yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crachel:
HTC has proven that they will fix hardware (dust, power button) with or without an unlocked bootloader so circumventing 'fastboot oem unlock' for warranty purposes is not only a bit more trouble for those who can't read/are new.. its also counter productive in light of the whole G2 debacle.. kinda like they give us nice things and we abuse them anyways..
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] daveid:
They denied my warranty (trackball does not scroll downwards anymore) stating they would have to charge $200 for the repair. But, I found a local shop that will do it for $40 and have it done in an hour. I have no regrets unlocking my bootloader, that is why I bought this phone.

I do believe it is the best method, and I would not abuse it just for warranty claims - in hopes that there will be another device with this ability.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wdfowty:
Honestly, what's the point of owning a Google Developer phone if you're going to *****-foot around unlocking the full potential of your device?

Honestly, the first thing I did when I got this phone in the mail was unlock it. Best decision ever.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fzr-r4:
To each his or her own, but I have the potential of my phone fully available. If I'd gotten the N1 in January, I may have unlocked the bootloader.

Since there were good root options when I got the phone without unlocking the bootloader, though, I was happy to go that route.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
So i finally rooted successfully with Ra 1.9 alpha. Bootloader still locked.

Rocking Cyanogen's CM6!

Thanks for all your help guys!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shagpal:
I have a sprint evo flashed to metropcs, and I have had the "hands free activation" notifcation window pop up everytime after I boot up. I was told it has something to do with the file "omadm.apk" that starts-up automatically and runs in the background. I dunno how to address this problem myself, but I see this process running in the background as an HTC DM service: "com.htc.android.omadm.service" later, I'll get a notification to of error: 1012.

this process uses memory, drains my battery, and hangs htc sense. how can I delete this, stop it from loading, or what can I do?

can rom cookers take this out so it won't always pop up? please advise.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCRic:
The wildest thing happened to me when I flashed the latest nightly. I originally had a pattern set to unlock the screen and that was backed up in titanium backup. When I flashed the nightly I changed it to a PIN. Here's where the issue comes in - I restored my backup (to get apps and settings back) in titanium then rebooted. Now I can't unlock it. I type in the PIN since it shows the PIN ui but it's actually looking for a pattern though the ui for that isn't showing up. Obviously this is my fault, however I'm wondering if anyone else has had this happen before? I don't want to do a data/factory reset but I see that being the only simple fix. Anyone have another idea though?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PcFish:
I think I know what you mean.

Every once in a while when I have to unlock my SIM it doesn't recognize my pin.

I just blackout the screen and go back, usually it gets the pin right.

Sometimes I get scared when it happens lol.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KCRic:
Yeah that's what I thought it was at first, until I saw the message that I entered the

pattern

wrong 10 times, now I have to wait 30 seconds. I got it fixed now so I'm happy. I just wonder why or how this would occur. It seems to me that 'if X is true>then Y is true, Z is false' doesn't exist for the lock screen, it's more like 'if X is true>then Y and Z are true'. I guess it's just a quirky argument bug in the system, oh well. It can always be fixed:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheBeano:
This guide is for the situation where your phone is not booting and the three-button combo for getting into download mode is not working for some reason, and you have tried all the other solutions in the FAQ. It won't help you if you can already get into download mode but something else is going wrong with the flashing process, for example you can't get Odin to communicate with the phone.

If the phone's bootloader is still intact, that is you see at least the white Galaxy S/Samsung/AT&T logo or the "PC ! Phone" logo on the screen, you should be able to force it into download mode by connecting a homemade jig that simulates the Samsung "Anyway" field test jig. You can buy these jigs online, or make them using a micro USB plug and a resistor.

If your phone screen is always black, that is it does not display the white Galaxy S/Samsung/AT&T logo when you switch it on, then sorry, this jig will not help you.

If this helps you recover your bricked phone, please donate to the CyanogenMod developers: go to this thread and click the link under "SUPPORT US". Thanks.

