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[Galaxy S I9000 General] ekinskofer:
damn, there goes 5 bucks.. :o any on in vancouver had success with brands that work? futureshop/bb/ncix? I got this cable from ncix. Would this work? I purchased this as well:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Startech-Micro-USB-to-Mini-USB-Adapter-Female-to-Male/14294975

edit: just so everyone knows. this was the startech was the brand that I got, don't buy this brand or cable.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/StarTech.com-UUSBHAUB6-Micro-USB-Cable/13078087
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
What is wrong with this cable?

Any cable should work.

Not sure what your issue(s) are/were?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ekinskofer:
there are only 4 wires coming out from it, I can't find another pin for the "id".. I believe that the black wire is ground.. however, it doesn't look anything like the diagrams. Should I just try to connect white and black? are there any issues iwth doing this?

sorry I can't get any closer shots.. don't have a macro lense. I'll try with my point and shoot camera to get a closer look after dinner.

edit - ok here are the shots. sorry for the spam.. just trying to get my phone working again.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kwag:
USB device not detected (on XP )

I have tried zillions of times to flash my Vibrant with no luck.

I can get to Download mode only with the resistor Jig, but every time I plug the USB cable to the PC ( tried several cables too! ), the device is not recognized. Consequently, Odin can't see the phone.

Can someone point me to the correct USB drivers that need to be installed on WinXP, in order to properly see the Vibrant in Download Mode?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
why not just send it to samsung for free repair???
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
Sorry, still hard to see the pics.

Can you do a real close up macro shot like i have done before?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8952418&postcount=118
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ekinskofer:
try this homie.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=728929

I installed these previously to get my galaxy connected to my pc.. not doing much good now though.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zotbar1234:
Thank you, TheBeano. This has just saved my day.

I thought I'd share the non-soldering procedure. I have never soldered electronics in my life so I was a bit apprehensive about starting. The procedure struck me though as a situation where soldering could perhaps be avoided. After all, all we need is just to momentarily put a resistor between 2 pins, right?

So, I followed TheBeano's guide with some modifications:

Bought the cheapest microUSB cable I could find.

Cut off the end with the microUSB-B plug and left about 10cm on the cable.

Very carefully stripped all the plastic and exposed the cables and that one free "ID" pin. It took a while with a Stanley knife, but it was not difficult. Just take it one small bit at a time so as not to damage the existing connections/cables/pins.

Instead of soldering, I simply tied the black cable (which is soldered to "GND" by default) to one end of a 301KOhm resistor.

Put on some rubber gloves to avoid touching metal bits.

Inserted the jig into the phone. The phone was without battery.

Pushed the other "leg" of the resistor to the exposed "ID" pin. They just need to touch for a few seconds.

While still keeping contact between the resistor and the "ID" pin in the previous item, I inserted the battery into the samsung.

Huzaah! Download mode. After that I fired up ODIN and installed stock Froyo from here.

This is what my "jig" looks like (warning: large image). You can see the free "ID" pin on top. The black wire is typically (always?) connected to "GND", since that is the default wiring for USB.

So, if you don't want/know how to solder, maybe this could be of help?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kwag:
Free? I'm sure they'll fix it, but definitely not for free :)

Specially after they see it was "tampered".

I'm just trying all possible alternatives before I call Samsung and see how much it will cost for a factory refurbish on the phone.

Cheers
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fim@home:
Some pictures of my jig

Here are some pictures of my jig. Maybe somebody finds them useful.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] peachpuff:
That's exactly what i had in mind, not sure why everyone isn't cutting the leads on the resistors to make them shorter.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kranima:
This is my first post here and I just want to thank you TheBeano for making this guide, I semi-bricked my galaxy s while trying to fix the 3 button combo on my phone.

I did it without soldering, it works flawlessly.

Thank you!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
Great picture.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kwag:
You were right!!!!!!!!!

xxgg,

You were *RIGHT*!! 100%

I called Samsung, and after explaining what had happened, they told me to send it in for repair AT NO CHARGE!, if there's no physical damage on the unit. :)

As my unit has only a small, almost non-visible scratch on the screen, I guess they'll consider it as a "normal use" unit, so let's see what I get back ;)

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mikki_027:
unable to install stock rom after using jig

Hi to all.

