Root Are You Bricked? NO!

[w0lfm4n]

With all the goodies that rooting brings surely there will be a few, me included, who will inevitably screw something up. When I "Bricked" my Captivate i quickly found a fix that left my heart rate down and my mood up. Many people I've read throughout these forums thought they were bricked and found no solution. All of these cases had similar symptoms:

a. Stuck on Galaxy S Boot Screen
b. Wait a few minutes and screen turns black
c. Button lights stay on
d. Will not power off

If you have these symptoms, good news this fix MAY "UN-brick" your Captivate.

Procedure:
1. If phone is in above state; pull battery.
2. Enter recovery mode by holding Vol up and Vol down and pressing the power button until phone turns on, then release power button, not vol buttons.
3. Now using the Vol up and down highlight "erase all user data"
4. Press power to select it
5. Wait for boot and *hopefully* you're good to go!

I understand that totally... but it is not working. I have samsung galaxy s recently upgraded to 2.2froyo. I can't get it into download mode at all. Have tried, volume up/ down/ power no go. volume up/ power, no go. volume down/ power, no go. center button/ power, no go. All it does is loads, plays mini vid graphic, then the S, and then goes black and vibrates intermittently. So went another way, downloaded the Odin3 one click... it says

Method 3KEY COMBO)

1. Remove the battery, sim card, sdcard if you have one
2. Insert the battery
3. Hold both Volume buttons (from i9000 just down, don't touch the power button)
4. Plug in the USB cable and continue holding both Volume buttons

Done that, and just got the battery icon on screen... then black and just the vibrating...
I have noticed though, in the Odin3, that something is added and in ID:COM it has "com:5" or something, I forget offhand. When I press starts, it says "ID:0:005 Odin v 3 engine (5) file analysis"... and then "OSM: All Threads Completed (success 0/ failed 1)

Anyone got some advice please and ty :\

I know the button trick does work... cos I remember AGES ago when I first got phone and I tried to root, I could get in there... but now *sighs* :\
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[xLeGeNDx]

Procedure:
1. If phone is in above state; pull battery.
2. Enter recovery mode by holding Vol up and Vol down and pressing the power button until phone turns on, then release power button, not vol buttons.
3. Now using the Vol up and down highlight "erase all user data"
4. Press power to select it
5. Wait for boot and *hopefully* you're good to go!

Worked for me was on a boot loop after upgrading to froyo and this solved it for me

 

[beatdroppah]

Worked for me was on a boot loop after upgrading to froyo and this solved it for me

had the same problem, and this also worked for me

 

[DaNaRkI]

I know the button trick does work... cos I remember AGES ago when I first got phone and I tried to root, I could get in there... but now *sighs* :\

You have to be careful about this as it seems the 3 button function can get lost at any time when dealing with custom ROMs/firmware.

mobiletechvideos just look for 3 button fix

 

[viny2cool]

You have to be careful about this as it seems the 3 button function can get lost at any time when dealing with custom ROMs/firmware.

mobiletechvideos just look for 3 button fix

u r wrong my friend...u can only loose 3 button fix if you use one click odin..by Designgears.....always use full odin...and ur 3 button will be intact.....

 

[DaNaRkI]

u r wrong my friend...

After reading very heavily thru XDA over this week, I see now where I was wrong. But since just about every set of instructions for a ROM says "flash back to stock" or directly says to use the one click, it's an easy assumption to mistake.

 

[assassinsid]

I have a samsung galaxy 3. 2 months back i tried to load android 2.2 on my mobile..odin displayed that the operation was successful but when i switched off the mobile,after that the phone never got switched on.. i removed the battery and did all possible key combinations to go the download screen but even it was a failure..the phone is completely dead now..it neither boots not shows booting screen.Kindly provide suggestions how to rectify this proble,.

 

[boxofcookies]

u r wrong my friend...u can only loose 3 button fix if you use one click odin..by Designgears.....always use full odin...and ur 3 button will be intact.....

This isnt true. You dont lose the 3 button fix. Its either you have it or u dont. Ive been using one click odin since it came out and i still have my 3 button fix and i flash roms very frequently.

 

[anupam1525]

Hi,
I have flashed my phone with GB ROM. But now my phone is totally dead. I have tried with all the possible ways but still no success. Please help me guys. Help will be much appreciated.

 

[davep13]

Hi,
I have flashed my phone with GB ROM. But now my phone is totally dead. I have tried with all the possible ways but still no success. Please help me guys. Help will be much appreciated.

Elaborate on what your phone is doing or not doing other than being dead if possible. Also what steps did you take when flashing GB? Could narrow down what went wrong exactly.

