the ODIN3 One-Click Downloader.

All seemed to be going well, but it appears to be hanging at

<ID:0/005> factoryfs.rfs

It has been there for at least 10 min with no progress. Any thoughts?

T-
[Captivate Android Development] hayslett4:
Yea, last night I ended up with ODIN3 and my "downloading" phone looking at me for a few minutes before I did what was suggested above. I left Oden on, removed the battery, replaced the battery, held down the volume keys (not touching the power button), plugged in the USB, and clicked Start. It went through the process and I had my phone back. I did the Master Clear and went straight back to the One-button root for the Galaxy. My only concern came earlier today during an OTA update from AT&T. It failed to install, but everything still works and is still rooted. I have to wait 24 hours before attempting it again, but I'm thinking I should wait until Froyo is pushed at the end of the month... maybe.

Do I need to un-root prior to the next update? I want to move up to Froyo, but now I'm a little more concerned after the last failed OTA update. Any suggestions or ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] himmelhauk:
It is not the same as before I flashed Odin, which was why people had issues with the OTA update failing because of a different kernel.
[Captivate Android Development] nammyczc:
how long did the master clear take you?
[Captivate Android Development] hayslett4:
The Master Clear didn't take more than a few minutes after the reload.
[Captivate Android Development] Tremere:
Hi all,

I appear to have bricked my phone attempting to flash down to jf6 with Odin3 one click :( It froze up so I removed the battery hoping I could start again.

I wasn't able to enter download or recovery mode before (thats why I was flashing between jf6 and jh7, hoping it will come somehow)

Now I'm stuck on exclamation.. tried every button combination, even the hair dryer trick.

Suggestions?

Beer money shall be given for a working solution.. it will save this Captivate a return trip across the Pacific Ocean!
[Captivate Android Development] galaxyjeff:
I think you can first start a fresh odin while at the exclamation point on your screen then plug your phone into your PC and odin may get a com port to the phone. I hope that works for you.
[Captivate Android Development] Tremere:
Hmm.. there is no USB device registered (checked in device manager and by dmesg on a Linux box) though.

Am I supposed to get the usb plug-in 'ping' when in exclamation mode?

edit: I was able to flash jf6 before the brick using Odin, but I entered through adb.
[Captivate Android Development] galaxyjeff:
Yes ADB should still work at the exclamation point screen. Google made their OS hard to brick a phone unless some hardware part of the phone goes bad. I think you should be able to get an ADB connection and go back to download mode.
[Captivate Android Development] Tremere:
I guess I messed it up very badly then. There is simply no USB device being registered.

If it helps it stuck on the 'PIT' file step (forgot its name now).

I put a thread up in Q&A as well.
[Captivate Android Development] sampio:
hi everyone,

I guesss i have messed up big time. i wish somebody can help me on this.

Yesterday night i just flashed my Samsung Galaxy S I9000 to I897UCJI6 using the on click "I897UCJI6-OCD-REV02-Low-designgears.exe".

The flash was successful and my phone is loaded with Froyo 2.2 HOWEVER after this upgrade, my phone battery can no longer be charged using a AC adaptor and USB connection to my computer. The computer can no longer register my phone.

MY phone will shut down the moment i plug in USB.

My phone also is no longer able to go in download mode. I have try all the possible button combination

Have i potential bricked my phone.........

can please someone help me..............................
[Captivate Android Development] eep2378:
Ok I think I'm ready to use this to flash back to stock. Will master clear wipe contacts,pics, everything on my internal sd? What precautions should I take before running this? Should I remove my sim before I run this?
[Captivate Android Development] flucks:
Does anyone know how Odin is different than just typing:

*2767*3855#

Think before you give this code. This code is used for factory format. It'll remove all files and settings including the internal memory storage. It'll also reinstall the phone firmware.

PS: Once you give this code, there is no way to cancel the operation unless you remove the battery from the phone. So think twice before giving this code.
[Captivate Android Development] matthewpapa:
Have tried the repartition option with stock kernel and full odin. Have tried original roms, the leaked rom and the I-9000 build and its a no go. The flash allegedly completes according to odin, but it will not boot past the att screen.

Thanks for everyones input so far
[Captivate Android Development] pietro_spina:
Make sure you are plugging into a usb port on the mother board. Not on the front of your computer. That was my issue on linux. You can use the command 'lsusb' to see what you have plugged in and identified.

'recovery' mode worked on the front ports but not 'download' mode.
[Captivate Android Development] mugenex:
how do I add cog 2.2 beta to odin?
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
you dont!

go read the FAQ for cog!
[Captivate Android Development] Little Dragon:
thank you for this. fixed that analysis hang problem!
[Captivate Android Development] himmelhauk:
I have tried Master Clear 3 times now, and it either hangs on the Factory Format screen (Reboot! Do not touch any buttons, etc.) or force closes. I am doing it while the phone is ON and in USB Debug mode. I tried it unmounted and mounted but still to no avail. Read through this entire thread just about and haven't been able to figure out why it's doing this to me. If anyone can offer help it would be much appreciated, thank you :)
[Captivate Android Development] sayurann:
I tried it, my pc (vista x86) doesnt even recognize my phone, it means my pc dont even know that there is an unknown device... i already installed the samsung driver... any suggestion? and the power+vol down, and power+both volume hold doesnt get me into download mode either...

i think the maiin problem is my pc doesnt even know that there is an unknown usb device... my phone gets hotter though, i think the usb is charging my phone...
[Captivate Android Development] silenzzzz:
mine bricked while trying to update to the cog 2.2

and now has the "phone .. ! .. comp" screen

i have tried all methods mentioned in the OP and other various ones mentioned throughout this thread ... with no luck at all ..

anyone else have some insight?
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
i can confirm this works great for a Master Clear alternative....
[Captivate Android Development] himmelhauk:
Thanks! I had seen that but wasn't sure if it did the full clear, now i will be starting fresh finally.

Edit: Master Clear successful! The code does the same exact thing as the Master Clear option, as it shows the same factory reset screen and everything. Difference is this actually worked haha
[Captivate Android Development] matthewpapa:
Can now get into recovery via the ODIN leaked froyo. Says my storage is not formatted and to use the UI to fix it. Well I format the internal storage, delete user data and still cannot get it to continue :/ go figure

The error appears to be here:

Install default apk-files, please wait

E:Can't mount /dev/blocl/mmcblk0p2

(Invalid Argument)

E:copy_data_default_apk:Cant moint DBDATA"

your storage is not prepared yet. Please use UI menu for format and reboot actions

At least I am getting further now
[Captivate Android Development] loserskater:
I'm experiencing the same problem... I had cog 2.2 installed and was upgrading to the new 2.2. I opened odin and got stuck on file analysis so I pulled the usb and battery. Now I've got the phone ! comp and no way to boot into download mode.... not looking good.

EDIT: Tried every possible button combo/insert battery/usb at certain times with no luck... It looks like I'll be going to AT&T tomorrow...