I was able to go to download mode using the jig, but as i install stock rom to my vibrant, it still is stuck at the colored vibrant screen and goes black after the t-mobile logo, pls help... i dont know what to do anymore.... please email me: mikki_027@yahoo.com
[Galaxy S I9000 General] ekinskofer:
broke down and bought one from a guy here I found in Vancouver. pm me if you want contact information, he charged me 10$, worked like a charm and loaded JL2 as per the sticky instructions. thanks guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fim@home:
Remove black wire

From the pictures you posted, especially the one below, it looks like as if pins 4 and 5 are joined with the black wire attached to both of them.

That is, you seem to have:

pin 1 - red

pin 2 - white

pin 3 - green

pin 4 and 5 (joined) - black

According to the table in the first post of this thread a joined id (4) and ground (5) pin (no resistance between them, shortcut) means USB On-The-Go (OTG) mode, see Wikipedia.

You will have to detach the black wire and separate the two pins it is attached to, then connect them again with a 301 k (or 300 k) resistor.

Hope this helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mrquasi:
You need 301Kohm not 301 ohm :cool:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mindr:
This method is good but just go to How to ADB thread and get ur phone in download or recovery. I had bricked my phone but got it working thru that thread. Its easier.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] amigoeva:
u can only use adb if ur phone was set to debugging mode before it was bricked
[Galaxy S I9000 General] fim@home:
ADB needs to recognize the phone

ADB works only if the phone can be booted to a certain level (and is set to USB debugging mode), so that it can be recognized by ADB. If this is the case, ADB is admittedly better, because it does not require building the jig.

If, however, the phone does not boot properly, but only shows a black screen with a phone symbol, a warning sign, and a computer symbol, ADB is of no help at all. I had my phone in that state and tried ADB without success: the phone was simply not recognized. This jig worked even in this case and got my phone back to life.

So ADB is not generally better: it depends on the state of your phone. Calling a phone "bricked" is unspecific. It may refer to a state in which (1) the phone boots to the big S, but stops there, (2) the phone boots to the screen displaying the model name, but stops there, (3) the phone boots to the phone symbol, warning sign, computer symbol screen, (4) the phone does not boot at all (black, empty screen). In cases (1) and (2) you may be successful with ADB, but (3) seems to need the jig, and in (4) even the jig may not help.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] tmus:
Thanks a brunch. Worked flawlessly with 300k here...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] b128:
i've managed to create my own jig as well and forced download mode yet the bigger problem is that odin won't recognize my captivate. help!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] zx6r_98:
I have the same problem as above ^^^ I finally made the jig, got it in downloading mode but ODIN wont recognize my phone at all ... tried a whole bunch of things ... any ideas or anyone else got the same problem ??? How can I get ODIN to recognize my phone
[Galaxy S I9000 General] dani_wb:
Didn't work for me with the JIG

Hello together

I've tried to create a home made JIG. I have buyed 2x150k Resistors and a 1k Resistor.

After i have solder them together and completely open a Micro USB and solder to the right spots... (i hope so ;-)

After plugging the JIG into the phone, it has started, but he was unable to go to Download Mode.

To tell what i did:

I've tried to flash with Odin 1.0 the Voodo Lagfix.

When i was in the download mode and start the program, it was at the zImage transfer for over 10 minutes, so i have shut down the phone again.

Since then when i boot my phone i see only "PC ! Phone", neither did i see the Samsung Logo nor anything else before it.

Maybe somebody have an Idea?

For the moment i have sent it to the repair center.

And to complete, i think i have touched the outer Metal of the Micro USB, could this lead to a wrong value of Resistors?

I will try it again when i receive the phone back.

