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WARNING: "MASTER CLEAR" WILL WIPE YOUR BUILT-IN STORAGE!
I am not responsible for any damage caused to your device.
What is this?:
If you see the "phone+!+computer" screen, you need this! If you deleted something you shouldn't have and can't get it back on your phone, this is probably your best bet. This is the Odin3 One-Click Downloader for restoring your phone from a completely software bricked state, or for whatever purpose you see fit to use it for. You don't have to change any settings, it is all pre-packaged and ready to go.
If this has helped you out, please consider buying me a beer!
How to use:
Download and install the correct drivers below (mac and linux don't need drivers)
Plug in your usb cable to your phone and computer
Open Odin
Enter Download Mode (see below)
Click Start
Be Patient, the first boot will take a while
How to use Master Clear:
Boot your phone up normally with usb debugging on
Click Master Clear
How to enter download mode:
Method 1ADB - from recovery or normally booted with usb debugging on)
Open a cmd prompt/console/shell
adb shell
adb reboot download
Method 2KEY COMBO)
Remove the battery, sim card, sdcard if you have one
Insert the battery
Hold Volume Up + Volume Down + Power
Method 3KEY COMBO)
Remove the battery, sim card, sdcard if you have one
Insert the battery
Hold both Volume buttons (from i9000 just down, don't touch the power button)
Plug in the USB cable and continue holding both Volume buttons
Drivers:
Windows 64bit
Windows 32bit
I897UCJF6 - Odin3 One-Click Downloader:
http://www.mediafire.com/?0w2y31maz8mdom4
http://www.multiupload.com/XAZUYNXSC1
The internal beta's are NOT one-click, please read the linked threads
UPDATE: I897UCJH2 (Internal BETA)
You can get it here
UPDATE: I897UCJH3 (Internal BETA)
You can get it here
how do u use odin? i open it, i see start and master clear.
very good question, I have no idea... I wont have my phone back for a few days.
downloading right now...
hopefully this flashes stock captivate firmware?
UPDATE: just ran it on my captivate (which was actually flashed to vibrant firmware and rooted)
it really is one-click! very convenient. just plugged in my phone in download mode.
but IT REALLY DOES WORK i'm back onto my captivate stock firmware, though it did wipe user data.
i did lose root, but... yeah. no biggy.
VERY GOOD FIND
mcvert said:
downloading right now...
hopefully this flashes stock captivate firmware?
UPDATE: just ran it on my captivate (which was actually flashed to vibrant firmware and rooted)
it really is one-click! very convenient. just plugged in my phone in download mode.
but IT REALLY DOES WORK i'm back onto my captivate stock firmware, though it did wipe user data.
i did lose root, but... yeah. no biggy.
VERY GOOD FIND
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Awesome!! Did you have to do anything special to get it to see your phone or did you just plug it in and click start?
designgears said:
Awesome!! Did you have to do anything special to get it to see your phone or did you just plug it in and click start?
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just plugged in and hit start! it did it all on its own.
Did it stay on "File analysis" for a long time?
NM, did a restart of Odin, it's all good now.
can u give step/step directions? i'm having issues.
1. i put in downloading mode
2. i open odin
3. i plug in usb
4. and it just stays at file analysis, nothing else happens. how long do i need to wait?
i'm using win 7 x64. i have kies installed.
Croak said:
Did it stay on "File analysis" for a long time?
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if you're getting that, quit and unplug the phone, take out the battery so it's completely dead (and take out the sim card while you're at it)
then put back just the battery and put the phone into download mode (volume down + power)
then run odin and THEN plug in the phone. you have to do it in the right order otherwise it gets stuck on file analysis. go figure.
ok i did that..now i'm stuck. i have a computer and phone icon with a yellow sign in between. nothing happens. did i just brick my phone?? HELP (((
This should be pinned!
Thanks for this!
ok i did that..now i'm stuck. i have a computer and phone icon with a yellow sign in between. nothing happens. did i just brick my phone?? HELP (((
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No.