If you don't want to buy a pre-made jig, you can build one yourself from a few parts. You will need:

1. a micro USB plug that you can solder onto. If you are not confident with soldering or you just want a tidy solution, buy this micro USB breakout board from Sparkfun.

Otherwise, get a cheap micro USB cable and cut the sleeving off the plug with a sharp knife. You cannot just wire onto the cable because this jig uses a normally-unused pin (pin 4) of the micro USB plug which will not be connected to the cable.

2. a 301k resistor. You can buy one from Digikey, or make one up by joining several resistors together in series, for example 3x100k and 1x1k. The resistor value does need to be fairly accurate (I would guess within 1% of 301k) to trigger download mode. 300K seems to work for everyone so far.

Procedure:

1. Solder the resistor across pins 4 and 5 of the micro USB plug. Do not do this with the plug plugged in to the phone as the heat could damage the phone's USB socket. The pins are shown in this diagram ("Micro-B"). On the Sparkfun micro USB breakout board they are labelled "ID" (pin 4) and "GND" (pin 5). When the plug is plugged in to the phone they will be the pins closest to the headphone socket.

2. Make sure the phone is fully switched off by pulling the battery, waiting 5 minutes, then replacing the battery. Do not switch the phone on.

3. Connect the rigged USB plug to the phone. Try not to touch the pins on the back of the plug or the resistor(s) as you are plugging it in, as your skin resistance could affect the resistor value seen by the phone. You do not need to press the power button. After a few seconds the phone should go into download mode.

4. Disconnect the rigged USB plug and connect a regular USB cable from your PC to the phone, then you should be able to flash using Odin.

For more information on how this works see this thread and this thread.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kb909:
I knew you guys would figure it out - well done. I will build one before I attempt rooting and flashing
[Galaxy S I9000 General] d47:
If this works then thats amazing, I will have to make one!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheBeano:
Well we only have one confirmation so far. If it does work for you please let us know what state your phone was in prior to using it as I'm interested to see what problems it can repair.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] d47:
I would try but my phone is with samsung and I'm not all too handy with a soldering iron =)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sackofnoise:
Hi, anyone have pictures of the cable with the resistor soldered? I am just unsure where to solder it, is it on the micro usb cable side or the standard usb (on which end of the cable?) and which part of the cable do you need to cut open? (i heard there is a pin/wire that usually isn't used?)

Also, if i decided to go with the breakout board, i would only have to get the board+301k resistor plugged in the 4 and 5 pin and plug it in the galaxy and would boot in download mode?

Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mihalas:
Thank You!

Oh, man, You are cooool :) It works like a charm for Me. Thank You!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
This is awesome!

added to the wiki :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheBeano:
Only the micro USB plug has 5 pins (regular USB plug has 4) so it has to be the micro USB plug. You have to cut the sleeving (insulation) right off the plug. You can disconnect the cable from the plug or leave it attached, but don't plug the other end (the regular USB end) into anything.

Yes that's all there is to it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MarkyG82:
Tried it, worked once. now phone not doing anything. no lights or boot screen...... :(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheBeano:
Were you able to flash it after it went into download mode? Did you try pulling the battery for a while?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MarkyG82:
Thanks for your reply. I got it working by your suggestion. Seen many others saying leave the battery out for a while and also seen peeps saying do the 3buttonbootwhile inserting the battery.

As my home made jig was soldered with the pins out of the plug I wiggled it/them about in the socket to ensure a connection was made, then I inserted the battery.

Panic over. Flashed JP1 with 512. not been on for long so cant confirm all is working but looks promising.

I am putting this gadget in a !!!!!!S.A.F.E!!!!!! place.

Also will be available for borrowing in the S/SE UK if anyone is interested.

Im gonna leave playing firmware for while as my heart cant take much more at the mo :)

Many thanks to OP and others for various tips.