Also i will try to flash the Fix for the three Button combo.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Tuxxperia:
perfect, working like a charm :)

P.S. My jig:
[Galaxy S I9000 General] sedatkaan:
Thanks man
[Galaxy S I9000 General] l0rd_hex:
Does anyone in Edmonton have a JIG I could use? I was going to make one but if someone already has one made... well let's just say my soldering skills are non-existent.

Update: I ended up ordering one off of ebay from "c-fone" it works great, here's a video of it in action.. oh I don't have enough posts (to post a URL) but it's on youtube under "Unbricking a Samsung Galaxy S with a 301K resistor dongle"

Thank you to all who figured this out.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] twvance:
Pictures attached

You only need the micro-B part of the plug and you solder the resistor jig to pins 4 and 5. Looking at the back of the micro-B plug, 4 and 5 should (and i cannot stress should enough, the plug you use may be different) be the right most pins. Pin 4 should be unused and be flat....the other 4 will have solder on them.

Correct. Once you have the jig constructed (with the 301k resistor connecting pin 4 to pin 5), you simply plug the jig into the phone and it will boot into download mode. From there, open Odin, unplug the jig and connect your phone to your computer via usb and flash the 'stock' ROM back on using Odin.

Go to youtube and look for "Bricked Samsung Vibrant: Getting back to Download mode p3" posted by atlaswingpasaway and he has a video of him completing the method.

Now, having answered those questions....THANK YOU BEANO!! You saved my life with this fix. Samsung camptivate was stuck as phone!pc logo, used the jig, and I am back to life. This was an amazing find. Thank you again so much!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] raffness:
hey guys, made the jig. it worked. it put me into download mode. Odin recognized the phone, but when i tried to flash a rom, it failed. Followed the instructions for Eugene's Unofficial TMO 2.2 Froyo ODIN *2E Reco, here...http://eb-productions.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=samsungsgs&action=display&thread=3...but to no avail. this rom worked for me before, but now it doesn't. Kies searches for my phone when in download mode, but doesn't recognize it. Any ideas?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] A2RAYA:
guys i have cut up two mirco usbs, couldnt get the pins right and didnt have a board in my micro usb, even tried the whole just using the resistors touching the copper wires in the port but nothing, can anyone help me out or i can lend one im in the sydney
[Galaxy S I9000 General] raffness:
Edit: the jig worked flawlessly. I just had to re-download the rom i was using so that Odin would flash it. It worked. Now I'm running Darky's Gingerbread v8.0. Shortly, I will post all my steps and issues along the way so that anyone else with similar problems may find help.

Btw, who came up with this usb jig method. I would like to donate.

Btw, the pins are as follows, as seen from the back end of the usb (forgive my diagram, it's crude. the two pins that should be attached are indicated by a circle; the other pins are indicated by a dot. I will post pics soon).

_______

| . . o |

\_._o_/
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
And in front is it just this in mirror :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] raffness:
no, the front of the usb has all the pins lined up next to each other side-by-side.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mmarks:
OK, I ordered the microUSB breakout board and a 301k resistor (I also ordered a miniture variable resistor so I can guarantee I get 301k).

Whilst accepting it is my fault I am in this situation, I am anxoius to save some information that is on my internal storage card.

I have a full Titanium backup from before I started tinkering so all my apps and data are there, I also have a few folders that I would really like to rescue (photos etc).

If I use this JIG and flash using ODIN, will I lose these folders? With hindsight I would have copied them to the external SD card (then again, with hindsight I wouldn't have bricked the phone!)

Mike.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
i guess you wil lose everything on your internal sd..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mmarks:
That was my big fear, any way - before flashing through ODIN to mount the internal storage to my PC so I can copy/paste or force it not to clear it down????
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TheBeano:
Usually when you flash with Odin the files on the internal SD under /sdcard are not affected, so you should be OK.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Mrquasi:
I can confirm that.

