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[Galaxy S I9000 General] madizmo:
It works and my phone is alive again (Telus T959D)

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[Galaxy S I9000 General] rokaslt:
I bought resistor with 0.25W they works for me ? Or buy 0.50W?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] js22:
I'm sure 0.25 is fine. The fsa chip is a micropower device; it is on all the time.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dmitry1977:
thank you, it worked for me.

used monoprice cable and 300k 5% resistor

note: when you open plug pin 5 is the one black wire connected to and 4 is unused
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TimFr:
Well it would be the two pins on the right of the picture of the first picture you posted.

In the second picture, I'm not sure since I can't tell which direction is the top of the connector.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
http://i56.tinypic.com/1430peb.jpg

even easier :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
gahhh upside down .. i think i have it worked out

http://i53.tinypic.com/jzdzdx.jpg

3x 100k, 1x 1k **
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TimFr:
Yes, that's correct if the top of the connector is the side where the yellow number 3 is.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
yeh now just have to learn how to solder haha and have to buy the resisters too confirm does this boot a non download samsung galaxy into download mode or only work for those who have it enabled ? cuz mine could never do it from the start since i got it ..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TimFr:
It worked on mine. I couldn't get into download mode using the hardware keys and ended up bricking the phone while trying to flash a new ROM using Odin. This allowed me to get back into download mode to reflash the ROM.

You might want to see if you can buy wire leads that would fit onto the pins. I don't know if they make them small enough but if they did, you could possibly avoid soldering.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
yeh thats exact same as mine the black screen of death lol if i buy 1x 301k resistor or 1x 300k, 1x 1k or 3x 100k, 1x 1k that all be fine ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] celtichazard:
Ok this is my USB Please tell me if is correct

http://img38.imageshack.us/i/pin4l.jpg/

http://img221.imageshack.us/i/pin5.jpg/

http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6296/fullviewa.jpg

Ok and i find on radioshak a 3x100k 5% 1/4w this resistor do the job?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
looks good but i didnt think u needed the chip and the rest of the usb cord hum... does it work ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tonymy01:
There isn't a chip there, that is what the back of some connectors look like (including the car charger I pulled apart last week to solder a bridge from d+ to d- to make the handset charge properly rather than trickle charge).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
i pulled the chip thing off ..cuz i thought u have to solder to the pins 4 and 5 ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tonymy01:
There isn't a chip in that photo, it is simply a little circuit board to help mount the cable, you can solder to that, it will make things easier to support the resistor/s.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
damm i kinda pulled that circut board off ... soo guess i have too solder to the pins :S
[Galaxy S I9000 General] celtichazard:
Today i ordered my battery becauce i dont have one next week when have i post how this work

one question you tink this work to me if i hva e flashed with the at&t firmware

the screen turns on with the at&t logo and then turn off , intro to never ends cicle

until i remove the battery
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheBeano:
You have the wrong bootloader on your phone now so I don't know if it will work. If you do get into download mode it would be best to try to replace the bootloader with the correct version using this method before flashing anything else.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
something intresting

http://i55.tinypic.com/15rk5u9.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/22aljb.jpg

i pulled apart my car charger last night to get another micro usb male a port and i found this .. not sure its its all set too go.. it has a resistor on it and its connected to 1 and 2 by the looks of it can i just pull them pins out and replace em with 4 and 5 ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheBeano:
In this photo the resistor is already on pins 4 and 5, they are on that side of the plug (side closest to the earphone socket).
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jutezak:
I'm ordering SKU 48640 from dealextreme to get a plug. It is a micro USB charger adapter cable.

The interesting thing is that the connector cover (on the one in the picture at least) is a hard plastic clamshell with external lips. It should be easy to open.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
thats wat i thought first but then i looked again they on 1 and 2 cuz if u turn the fone around pins 4 and 5

have nothing attatched to them.. i also have 2 more micro usb male a ports and they dont have pins 1 and 2 visable and they are closet to the ear piece ... humm..

