Help frozen at boot, can't get recovery mode

galed · Jan 10, 2011

I loaded ClockworkMod recovery fine. I flashed Serendipity 2.0 onto my captivate and it booted fine. I downloaded ROM manager and went to partition the SD card. Then it rebooted, showed the static AT&T world phone screen, and froze at the screen that says:
"GALAXY S
GT-I9000

SAMSUNG"

I can't get it into recovery mode.

I can get it into download mode but the odin3 stock rom is down (see the post on the last page)

How on earth do i recover my phone? At this point, i'd be happy with any OS i can put on it that'll boot...

There's another possibility, i guess, which is that partitioning the SD card just takes a really, really long time. Is there any validity to that?

peachpuff · Jan 10, 2011

galed said:
I can get it into download mode but the odin3 stock rom is down (see the post on the last page)

Try this link Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!

galed · Jan 10, 2011

peachpuff said:
Try this link Multiupload.com - upload your files to multiple file hosting sites!

yeah, i found that over at xda. I'm scubabuddha over there, actually. I'm trying to get ahold of a windows machine right now so i don't have to deal with virtualization

galed · Jan 11, 2011

OK. I got myself a windows machine and have odin and the drivers installed.

so now something strange is happening... if i open odin, get the phone into download mode and connected, windows says a device malfunctioned and can not be recognized. Odin doesn't see it. But if I go to the "GALAXY S GT-I9000" screen i described above, and then connect it over USB, it connects to odin right away.

I'm trying to do a master clear with odin. How long should that take?

peachpuff · Jan 11, 2011

A master clear isn't necessary at all, skip it.

galed · Jan 11, 2011

ok, i'll skip it.

So I:
1. open odin
2. turn on the phone (it gets stuck at that "GALAXY S I9000" screen)
3. connect the phone, odin registers it. The second box down in the second column shows "0:[COM4]"

When I hit "start" it sits on analyzing files.

If I use download mode instead (by powering off the phone, removing cables and battery, holding volume buttons, and plugging in USB), windows says:
"One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it."
Odin doesn't recognize it either.

Any ideas?

peachpuff · Jan 11, 2011

Reinstall the drivers or try different ones, you have to be in download mode though not at the i9000 screen.

galed · Jan 12, 2011

I've tried all the drivers I can find. Absolutely none of them work when the phone is in download mode. Windows says a device malfunctioned.

Windows 7 is now saying "This device cannot start. (Code 10)" which is different, but not necessarily helpful

Help frozen at boot, can't get recovery mode

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