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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayyu3m:
Yep! The tool is called "Search"

I m not telling you this to knock on your head, but to tell you the capabilities of this forum.

I have come across so many problems that you cant count even. But somehow with varied search terms, i find the answer on this forum.

So i think this would have been a highlighted problem on HD2. After all who doesnt flash their devices and end up repairing jus for the fun of it.
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mr.zeus:
tanx friend but what should i do? can u link that app? i couldn't find that (many similars to word search)
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M_T_M:
Moved to HD2 section.

Cheers,

M_T_M
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Marvlesz:
LOL .. "SEARCH" isn't an app, it's a tool you can find at the top right of this forum .. He meant to search for this problem yourself, maybe he knoes that this prob has been posted hundered times :D
[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Astronomy:
dude i have the same problem!, happened to me 2 days ago..

99% it failed, and it just won't stop vibrating and it's not turning on either..
[Captivate General] buddy17:
although a sloppy first attempt....this is GREAT knowing that there is an option out there. Thanks for doing the dirty work and purposely bricking your phone to help everyone else. Takes more guts than i have
[Captivate General] nybmx:
Great thread. Thanks for doing this kind of thing for the community. I already felt comfortable that Odin could save me a lot of trouble, but now I feel like I can go completely nuts and not half to worry.;)
[Captivate General] norcal einstein:
So I thought you had to get into Download mode WHILE the phone is plugged into your computer and ODIN is running.

If I understand right, you can use this jig to get into download mode, unplug the jig, and then hook up your phone to a computer and run ODIN?
[Captivate General] jp712:
My thoughts also? What do I do after connecting pins 4 and 5 with the resistors?

(Haven't bricked it ... yet! :-D )
[Captivate General] peachpuff:
:eek:

For anyone else needing a usb cable, i suggest ebay.
[Captivate General] Xstop:
Yes, you are correct. When using the jig, your phone will not be connected to anything, except the jig itself. But before using it, you should take out your battery, SIM, and SD (if you have one).

Plug the jig in > put in the battery > connect with resistor for 2 to 3 sec.

Once the screen is in "Download Mode" > pull jig > open Odin3 on computer > plug in usb to phone > then run Odin3 > done. :)
[Captivate General] Xstop:
Yes I do advise to get it cheaper if you can.

But this is what I had to do to get it up and running that same night, just wasn't that important to me to save $10 for something that will get to me in a week. And I'm sure if you were in the same situation, you would of done the same thing to get your phone up and running.

But THANKS! I needed that link. :D
[Captivate General] chasesavestheday:
9.3% SALES TAX!!! FFFUUUUU that sucks.
[Captivate General] darkamikaze:
9.3% isn't bad.. it's 9.75% here :T ..

and to sum up this article!

you don't really need to solder anything as long as you just rip the usb apart so the wires don't touch when you make your jig!
[Captivate General] SiL3nTKiLL:
pretty legit mod, imma try and clean this up a bit and see if i can do a better looking job (no offense on ur job though!)
[Captivate General] xredjokerx:
Another "How To"

What the.. duplicated post... weird.
[Captivate General] xredjokerx:
Another "How To"

Alright guys, I bricked my phone last week (well, not bricked but disabled my 3 button combos and it was FCing on OS boot), and so I set out on the forums to find a clean-solderless alternative to getting into download mode. I didn't feel like dissecting a microusb cable, nor did I feel like soldering

This mod requires:

About a week wait time

A backup phone (if yours is already bricked so you have a phone to use)

A XDA and a Paypal account

First I found this thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551) and went over to (http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=10031) to buy a micro usb breakboard. It cost me about 9 dollars shipped to my door. I ordered it on Tuesday, and it got here on Monday (Thursday was veterans day, too). Came in a nice box in which I now store my completed jig.

Edit: Well the person I got my resistor from isnt selling them anymore, so you'll need to find someone to get it from =/ sorry! this isnt as useful then D:

Then you just plug in the resistor in slots 4 and 5 like so...

And you have a working jig. Really easy, works perfectly, and no cutting into any microusb cable. And now you also have this nice little box from sparkfun to store your jig in too. Don't forget to not touch the resistor when you insert it in your phone. Just hold it by the edges of the breakboard. This cost about the same as OP but just requires a little more waiting time. But it's so much neater and less troublesome.

