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[Captivate Android Development] staticx2601:
i just reverted back to the stock firmware and after all was completed, i went to software update, downloaded the update (not 2.2) and it reset my phone and said it was updating, but half way through it says update failed and reboots. then tells me once again that it failed after bootup. firmware says 2.1 update1, the same firmware. does this mean i wont be able to update to the official 2.2 once it comes out? thanks
[Captivate Android Development] techmik67:
Those stupid OTA updates have killed more phones than they actually worked on. Search and you will find the many things to do now, assuming your phone is all messed up now, as it did to most.

and even if it had worked, by the way, it's not a 2.2 update. AFAIK it's UCJH7 still
[Captivate Android Development] iamzombie:
Not to dig up old posts, but this saved my freakin' bacon and my phone, thanks a million!!
[Captivate Android Development] wmwilker:
Download Samsung Kies and see if you can get it to update through the software.
[Captivate Android Development] Dieabolical:
I didn't do anything with tether, since buying the phone. I really don't need it for anything yet. I figure I will mess around with the phone more, when Froyo comes out (hopefully in Sept). But, since using this method, one click flasher, everthing is working as though I just bought the phone. No problems yet. I was having GPS issues, but did the supl.google change method, but then also put skyhook set to "On". My GPS is working perfectly, with accuracy.
[Captivate Android Development] sl8125:
actually there is a problem with tethering. before i flash to this firmware, i was able to tether with captivate. now when i connect to pc, the phone just shuts down. u having this problems too. first connect driver was installed. since then it keeps on doin it. so i uninstalled all drivers. again when hooked up to pc, it auto installs and shuts my phone down. fix? IDK. But i know it tether before.
[Captivate Android Development] rustak:
So, I screwed something up while unlocking market apps (not sure what yet, will figure that out in a bit), and the result was that my phone would do the splash screen and then would go to a blank screen. I still had an adb connection at that point (I'd enabled development earlier), but needed to reflash since I couldn't get a root prompt since the superuser app couldn't approve the request. Had to reflash to stock; note that I never got the phone/pc icon, I just had to force a reflash. Here's another "what worked for me":

What didn't work:

- Phone unplugged, putting battery in and holding down either both or the 'down' volume key + power. Phone would just keep cycling between black screen & at&t logo.

What worked:

- Phone *plugged in*, putting battery in. You should see a large battery symbol showing that the phone is charging, but off. Then hold down both volume keys + power. Phone will cycle to black screen, then back to battery symbol, then black screen again.

- On that second or subsequent black screens, let go of the power key.

You should end up on the android shoveling "Downloading..." screen.

Now, on your desktop, if you're in windows either one of two things should have happened -- Odin should have seen the phone, saying "0:[COM6]" or something, or nothing happened.

If Odin saw your phone, hit start, and continue on your merry way.

If it did not, open up Device Manager. If you see an unknown "Gadget Serial" device, then you need to install the drivers for Samsung's serial download mode. These seem to be found in Samsung's PC Studio -- I installed "New PC Studio 1.4" (under Windows 7 x64, you have to tell it to install in compat mode for Vista). After that, unplug your phone and plug it back in and Odin should see it. Then continue with the download.

The first time you do this, it might just sit at "DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET". If it does for longer than a few seconds, unplug your phone, pull the battery, and start over. The second time, when it's actually working, you'll see messages about various files being downloaded, a blue progress bar will be on your phone.

Hope that helps.
[Captivate Android Development] mostyle:
Just wanted to say thank you to all the parties that replied with useful information in this thread. I too had difficulty getting the device into downloader mode to use Odin but to all the guys that are having problems keep trying. The info in this thread is accurate.

Thanks again for your help.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
Glad you were able to get your phone back up and running...

From all of my testing, even pulling the battery in the middle of a flash will not brick this phone, the download mode and the screen with the phone+!+cpu cannot be touched and is totally separate from the everything else so you can always get to it not matter what you do to your software.
[Captivate Android Development] T0N3Z:
thank you it worked
[Captivate Android Development] KJPDX:
Newbie's Tutorial

I'm new to Androids but this isn't the first Samsung I've modded and reflashed. I made this guide for someone who's phone is still functional but wants to bring their phone back to stock.