The short answer is yes :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] celtichazard:
Can you take a pictures of the micro usb soldered and about the procedure or a short video to youtube
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
haha

and if u make one ill have to come see you soo i can get mine done since your only in bris haha
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
1+ yess please so we know what we are doing thnx
[Galaxy S I9000 General] d47:
haha gladly, I've ordered all the parts (i had to get a soldering iron and the whole kit lol).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
Haha i have a soldering iron how hrd do ya rekon it will be to make this thing do u rekon it wil boot a non 3 button download on black screen of death ph-!-pc into download mode soo i can get a stick rom back on it i realy miss my galaxy this xperia x10 cost me more but nothing the same haha
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MarkyG82:
Ill see what i can do when i get home. The hardest bit was to make sure the soldered tops of the pins dont touch. Had to redo them a few times. Resistors got hot too but as it worked im confident i didnt bust them.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
G

Looking forward to see this ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vk2vkg:
Thanks everyone who helped solve this problem. I have a i9000 and flashed it with the captivate rom. I could not charge the phone so I tried to reflash with original software, I used the 803 pit file. It stopped and i waited for about 10 minutes and disconnected the phone and I got the screen of death.

I did this last week and was going to take it to Samsung after the Froyo upgrade came live and I was going to say that it happened when I tried to upgrade.

Guess what I made this USB factory jig and I was so happy that it went into download mode. This made me so happy many thanks and i will wait until the official upgrade comes.

I used a old nokia USB connector stripped the plastic off and bought a 300k resistor from Jaycar for 45 cents and this must be the best 45 cents I have ever spent.

:):):):):):) :) :) :) :D :D :D :D :D :D

harry
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alneez2000:
Querries

I am from Mumbai..Does any one know wat do samsung ppl tell you if u tell them u bricked it during updating firmware via kies..... as in....is this a valid reason for the phone to be repaired by samsung for free under warranty..?? if not can sm 1 tell me how much do they charge for repairing it..??

And is there ne 1 in or around mumbai who has tried this Jig cable method..cos I am not sure I can use a soldering gun..??

thankyou
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shrooms90:
Well u get a message from keys before update, saying that u have no guarantee for bricks that hapen during the update progress but u could try. The saver method (if ur stuck on boot or brick screen) is to thell them u did a factory reset and that was the result. I got 2 phones fixed like this:-)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] alneez2000:
thanks for the suggestion I'll definitely try that out...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dhiru1602:
Wait till 2.2 releases in India. The next day of release, go to the Customer Service and put the blame on Kies.

Did you try this Jig method? It worked wonders for many.

Buy a 100 Rs USB Cable. Pull out the Micro USB pin, solder the Resistors as instructed. If you are having issues with Soldering, take it to some TV repairing shop and get it soldered to the correct pins for 5 or 10 bucks :P.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] othermark:
If you order the sparkfun connector this is a crucial piece of information. ID == pin 4, GND == pin 5, since the sparkfun connector does not number the pins on the board. This is from one of the referenced threads in the OP's post.

EDIT: Success on Captivate!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] unknownx_X:
Confirmed on Samsung Vibrant T-Mobile

THANK U!!!

Confirmed the jig method of 301k resistance works on the Samsung Vibrant for T-Mobile, recovering from a bad flash now... :D

Initially it was stuck on the Vibrant boot screen.

Wired in series 5%, 1/8 Watt.

220+47+33+1
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Casio1987:
@alneez2000

Anyone could made his own jig.

It barely takes any soldering skill. If you can't manage to solder to pin 4 properly, you can solder the wire belonging to pin 5, while you take the loose end connected to pin 4, which was suggested by someone in this thread.

Otherwise, you can try to get a new one, hoping you will receive 3br functional.

@unknownx_X

That 1K is redundant, since the tolerance is 5% of the other 300K.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mostafaoraby:
first of all , thank you "OP" veryyy much for posting this fix cause you really helped alot of ppl.

i have a question tho :

does this "jig" completely solve the 3 buttons problem ?

or there are any more functions or advantages that i can get if i have the 3buttons originally working ?

i'm asking cause i bought an i9000 "international ver." a week ago after that i discovered that the 3 buttons are not working

so , should i try to replace my phone with another one that have the 3 buttons working ? "it might be a pain to do so though "

i have no problem making this test jig if it completely make up for the 3 buttons problem

please advise
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheBeano:
I think the main advantage of having them working would be recovery mode. So far we don't know a way to get into recovery mode without the three-button combo available unless you can get far enough through the boot process for adb to start working so you can do "adb reboot recovery".

