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[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
Need help

Okay, I can't get past the Adroid shovelling do not remove target screen. Apin sees and recognizes the phone when the phone is powered on and connected to USB the instant I power off and then press vol up and down and power Odin dosen't connect with the device and I get the same stupid screen. I have been doing this over and over for 45 min to no avail. I have checked the usb debugging mode. What am I missing.

I am a noob and don't know how to turn on an adb shell on my computer so I haven't been able to try that method.

Please help. I will continue trying.

Method 4 when plugged in to usb phone does not power back on. What am I missing? do I manually turn it back on?

update: installed the drivers from page one and now it is working. The drivers I had were incorrect for this process. The process just finished and the phone is now restarting, looks like it worked. Thanks Gears, donation coming as soon as I return from swapping out my phone at AT&T. Worked like a charm! Crapware is back! AT&T here I come for my replacement.
[Captivate Android Development] Sanfo12:
you guys who used this method, you just put the zip file where the pda is and hit start?
[Captivate Android Development] sujinge9:
This needs to be slapped onto the OP as this is the actual direction to get to the download screen, not what the OP has. Very helpful.
[Captivate Android Development] Sanfo12:
do i need to use regular odin3 and put .rar file in pda or do i need to just use one click downloader.zip because with the new drivers installed the one click downloader odin3 wont pick up my phone, i have it in download mode but nothing else will happen. suggestions?
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
I used the one click and it worked on the first try once I had the correct drivers, from page one and I used the second method.
[Captivate Android Development] Sanfo12:
Well i downloaded the drivers from page 1 but when i put in download mode, it comes up and wants to install new drivers for samsung mobile modem and general serial code. Any idea? I think this is what is stopping my computer from even seeing the captivate. i'm using windows xp sp3.
[Captivate Android Development] Rhiannon224:
I am not sure, I am running Windows 7 and it worked for me. It took me a while to understand the instructions, I must have had an ADD moment. After numerous failed attempt I finally figured out that perhaps I needed the same drivers listed here and it worked. Have you tried installing the ones your computer wants to use? If you haven't tried it, that's what I would do. I'm a noob.
[Captivate Android Development] Sanfo12:
Had a problem with this on win xp sp3, but worked like a charm with win 7 32bit
[Captivate Android Development] treylemkn:
Mac

I previously rooted my phone and had it customized to the nines. I installed "unleash the beast" last night and the phone has been screwy since. Nobody can hear me when on the phone and it's gotten super slow and buggy.

So my question is...how to you use odin on a mac? The file is an .exe extension.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
vmware or dual boot with bootcamp into windows, it doesnt work on mac
[Captivate Android Development] treylemkn:
Thanks. I did that. Not it's stuck on the downloading screen with the android guy and the shovel. How long should it be on the screen reading "downloading..."?
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
DG,

What makes master clear work? I can click start and it wipes it to stock JF6 but I want to complete erase the phone to factory. Everytime I click master clear it gives me a fail?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
You have to boot up normally and click it
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
Thank you.
[Captivate Android Development] mrjr2k:
mrjr2k

hey can anybody help me please my i just wanna know how long does it normally take i followed all the steps but i been stuck at

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:1/003> Added!!

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

<ID:1/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:1/003> File analysis..

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

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

for atleast an hour should this be happening
[Captivate Android Development] fosdos47:
Noob alert: how do I flash the jh3, I see the link to download the software and iv downloaded it but how do I get it on the phone using Odin. Thanks for any help.
[Captivate Android Development] rajendra82:
See post 6 of this thread for files to use the regular Odin with JH2/JH3. You must launch Odin first with the files selected, connect your phone via a USB cable, put the phone in download mode, and then wait for Odin to recognize it on a Com port before hitting start. Right drivers stickied in this forum are the most important part of the equation.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=751518
[Captivate Android Development] mrjr2k:
hey can anybody help me please my i just wanna know how long does it normally take i followed all the steps but i been stuck at

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:1/003> Added!!

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

<ID:1/003> Odin v.3 engine (ID:3)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:1/003> File analysis..

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

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

for atleast an hour should this be happening
[Captivate Android Development] yokozuna82:
after installing the all in one lag fix i got pop ups say com.something i cannot access my phone and i can get on download mode (the pic with the android and a shovel) but odin does not recognize my device.... in recovery mode odin does can some one please help im a newbee at this
[Captivate Android Development] yokozuna82:
is there another alternative to odin3
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
If you are only messing up the /system directory you can flash stock, dump the stock system and make an update.zip with it.

If you need a full restore, there is no other option, yet...
[Captivate Android Development] gerbick:
I was just there myself last night. To be honest... the whole flash portion of this lasts only 5 minutes or so, if that. If it hangs right there - I was hanging at factoryfs.