1. Make sure you can access the ADB Command if not follow the ADB portion of this guide; Search for IDIOT-PROOF Root Guide ..... sorry I can't post a link because I'm new.

I bypassed installing Adb when I rooted my phone, but its definitely a nice tool and makes things a little more simple to do.

2. Activate USB debugging

2. Plugin USB Cable into computer

3. Mount phone's SD Card

4. Open Odin3 One-Click Flasher

4. Open up ADB command window

5. type in " adb reboot download " - Phone should reboot to Download Mode, Yellow Droid with shovel.

6. Odin3 will say 0:[COM6]

7. Press Start on the Odin3 Flasher

8. Phone will reflash and reboot.

Hope this helps. I reflashed my phone a second time to verify all the steps.
[Captivate Android Development] KJPDX:
And a second note... if you can only get to recovery mode but not download mode, you can still use adb to reboot into download mode.
[Captivate Android Development] gentil:
Thank you rustak and the guys for the info!
[Captivate Android Development] lokokool:
Rustak

Thank you so much for the Info. I was so frustrated not been able to set it on download mode that I was thinking to go back and use a flip phone.

thanks.
[Captivate Android Development] Smalls2:
Thanks! Imaginary rep points for you!
[Captivate Android Development] jm9843:
Is there anything to this or is this a problem unique unto sl8125?

i.e. is this safe to flash? People who were successful: you can still connect via usb to PC and mount as external storage with no problems, etc.?
[Captivate Android Development] golucky:
Thanks to the Original poster, as this saved me from having a useless phone.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
This flashes you back to STOCK, 100% working, 100% safe, impossible to brick a galaxyS based phone.

No problem!

Been there, it was a stressful day until I found that file and the method to get out of that screen.
[Captivate Android Development] trexxxxx1:
This is how I got this to work, I had troubles just like the rest of you. I could not get this to work on windows XP, luckily I had a computer with vista. First I downloaded the samsung drivers off the samsung website, and installed them. Then I downloaded the software off this post, I downloaded from the last mirror on the first page, and got odin up and running. Then I brought it into download mode by doing the steps outlined in this guide. On vista a prompt popped up wanting me to install the serial for the phone. To do this I downloaded the samsung pc studio as stated in a earlier post, in which I got version 7 that didn't have a specific phone stated. Make sure you have pc studio downloaded and running before you allow vista to search for the serial drivers. After studio is installed let vista search for the serial, it should find it shortly, as soon as it finds the serial odin should see it as two coms press start, and wait. It does not take long and you will pass in the first box with fail under that don't worry about the fail because your phone is back to stock. This is my first android phone, I rooted it fast but didn't know how to do much else. I might return the captivate because it is using data from my plan on it's own and I cannot have that.
[Captivate Android Development] shadow65781:
ok this seems simple enouph but I dont understand exactley what program you start on the pc before you connect the phone and where can I find it please
[Captivate Android Development] trexxxxx1:
samsung.com type in captivate and then you download the drivers. The odin software that actually gets it back to stock is inside this post, start it up, then plug your phone in with the power off. Hold the volume up and volume down at the same time then hold the power button, you will be pressing all three down at once. A battery symbol will come on and then go to a black screen, you might even get the samsung start screen, ignore it and keep holding, wait till the battery comes on and off twice then let go off the power button ( you will still be holding the volume keys), wait a little bit and the droid icon with a big yellow screen will pop up, after that screen pops up vista will want to install the serial for the phone. Just let that prompt stay up, put your phone down because you are through with it for now. Type samsung pc studio in Google and download it ( I got studio 7) unzip it and install it and let it start running, now go ahead and let windows find the serial for the phone. As soon as it finds the serial, you should see two coms in the Odin software that you download off page one of this post. Press start and just let it do its magic you are back to stock. Just take your time with it cause your phone isn't going anywhere.
[Captivate Android Development] itissat:
Thank you

Worked for me on XP SP3
[Captivate Android Development] sl8125:
There is no problem with the program. It will save your bricked phone. Ever since this programs, i flashed all different euro roms and gone reflash to the stock captivate rom.