If you had a messed up original Captivate install, do this:
Unplug
Remove Battery
Reinstall Battery
Hold the DOWN volume button, THEN the power button.
Should go right into Download mode
Open the Odin flasher
Plug USB in
Wait for the connection.
If you're trying to recover from having Vibrant firmware installed, it's the same, but you need to hold the VOLUME UP button instead of DOWN.
i did exactly what u said, remove battery completely, insert battery, hold down first, then press power until it powers up. i get the same issue. a black screen with a graphic that looks like this:
(phone graphic)- - - yellow sign with "!" mark - - - (computer graphic)
Dear OP,
I f*%!kin love you.
Love,
spyz
sejin said:
i did exactly what u said, remove battery completely, insert battery, hold down first, then press power until it powers up. i get the same issue. a black screen with a graphic that looks like this:
(phone graphic)- - - yellow sign with "!" mark - - - (computer graphic)
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I had the same exact issue while trying to flash the firmware. What you need to do is make sure your phone is off. Open Odin. Attach the phone to your PC. Hold down and press power and it will boot into downloading mode. ODIN MUST BE OPEN!
As long as its attached to the PC and Odin is open it will go into downloading mode, not the picture that you are seeing.
spyz88 said:
Dear OP,
I f*%!kin love you.
Love,
spyz
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Glad I could help!!
1. i opened odin
2. i removed/inserted battery so phone is off
now comes the problems.
1. i put the usb cable into the phone, and the black screen with computer/phone/"!" sign shows up.
2. i hold down and power, the black screen with computer/phone/"!" sign shows up.
3. i hold down and power right when i insert the usb cable, the black screen with computer/phone/"!" sign shows up.
i cannot enter downloading mode. i really appreciate your assistance, but i cannot get into the yelllow digger
well, looks like the guy with his files where they shouldnt be removed the file.
Can someone mirror it? I downloaded it at work, dont have it at home.
designgears said:
well, I did some digging around and found this...
http://homepage.mac.com/abbydog3/.Public/I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0.exe
It is a pre-packaged Odin3 oneclick downloader...
CONFIRMED, STOCK SAMSUNG CAPTIVATE ODIN3 ONECLICK DOWNLOADER!!
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I tried to download it but it says the link not found or something like that....can someone please reupload it...
jhernand1102 said:
I tried to download it but it says the link not found or something like that....can someone please reupload it...
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Ditto here. A new link would be great.
Anyone run into this? Did a search on the forum but got nothing...
This is what I am following
Step 1.) Open Odin.exe and plug a usb cable to your computer that will connect to your phone (do not plug it in to the phone yet, just the computer)
Step 2.) Hold down both volume buttons at the same time and while holding them down plug the usb into your phone. You should see a COM message show up in Odin.
Step 3.) Leave all check boxes the way they are. Do NOT check the repartition box.
Step 4.) Click the PIT button and select the 512.pit file
Step 5.) Click the PDA button and select T959UVJI6.tar and then click Start
This true?
STEPS:
1. Power down phone with no USB cable connected.
2. Once you see “good bye” connect USB cable.
3. Wait till battery indicator is visible, and you can see the current charge in green.
4. Hold vol+ and vol-.
5. Press power until screen goes black, then let go of power only.
6. Should see the yellow digger.
7. Once your in download mode open up Odin v1.3:
8. Uplug your USB Cable and plug it back in until you see a Green COM port show in Odin
9. Check PDA under Files [downloaded]
10. Press PDA button and point this to the .tar file extracted from the firmware update. (T959UVJI5(FUS).tar)
11. Press Start and be patient you will see progress bars on your phone and in Odin if all is working properly.
http://www.molotovbliss.com/android...amsung-galaxy-s-vibrant-gps-fix-without-keis/
Whats the phone usb setting suppose to be? I've tried Media player, mass storage and samsung Kies with no luck.