Good Luck!

Edit: Resized picture
[Captivate General] Rhiannon224:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551&page=20

post 198, if you want to pay someone to make a JIG for you go here.
[Captivate General] norcal einstein:
I have a bunch of parts for JIGs being delivered to me on Monday. After I make mine, I'm willing to sell the rest to people who need em.
[Captivate General] buddy17:
wow that sparkfun jig is REALLY cool!! I don't understand why everyone is so scared of soldering though, unless they simply just don't have a solder gun (you should have one anyway).

I think i will order that sparkfun breakout and solder a resistor in for a nice complete jig.
[Captivate General] xredjokerx:
the reason i didnt solder is because im away at college and all my tinkering equipment is at home (which is about an hour and a half away). i didnt want to buy new equipment just to fix my phone, nor did i want to wait til i went home again..

soldering is easy but it can be daunting if you've never done it before. i mean i've burned my self on my iron before and it was not a fun ordeal ahaha. otherwise from that, this worked quite nicely so i dont need to solder--saved me money and time :)
[Captivate General] buddy17:
they are showing that board out of stock...you must have got the last one!
[Captivate General] norcal einstein:
Since this thread was one of the ones that inspired me to make a Download mode jig, I thought I'd share what I put together today.

Made with a MicroUSB female plug, 300kohm resistor, & wire from a torn apart ethernet cable. I had originally planed for it to be half the size of what it is, and a lot cleaner (without a loop in it). But soldering to the damn usb plug was a pain, and the tins are fairly fragile.

It works like a charm though!
[Captivate General] Xstop:
Looks great and clean work! I ended up purchasing 2 of the micro-usb break-out board, yet I still use the one that is posted to get me into download mode.

I don't know if it has any affect or not, but when I flash to stock with Odin.

I normally won't do a "adb reboot download". But I will turn the phone completely off, pull battery for 5min, then use the jig to get it into download mode, then restore.
[Captivate General] weirdboy09:
Works

Just did mine

took a while to remove the plastic but worked great
[Captivate General] Whipon:
I made one too ^^

Never bricked my Captivate (knock on wood :P), but I was bored and I decided to do one of these USB JIGS, for emergency use.

First I stripped a micro usb cable with some pliers.

Then I removed the unused extra pins, leaving only pins 4 and 5.

Next I soldered two wires from the same usb cable.

I soldered those wires to a pcb.

Then I soldered the resistors. I didn't have a 301k resistor, so I soldered 3 x 100k ones and a 1k one in series.

The next step was to test it. It worked like a charm.

I used a hot glue pistol to isolate both pins and also to keep all in its place.

Then I used some heat shrink tubing to make it look nicer.

And finished:

Last step was to test it again. It did work ^^.

Thanks a lot for sharing this info. Its a very usefull tool and making it was a lot of fun ;).

EDIT: It seems I had a problem with the camera focus.
[Captivate General] xredjokerx:
o_o i took pictures of my jig with my captivate too... >__>
[Captivate General] Whipon:
:P

Yeah, I was used to my Milestone auto focus, so I forgot to focus the camera before taking the pics. My bad.
[Captivate General] double RL:
Just made this sucker and oh how easy and cheap. My phone doesn't have the three button so every time Odin one click screws up (which is about every other time), I lose the ability to get into download. It's always a huge pain. Not anymore!:D
[Captivate General] C3P0LOL:
If you have a phone that doesn't have the button combos enabled, you should be using my stock Odin with the three button fix included. Its in the dev section.
[Captivate General] Xstop:
Yes yes, I use it by default anyways. Three button combo = confirmed working.
[Captivate General] norcal einstein:
Made another JIG a few minutes ago in hopes to make one less ugly. Took a tip from Whipon and wrapped it in heatshrink, although I didn't use a PCB though.

My v2 is much more durable now! wooo hooo
[Captivate General] Triforce2k7:
I have the some problem, my Galaxy S Captivate was bricked and come back to life using the jig metod ;)

Some friends and I make this video of how we unbrick my Samsung Captivate, hope you like it.....its in spanish cause we are on Mexico City.