However, tethering was not there anymore. some issues but don't care. i just use pdanet for now.

Attn: DesignGear

is there way you can extract the Modem/CSC file and convert it to .Tar files for us. There seems a way to flash captivate with a euro rom but will not work without these files. Man it will be awesome if you can get this. I hear that the most recent firmware i9000 got is pretty lag free. Prob not as fast as the Mimocan Fix but it will do until we figure something out.

I officially nominate DesignGear to Captivate's Dev Team. NO JOKING AROUND. SERIOUSLY.
[Captivate Android Development] designgears:
its in the first post... those links are to the Odin3 flasher...

Well, thanks for the nomination, I will likely be doing something with the roms when the resources are available to do so. As far as extracting the Odin flasher, I have tried a few ways and gotten a few files out, but not the modem or csc files. I will post them up if I do manage to extract them tho.
[Captivate Android Development] iamzombie:
Well I've hit a wall... I decided to get rid of Cognition tonight, so I fired up odin as I have many times, and after an hour of it sitting saying 'Do not turn off target'... I turned off target :/

After that, I got the phone -> PC icon, so I went back into download mode, fired up odin again, and it appeared to be working that time, was displaying the progress as it went along, until it appeared to hang on factoryfs or something like that, and then went to a purple screen and bricked itself to the point it wouldn't turn on.

Used the tips listed in the forum (and to which i quoted a few posts before this) to get back into Download mode, but Odin is sitting with the 'Do Not turn off target' message again for the past 45 minutes, with no updates...

I've never had problems with Odin taking this long before, and I followed the steps in the OP to the letter as far as order of hooking things up, etc.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

*edit*

Well it appears just repeating the process until it worked (4x) was all I needed to do, it locked up 3x and worked the 4th.
[Captivate Android Development] chickon1:
recovery mode

Sorry if someone already posted this. I made it through about 50 posts before I got sick of reading.

Trying to get into download mode. I tried to un-root my phone from the terminal and I had clockwork installed so something got screwed.

If I hold the volume and power buttons, I get the system recovery prompt with four options like reboot, reinstall, delete stuff. Tried all of them. If I select reinstall, it say trying to restore rom from clockwork

Is there another way to get to download mode?
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
There are three ways to get to download mode, all of them explained on the first post of this thread.
[Captivate Android Development] chickon1:
I wouldn't have asked this question if I had not tried all of these. Mine goes into recovery mode not download mode.
[Captivate Android Development] kegobeer:
If you can't get into download mode by removing the battery, sim, and SD cards, reinstalling the battery, pressing and holding the volume buttons and then inserting the USB cable, you might have to build a jig. There's a thread about how to build it somewhere around here.
[Captivate Android Development] kaminski54:
back button possessed!

Has anyone flashed stock and had their back button randomly activate on it's own? Anytime I flash stock using ODIN I get the possessed back button. When I flash a ROM I do not have the problem... just after flashing stock. Anyone else have this problem or solutions?
[Captivate Android Development] sjavvaji:
continuous restart

this is what happened...

I'm using a windows 7 64-bit computer w/ the 64-bit drivers installed...

My phone was bricked because the phone stayed forever on the screen during lagfix...

So...i installed odin and plugged my phone in using the front usb port...it appeared to go good but i got Success 1/Failure 2...my phone is now stuck in a constant reboot...there is no way to get it to download mode or even recovery mode...do i need a jig?
[Captivate Android Development] leezrd:
unbricked my captivate (yay)

thanx to xda thanks thanks thanks thanks i tried were i heard on this site to take out battery while phone is still plugged in and re insert battery then hold down both volumes agin and it finally pulled up the com 3 and i got it to work. thanks so much i couldn even get the phone past galaxy s screen and couldnt get it to pull up anything thanx so much . ps.!!! DON'T USE THE GALAXY S TWEEK ON THE MARKET IT BRICKED MY PHONE BAD!!!!!!:):D:cool:
[Captivate Android Development] moswen:
Another Brick bites the dust