I had to basically keep moving the gosh darn USB cable around to obtain different COM ports until it finally went all of the way though. I did notice that it liked to be plugged directly to my machine as opposed to a USB hub.

Just keep at it. Sounds horrible to say that, but it took me three or four moves to finally get it to finish.
[Captivate Android Development] mrjr2k:
thanks did what u said and finally went thru i greatly appreciate ur help
[Captivate Android Development] Droopie28:
It worked!!!!! Yayayyayayayay thanks guys
[Captivate Android Development] temporizer:
Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!

I don't know what i did to deserve this! I got my Captivate today and started playing around with it. (maybe a little too much...)

I got to the point where i couldn't do anything at all, force closes everywhere. Tried the method posted on the first post, and viola! working captivate again! (i don't see why people are having so many problems doing this)

This is why i keep coming back to XDA. Keep up the good work guys!

Again, Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Glad to hear it!! (most of time they don't take the time to fully read thru everything first)
[Captivate Android Development] prauch2k:
How long does it take for a master clear to run on average?
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
It took mine just a couple of minutes.
[Captivate Android Development] iamcombat:
My phone now has no service after using this???? WTF?

Says there is no sim card...when there is...
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
Did you put the sim card in the correct way?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
ditto!

We have all done it :)
[Captivate Android Development] supraboi:
i got the phone+!+computer screen. Odin got stuck at File analysis so i closed it and unplug the cable. but none of the download screen solutions work :( my phone is the galaxy S and think they disabled the hardware 3 button download screen on this model. does it mean i'm bricked?

i;ve tried the 2 button + power way also the 2 button + usb way and taken out the sims memory card.
[Captivate Android Development] gerbick:
You shouldn't be stuck - I was JUST there a day ago or so.

Remove the battery, unplug the USB, close Odin. Open Odin, set the *.pit file and point to the *.tar file, reinstall the battery (remove the sim + microSD before reinstalling the battery), hold both volume buttons down, insert the USB and you should be back into download mode and well on your way.

This is assuming that you have the proper drivers and a good USB connection - I didn't (USB connection was through a hub, switched to directly to the computer, it was great then) and I wasted a full day trying to get past one part of Odin's flash process.

Hope that works out for you.
[Captivate Android Development] grave101:
Life Saver! I thought I completely bricked my phone after deleting a file! You rock!
[Captivate Android Development] supraboi:
My phone is the Australia SGS model. which some tarts at Samsung removed the button download/recovery mode on some of the phones here. my phone is plugged directly into the computer with correct drivers and all. Its not the USB its the phone it self. now i have to return it.

please to the OP: warn ppl that might have received the same batch of phone as me to first test out button recovery mode before doing the flash as its likely to brick your phone with no recovery possible.

Yes. now Samsung is making brickable I9000s...
[Captivate Android Development] modman:
Bricked but back

Worked on this 5 hours.

Have 2 XP SP2 laptops.

Was not getting to the download screen (yellow triangle in which android guy with shovel) and hence never new how the screen looked. Could somebody post that image for helping newbies.

I must have followed the instructions on this thread about 30 to 35 times. No luck.

Then tried another laptop-bingo the download screen appears for the first time, not only this the other laptop connected readlily on installing the samsung drivers.

I have 32 bit OS on both laptops-the fault was corrupt driver installation on the first one.

Always uninstall/re-install samsung driver just to be sure. If not working, please change the computer.

Man, I had to unrooted re-install ATT packages again, but without fear I rooted again and got rid of bloatware.

What I appreciate here is that this thread has run into 11 pages and some senior members are so helpful in those frustrating times, they bring optimism.

All the download material (firmware, ODIN) on this thread is genuine.

I am a doc not a techie and somehow came out of this mess.

Thanks to you all
[Captivate Android Development] Fallon:
Virus?

Every time I hit http://www.mediafire.com to try and start downloading the files, Symantec Endpoint Protection wigs out.

Traffic from IP address 38.114.196.10 is blocked from 8/22/2010 11:19:49 AM to 8/22/2010 11:29:49 AM.

[SID: 23093] HTTP Malicious Toolkit Variant Activity 2 detected.

Traffic has been blocked from this application: C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe

Anybody else getting anything like this? :confused:
[Captivate Android Development] Smitty50:
First off, i bricked my phone when trying out the ext4 lag fix.

Now when i hit start, my phone is stuck on a all greenscreen and with odin stuck on "zimage"

Im trying to restore back to the stock rom so i can start over but odin cant get past zimage
[Captivate Android Development] DarkVasyaK:
please help

I use the method 4

Odin says that All thread are completed (0/0) and it seems like it did nothing.

I don't understand how to connect odin to the firmware I want to install.