CAN SOME ONE POST A VIDEO OF THIS BEING DONE !! ITS confusing me and i dnt wanna solder anything till i see it done thnx
[Galaxy S I9000 General] natao2nv:
just made my device :( no go .. do u turn the fone on .. soo its on the black screen of death .. or do u take battery out and put back in wait a min then plug device in fone while off .. or have i put the resistors on the wrong pins they soldered on to the last 2 pins closest to the ear piece or 3.5 mm jack of the phone.... im realy stuck here and i was soo excited :( any help appreciated thnx
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CaraMuuu:
It saved my life, THANKS!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] smpillai11:
My rooted SGS with Froyo did not have 3 button download. I tried the 3 button fix by Richthofen. I am not few to flashing and was sure that all drivers were correct. When I flashed bootloader Odin failed and the phone got semi-bricked (pc-phone symbol with triangle)

I then made a JIG using a spare usb cable. You have to be very careful stripping plastic off the micro usb connector. I connected two 150k resistors in series to make 300k. The JIG works like a charm. I got the phone into download mode and flashed using Richthofen fix again. No changes made the same setup and files. This time it worked nicely.

Thanks a million for the details of the JIG. Really saved me time and money :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] smpillai11:
If anyone wants to borrow this JIG in Dublin. I am happy to lend it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kyle51:
does this recover the phone from anything ??

i tried reverting to stock with odin to flash another rom but it froze on 'dbdata.rfs', i left it for like 5 min but still didnt move so unplugged my phone to try it again but it wouldnt even turn on to get to download mode or anything, iv tried loads of different button combo's but still nothing :(

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] smpillai11:
Not sure if this will get a fully bricked phone into download mode. Mine was semi-bricked with pc-phone symbol with triangle. Might be worth a try since all you need is a USB connector and a resistor. Not much to lose
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CrisInuyasha:
I would like to say thanks for this guide! It really saved my phone! Here are 2 pics of the device I did with my friends help:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
Nice fingers ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kiwimongrel:
i have to do this tomorrow lol

cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ReaderJ:
Hello gurus!I really need your help!

I got a brick, trying to load darky's 9.5 on my Vibrant (wit 3e recovery, if it metters)/ It was very silly, as I realised now.

What I have no is "phone-<!>-computer" icon on the black screen.

I made this JIG (using 2x150 kOm), measuring this JIG I can see it has resistance = 302 kOm.

But it doesn't help.

I'm following the instruction: remove and pull back battery, pull in tthe jig - but same "phone-<!>-computer" icon/

What can I try to do?

Waiting for your advice.

I FIXED IT USING:

Thanks, mates!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] arnordus:
If i want to build one as a hobby wich things do i need?

Sorry for my bad English!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] LukeOII:
I made my own jig and it works fine
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jae04cc:
I just finished making my jig and it works great as well..i didn't use that piece tho, I used an igo micro usb adapter and ripped it apart..then soldered the resistors in and re put the outside case on..boom..working jig.

Sent from my Evo powered by CM7 Nightlys
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
i've got few left for anyone around Greater Toronto Area.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
It looks nice!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] NiN0o0:
This jig saved my life to. 3 button combination didn't work for me after some problems with ODIN. Then I went to the local electronic shop and the guy gave me two 150kOhm and 1kOhm resistors for free, saying they're worth almost nothing, but they helped me fix my i9000.

Thanks to guys that came up with this solution!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] poyda69:
Thanks, I needed this.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] cversion7:
I bricked my Captivate and read through this. I also came across a youtube video where they touched the ends of the resistor loop to the contacts in the top of the phone. I tried this with no luck so I tore apart a micro usb cable and tried touching the pins with my loop of resistors which didn't work either. I got a voltmeter out and tested my three 100k resistors and found it read 295. Radio Shack 5% tolerance models which all read 98k. Luckily, I had also bought a pack of 5-1k resistors (which all tested as .98k). I wired them all up with the three 100k ones and ended up with 300k of resistance. I was then able to hit download mode! Currently tossing a new rom on thanks to all the many people on this forum who have been so helpful to post these topics. Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] richard2311:
here's my JIG, build into an old wifi box....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] _george:
Great little guide, ill have to make one of these just incase.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] poyda69:
My friends Galaxy S got bricked so i pulled apart a Lead i bought on ebay for $1.00 soldered the resistors on and BINGO, as soon as i plugged it into the phone it went into Download Mode.