EDIT: Im new user and I cant post links outside XDA, just search on youtube Unbrick Samsung Galaxy S Captivate by Triforce2k8
[Captivate General] Whipon:
Great

Congratulations. It looks very nice ^^.
[Captivate General] nappent:
I just tried this and all it does is load the AT&T logo... any thoughts?
[Captivate General] double RL:
Thanks for the advice but the stock + 3 button Odin seems to screw up and boot loop way more than one click. Seems that batch 1010 phones have no 3 button and don't like being flashed to stock. After a few tries they get it right. The jig is the best. Couldn't live without it.
[Captivate General] xredjokerx:
You might have connected the wrong pins together.
[Captivate General] Xstop:
It's cause your changing the ohms from the resistor.

Try not to touch the metal wires to the resistor.

But it is a good sign if it's able to start your phone up :)
[Captivate General] Billbo1970:
I have a question:

The dude says he uses 3x100k resistors. The receipt shows 1 1/2w resistor & 1 1/4w resistor. That's 2 resistors, both of a different type.... ? Also, I've read you need a 301k resistor, does that extra 1k not matter?

Second question:

If you want to make a MicroB usb adapter to charge your phone a AC rate through the car stereo USB jack, how do you alter the jig for that purpose?

Thanks!

Bill
[Captivate General] Whipon:
There's reports of people making it work with 300kohms. I've added the extra 1kohm because I had all the necessary resistors in my home. So its your choice.
[Captivate General] xredjokerx:
300k resistors are good enough, mine works every time like a charm.

in OP's post he states that he didnt need to buy the extra resistor.
[Captivate General] norcal einstein:
I've tested and found my Captivate will go into Download Mode with like 298.5 all the way to 302.7kohm
[Captivate General] Wyvernskeep:
I had this same issue when i was holding the resistor to the usb plug

what worked is if you use scotch clear tape to hold the resistor in place - no soldering and worked perfect
[Captivate General] Billbo1970:
How does the captivate determine if it's charging AC vs USB? Is it like the HTC & shorting 2 pins in the cable?
[Captivate General] Kyuta Syuko:
fk yeah this saved me. My phone would only power on to a black screen (looked like it wouldn't turn on at all but you could see the screen light up in the dark) and this got me into Download mode. To make it easier for people who want to buy the iGo tip, the one you want to look for is A97
[Captivate General] gumbotron:
You sir are the man

This just saved my butt after a bad flash somehow knocked out 3 button mode for me. I've flashed a dozen or more roms and download mode was always trivial to get back into, but this time I would just get the battery monitor when I tried the usual way that always worked. I found this thread after crapping my pants all morning and within a half hour my phone is back to stock again. $11 and now I'm invincible.
[Captivate General] Xstop:
:D lol, have fun:D
[Captivate General] frozenreality44:
am I the only one who couldn't get this to work I did it 301k the connector is wright did the same thing as op but all my phone does is loop that att logo help so I guess I really did brick it.....

plug the phone to the computer doesn't recognize it, try to do the download mode doesn't work recovery doesn't work if I plug usb battery charging symbol only loop.

any sugestions???
[Captivate General] frozenreality44:
never mind I got it, I pressed the volume buttons as well as the usb jig and it worked, I must have missed that step. thanks you saved me a trip back to the US where I bought the phone.

Thanks
[Captivate General] norcal einstein:
I have never needed to do that to get a JIG to boot the phone into Download Mode. If you don't have ~300kohm of resistance across the pins, your phone could get into a boot loop. If you were touching bare metal on the JIG with your skin, that would have changed the resistance and caused the phone not to boot into Download Mode.

Regardless, good to hear you got things fixed.
[Captivate General] dagnus:
even though i thought all was lost as there was NO way i could get into download mode and att said my warranty was void etc etc, i decided to make a trip to the shack and buy the parts the OP mentioned, assembled a JIG and viola. i am back and on track. just a tip though, TAPE the U curve of the resistor series together and then touch only the taped area when connecting to pin4 and 5, otherwise, your body absorbs anywhere from 100k ohms to 50k ohms and the jig doesnt work. i tried 11 times, and taped it ont he 12th. worked marvelously.
[Captivate General] shiuhsung:
Thank you very very much for this helpful post of detail instructions, i have bricked my phone for a couple of days with no signs of anything displayed on screen nor cani get it to display anything at all. I gathered the stuff from a charger, went to Radioshack and purchased the resistors KaBoom DOWNLOAD mode again! although it took me a couple of times trying to make contact between the resistors and pin 4 & 5.

