[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mac11700:
It's pretty evident what I am saying here...Use the correct odin to do the job. In your opinion it isn't necessary for a clean install...but...the developers all say to do it...

No..they all had issues that required them to be returned..None of them "died"

No...you are flashing back to stock 1 time...each time you do it...not twice. We are talking about doing that..and if it's needed or not..Your counting just switching roms and continuing with another rom...Your also trying substantiate your opinion by the total number of folks who have posted they have had some issue with doing this procedure..with out taking into account

all of the circumstances

of their issues. Not wither they have had an actual brick instance or not.This is what is misleading about your argument.

This doesn't happen all the time...and you know it.Sure..there are times it happens...but take a poll on how times many folks have used the program successfully as opposed to how many have bricked their phones completely ..Then you can get an idea of the relevance of all of this..

How can you say this is even logical...Your replacing a stock image..with a stock image...There is a great deal more you are replacing coming from any Froyo rom..

Again...this is simply YOUR OPINION...not something that is written in stone..Your gain is in having your phone back to a stock state..so that it can be returned if needed..or can be re-flashed to something else. It is a complete reset if everything went fine..it is a complete reset if over flashing has caused problems..Can over flashing another rom cause issues..Yes..just as flashing back to stock can..but..you are contending it isn't needed in the first place..for you perhaps... unfortunately..that is not the case for everyone..

No...you laid out what

you think is the problem

and have tried to show some correlation of what transpired when the program was new...or what is being done by all of those unfortunate folks who used the wrong program..or didn't follow the directions..or had a bad phone from the start..or pulled the cable out of the phone while doing it..or any number of other reasons they had a failure along the way...Saying this way of doing things is wrong because of a model build that had been crippled by Samsung for all of the ones that haven't been is misleading...if not ludicrous for those who have researched their devices or followed the directions completely,or choose to revert their phones back to their original state and start all over...Your saying it isn't needed because of someones mistakes..and the potential of causing a brick...it has nothing to do wither it is needed by the individual or not because the program works properly when used correctly for the vast majority of people that have used it...

and is

the recommended way of changing roms..Tell me...how many times can you actually count where the person complaining did everything right..? They said they did..but how do you know ? If the program didn't work as it should and wasn't needed...nobody would recommend it...nobody would be using it...Also..there are just as many Ohh **** I goofed post as those that truly hard bricked their phones..

How the hell do you know this ? Again...you don't know..it is your opinion that they could have been corrected by doing something different... I am glad you don't doubt some cases though..because I have had exactly those type of issue...and re-flashing the rom to correct it failed.....Again...I am talking from personal experience...and I can honestly say in my case flashing the same rom on top of the rom..caused more issues than flashing back with a recommended program.

Again..you are simply stating your opinion...and to further you stand on the subject use all the number of post where folks didn't do things right to show an issue with the program. Further...you are saying in so many words anyone speaking up for doing this and giving their reasons as speaking falsehoods. I speak with my own conviction and knowledge from first hand experience..and that sir is not a lie...and I really don't appreciate you alluding to this..and take offense at your insinuations on the matter... that everyone who has taken the other side of the issue with all of this...is simply lying about it.

When all of the developers say it is perfectly safe not to flash back to stock and master clear...then perhaps I'll take you more seriously..Mean time..I'll follow the majority of the developers recommendations for their roms when changing between them..and not worry about it..because I can follow instructions pretty good and use the appropriate tools for the job at hand..which...from reading many of all the post on the subject is unlike many folks who are having the majority of issues with it...not all mind you...Many of these individuals are those who didn't take the time to research what they were doing..nor did they make sure they had the correct program for their phone particular condition. I have eyes too...and can read all of those post too...and can see what is happening..

Like I said before...it's up to the individual and their phone...Nothing is written in stone either way you do it..but as long as the majority of developers are recommending it..it stands with good reasoning they are doing it for our benefit and wanting to ensure we have the best experience with their work..and not a bunch of headaches.