Got my ordered jig today and worked perfect.(was stuckon at&t worldphone logo)

Flashed it and all my data was still there.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Leafyz88:
this really works =)) thankssssssssssss
[Galaxy S I9000 General] DarelSteilz85:
this morning i downloaded samsung galaxy s tweaker

and i used it to switch the lockscreen

it reboooted and now hangs on the samsung galaxy s gt-i9000 screen ( black white letters , before the big S logo comes )

already tryed going into debug mode with those 3 buttons and resetting it thru there...doesnt help still same ...thing

anyone who can mayb help me ? pls im clueless and since i rooted it my warrenty will be gone if i send it so wont be repaired....anyone know anything i can do? plssss im desperate

pls....someone tell me i can still do something about this...?? willing to try anything !

got a link to the screen how it looks like...the one i get...but cant post links here no 8 posts yet
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
You need a JIG, or there is maybe a way with adb(of you had debugging ON, before the brick..)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
Ok, I've made few USB Jigs for local(Toronto) i9000M/Galaxy S users.

(for a small fee)

PM me if interested.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] javahaxxor:
I'd be interested in borrowing your jig if it's possible. I just finished mine, but it doesn't work on either of my phones. I probably got the pins wrong since it's a 2 line layout, 3+2. I used the 2 pins on the 2-pin line, one was unused, and the one next to it. Tried both 301.2K and 300, no luck. I got these chinese resistors, just one in 20 was exactly 100K, and the other ones were 99.7 , 99.5, and 0,996K (used a multimeter to verify each one, and then in series)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
Wrong pins. You got one of the pin correct. Unused pin on the side with 2 pin + use the one that is opposite on other side. (It should be the one that have/had black wire)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hamishmc2:
Get a Jig quickly in UK within 24hrs

Can buy ready made Jig on ebay in the UK for just over a tenner! Ebay Item number: 110638334340. Next day delivery too! Excellent reviews of item.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mmarks:
My MicroUSB baord (from Sparksfun.com) arrived today and it worked a treat!

Many thanks to all the for information & assistance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
Glad it's working well for most people. This is becoming almost a must have tool for all galaxy users. Which it's a sad thing.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] blakemoo:
I just made the Jig all by myself... and it worked flawlessly So, if anyone in the Los Angeles area (California) needs to borrow it let me know... or bring me the phone and I can odin it back to stock. It was so simple (with the jig obviously)

Thanks op!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
Most don't read..before doing something..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
Well...

Even if you read, it can happen. I think all of those who like to play with custom ROMs should have one.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CyberMix_JM:
I want to make one, but I want to know if I get it to run, will it be just a one time thing or will it work repeatedly?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
Works repeatedly ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CyberMix_JM:
Thanks @ Pietplezier

I havent seen a vid on how to create on, the ones I see are normally finished products
[Galaxy S I9000 General] vwk453:
I built one of these but skipped the soldering part and just wore gloves and touched the pins with the resistor wires. It worked great and my phone went into download mode from being so bricked it wouldn't do anything at all. unfortunately my laggy computer glitched AGAIN while I was flashing it back to stock, odin closed, phone stayed on download screen then turned off back into paperweight mode. If anyone could help it would be much appreciated. Do i need to get new resistors? or just keep trying the jig i have until it works? or is this just a one try is all your phone can take sort of deal?

Thank you in advanced to anyone who can help,

-VWK453

- took out battery for about 10 minutes then tried again and it worked! Thank you for saving my phone! this time odin didnt freeze and my phone is ready to be hacked again!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
i think touching wrong pin combo could have side effect/?

not sure
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
No..i guess not..
[Galaxy S I9000 General] borayman:
hey really thanks for the instructions provided , very clear explanation

although my phone still have the three button combo functioning,

this post gives me secure feeling when flashing my phone :->

sent from a SGS user from HK
[Galaxy S I9000 General] CaracalSef:
God damn what a work I have done for this, as I couldn't find any resitors around :))

After getting those, I had no microUSB to dissasable. Finally I got everything I needed and brought my SGS back to life. After one long week of just looking at it.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
Better late then never ;)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Ian_Cog:
Is there anyone in the UK can send me a jig please?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] kbalabanov:
My case seem the same as in #118, I intend to just touch the empty pin.

Is it OK? I welcome any feedback?