Thanks again !
[Captivate General] chasesavestheday:
how are some people making them so small. this one looks like there are no resistors?!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-Galaxy-...0469832639?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item1e609ba7bf

also does it matter if the micro usb cable is for a car charger?
[Captivate General] ademarne:
There is no need to hack up your USB cable, Click the link in my sig.
[Captivate General] chasesavestheday:
very nice. i just bought some on the way home from work. my device is 1010. to my surprise the stupid thing will NOT do the 3 button to recovery, but it WILL go into download mode by using the 2 button + usb cord. Weird.
[Captivate General] ademarne:
wait, isn't that what you want it to do, go into download mode?

my method will put the phone into download mode, not recovery. Is the unbricking process different for the new 1010 phones?
[Captivate General] chrisz5z:
Just tried this method and it worked :), the only hard part was getting the white skin off.

When i was taking the white skin off i accidentally cut some of the wire on the 5 pin, leaving me with only one small strain of wire but it still worked suprisingly
[Captivate General] Verysafety:
made a jig, I still get phone /warning\ comp....fml
[Captivate General] norcal einstein:
Means something's not right with the JIG. Make sure you have around 300kohm of resistance...and most importantly, you aren't touching bare metal on the resistor with your bare skin.
[Captivate General] AmandeepG:
As much as sooo many people said this would work, I always thought I'd be unlucky, and it just wouldn't work.

Amazingly, I can say that this is works. So happy :D. Gonna start flashing now!
[Captivate General] xsamxoxo:
is there anyway of telling if the original 6 pins have pins 4 and 5 already mapped? i'd rather not cut anything.
[Captivate General] Xstop:
I haven't tried but very interesting. I never bothered to try it, but if you want you can try to see (guess) where pin 4 and 5 might be. Keep us posted if you have tried, if not I'll try this tomorrow.
[Captivate General] xsamxoxo:
i'm just going to pick up the resistors and use ademarne's method until i can order the break-out board. that way i can make a much cleaner project with none of the hassle, unless by the end of today you can find out if pins 4 and 5 are already wired. I'm counting on you ;)
[Captivate General] upNsmokeAllDay:
Post 13 was by far the best and most helpfull post as i ordered the breakout board and got the resistors from radio shack and made this and it unbricked my phone instantly.
[Captivate General] Xstop:
+100

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9271380&postcount=13

This by far is the easiest and most efficient way of all jigs!! If you plan on getting a Galaxy S phone, do get this first.

NO more guessing, tearing, ripping, soldering, and etc. But for me I tinker too much to only just have that breakout board.

I used norcal einstein idea: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9556443&postcount=28 to make a keychain that hooks on my laptop bag just in case :)
[Captivate General] Xstop:
Headed to the shack now, will post in an hour and I'll let you know. :)
[Captivate General] Xstop:
@xsamxoxo

Sorry brotha, I could not get this to work. I tried different combinations with the 6 pins that were showing but no go. Guessing that pin 4 or 5 is connected each other or with the other pins. Not going to know for sure until I rip it apart and look, and I won't have time until late tonight. Sorry.

edit: exactly 1 hour lol
[Captivate General] Leshy1991:
thanks a ton you saved me 500 bucks :D
[Captivate General] TRusselo:
why would anyone buy a cutout board for 10 bucks when you can get a PRE MADE JIG on ebay DELIVERED for under $8 ???
[Captivate General] Xstop:
With the breakout board your not limited, you can use it with other projects.
[Captivate General] networkdood:
Will it work if.....??