I would really appreciate any help.
[Captivate Android Development] Jim_C:
I downloaded this ROM (UPDATE: I897UCJH3) for my phone, but found out it's an

encrypted file (password required). I tried the 'samsung-firmwares.comsamsung-

firmwares.com' thing, but it didn't recognize it. Anyone know this password, or

should I wait for UCJH4 to arrive? (hopefully this week). (The file is from megaupload,

iirc.) Also, the phone isn't holding the change from 'filter options'. (It used to). Under

'Manage Applications', after I tap on it, all I get is 'You do not have any third-party

apps installed', when it should be defaulting to 'all', like it used to. Any advice? JF6

unrooted (for now).
[Captivate Android Development] rajendra82:
I recall using "samsung-firmwares.com" (one time) and being able to extract out the contents of the rar files with 7-zip for both JH2 and JH3 leaks.
[Captivate Android Development] galaxys00:
Which Firmware Version did you installed?

I am in the same situation where I have messed up my phone. In the beginning of this post, there are three firmwares being talked about. Which one did you install?

Since I am in a very delicate situation, I don't want to do anything wrong.

Could you please help me out here by giving brief guidelines on what you exactly you did so that I could follow you and bring myself out of this situation.

Thanks in advance. May god bless with gold and lots of money :)
[Captivate Android Development] Brock Samson:
Next time someone flashes this fresh with a wipe could you make a nandroid backup and send it to me? I want to see if I can just restore the nandroid and sort of bypass odin. I am on mac so i am trying to explore my options to get around odin. Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
it works :P

Next time I am stock I will make and update.zip

it will ONLY restore /system...
[Captivate Android Development] rumy:
Hi Guys,

I tried this on my samsung galaxy i9000m and can no longer get into the downloader.

Does anyone here have any suggestions on how I might get into the downloader. I have tried all the methods in post 1 with no luck.

If you are curios to the reason of my stupidity this might help you understand :) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=759910
[Captivate Android Development] Brock Samson:
Awesome. So maybe if this works the devs or someone can actually post nandroids to every rom. If we didn't need to use Odin this would make the community of custom rom users much larger.
[Captivate Android Development] itpromike:
Ok I'm a little confused. I've downloaded the 1 click Odin executable but how do I use this with the updated JH3 firmware that I got from the samsung-firmwares.com site? Do I extract it some place specific? Also, I've unrared the JH3 firmware but there is a .tar in there, should I extract that too?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
grab the other version of odin from the firmware site.
[Captivate Android Development] itpromike:
Yeah I did figure that part out but I have no idea how to use Odin lol...

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Thanks I actually figured it out by one of your other posts in another thread. :-)
[Captivate Android Development] gerardbuendia@yahoo.com:
used this on my samsung galaxy s

Hi,

I was able to update my samsung galaxy S with this... but, i thought i should have not!

now, my galaxy S seems to be stuck on the boot image (where it has ATT logo on a white background) and just restarts everytime i guess.

I tried to do several combinations with the keys to hopefully go into download mode again but just couldn't.

please help

Thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
*sigh* this is why I agree that it's a good thing the galaxy s phones are in different sub forums. clearly because you keep referring to it as your "galaxy s" (and not "your captivate") and the AT&T logo is new for you, you flashed this firmware meant for the SGH-i897 onto your i9000. This is, quite simply, an absurd mistake that people keep doing.

Don't flash a ROM that wasn't designed for your device. You are in the captivate forums, you've made a mistake that most people can't seem to recover from. Quite simply, meet your new paperweight.
[Captivate Android Development] xmarkx88:
hellp... PLEASE.. IM ON MY KNEES.. AND FREAKING OUT

So i am a complete idiot and just bricked a phone yesterday and luckily managed to get it exchanged at att.

The new one is having tons of trouble getting into download mode using the button combinations. I wanted to load the I9000 euro roms as I had successfully done to my previous phone. I did the first step in loading the csc and pda files and accidently forgot to uncheck autoreboot. Anyways... I pulled the battery out before it could reboot. I still couldnt get it into download mode so I booted into the android without applying the second step of the pit fil and the modem file. I am not used to using the sdk so was planning to root and intall a terminal program to "su reboot download"... I tried using the oneclick root to complete the job and it rebooted me into recovery, but apparently since i didnt flash the pit file, my power button doesnt work to access the menu..(volume rocker does).

Now it wont boot into anything except into recovery and I cant do anything about in it.... i have tried everything on oneclick odin instructions and can not get there... is there anything i can do from the sdk to get into download mode... it kind of appears that my phone is recognized when i plug it in cuz windows beeps saying that it recognizes the device...

I THINK I DESPERATELY NEED TO GET INTO DOWNLOAD MODE SOMEHOW!!!

I HAVE TRIED EVERY WAY LISTED ON ODIN ONE CLICK
[Captivate Android Development] ccherukuri:
Thanks a lot naplesbill, after i read your post the entire process took my only 5 mins and it was so easy. Also, thanks a lot for the OP as well.