 

[olyradio]

****if u use oden to install 3rd party unofficial os/rom, it will not be update able, nor will it be fully functional in various ways.(gingerbread 2.3.3 does not have dialed recent calls, and others if not the official provider copy) the best way to update your phone is in fact be inquisitive with your provider. They have express codes you dial into your phone for android os upgrades, "ice cream sandwich" is going to be officially launched by them very soon anyway. Hella cooler. And it's available now for galaxy s 4g, thru oden install. Anyway, back to brick. Do not! Do not! Do not! Turn off phone, unplug anything, open new programs on your pc/laptop, or touch anything period, when it is running, and while there is a progress bar on the phone. This will in fact brick it. Deader than dead. Won't turn on all or be re-bootable by you. The good news is if you do brick it, samsung ( as long as it is not stolen, reported missing or other nutty stuff ) will email you a label to print and tape, or print on a sticky label to cover the shipping and everything. Then you send it in a box, and get it back in less than ten days, re-booted with the latest and greatest software available for it officially. Now that is bad arse. They back their stuff, even though i did the fatal error. Samsung is the best. That galaxy s 4g is a pretty capable device also. It whoops rump!

 

[morgan1481]

dude, there is no way, besides physically damaging the Captivate to permanently brick it. I know, I've "bricked" mine probably 5 or 6 times flashing roms using Odin. 1) there is a version of Odin (I wish I could think of the number right now) that half the time even when you're "bricked", still recognizes it when you close out of Odin, leaving Cappy still on usb, restart Odin, then unplug and plug the Cappy back in. It'll pick it right up. If not, I came across a thread that has worked EVERY time, just a little tricky on getting the timing down. 2) Have Odin running, with sim, sd, and battery out, plug in usb to phone, hold down the bottom volume and power button, put in battery and EXACTLY 3 SECONDS from when your battery makes contact, release the power button, and Viola! back into download mode. Like I said, timing is everything, it usually takes me about 30 minutes of trying it every time, but it has worked every time.

 

[morgan1481]

also like to add, I'm running my Cappy with 2.3.5 at 4g....yes, 4g

 

[zhagabal]

sir anyone can help me i cant boot in the recovery and same in download mode
i try to use jig but same only white screen everything i tried but still only white screen


unit galaxy s captivate
problem white screen and cant access recovery and download mode

 

[zhagabal]

i need help
my phone cant access recovery and download mode i try to use usb jigg and 3 combo but still not work both result white screen i dont know what to do pls help thank

unit galaxy s i897 captivate

 

[saywhatt]

thisdidn't work :| help?

 

[emc2014]

I've tried all this button pushing... My phone is stuck on the Phone..!..Computer screen no matter what I do.... Help? Thanks

 

[damndoyle]

Tried to do the firmware update with Kies... stuck on 0% install for an hour. Unplugged phone from the computer. Phone was stuck on the downloading screen so I took out the battery to reboot.

Now it does nothing, absolutley black and dead.

Do I have any hope or is my phone just a paper weight?

Any help would be appreciated

 

[dead phone usb]

same problem i try to flash with odin and it stuck so i reboot it after this its dead spac@ phone and when i plug in usb it says sec s5c110 test b/d and it gos to find drivers but after 2 sec the phone disconnect.I got Galaxy samsung s GT-I9000.
I try to do hard reset with 3 buttons i try the both vol buttons nothing i try battery out and all that stuff but nothing and i am going to start cry
its like i shot it with a shotgun. with magnum shells
the only thing i did not try is the usb jid but i can find one and they don't shipping it in my Country. not even the God don't whats my phone to open.
any help and answer is welcome Ty

 

[plastered]

Reading the stories on bricked phones are one of the best things about this site...

Thats cold man... funny... but cold man. I actually bricked my first one today... got myself all distracted while I was playing with ROM ToolBox... I like giving Rummy s*** about how bad he is at handling compatibility issues... and well; turns out my phone had one.

 

[muktevisree]

TBull, i tried this and wiped the entire data but did not reach the boot stage. Any more tips to make my phone work please...

With all the goodies that rooting brings surely there will be a few, me included, who will inevitably screw something up. When I "Bricked" my Captivate i quickly found a fix that left my heart rate down and my mood up. Many people I've read throughout these forums thought they were bricked and found no solution. All of these cases had similar symptoms:

a. Stuck on Galaxy S Boot Screen
b. Wait a few minutes and screen turns black
c. Button lights stay on
d. Will not power off

If you have these symptoms, good news this fix MAY "UN-brick" your Captivate.

Procedure:
1. If phone is in above state; pull battery.
2. Enter recovery mode by holding Vol up and Vol down and pressing the power button until phone turns on, then release power button, not vol buttons.
3. Now using the Vol up and down highlight "erase all user data"
4. Press power to select it
5. Wait for boot and *hopefully* you're good to go!

 

[muktevisree]

I tried to flash using ODIN and it passed, however boot loop issue continues. Tried doing factory reset in recovery mode and getting following error. Need help

---Copying media files ---
E:failed to mount /sdcard (file exists)
E: copy_cache_media: Can't mount /sdcard
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions

Did both of you try the odin3 one click recovery that is linked in the sticky.

As for download mode; have you tried
1. pull the battery,
2. put it back in;
3. then, with the phone still off, plug your usb into the computer,
4. turn on odin3,
5. hold the center of the volume buttons,
6. plug the usb to the phone while holding the volume botton?

And that still did not put you into download mode?