yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
You can use the key combos on the OP, or, let it sit at the white screen for a min, then use ADB to reboot into download mode.

adb reboot download

And you did mess it up pretty good :), but totally recoverable.
[Captivate Android Development] Tiazi:
uh oh... I do think its unrecoverable... The button combinations do nothing. I tried:

- volume up + down + power

- volume up + home key + power

- volume down + home key + power

When I try to fire up an ADB shell I get the message - error: device not found.

Anything else I can try? besides going back to the store that is.

Thanks for the help BTW. I love that youre trying. I should be thinking about that donation!
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Try this, pull the battery, sim, sdcard if you have one, and usb.

put the battery in, hold down volume down, plugin the usb cable
[Captivate Android Development] mttfrog13:
Thank you SO MUCH. I screwed up my phone doing the one click lag fix. I did the one that roots and automatically does the lag fix. Wifi didn't stop working until I reversed the lag fix and unrooted. Wifi would just get stuck at obtaining ip address. I probably did a hardware reset 4 times. This ROM worked for me tho.
[Captivate Android Development] Tiazi:
No nothing. As soon as I plug in the usb cable - my telephone screen goes black. Holding down the volume down button doesn't change that. Also: typing ADB shell still says device not found.

When I pull the usb cable out. My telephone screen comes to life again. Flashing the AT&T logo for about 5 seconds - 2 seconds black - 5 seconds AT&T etc.

anything else I can try?... thanks in advance

Losing hope tbh :<
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Try this, pull the battery, sim, sdcard if you have one, and usb.

put the battery in, hold down volume down, plugin the usb cable

if that doesnt work, try it with volume up instead.
[Captivate Android Development] gr4v3r:
I am at the downloading screen and when i run Master Clear it just says Master Clear Started.... and doesnt move passed there, its been 10 mins. Any help?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Install the drivers from the OP, make sure Odin is open before you enter download mode.
[Captivate Android Development] Tiazi:
Battery out then in + usb cable + volume up

" " + volume down

" " + volume up + down

all three does nothing. Still a black screen with a cmd line that says - device not found
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Are you hitting the volume buttons before or after you plug in the usb?
[Captivate Android Development] Tiazi:
before I plug in the usb cable.. I can try to press after its plugged in if you think thats the solution tho.
[Captivate Android Development] max_warheads:
I'm having an issue with Odin...

My phones working fine, but I wanted to have a look at the JH revision, and when I connect to my pc, everythings all hunky dory, and Odin sees it. However, after 'adb reboot download' It's sitting in download, but my pc now sits spinning looking for "gadget serial" driver....?

I'm using samsungs captivate specific drivers, not the OP here. I tried those, and I got nada in normal or download.
[Captivate Android Development] gr4v3r:
I have the drivers and was able to restore the stock rom with odin but realized i never did a clean which isnt working.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Just install the drivers from the OP while it is in download mode and plugged in.
[Captivate Android Development] max_warheads:
dg, i tried that once :/
[Captivate Android Development] Tiazi:
hey guys,

Is there anything else I can try before I go back to the shop. Its gonna be raelly hard to explain why my telephone has a flashing american provider on it...
[Captivate Android Development] dc41:
I don't know if this is what you're looking for, but I have NEVER been able to reboot my Captivate into Download or Recovery mode using the hardware buttons.

Each time I need to enter either mode, I go to settings/applications/development and enable "usb debugging". I then go to USB Settings and select "ask on connection" (also in the application section unless you're running an I9000 rom... then it's in "about phone"). I then plug the usb cable into the phone. I do NOT make a choice when the options appear. I just leave the phone alone.

I switch to command mode on my Win7 machine and navigate to my android-sdk/tools folder (for me it's c:\android-skd\tools\)

I then type the command: "adb reboot recovery", or "adb reboot download".

The phone reboots appropriately.

HTH YMMV
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Updated to the newest firmware, people say it fixes gps issues, it also has a new modem, no hsupa, usb tether removed.

UPDATE: I897UCJH2
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
I can't get any of the new downloads in the OP to work... just ads.
[Captivate Android Development] Tiazi:
thanks for your reply. I doesnt work for me though. I cant get into the phone to put it on debug-mode. It just stays flashing a AT&T logo. Nothing I can do changes that. When I type in the commands like adb reboot download. Command simply replies with: device not found.

thanks tho
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
Do what is exactly in the first step. You can get into download mode via the hard buttons, I had to do it with my wife's phone when I got it stuck on the Galaxy S logo. Try method 3 as if it were in the phone/triangle/computer mode. That should make it recognize in Odin 1 click.
[Captivate Android Development] Kevin187:
Why would you want to remove usb tethering?
[Captivate Android Development] mostyle:
Anyone tested this? I'll be a test subject to see if the GPS works but I really don't wanna loose the native wired tether.