EDIT: Confirming - works fine!

This is awesome, with this hack in place - there's no need for 3bfix.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Rertexw:
Solder your JIG with plug and resistor from Conrad online shop

Use 301k ohm resistor (article # 421871-62) and

micro usb plug type b 5pole (article # 733923-62)

both available at www conrad de online shop.

Solder as shown in the attachement.

Has proven to reliably put my branded (HKDSWC) GT-I9000 into download mode.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
Send you a PM.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] PieWai:
Looks like I've got to make myself one of these before I start playing around.

Thx OP.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] 3078900:
Hey Everyone -After JiGGING the phone i was able to get into download but couldnt compete verizon stock image using odin that this phone originally had installed. after the failed attempt the phone is completely dead..any thoughts suggestions would be greatly appreciated...... this web page is definately a godsend! thank you all in advance.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
Try another usb port?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hironalirayhan:
Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 General] blakemoo:
Pull the battery. Wait 10+ min and try again. Works on mine when nothing else works...
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
Try another jig?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] timidtommy:
Anybody in the Dallas/Ft Worth area has a jig that I can borrow or buy?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] JuDRuNK:
Hi, sorry for my english, i can't find one of 301k and i have bought one of 270 and one of

30 i can make with this? because it does not work

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
You do not need to use one 301k.

You can add few to make total 301k.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] hironalirayhan:
Delete
[Galaxy S I9000 General] mutega:
Perfect! For me it's working.

I made with 3x100k and 1x1k resistors and strip the official USB cable of Samsung.

This is my final job!

Thank you very much!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] timidtommy:
Looks neat amigo.. great job
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
Looks like a nice necklace m8 :D be happy with your working phone ! :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] blakemoo:
Shouldn't be a problem... I'm using 3 100k resistors and it works well on my T-mo Vibrant every time... pull battery, sim, mem card and insert jig... put battery back in an viola! works for me. and for those that don't know (my little bro was doing it) turn the phone off first. He tried 20+ times :o before I pulled the battery and used the jig with the phone off. Where would he be without me... Good luck to you all.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
And after 19 times he didn't realise it wont work? good big brother.. :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] TawaNicolas:
My friend gave me his phone for the weekend to update it from 2.1 to 2.2.1, and I bricked it by accident yesterday using Odin.

The phone did not have the 3 buttons-combination enabled, so I made this today to get back to download mode.

Glad to have such support TheBeano. Thanks :)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
I would like to give a small tip that I use when soldering on to those small pins on the microUSB.

Once you figure out 100% which PINs are to be used,

you simply break off the other pins!

Much helpful for those with shaky hands like myself.

Enjoy!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] blakemoo:
No... It takes a lot for him to realize he's wrong. Brains skip a generation!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] suicide monkey:
hey guys, i tried it with the selfmade jig, but when i put the jig in (without pressing the powerbutton) the phone just shows after 1 sec the Phone-!-PC screen again.

i used 1 300k and one 1k resistor.

plz help
[Galaxy S I9000 General] xxgg:
are you 100% sure you connected with correct pins ?

What you could do is just keep one end soldered and with the other end, try touch & hold different pins.

Make sure to unplug and replug each time.
[Galaxy S I9000 General] suicide monkey:
i use the left one on upper side and the left one on the downside

x- - -

x- -

edit:

it seems that there is not only one "configuration" of the pins on the micro usb b cables right?

but isnt it dangerous when i try around which pins could be the right
[Galaxy S I9000 General] Pietplezier:
normally there is 1 configuration. you wont be happy if you connect the wrong 1 ( for example the 5v line...)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] suicide monkey:
i tried a normal cable where i cut the plug off,it had 5 pins, but i found this here http://www.pocketpc.ch/members/dsw6froz-albums-usb-stecker-belegung-picture55552-conrad-usb-stecker-733923-62-diese-kontakte-301k-ohm-verbinden.jpg

edit:

i checked the resistors, the 1k seems not even to work and the 300k resistor show only 298k this is not enough?

or have someone did this sucsessfully with this low setting?