It doesn't matter what your phone's USB settings are. You have to make sure you have the Samsung drivers loaded on your PC. And, you have to make sure you're in download mode. Here's the process the I follow (copied from somewhere on here I'm sure, sorry I can't give proper credit), it's worked for me every time:
1. Start ODIN Odin3. [Android + SLP], through ODIN select the .pit file from the ROM you want to flash.
2. Hit "PDA" button, and through ODIN select the .tar file from the ROM you want to flash.
3. Plug your TURNED OFF PHONE into the USB cable
4. Wait for the Battery/ charging indicator to start
5. HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN+ POWER, as soon as the screen goes black RELEASE POWER, and continue to HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN Until it enters download mode. Which should happen quickly and looks like a men at work highway sign.
6. If a COM port has turned Yellow in ODIN, then the device has been recognized. If it hasn't, unplug and plug your phone back in (I always have to do this).
7. Don't select any options other than what's set at default unless the particular ROM's instructions say otherwise.
8. Hit Start and be patient, it takes me maybe 5 minutes to get back up and running.
NOTE: If you do not see a blue progress bar on the phone's screen after a minute:
9a. Turn your phone off by pulling the battery.
9b. CLOSE ODIN
9c. Start at step 1 again.
Dave08 said:
It doesn't matter what your phone's USB settings are. You have to make sure you have the Samsung drivers loaded on your PC. And, you have to make sure you're in download mode. Here's the process the I follow (copied from somewhere on here I'm sure, sorry I can't give proper credit), it's worked for me every time:
1. Start ODIN Odin3. [Android + SLP], through ODIN select the .pit file from the ROM you want to flash.
2. Hit "PDA" button, and through ODIN select the .tar file from the ROM you want to flash.
3. Plug your TURNED OFF PHONE into the USB cable
4. Wait for the Battery/ charging indicator to start
5. HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN+ POWER, as soon as the screen goes black RELEASE POWER, and continue to HOLD VOL UP+ VOL DOWN Until it enters download mode. Which should happen quickly and looks like a men at work highway sign.
6. If a COM port has turned Yellow in ODIN, then the device has been recognized. If it hasn't, unplug and plug your phone back in (I always have to do this).
7. Don't select any options other than what's set at default unless the particular ROM's instructions say otherwise.
8. Hit Start and be patient, it takes me maybe 5 minutes to get back up and running.
NOTE: If you do not see a blue progress bar on the phone's screen after a minute:
9a. Turn your phone off by pulling the battery.
9b. CLOSE ODIN
9c. Start at step 1 again.
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Thanks a lot.
In my case the phone is recognised by Odin 1.3 only in recovery mode. When I get into a Download mode no yellow com message and I can disconnect and reconnect as many times as I want to no avail. And I have USB drivers installed and I can do "adb reboot download" as well. This is when I do all this with the phone off. When I do it with the phone on, it will be recognised by the Odin, but after I choose the pit and the rom and click the "Start" it will go int SetupConnection and then "All threads completed (succeed 0/failed 1)
Seems like I am having trouble even getting into the download mode the phone just boots up as regular, trying to reinstall samsung drivers right now.
now I am getting this
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
grRRRRR
Yeah no matter what I do my phone just seems to boot into regular mode.
ludeboye said:
Yeah no matter what I do my phone just seems to boot into regular mode.
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Try this plug the usb cable into the computer with you phone off hold vol up + down and plug usb into the phone .
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ludeboye said:
Yeah no matter what I do my phone just seems to boot into regular mode.
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I had problems with ODIN my first time too. First of all, are you running windows 7? If so you need to download and install the correct drivers. There is a thread on xda with both the 32 and 64 bit drivers. Another thing, I have readwhat seems like a dozen different methods for getting into download mode, but only ONE has ever worked. Plug your phone up to your computer and wait for the battery charging icon to completely show up... THEN hold down both volume buttons and power on. Let go of ONLY the power button when the screen goes black. A few secs later you should be in download mode. As for ODIN not seeing your phone it really sounds like you just need the drivers installed. Make sure "usb debugging" is turned on in settings> applications> development. One other thing to note, once in download mode with ODIN up and running you MUST unplug your device from the usb then plug it back in. Once you do this ODIN should see your phone. Now you should be good to go! I hope this helps and good luck!