:mad:
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Doesn't matter to me, I use wifi tethering... just letting people know what they are getting into if they update.
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
Which wifi tether app are you using? I've tried a few but have some problems..
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre8.apk

That one.
[Captivate Android Development] jhernand1102:
Thanks..I had tried the pre7 version but it was slow..I'll give this one a try...
[Captivate Android Development] androidbence:
i downloaded the 3 files, and the drivers, i try to open the odin3 file and it opens with exploer and just asks if i want to open again.

How do i open these files?
[Captivate Android Development] dc41:
It sounds like you're not getting the phone into debug mode. What happens when you click on debug? Do you get a warning message? If not, you're not in debug mode. After you dismiss the warning, plug the phone in immediately. Don't reboot and return to your home screen. You should hear the usb connection sound from the phone and computer, and a warning message should appear in the notification area. Now you're ready for android-sdk.

HTH
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
7-zip is free and works well

http://www.7-zip.org/
[Captivate Android Development] wdfowty:
Just did tech support from California over twitter for a friend in Georgia. I don't even have a Captivate, but he needed some help. We tried everything possible to get the phone to recognize the captivate in downloader mode...Nothing we tried worked. Was literally going insane...I can't imagine how HE felt lol.

Long story short, if you can't get the phone recognized by the PC in downloader mode:

With the phone off, and USB unplugged...

1. Open odin

2. Hold volume up and down, DON'T PRESS POWER!

3. Plug in the USB cable

4. Press start

I think I got the idea from this thread, so it's been stated before. But I think this should be in the OP. It definitely works.
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
stupid pop-up blocker... killed the download and let through all the ads.
[Captivate Android Development] androidbence:
It worked thanks. Now can the previous firmware be flashed if i dont want this newer version? Or lets say i do one of the lag fixes and reflash will that work to take the lag fix off?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Yes and Yes! :)
[Captivate Android Development] docflower:
Captivate returned to stock condition

Hey so I get a lot of great info from this forum. Thanks to all the contributors. Anyways, I rooted and had a bunch of stuff on the phone with no bloatware. I needed to exchange the phone so I needed to get it back to stock.

I have windows xp sp3 and the AT&T Captivate.

Heres what worked for me...

1. Download Odin, Kies, and OS drivers.

2. Take out/replace battery. (Leave phone off, at no point do you turn it on for this)

3. Opened Odin one click prog.

4. Press and HOLD both up/down buttons.

DO NOT PRESS POWER AT ANY POINT!!!

5. Still holding the up/down buttons, plug in the USB cable.

6. Wait for like 10 seconds or something still holding only the up/down buttons.

7. Within about 10 seconds the screen on my Captivate turned to a yellow yield sign thing with a guy shoveling.

Only at this point did Odin recognize my phone and run properly. It took like 5 min or something to do its thing.

Hope this helps someone. I was getting pretty frustrated.
[Captivate Android Development] Maroon Mushroom:
Downloading now, this will be my first ROM flash... We'll see how this goes...

And this WILL remove my ext2 memory card partition...?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
no, it will still be there, but it wont be doing anything.
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
Dicked the phone. Was doing the I9000 ROM and all was going well. Went to boot back to download mode and it didn't work and phone booted up and had started. I believe it downloaded drivers for the I9000, but am not positive because I thought I clicked start later. Opened debug mode, adb reboot download. Had the triangle droid guy and odin one click didnt recognize. Unplugged usb to get phone/yield/computer and can not get download mode with alternate method 3.

I need some help to figure this out. I have already used Odin one click so I thought I was familiar with all the methods to get into download mode and now nothing works. Help please.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
pull the battery, put it back in, hold the vol down button, plug in the usb...

or try the vol up
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
Tried that. Held up vol by itself and pressed power, held through the second cycle and released and still popped up with phone/yield/computer. Vol down didn't cycle through at all.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
you dont want to hit the power button, plugging in the usb will turn on the phone, then just keep holding volume down.
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
Ill give it a shot.

Edit: That worked. Could you maybe make that a 4th alt combo on the main page? I sent you some funds for the help and knowledge you gave me.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Hehe, I have been planning on putting that up all day.. think I will do that now.

Thanks for the donation! keeps me going :)
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
No worries man, if not for you smart guys, us lesser fortunate depend on you to get us out of our messes.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
I try my best :)

that method has been added to the OP.
[Captivate Android Development] ekoliew:
Works great! Just flashed from a stock i9000 JM5 ROM and so far so good. Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
I am now using this ROM with the Unlock the Beast update.zip and lagfix 2.0

coolness
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
You should use this mod instead

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=751934
[Captivate Android Development] jhego:
i used both and i'm not sure if both can work, does it?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
dont think it matters, mine just adds more stuff in.
[Captivate Android Development] glendawg619:
ok so i followed the directions and got into download mode and preseed start, my phone just restarted and i was still rooted everything was not 100 percent factory again, what am i doing wrong?

this is the it said in the "messages" box in odin 3

'

<ID:0/009> Added!!

