Unbrick your Samsung Captivate or Galaxy S device for only $0.99

1. Go to your local Radio Shack and purchase a pack of 100k ohm resistors, the colors should read Brown/Black/yellow/gold

2. Take 2 of the resistors and twist them together

3. Take the third resistor and twist it onto the other 2 to make a straight line of 3 resistors

4. Bend the 3 resistors into a teardrop shape

5. Set down a piece of tape and place the tips as close together as possible without touching while leaving about a quarter inch of each tip exposed, this will take some patience and adjusting *tip: try putting a piece of tape or two in between the tips so that they do not touch each other*

6. Once the tips are set correctly tape both sides of the tear drop so no metal is left exposed. If your skin touches the metal it reduces the resistance of the jig and will not work.

7. Remove external sd, sim card and battery. Then replace battery and DO NOT touch the power button.

8. Carefully touch the two tips of the jig to the two copper plates of the micro usb slot closest to the headphone jack for about 3 seconds (this will also take some time and patience) *tip: use the other side of the micro usb port to brace against to hold the jig in place*

9. The phone should now go directly into download mode

10. Open odin3 on your computer

11. Plug usb into your phone, after odin says "added" click start to flash the stock rom.

12. Profit!

Click this link for the XDA thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=889128

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[harymu1]

can a 400k ohm work? thanks

[triggerhappy22]

@harymu1 no only 300k or 301k

[HashProduction]

Helped a lot, thanks man. I threw in a 1k resistor and all went well.

[rThorWenzel]

It's actually not necessary to use a 301k ohm resistance. If you have a potentiometer around you can use any slightly smaller resistance (I used 220k ohm) and just increase it to 301k ohm. Obviously you'll need a multimeter to check the resistance, but anyway it's just another perfectly valid method.

I did this after wasting a whole afternoon going to the city and coming back just to find out they gave me 100ohm and not 100k ohm.

Do science, it works!

[Pyman215]

Will this work for Samsung Vibrant SGH-T959?

[papajonn87]

what kind of fish do you have

[royalluv2008]

will this work for Samsung Epic 4G? Thanks in advance!

[Rond1zzle]

@Megazord24 not when ur phones BRICKED!

[Megazord24]

or you can just press down vol.but+home but+ power but. at the same time -.- on the galaxy s

[maxter000]

i try in every pin and only powers up in the same mode brickedd help pls..

[dhruvmini01]

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