For all who are still unsuccessful with this, remember that you SHOULD release the power button after the screen goes of twice and immediately it will go to download mode and from that point it only take couple of mins once u have the odin open.

Good luck guys , i back to stock rom.
[Captivate Android Development] thisguymo:
I can confirm that this fixed the issue with my phone showing the Att 3g video clip, then the galaxy clip and shutting off. Thanks!!!
[Captivate Android Development] LGSilva:
Okay, I think I really bricked this phone.

Okay, I think I really bricked this phone.

History:

~~~~~

I was using JH2, flashed to JM3 (i9000) + i897 kernel and it was working just fine until I decided to try "modaco's JP3" because of the "unrestricted bootloader" but I didn't like it then I flashed JH3... I flashed it and before the AT&T world phone screen now I see the GT-i9000 screen as well but I was able to boot normally.

When things went bad:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I decided to update my kernel to the 1.2oc version so typed "adb reboot download <enter>" but forgot to open odin first... I just ignored and opened odin.

Odin started but would not go past "flashing zImage" or something like that and there was no blue bar on my download screen.

In a very dumb moment I decided to pull the battery and do the proper way: "odin THEN download mode"

I was used to get the phone - ! - computer screen then download mode but this time I'm stuck on that screen. It flashes 2 times but no download mode.

Conclusion:

~~~~~~~

My guess is the i9000 rom changed the sequence to enter the download mode and due to the lack of a d-pad I will never be able to get it. I will need to get a new phone... :(
[Captivate Android Development] FFJASON1:
I have spent years flashing windows mobile and more recently blackberry ROM and have been lurking in XDA for a long time. I have read and searched through the forum before finally posting my problem and question. I am trying to flash from the stock ROM to one of the newer beta ROM's.

When I open the Odin EXE on my windows 7 computer the top half of the program in nothing but blank fields. I read posts that say to insert different files in different fields. But I do not have this option. I have tried running as an administrator, and in XP compatibility mode. When I connect my phone the program does recognize it on the USB com port.

Thanks in advanced.
[Captivate Android Development] bobbylx:
I think you are still in good shape. The i9000 rom or kernel, which ever one I don't know, changes the download mode key sequence. I found that pressing the down volume button only and then powering on is it's sequence.

In your case, I would pull the battery, plug in the USB cable, hold the down volume button and then put the battery back in, or some variation of that.

Hope that works for you.
[Captivate Android Development] bobbylx:
Yeah, that is probably the One-Click version. Does it say Start and Master Clear at the bottom? If so, that is pre-packaged to flash you back to stock. You want the stand alone Odin 3 to flash individual packages. When you have that, on the right you will see buttons for PDA, CSC, PIT, etc, that is where you click and choose the file you want to flash.
[Captivate Android Development] FFJASON1:
Thank you sir. I was in fact using the one-click version apparently. I made an assumption that the links for Odin were the same on this thread as well as the ROM thread. I have found the correct download for the stand alone version. Now off to flash!
[Captivate Android Development] LGSilva:
Yes! My phone is back! The key sequence was: VOL UP + PWR then after the first blink VOL DOWN and there you go: Download Mode :D
[Captivate Android Development] MC Mate:
pllllllllllleassee helpppp !!! I had put the phone in Download , started Odin One click all ok , then the phone got black screen and the coputer disconected the usb, on odin said in green restart or something. i took cable out and since then the phone is only AT&T flashing , if i insert cable it stops and does nothing please helppppppppppppppp i had it only for a day :(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( i am going crazy if it's broken for goodddd

i read it alll so MY PHONE IS PRETTY MUCH DONE !!! It's Galaxy S and i see that GOD hates me... i see that others here did the stupid thing of instaling this on Galaxy S , i don;t know if i can change it at guaranty... AT&T in Europe i don't think so... so i probably lost 400 euro for a stupid thing, THE USB is ded so i can't get in the phone so i will start to cry now, if there is a solution please help...
[Captivate Android Development] jollins:
I figure I'd add my experience...

I was having problems with Odin stalling at "DO NOT TURN OFF DEVICE!!" or "File analysis"

What solved it was having one-click Odin open BEFORE plugging in my Captivate (in download mode)
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
I hate to say it but I think you've done the one thing that can actually brick these phone's...Maybe you can check on the Galaxy forums to see if anyone has been able to recover from this mistake..good luck..
[Captivate Android Development] Kaik541:
+1

That's why you should learn to read the forums. If, as a captivate user, I browse the i9000 forum, I don't touch anything I'm not certain I can recover from. If you weren't sure about what model phone you had or what forum you were in, then this would probably have happened sooner or later.

This is also a terrible downfall of these various one click tools. People just don't double (and triple check) to make sure what they're doing. Unfortunately for you, the other poster is right and you now have a very expensive, plastic paperweight

Sent from my Samsung SGH-i897