For most people this won't be a big deal, it would really only be a problem if you wanted to restore from a nandroid backup rather than reflash, or you had a problem that could be solved by clearing the cache or doing a factory reset but you couldn't get in to recovery mode to do it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mostafaoraby:
hmm i see

but since i can get to download mode , then i can flash a new firmware and i can restore my back up after that , right ?

also , what could possibly make the boot loader be corrupted so i dont get to download mode ?

i mean if i didnt mess around with the boot loader(s) , can it get corrupted during flashing a new "official or trusted " firmware and prevent me from entering download mode ?

thanks man...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheBeano:
Yes, it's just more convenient to go straight to recovery mode in some cases, but not a big deal.

Ironically most people seem to have killed them by trying to do a 3-button fix which of course rewrites the bootloader. Since most firmware packages don't do this you are quite safe.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
Is is possible to 'test' the jig cable? just in case... i have a Galaxy S, normale one with original 2.2 dutch firmware.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] othermark:
Yes. Just follow the instructions in the original post. Then just pull the battery again, remove your jig, re-insert the battery and turn the phone back on. It will boot up normally.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nwood:
Unbricked my phone, Thanks!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] krazykidd:
If I made these would anyone be interested in buying them? Just threw down about 40-50 dollars to get enough to make 5 (shipping included) The 301k resistors wouldn't tell me how much the actual cost was. So if anyone needs one, feel free to contact me. I'm charging about 6 dollars a pop, not including s&h. (Yes, I will check for quality assurance before mailing one out to you)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jotafk:
I think that a video of the process would be a great addition to the thread! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ragefan:
Is there a way to get intu "Recovery" mode by another resistor value combination ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] othermark:
Well you could try the BOOT OFF USB mode at 255K resistance. AFAIK no-one's tried that yet. See the second linked thread in the OP.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wang1chung:
what firmware did you flash with odin? anyway to get your hands on that (firmware)?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] rainbow ng:
It works for me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPxS2OUEWSA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ringoman2k:
i just flashed docrom 7.5

but it isn't about the rom, its about the device that enables me to enter the download mode, the same way the resistor trick does..

only this was an official samsung device.

that allowed me to flash anything true odin
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nickthephreak:
THANKS!!

I just wanted to quickly say thank you to all of you who committed to this tread!!

One week ago I was really stupid when I got exited about the official Froyo Update (had the Scandinavian one with reg hack before) and forgot about OCLF and ROOT on my phone when doing the software update through Kies. Probably needless to say that I bricked my phone.

Since mine is one of those with 3 Button mode disabled, the JIG cable was my only hope.

I managed to solder the parts together (need to say I have almost no experience with that) AND IT WORKED!!!

Flashed around with Odin and everything is fine again.

THANK YOU ALL!!!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tizioincognito:
Hi - THANK YOU!

I was right about to send it to Samsung (off warranty..) but then I tried this method and it's awesome! Even with crappy resistors it only took 3 tries before reviving what I thought had become a very expensive brick..

Again, thank you very much TheBeano (and whoever may have helped you make up this trick)!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NXJeff:
Wow.. Work like a charm..

This is my homemade jig video..

youtube.com/watch?v=iSaeaAcJHqw

What I've used in the jig.

1. micro usb jack.

2. 300k ohms resistor & 1k ohms resistor.

Thanks xda =D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wang1chung:
well, what i was wondering is if your buddy normally just flashes through odin the same rom's we are using, or if he is flashing something "different" when he gets an sgs to repair and if you can get a copy of that if it is different
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dhiru1602:
I think this Topic should be converted into a Stickie. It has proved to be a very very very usefull one.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dhiru1602:
This is for people who find Soldering Hard.