Well I have bricked another phone just wondering if anyone has had this experience; while using one click the phone goes to an all green screen, game-over...........
[Captivate Android Development] Afghan39:
No Power

:confused: So I tired Odin3 One-Click the other night. After about 30 minutes of being stuck on "File Analysis" and a white screen on the phone. I removed the battery to stop process. Nothing else was working and the phone was very hot. Now there is no power at all on the phone. Tried everything I could think of to get it to power on and nothing. Please help. :confused::(
[Captivate Android Development] fanfan999:
OMG> this is working. this should be the best way to download.

ths/
[Captivate Android Development] ummkiper:
Works like a charm, thanks for posting this.
[Captivate Android Development] bluemoon1221:
i dont get what went wrong...

i put it into download mode and clicked start

then later it rebooted but its still 2.1 and it just reseted everything.
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
WOW.

JUST WOW.

what do you think the stock rom is? ITS 2.1!!!!!!!
[Captivate Android Development] inneyeseakay:
How long does this normally take?

Phone currently has Andy shoveling and says: DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

Odin on PC says:

<ID:0/007> Added!!

<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..

<ID:0/007> File analysis..

<ID:0/007> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/007> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
[Captivate Android Development] ummkiper:
once i finally got it to see my phone it took less then 5 min.
[Captivate Android Development] ummkiper:
One of the funniest things I have seen in a while.did you just see the title or did you even read any threads?This is a fix for bricked phones,so if your phone was bricked,be happy it works again.If not then try reading things.
[Captivate Android Development] jess086:
What is all restored

Will this put back on bloatware from stock also. A true restore to stock phone??
[Captivate Android Development] ryude:
Thank you so much, you have no idea how thankful I am for your hard work.
[Captivate Android Development] ummkiper:
Well it is a stock Rom so it will put your phone back to warranty.
[Captivate Android Development] eromrab:
After the one click update, I can't get it to save any APN's and such?
[Captivate Android Development] TheKenAnthony:
Alright so i did this to restore my phone... everything went perfect and i was back to stock... but now i have absolutely no recovery... not stock not clockwork.. nothing... i cant reboot into recovery.. hell i cant even get into download mode anymore.. every time i try phone just reboots normal.. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.. thanks!!

EDIT: GOT IT.. had to use android sdk and reboot into recovery via adb.. should of know that!!..:)
[Captivate Android Development] silverslotcar:
If I am correct, if you have a batch 1008 cappy and use this odin one click, you will lose your ability to use the button combos for dl and recovery mode. Just look for the thread labeled three button fix and flash that zip in that thread from clockwork and you will have your button combos back. I too have a 1008 so I keep that file handy for when flashing back to stock. Hope this helped.
[Captivate Android Development] EddFace:
<ID:0/009> Added!!
<ID:0/009> Odin v.3 engine (ID:9)..
<ID:0/009> File analysis..
<ID:0/009> Set PIT file..
<ID:0/009> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

Been on this step for a long while(around 25 minutes)

Is this normal? Is it safe to restart the whole process or should i let it keep going?

Im pretty new to the Android OS so im kind of confused about whats supposed to happen next and what to expect.

Does anyone know how long this usually takes?
[Captivate Android Development] peachpuff:
Were you in download mode?
[Captivate Android Development] Demented71:
I'll ask the serious question. What was it that you expected it to do?

Sent from anywhere via XDA app
[Captivate Android Development] EddFace:
Yes I was, I figured out the problem.

In case anyone else Is having this same problem heres what worked for me(Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit Service Pack 1):

1.unplug the phone(its going to semi-brick it)

2.close odin

3.open odin once again

4.Hold down both volume buttons at the same time, then, without letting go of the volume buttons, plug in the usb cable(make sure its plugged into the back of your pc, not the front.

5.Odin should detect it

6.Press start

If this doesnt work just try it again, my problem was that the usb port i was using wasnt supplying enough power and there were still some drivers left to install(they installed after i plugged it in a couple of times, for some reason they wanted to install one by one.
[Captivate Android Development] Rytr23:
How long?