Coooool.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dwm2330:
This is an awesome thread! Have 2 x SGS, one with 3BR mode and one without. I'll be making myself a jig next weekend...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] krimos:
working over here :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] b4dg3r:
I managed to get my phone from the phone--!--PC screen into download mode (droid digging) by doing this:

1. Remove battery.

2. hold vol-down, home and power

3. Put the battery back in without letting go of the keys.

I couldn't get other button combos to work but this did.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] usalee70:
Didn't work. Held Volume-Down, Home (house on screen) and power) battery in without letting go and same thing.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] stunna27:
thanks for this
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Topham:
OK guys im having issues with my soldering, so to make sure im using the correct pins please see below diagram of what i see

looking at the pins and the outline of the way the micro usb is heres the pins layout. Im using numbers to show where the pins are. Im only using them as a reference point not for actual pin number.

Diagram Below:-

/----------------------------------\

/--------4---------------------1---- \

/---------4---------------------1-----\

/---5------------3--------2------------\

/----5------------3--------2-------------\

/------------------------------------------\

Using my reference below have i numbered the pins correctly?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] trikkeuh:
Great guide, thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
Will this also works with the Galaxy 2?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MrDuese:
b4dg3r is absolutely right, had the PC ! Phone screen, pulled out the battery 3 button combo (vol down) and put battery back in while holding the keys, download mode opened instantly and flashing was successfull :-)

BIG thx, most shocking moment since i have the phone :D

still shivering because of the brick ^^
[Galaxy S I9000 General] iL_FeD:
man! this topic really really saved my life!!!!! Last night I bricked a client's phone and was thinking how the heck to do for buying her a new one :S took my chances buying the resistors (2x150k + 1x1k) and a cheap charger and it worked on the first try!!! I was so scared the phone was completely dead!!!

you guys deserve a donation!! I'm gonna make it right now

many many thanks!!!!!!!!!:D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] delu77:
I have made one by miself after bricking the phone. I was in panic but....after savaging a mini-usb cable and soldering the 301k resistor...WOW!!!

I think that Android is a great phone-operating system, but also Samsung have done its great work! :)

My opinion: 1000% workin' tip :D
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fashloka:
Thanks good to know
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mokrayz:
Awesome!!!

This jig works like a charm. Had no hope for my galaxy s was stuck on boot screen. Installed voodoo lagfix and forgot to remove old one. Service center wanted to charge me since warrantee void after lagfix install and had to wait 2 to 4 weeks. So desided to try this and it worked perfectly. Even upgraded from 2.1 to 2.2 and see no reason to install lagfix cause phone much more responsive. Thanks a million!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] AllGamer:
Just a Reminder

no advertising links to any online or offline shop.

this topic is all about MAKING YOUR OWN JIG
[Galaxy S I9000 General] carpenterethan:
Wonders. Simply worked wonders :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fashloka:
Is there any 4 button combo?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] daavem:
This is a massive help! Sadly, I'm rubbish with a soldering iron so I've simply purchased one! I hope it can do the trick and give me back my glorious phone!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
It will work :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xdafann:
Thanks so much. It worked
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tvnaderwal:
So got the downloading screen via the ol' ram the twisted resitors into the usb port trick....

Question, my phone was never rooted and was stock Bell firmware eclair 2.1, is there anyway to pull data from this phone via ADB or other software? I take it that a full wipe is needed to bring this back to life right?

Any help?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tvnaderwal:
Just looking to get my downloads, photos and such btw, i dont care so much for the appz and system files...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wickedmaks:
Dont better use combo with a keys ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] jamie2002uk:
Thanks works great
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Martux64:
Good Job!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sgsever:
Good, thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] carmelo3:
i concord with sgsever :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mario606:
Its AMAZING!