<ID:0/009> Removed!!

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

<ID:0/004> Added!!

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

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> Removed!!

<ID:0/004> Completed..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Make sure you add the files into odin
[Captivate Android Development] glendawg619:
wow, im an idiot, thanks man, im all stock and icky touchwizzy :)
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
haha. no problem
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
I am not able to connect my phone to samsung kies any more... Does anyone else experience this?
[Captivate Android Development] Maroon Mushroom:
For my first ROM flash, I guess it went ok. Was a complete pain in the ass to get it to run in download mode, after that, it flashed fine, rebooted, and then I launch mybackup pro to see that they don't have my online files. Completely got screwed over.

Whatever.

Can I use the same methods to root / ext2 fix this thing?
[Captivate Android Development] AllTheWay:
No issues here. I am connected to it right now. Just flashed the new JH2 firmware.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
disable usb debugging.
[Captivate Android Development] skizzz:
Thanks to the OP for these instructions.

FYI to everyone else, one click instructions are not exactly one click.

You need to download all 3 files.

When you have ODIN open load the 2 other files, the tif and the tar.

tar goes in the PDA box and check the box.

Don't do it like i did, just loaded the tif and almost bricked the damn phone.

It wouldn't do anything at all.

Plugged USB cable and nothing, black screen.

Pulled batterie and pushed back in, black screen.

pulled bat and waited 15minutes, still black screen.

Pushed volume buttons + power, nothing but black screen

At this point i was thinking taking back to ATT for replacement, been playing for the phone over an hour at this point, it looked like a brick.

Then followed some other posts that said to try and push the up volume and power while rebooting, and it showed up some orange code lines, but nothing after that, no digger, no master reboot, no nothing.

I've noticed that if i kept the buttons pressed it would cycle the device, and the letters still showing up with no changes.

When it cycled, the screen would go between the orange code and black screen.

When the screen went to black during the cycling, i held all 3 buttons and the yellow digger finally pop back up.

Sign of relief!!!

Luckily i had oding running and still plugged to the computer. So If you desperate, have oding loaded then tinker with your phone.

Don't forget to load the 2 files with odin and good luck.

I think is true, nothing short of broken hardware you cannot brick this thing.
[Captivate Android Development] Droopie28:
ive been trying to do this for over an hour, I have placed both files int he correct parts and plugged in, and pressed start, but it doesnt do anything, it just stays on file analysis, HELP, lol
[Captivate Android Development] skizzz:
did you install the drivers on the computer?

Did you set your usb in usb debugging?

are you able to see the yellow digger?

When you reboot the phone and get the yellow digger, wait until a yellow box with a com numbers shows up before you slick start.

Try getting the phone in download mode using 3 method.

Pull sim and ext sd card out.

Pull bat

put in bat

open oding and load the 3 files, do not hit start!!!!!

plug in usb cable

hold all 3 buttons, and on 2 black screen cycle release power and keep holding the volume buttonS

Check for yellow digger

Look on Odin screen for yellow com button then hit start
[Captivate Android Development] jsmith8858:
Can someone please let me know if this is correct? I am running the stock ROM right now, and I am thinking of doing the following:

1) Run titanium backup to backup all of my apps

2) Run titanium backup to backup my system settings (not all apps, just things like "Wifi access points", "bookmarks", etc)

3) Run Odin and flash the new ROM

4) Restore both backups

Is that all I need to do to get things up and running and all of my stuff restored (minus some manual setup as needed of course)? Will this cause any issues or problems? Is there a step I am missing, or a better way of doing this?

Also -- does the Odin app wipe out the built-in SD card? It's not clear to me from the wording of the big warning on the first post if wipes the NAND storage only, or both the NAND storage and the internal SD card.

Thank you in advance, I apologize for all of the questions, I searched but really could not find a step-by-step guide to backing up everything, upgrading your ROM, and then restoring things. If such a guide exists, please let me know and i apologize for missing it!
[Captivate Android Development] slider2828:
Under my USB Settings I only have Kies(Firmware Updtes), Media Player, and Mass Storage.

What did you do to connect to it after the flash to JH2

USB Debugging is disabled
[Captivate Android Development] flashman2002:
So you have Kies selected and usb debugging disabled. You did go back to the homescreen and plug the usb in correct. If it doesn't say MTP with the usb cable you might try reinstalling kies, or maybe redo your drivers.
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
I am having the same problem.

I can only mount the USB when debugging is on.

I don't use Kies, so no biggie there.

Basically mt USB cable has turned into a charger only unless I am in debugging.