Tried that, tried this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqxearzXrVY
No luck, this is really frustrating argh
I can get into download mode and my drivers that I have downloaded from Samsung site allow me to do adb shell stuff. So I assume that the driver is OK.
But no luck being recognised by Odin and only in the Download mode.
Really strange.
xxwhitehawk said:
I had problems with ODIN my first time too. First of all, are you running windows 7? If so you need to download and install the correct drivers. There is a thread on xda with both the 32 and 64 bit drivers. Another thing, I have readwhat seems like a dozen different methods for getting into download mode, but only ONE has ever worked. Plug your phone up to your computer and wait for the battery charging icon to completely show up... THEN hold down both volume buttons and power on. Let go of ONLY the power button when the screen goes black. A few secs later you should be in download mode. As for ODIN not seeing your phone it really sounds like you just need the drivers installed. Make sure "usb debugging" is turned on in settings> applications> development. One other thing to note, once in download mode with ODIN up and running you MUST unplug your device from the usb then plug it back in. Once you do this ODIN should see your phone. Now you should be good to go! I hope this helps and good luck!
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Yeah I am on 7 64 bit, installed the samsung 64 bit drivers. I will try this 2-3 times I guess. I hear some newer vibrants are locked from using hardware keys to get into download mode.... true?
ludeboye said:
Yeah I am on 7 64 bit, installed the samsung 64 bit drivers. I will try this 2-3 times I guess. I hear some newer vibrants are locked from using hardware keys to get into download mode.... true?
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Honestly I wouldnt mess with a hw locked phone . You should try to get it replaced . There is an adb command to get to download mode if you want to try that .
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When I first used ODIN, it didnt recognize my phone either. After open device manager on my pc (windows vista), I saw that I was missing a Gadget Serial Control driver. I had a lot of trouble finding it, but read in an android forum that Samsung NPS was needed to use ODIN. I dont think that is true, but I installed it and found that I had all my needed drivers. JI6 flashed without a problem at all.
As far as d/l mode. I removed sd and sim cards. Have USB plugged into computer with ODIN opened. hold Vol + and vol - simultaneously while plugging the USB into the phone. D/L mode should come up automagically. If it doesn't, you will need to find the thread on how to go into it via ADB.
Hope this helps...
Another option is remove battery press and hold volume up and down plug in usb put in battery and the phone should go into download mode
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If you're not using Odin3 version 1.3 you should give that a try. Seems more stable to me, others say the same. See forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=790026 (I can't post a working link since I'm a newbie here).
Odlin recognizes my phone no problem, I think its hardware locked "3 button issue" that prevents me to get into download mode. Now I need to figure outif its possible to get into download mode without pressing buttons.
Ok if you can use abd to get to download mode tar file has been created today that fixes hw locked phones Http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=802763&page=2
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Moving up from an Eris to the Fascinate. Rooted the phone successfully via reboot, SuperUser Icon.
Went to install Clockworkmod, put phone in Download mode, ran Odin said failed first try so I tried it again, didn't attempt to install clockwork phone rebooted and immediately went to the phone, triangle pc icon (bad right).
So I can't get the phone back into download mode. I can only get recover via battery pull, plug in usb cable, power on phone and then hold up volume and power button and I'll get to recovery. Reboot in recovery does nothing, update.zip comes up with an error and factory reset and clear cache do nothing. PC will not recognize phone via USB so I don't know what to do...
$20 Paypal to the first poster that can get me back on track. Detailed instructions/ideas please.
TIA
Have you tried the same steps that you use to get into recovery, but with the down volume button instead?