Today i tested this on a bricked phone, and yes with a bit of a struggle i got it to work. Thanks to whoever figured this out. You have saved me big time.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shamzana68:
Awesome. Built one (jig) myself using the instruction and it works. Thanks bro...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tremium:
Made an offer on eBay (username: Tremium) of £5.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mayhem_A:
tnx for the info
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
or Item number: 330566566882 on ebay :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wgh:
What did I do wrong

Hi, there this is my first time being here.

I followed the instruction (well most of it) and I can't get into download mode all it does is boot up. I'm using a 0.5W Metal Film 300K 1% resistors.

Please Help:confused:. And thanks you in advance:o
[Galaxy S I9000 General] othermark:
That resistor looks a bit big, did you test it's resistance on a multi-meter? There are also ways to tell the proper resistance from the banding code.

Compare the size of the one I used:

sparkfun jig
[Galaxy S I9000 General] wgh:
Thanks for your reply, I can't tell the different except your one works. With my resistor I ask the sale person if they had a 300Kohm resistor and they gave me that. I don't have a multi-meter.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] twvance:
Just a thought: Touching the metal of the jig when plugging it in can lower the resistance of the jig. Be extra careful and make sure you are only touching a non-conductive surface when plugging it in.

Sent from a phone inside a phone inside a KFC inside a McDonald's.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] glitzz:
wow... amazing ~~~
[Galaxy S I9000 General] pizzmaker:
i hope it help me...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Taekdar:
Hi guys, i'm new to XDA!

Also i don't know if anyone has posted this before but you can also get the phone into download mode by using the adb (Android Debugger) from the Android SDK.

Download SDK, install platform tools, Go into Settings -> Applications -> Development , make sure to enable USB debugging. Connect your phone to the PC (you should already have drivers installed) then start up adb , and type "adb reboot download" , the phone should go into download mode and then you can flash it with Odin.

Hope it helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] othermark:
Went here http://www.pinrepair.com/resist/5band.htm and set the same color bands that appear in your picture, although it's hard to tell yellow/gold, I came up with 4.66M versus K. You have the wrong resistor for this project.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] twvance:
*android debug bridge

If your phone is soft bricked, your computer won't recognize it, so adb commands won't work.......i think....

Sent from a phone inside a phone inside a KFC inside a McDonald's.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Taekdar:
Yeah it probably won't work on a soft bricked phone, this was just for phones that don't have the 3 button thing (yet). Usually some stock SGSes. At least that was my case.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] nycbjr:
Holy crap! it works!

Samsung Vibrant, accidental flash of att bootloader over top of a tmobile.. Nothing I did could get download mode, best $3 i've ever spent at radio shack!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sid8810:
I bought my Omnia 7 from an online site, 2 months ago, im thinking what if they sold me bricked phone? i tried doing this download thign..and all i see is the picture of the PC and the USB thing in white. Does this mean i cant put it in download mode without all this soldering ?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] twvance:
Has anyone with a phone other than a galaxy s confirmed the jig working? Isn't the omnia a windows phone? Might not matter since it's samsung, but whether or not the jig works depends on hardware. For instance: the galaxy s chip set will boot to download with a resistance of ~296kohm-~302kohm across pins 4 and 5 (those numbers are pretty much a guess on my part). Member AdamOutler has found the exact range of resistances that will work, and he explains the nuances MUCH better than I can, but I can't find the post right now.

Also, if the phone is showing anything at all (which yours is), it's not bricked. It may take you a week to figure it out, but it's still alive.

Hop over to the windows phone forums and see what they say.