I am trying to track down which piece of the puzzle affected it.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Might want to try a usb port on the back of your computer if you aren't already.
[Captivate Android Development] Lunged:
Is there any way to Root this new firmware? Seems like the current update.zip doesn't work.

Ah, never mind. For some reason it named it update.zip.zip this time. Never had that problem in the past, but an easy mistake, I guess.
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
I tried all 6 ports.

Even on my laptop.

The issue is that the "USB connected" notification is not appearing on the phone unless I have debugging set...
[Captivate Android Development] joeybear23:
Turn off "hide extensions of known file types"

For some reason MS thought having that on by default was a good idea...
[Captivate Android Development] dvdmkr:
does 512 PIT file on 1st page also work with stock JF6 firmware?

Not so brave flashing with JH2 yet..

Thanks!
[Captivate Android Development] Fate0n3:
Ok got the it done finally lol... But weird is my phone looks like it still kept some files from before. I did a factory reset before i rerooted the phone and they are still there so I went ahead and rooted the phone but I don't show busybox anymore?? Any ideas? I have Super permission this is odd. And under titanium backup it doesn't show the att bloatware? any ideas?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
You don't need a PIT for JF6, its one-click all integrated

JH2 is fine... you just lose usb tethering

If you did JH2 you might have put the files in the wrong boxes.
[Captivate Android Development] rob989_69:
Just flashed this, coming from Euro JM5. During boot still show's I9000 and more importantly, I'm having a problem with busybox. The program installs, but when I open and hit install I get an error that Nand is not unlocked or we were unable to remount. This was happening with the euro rom as well which is partially why I flashed back??? Any thoughts?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Install the one click one first, then do the update.
[Captivate Android Development] beazie0885:
i got into download mode by cmd prompt. i followed the instructions. the phone has the droid guy shoveling and underneath him it says downloading. do not turn off target!!!! its been this way for a while now. how long is this supposed to take? usually when i do stuff like this im not that worried about it. but when i clicked start in odin. nothing really happened, just a message popped up in the message window saying <OSM> All Threads completed. (suceeded 0 \ failed 0) did i do something wrong?
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
make sure Odin is open and the phone is plugged in before you go into download mode
[Captivate Android Development] beazie0885:
it was plugged in and odin was open. i used method 1 to get into download mode. i just unplugged it and it was still in download mode, battery pull and now the phone is just the way it was before i started. nothing happened at all. thanx for your advice. any more is welcome!
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
close and reopen odin, pull your battery, unplug the usb.

put the battery back in, then while holding both volume bottons, plug in the usb and keep holding the volume buttons until you are in download mode.

click start
[Captivate Android Development] beazie0885:
yea i tried that. i got into download mode, one thing i noticed, a pop up for new software came up trying to install new drivers as soon as i entered download mode. i guess i should try the drivers you linked to. thats the only thing i didnt do after re reading op. i do have the samsung drivers from the samsung website tho. is that a no no?

one think i also noticed, when i had odin opened and the phone was plugged in and on, a yellow bar was open in one of the ports it had "com4" written in it like it recognized my device. hopefully now these new drivers will work.
[Captivate Android Development] rajendra82:
I had the Samsung Captivate drivers from the support site, and those don't include the necessary gadget serial device driver to connect to the phone in download mode. I ran into this issue yesterday. I uninstalled those, and installed the drivers in the sticky here. They eliminate that issue, allowing you to flash properly.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
ah, yes, those are important.

thats what happened to me the first time around, wrong drivers.
[Captivate Android Development] cotr:
got this up and running.... cant seem to get one click unroot to work with it...
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
works fine for me...
[Captivate Android Development] :
I downloaded the win7 64 drivers and installed them, followed the steps to put the phone in download mode, and when I connect my phone to pc it says "device not recognized." Any would be much appreciated.
[Captivate Android Development] cotr:
how? there is no debugging option for USB
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
plug it in, in download mode, then install the drivers
[Captivate Android Development] :
I just tried and it still says not recognized.
[Captivate Android Development] beazie0885:
okay think i got it running now, phone just rebooted. now i have to figure out how to get it back to the way it was...
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
You can start here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=751934

:)
[Captivate Android Development] YeaItsSlo:
i cant get my phone into download mode.. only recovery mode.. i give up.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
you can use ADB reboot download, and if your phone boots, download terminal emulator and type in "su", then "reboot download". Make sure you have the usb plugged in and Odin open before you enter download mode.
[Captivate Android Development] Jreitnauer7:
How long should flashing of the rom take using the one click method? I downloaded the exe file and opened it up. I plugged in my device on the recovery screen. Odin recognized my device and showed it in yellow as COM5. I clicked start and it has still been going....IT's going on 12 minutes...

Am I doing something wrong?
[Captivate Android Development] YeaItsSlo:
Thanks! phone reflashed.. what i dont get is that i still have one picture on my phone from before i flashed?? is that normal? only 1 picture...