Sent from my SCH-I500 with Dirrk's LV 1250 voodoo lagfix installed.
Yes, it goes from the battery charging Icon (once I first plug it into the usb and power on).
If I hold up volume and power it goes to recovery.
If i hold down volume and power it goes to phone, triangle, pc icons.
Hokay.
Pull your battery and usb cable.
Leave your battery out.
Hold DOWN VOLUME and plug in usb cable, while odin is running in background.
Welcome to download mode.
Insert battery.
Continue with Odin madness.
OK, that worked, now my PC is recognizing the device a serial item and it's not coming up in Odin?
re-open odin.
Nothing still, feels like a PC, driver issue now....
tmoneyr007 said:
Nothing still, feels like a PC, driver issue now....
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32-bit = wikifilez (replace with .com) /root%20files/epic4g/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe
64-bit = wikifilez (replace with .com) /root%20files/epic4g/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
As you have obviously had it working before, have tried restarting your computer....can you use adb when in recovery mode?
I got you back to download mode, what do I win
Whats the update after rebooting?
adrynalyne said:
I got you back to download mode, what do I win
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I'm all good, rooted, clockwork, super clean rom. Thanks Forum
Beer money in your Paypal, I honor my offers!
Thanks
You need to post what fixed your problem so others can be helped in the future
Tried a friends computer, installed 32 bit drivers (my PC is Win 7 64bit and it didn't like recongizing the phone).
Run Odin
Pull Battery
Hold Down Volume button
Plug-In USB Cable
Download mode began
Installed Battery
Ran clockwork via Odin PDA
Installed, rebooted correctly
Happy Ending, Beer money for the help and I got my phone squared away!
Just for future reference, if you have the correct drivers installed win7 64 bit works fine....that is what I have as welll...glad you got it
adrynalyne said:
I got you back to download mode, what do I win
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Victory!!!!
I had this problem before. Odin didnt want to do its job if I put the phone in download mode with the data cable plugged in.
You could try unplugging the data cable.
Pull the battery.
Put the battery back in.
Hold volume down and do a short press of power maybe like 1 second long.
wait till it goes into download mode.
Open Odin.
Plug in phone.
That should work. It would fail every time for me if I didnt do those steps.
Hope it helps!
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guys my phone had that triangle of death, but after doing the instructions here i got it into download mode and downloaded all the files from the odin thread and did the reset and now it's just stuck at the samsung screen flashing over and over... can someone help me?
itzjonjon69 said:
guys my phone had that triangle of death, but after doing the instructions here i got it into download mode and downloaded all the files from the odin thread and did the reset and now it's just stuck at the samsung screen flashing over and over... can someone help me?
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Did you use odin3 one click back to stock?....if so either flash again or download again. Sometimes things get corrupted.
newter55 said:
Did you use odin3 one click back to stock?....if so either flash again or download again. Sometimes things get corrupted.
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i used odin3, i re downloaded everything like 5x's and its still stuck on the samsung screen and just reboots over and over... I think i really ****ed this one up :/ called verizon should get a replacement here tomorrow
yes I majorly effed up. installed a rom or at least attempted to. Rbooted device then got thrown into the endless boot and reboot mode. powered off device then back on. same deal. put my phone into download mode by pressing the volume up and down combo and it worked. okay went into odin and went to flash and effed up once again. now Im stuck on the |PHONE--/!\--PC| logo. read up on all posts in here about it people have had success but i am not one of them. my phone isnt hardware locked since I was able to get into download mode via key the three key press. what on earth have i done? shoul I call it in and have it replaced or try something elese. oh and wehen I plug my phone into pc it downloads th drivers it needed but doesnt show as connected. ugh what am I doing wrong?
The phone pc logo is the download mode. Odin away back to stock. Just press start on Odin.
how? which buttons should I nnot check off and how to i flash to stock? im a effen noob and played with fire when I shouldnt have
odin will not detect my phone.
jaquaslife said:
odin will not detect my phone.