Sent from a phone inside a phone inside a KFC inside a McDonald's.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zyzoo777:
Super. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] iamtheug:
this jig just saved my cappys life.

i was trying to flash to continuum 5.5 and somehow messed things up. it went to the phone-!-computer logo and wouldn't come out of it. took it to two different att stores and both referred me to a warranty shop about 45 min away. on my way home, stopped past radio shack and picked up a pack of 100k ohm resistors and got to soldering when i got home. worked like a charm! im down a usb cable, but that's why i bought 5 of them! :D

i just wanted to confirm from first hand experience that it works with only 300k ohm. one thing i did notice was that you have to solder to the pins that connect the connector to the tiny circuit board inside the usb cable, not just the pads. there isn't a pad for the id pin if your hacking a cable. part of me wants to incorporate this thing into a key chain. just so i always have it with me!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Esahin1992:
awesome

thx
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ertangun:
it is amazing, Thank you.

i will try it for just testing...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ardethian:
just in case i need a JIG sometime, how risky is it? compared to something that's supposed to unbrick your phone ofc, lol :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zadusimple:
your method rocks and works like a charm , thanks for posting
[Galaxy S I9000 General] shammas90:
Thanks Man !! You've Been Helpful
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aerithilynn:
desperate hard bricked S5570

hi...

i have a Galaxy Mini S5570 or Pop.

after i used Rom Manager and backup ROM, i figured i had chose the wrong ROM

and overwrite on my ROM.

Now my phone in bad Hard Brick.

no response, cannot combo and always black.

i been searching high and low for solution and tried many.

also done the soldering part but still cannot.

could someone tell me what should i do?

my only solution is send back to Samsung service?

please let me know. appreciate and thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Montala:
I know this has been said before, but have you tried removing the battery from your phone; leaving it out for at leat 10 minutes, and then trying to enter 'download mode' again?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MZWiZard:
Its the right resistor value. It should work, just cover pins with tape.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] MZWiZard:
BTW, I just did my galaxy 2 as well. Used a knife to cut up a cable, wired three resistors together for a measurement of 312k ohm, as that was the closest i could get. It worked first time! :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aerithilynn:
thanks for advise.

i had tried.... but cannot.

maybe because i went to buy a single resistor with 300k.

guess i will go down to buy 3 pieces of 100k again, with the least %tolerance.

at 1/4 watt.

then let the battery away for 1 hour.

solder the pin 4 and 5 first, then wrap plastic to prevent all possible short,

interference... then try again.

my closest guess will be the not appropriate rom that had written

into my rom, already cause irreversible damage to the rom hardware.

that is why this don't work.

god bless... i go and buy at this moment after work.

really hope i got some miracle.

by the way , just to ask... this method works for Galaxy Mini S5570 too???

cause the method stated here is actually for Galaxy S Iseries...

even at condition of totally black out with no response no matter what you

pressed?

so one last try... before off it goes to Samsung hospital ...:(
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheBeano:
No, like it says in the first post this won't work if the screen stays black when you switch the phone on.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] midas5:
Power the device off and remove the battery.

Replace the battery.

Attach the 301K Download mode JIG resistor to pin 4,5.

Wait 30 seconds.

Remove resistor and plug normal USB cable into computer.

Does the computer see anything?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] aerithilynn:
appreciate all's advise.

i will try that when i purchase the resistor.

however, i tried to find in web the actual pin 4 and 5 location on

the usb micro-b.

i had cut the connector, 1 side with 3 pin, and another side with 2 pin,

sorry, but i cannot figure out which side is pin 4 and 5,

and i dont have a multimeter with me.

can someone let me know?

i tried to find the picture on web but hard to find, and also not so clear.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] canedha:
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[Galaxy S I9000 General] Morbo2:
Thanks for this :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] qboyza:
wow, what would you guys think of next. great tut
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TotallydubbedHD:
here is a video of me using a JIG :)

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[Galaxy S I9000 General] relaxxer:
Thank you very much for this
[Galaxy S I9000 General] agentdark45:
Big help, thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ewiq:
Just my opinion

I wonder why you'd bother using a jig when you might as well install the sdk and run 'adb reboot download', works fine for me.

Then, I guess we have three ways to do it. Or, in my case without the 3 button sequence that makes it two ways...