So its been sitting at Factory.fs for about 2 hours.. should I just restart the process again or can it take that long or longer to process

TIA
[Captivate Android Development] canoners:
Help, no matter what method I use, I can't go to download mode :( it's stuck at phone-!-pc

I tried almost all combinations but still can't get it to work.
[Captivate Android Development] cuem:
Hi everyonee!! Need help =)

I've read over 40 pages and can't seem to find the solution in this thread, however I have hope people here can help me out!!!

My i9000 is currently black screen + glowing button

I can go into download/recovery mode, I can flash it using Odin, even if Odin says flash sucessed, my phone still won't get out of this black screen +glowing button.

I heard master clear can restore my phone to the factory state? However Odin3 One-click downloader doesn't detect my i9000

Steps I took.

1- Open up Odin3 One-click downloader

2- Plug in i9000 in download mode by pressing Vol Down+home+power

3- Hmmm quite confused since Odin3 doesn't detect my phone

Note, drivers are installed and Odin 1.3 sees my phone but not Odin3 One-click downloader
[Captivate Android Development] cuem:
Okay, I managed to it but it's over than ever!

I got the flashing at&t logo and can't access download mode anymore.
[Captivate Android Development] ssamuel82:
i've read through the forum and tried everythingn listed, but i sitll have the phone-!-computer thing pop up. it happened when i was using odin to go back to stock.

is there anything else i can do to get into download mode? please help
[Captivate Android Development] Pirateghost:
what part of CAPTIVATE ONLY do you not understand???
[Captivate Android Development] Jplatanos:
any know how long the master clear option runs for????
[Captivate Android Development] silverslotcar:
I did a flash back to stock and master clear last night and the master clear took roughly three or four minutes.
[Captivate Android Development] eguie22:
these are the most clear instructions .....thank you sooo much I was having the same problem but I am all good now
[Captivate Android Development] ChillyWilly72:
In case someone else was having a problem like I was, method #2 gets me into recovery mode not download mode. Method #3 however does get me into download mode so the steps should be as follows

1. Download and install the correct drivers below (mac and linux don't need drivers)

2. Open Odin

3. plug in your usb cable to your phone only

4. Enter Download Mode by pressing and holding both volume + and -, still holding, plug in your usb cable into your computer

5. Odin will show that port (mine said 6) - Click Start

6. Be Patient, the first boot will take a little bit
[Captivate Android Development] chasesavestheday:
is there an odin to JH7, rather than going back to JF6?
[Captivate Android Development] silverslotcar:
There are no one click downloaders for JH7 like this one here for JF6. Why would you want to go back to that anyways?? Some people have had success flashing back to JF6 then using the samsung keyes program to update to their phones to JH7. Others have tried this and been unsuccessful.
[Captivate Android Development] chasesavestheday:
good question, just in the case i had to send the phone back i received it with JH7. Not JF6, so it would look like i changed things. follow?
[Captivate Android Development] silverslotcar:
Yes I follow now. As I previously mentioned, many people had success using the kies program after a flash back to stock jf6 but it didn't work for some. There's a thread on the forums on how to use the kies program too just search for it.

sent from my craaazy fast cappy running di11igaf v2.0.1 at 1280mhz!!!
[Captivate Android Development] onelight:
Think I might have bricked a phone need help...

Added!!

Odin v.3 engine (ID:6)..

File analysis..

Set PIT file..

DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

Get PIT for mapping..

Firmware update start..

Sbl.bin

boot.bin

cache.rfs

dbdata.rfs

factoryfs.rfs

param.lfs

zImage

modem.bin

cache.rfs

Removed!!

All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

Waited like 10 minutes on with wheel spinning on screen till I just turned power off...

Now can't get back to Download mode and have a battery with wheel when connected to PC or Flashy att logo if turned on by itself....Please HELP!!!
[Captivate Android Development] eddy101918:
same thing happened to me stuck at AT&T logo or charging battery
[Captivate Android Development] eddy101918:
my battery is now charging!!!!