Get the required Resistors and Micro USB Cable. Resistors can be of any resistance value. Just make sure that the effective resistance should be 301k.

You can purchase any of the following resistors.

1. 100k X 3 and 1k X 1

2. 100k X 1 and 1K X 1

There are many more combination's, Just make sure that you get a 301K effective resistance when you add the Resistance of each resistor. (Connected in Series)

As instructed, cut through the Micro USB B Connector and get access to the soldering pins. They are usually silver.

Connect the Resistors to form a series connection. Series connection is generally one resistor connected to the end of the other resistor. Since the resistors have a long wire, grab a portion of the end of the wire and join it together just like you join 2 bare copper wires. Do that for all your resistors and you should be left with 2 open ends.

Put the battery in the device and plug the chopped end of the Micro USB in the Phone.

Wear insulating gloves and touch the pin 4 and 5 with the 2 ends of the Resistor circuit that you have made. Keep the contact for about 5-10 seconds. You should be able to get to the download mode.

Once in download mode, remove the plugged USB Connector and use Odin to flash using a Normal USB Data cable.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] othermark:
I rated it 5 stars and clicked 'vote to front page.' Aside from being a mod, that's the best we can do for now. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vinclar:
I have a question about SBL.

When you plug the JIG which file is calling, bml1, bml4 or bml5 to start into download mode?

As you well know bml1 contains boot.bin, bml4 sbl.bin and bml5(backup of bml4)

So imagine that you changed only the sbl.bin with an update.zip like the old richthofen method or the RazVang method, is sbl.bin destroyed when it fails the update.zip whatever the reason(incompatible boot.bin for exemple) or corrupted update.zip file?

I mean bml4 will be destroyed or corrupted, but about bml5 is it alive, does the JIG or downloadmode call the to the backup file when bml4 files?

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] deadly0ne:
Hi, is there anyone in the Toronto, Ontario area who has made a working jig I can borrow? I will be willing to pay a reasonable amount of cash, as long as it is works. I just really need to fix my phone. Thanks :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wang1chung:
i'm around dufferin and sheppard, and available tomorrow after 12. lmk
[Galaxy S I9000 General] deadly0ne:
Okay, thanks! I just emailed you, we can contact each other from there. :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jblparisi:
Yes it worked!!!!

Thanks OP and everyone else.

Radioshack 3 x 100k 1/4 Resistors and no soldering required. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ktuluz:
Thank u!

Thank you, this worked... didn't solder.. just held 300k resistor to pins 4/5 and BAM download mode... i was stuck with a phone that wont not boot.. i am now back to original firmware. Now i am going to try use adb to reboot into recovery and do a wipe/ reset and i will have my Galaxy back to normal. Thank you soo much
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sturmeh:
Can anyone confirm if this method works with neutered phones?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dvance:
The funny bit is that before bricking my phone, my recovery mode button combo worked, just not the download mode one...

Anyway, mine is with Samsung at the moment, hoping to get it back sometime next week (it was a full brick, so no hope of any other way of bringing it back to life).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wang1chung:
it should work. mine was neutered, then i loaded Richoften's fix, then accidentally loaded a firmware that overwrote the fix, and i lost the 3br combo, and had to use this to get into download mode and flash the fix again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] junktzu:
I can also attest to the jig working. My phone was displaying the PC-!-Phone symbol and would not enter download mode using any of the key combinations mentioned in the forums. I just popped the jig in and the download screen popped up. Saved me the humiliation of telling the IT people i bricked my work phone! :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AhmadAlmousa:
I hope somebody can help me out

I got

3X 100K (1/4 W, 5% tolerance)

1X 1k (1/4 W, 5% tolerance) (REMOVED because one of the members said that I don't need it since I got 3(100K) w/ 5% tolerance)

and it did not work with me !

I tried it on my friends fully bricked Captivate

and with mine which doesn't have the combo problem

and still can't get into the download mode !
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ian_Cog:
Is anyone in the UK able to make one and send it to me please?

I have no soldering kit and it seems a bit extreme to purchase everything just for one component.

Obviously I'll pay for it.