My battery was low when I flashed with ODIN, it seems to be nearly completed, but it was just stuck for 10 minutes, which is much longer than needed to complete the process, so I decided to pull the cable. I have done this dozens of times and just usually boot back into download mode and start again, but this time my phone will not turn on. Would this JIG method work, or should I return the phone to AT&T and hope they are not able to turn the phone back on and see what I have done?
[Captivate General] Kyuta Syuko:
So long as there is a charge on the battery and you didn't somehow manage to destroy Download Mode, this Jig should be able to get you into Download Mode from anything if applied correctly.
[Captivate General] Sarutaru:
This method saved my phone. My USB ports decided to die when I was flashing with Odin so my phone bricked in download mode. I had a completely black screen, no button combinations would boot it back into download mode. This jig took me right into DL mode once I got it going. Thanks!
[Captivate General] bujji:
Post #13 is by fat the best method. saved my soft-bricked phone
[Captivate General] networkdood:
Great thread

My 3rd captivate would not even turn on after I updated it to 2.2 and started to flash roms on it. I am sure it was my fault, but, oh well. This thread on the jig device was of great help for I ordered the USB board and 301k ohm through separate websites and spent less than 20.00. This 'trick' really works and now I can send back that phone to AT&T restored to the way that I received it as. And, now I have my fourth captivate.....THANKS!!
[Captivate General] gravyflux:
I did this exact same thing a few weeks ago when I bricked my Captivate. Wish I saw this before though... I absolutely needed my phone, and didn't have a soldering iron around.

Definitely the best way to make a quick jig.
[Captivate General] inneyeseakay:
(*&^@!%*&^%@$... I can't get this iGo jig to work... it only boots the phone... WTF am I doing wrong?
[Captivate General] adzidek:
I had the same issue, i.e. NOTHING worked....then I found this:

1. Power off phone

2. Take out battery

3. Plug USB cable to computer and phone

4. Hold Vol Up + Vol Down

5. Drop in the battery while still holding Vol buttons

6. Two secs later you have download mode back

enjoy!
[Captivate General] jayjr1105:
Does anyone know what 2 wires are used to connect the 300k ohm resistor inside the usb cabe? My plan is to make a jig using the female end of a usb extension cable so that you can just use a normal micro usb cable to plug into to force DL mode. The wires inside a usb cable are...
[Captivate General] Xstop:
Your doing it right but your changing the resistance on the resistors. Make sure your not touching the metal on the resistors.

It's a positive sign if your booting up the phone though.

Not going to be possible doing it that way. Pin 4 or 5 (forgot which one) is not being used by the cable.
[Captivate General] jayjr1105:
Yea. I did some research and found out micro uses 5 contacts and standard usb uses 4. Ordered some micro usb ends and resistors to make a few jigs the right way.
[Captivate General] nwalker85:
Wow

Just posting to say THANK YOU. I've installed a few roms here and there, but I ran into the phone-!-computer screen, and thought I was hosed. I found this thread after several hours of googling and scouring the xda forums, went to radio shack, got the components, and low and behold, it actually worked! Thanks xda! You've made Android a blast!
[Captivate General] phoney_stuff:
Many thanks, Xstop. Using your instructions, I was able to get my phone into download mode. Spent most of the night getting the silicon off, singed the pin 4 lead and turned my solderless job into a job that required soldering. The other half of the night was spent trying to solder. Nevertheless, I managed to make my jig and saved myself some RMA hassle.
[Captivate General] jae04cc:
just for reference, i just did this from a brick, and it wasent working, until i made it 302k instead of 300k or 301k..worked great, and now im in the process of packing it up in a nice little key by soldering
[Captivate General] solinar:
These are 5% tolerance resistors. That means they could be anywhere from 285k Ohm to 315k Ohm.

I'd bet something else you did made the difference for you other than increasing it by 2k Ohms.
[Captivate General] jae04cc:
i got my phone on without soldering, thanks for the post, and after a few tries with my sub par soldering skills lol i got this jig packed into the original black case that came with the same plug, and it still works perfectly. this is just how i did it, but im sure theres a better way. just thought id post it to show it can be done, and now i have a nice neat convenient little jig for whenever a flash goes wrong.

thanks again for the post, it was a life saver..i was really freakin out till i found this
[Captivate General] jae04cc:
perhaps, that makes sense, just didnt work after four or five trys, and after adding the extra 1k it worked first try and every time after that, even after i soldered the **** out of the thing and shoved it in that tiny little case lol
[Captivate General] warriorman992:
Does 1/2 watt work?