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1. Power your phone off all the way.
2. Unplug the cable.
3. Fire up ODIN (as admin if you have vista/7)
4. Hold vol. up and down, and plug USB into phone.
5. ODIN should now detect your phone, and you will be in download mode.
Longcat14 said:
1. Power your phone off all the way.
2. Unplug the cable.
3. Fire up ODIN (as admin if you have vista/7)
4. Hold vol. up and down, and plug USB into phone.
5. ODIN should now detect your phone, and you will be in download mode.
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Plus pull the battery and take out the sim and the sd card then do the above Read up on the sticky in the Gen section S15274N did the posting has all the info for you there
i did get back in AND ROOTED WITH BIONIX 1.3.1.
jaquaslife said:
i did get back in AND ROOTED WITH BIONIX 1.3.1.
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First time that happened to all of us, I'm sure we all freaked out for a bit, but now you know how to pretty much fix any soft brick, not so scary now.
This phone is damn near impossible to brick...glad things worked out!
I was up till 330 am. Was definetly a scare. But thanks for the help now off to enjoy it
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Okay, so I think I brainfarted and softbricked my Vibrant. I tried to get it into download mode, but pressing vol up+down only gets me a gray battery icon, not the usual download screen. When I power it up regularly, it goes into bootloop. It's never had a problem going into download mode before, so I don't know if there's a malfunction with the vol buttons or what. I certainly seem to suck.
(Ugh, just noticed the no questions in the general forum rule. Mods, please delete)
Pull battery
Plug phone into computer via usb
Hold vol up, vol down, and power
Replace battery while still holding those buttons
U can go to 4shared and grab a app called hot boot, it will put u in recovery
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Turn off phone
pull out battery
hold Volume UP and Volume Down
Plug in USB cable to computer
Put battery in
Once in download mode let go of Volume UP and Down
You could always us the toolbox
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509
try to do the same steps but hold the vol up button only (not the down)!
this the only way that i can get into download mode!
These guys listed about every way to get in to download mode. If none of them work, you are doing something wrong...
Are you running gingerbread or froyo?
Button sequences are different. Gingerbread uses one volume button(depending on the kernel either up or down) and the power button, while froyo uses the both volume buttons only.
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(Depending on the level of softbricking you will either see the Android with a shovel or a phone and computer with exclamation mark, both are download modes)
Froyo bootloader:
Pull Battery,
Put Battery back in phone,
Hold only volume up and down at same time.
Insert USB.
GB Bootloader:
Pull Battery,
Put Battery back in,
Press and hold Volume Up+Power button.
These should work without flaw. If neither work for you, you may need to invest a couple bucks in getting a USB Jig.
Same issue witht similar results
I am having the same issue, Phone was rooted, on the Keis Gingerbread Update. When I tried to restore to Froyo, using T959UVJFD it got stuck in a boot loop, Tried to go to CWM cyogenmod using both Oden and Recovery and Odin Failed, Recovery gave me the evil Signature Failed.
So I tried a different Froyo EUGENE373 which bricked the phone. I was able to unbrick with onclickUnbrick (Awesome app, thank You). But when I tried to apply The Factory Froyo again it failed in Odin.
Now, the PC will not recognize the phone, USB divice failed message. I removed and reinstalled the drivers, Tried the Samsung Drivers, the Keis drivers and Hiendall drivers as well as the USB drivers with the ADK / SDK toolkit. I tried to connect the phone to another PC with the same result. I know that I am doing the process to get into Download mode properly, but it only displays the greyed out battery, with the USB unplugged the phoned boots to the Galasy S GT-I9000 Samsung screen and I am not able to get out of it with any button combo.
This is my wifes phone and I am in the doghouse for this one. I have rooted and flashed my Verizon Fascinate with no issues. Thank You for your help. if I can get into download mode I was going to follow the process in the NOOB root, flash sticky thread, unless someone has a better Idea.