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Issue with Rogers Captivate and Custom ROMs (title edit)

I'm about to save you a lot of time Rogers (Canada) Captivate users.
I spent the last 6 hours using http://serendipityrom.weebly.com/download.html these directions to flash a rom.
Here is what they don't tell you.
This is for the AMERICAN version (AT&T) Captivate only. Yes. You will be able to install the rom on your phone... but the SIM card supplied to you by rogers will not work with this rom.
Also, after following the "excellent" tutorials online and via youtube, you will end up with a phone flashed back to "stock" (At&T) stock... with all their bloatware. AND your startup graphic will now be "AT&T world phone"
Who would have known how good we had it as Rogers customers?
Bottom line. Stay away from Serendipity, and possibly all roms. Launcher pro is better than 90% of them anyway it seems. And you can turn that off in .6 seconds.

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I'm currently using Serendipty 5.2 on my Rogers Captivate with no issues what so ever. You're most certainly doing something wrong.

Nice to know. The latest version is 5.7, which I installed. I will not add a clever image showing your folly by responding to my post out of common courtesy.

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How about explaining what I did wrong instead of a face palm? I know that's asking alot.
Are you saying the tut online doesn't flash to an ATnT stock? Are you saying I'm stupid? Are you saying your rom works no matter what? Tell me. Educate. Communicate.
At the very least refute my claims.

Do your self a favor and delete your comments. It is still early, not too many have read it yet. You need to read much more and gain a better understanding before you post something like this

It would appear that the statement made by the OP is false, in that the ROM works on various versions of the device.
If you need assistance, make a new thread in Captivate Q&A, without a title directing the issue at one particular ROM (how about something like the new title of this thread?)
Explain what you have tried, what isn't working (exactly), and someone might be so good as to tell you what you did wrong.
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Flashing Gingerbread w/o ODIN...

Sorry if this comes off as noobish but is there anyway to flash over to stock Gingerbread (and eventually to a custom rom) w/o the use of Odin? I've tried to search but didn't really see anything that clarified this for me. My phone just doesn't want to work with ODIN at all...it will pick it up every once in awhile but only when the phone is powered completely on. I've installed, deleted, reinstalled drivers/kies etc. Thanks in advance to anyone that can help me resolve this issue!
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you can give heimdall a try, but if you are talking about a cwm flash then no, you cannot. flashing bootloaders in cwm is WAY more risky than using odin or heimdall.

My main issue is that I cant keep my laptop to recognize my phone in the first place...like I said earlier, I tried various drivers including the ones from Samsung and Softpedia...And whenever I do get it to respond, it wont recognize it in download mode at all...thanks though...the only thing that I haven't really tried was a new cable...will be purchasing one later...I feel so left behind on my roms lol. I was able to flash Froyo with no prob...now its so many out that I can't get my hands on...

I would try thee drivers from dg (designgears ) thread in development. It also might recognize better from stock also.
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could there be problems with NET framework 4?

jgotti107 said:
My main issue is that I cant keep my laptop to recognize my phone in the first place...like I said earlier, I tried various drivers including the ones from Samsung and Softpedia...And whenever I do get it to respond, it wont recognize it in download mode at all...thanks though...the only thing that I haven't really tried was a new cable...will be purchasing one later...I feel so left behind on my roms lol. I was able to flash Froyo with no prob...now its so many out that I can't get my hands on...
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I'm in the same situation from time to time on my work laptop. Not sure it's gonna mather for your situation but i found that if i undock and redock the computer Odin then recognize the phone again when it goes foobar. (I only use the laptop usb port and not the docking station ones).

Successful root? Problems with Wireless tether

So it still hasn't hit me yet that my Vivid is unlocked...but it is! Awesome!
Any who I rooted the Vivid right afterwards using Superoneclick root/another program (involving Zergerush) and superuser is installed and able to give out permissions to certain apps.
I immediately installed SetCpu which seems to be working fine but when I tried installing Wireless tether/WiFi tether/Barnacle nothing would budge when trying to connect devices onto my phone.
Am I missing a step?
Others on the same boat?
Thanks for any input!
EDIT: The Binary updater seems to be outdated BUT it has problems updating..?
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Did you reboot after rooting it,

Yes. I already rebooted the device but to no success with Wireless tether =/

An issue with SetCPU?
I know my phone lost all phone and data connectivity when I used SetCPU and had my LCD Density set to anything under 220...
maybe it's related.

i tried ALL of the wifi tether apk's and NONE of them would work.. ultimately i just installed a different kernel and rom so i could just use the native app instead. works great.
It was kind of discussed here already.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415240

I'm in the same boat. Installed different versions of the Wireless Tether for Root. Though my computer can connect, there's no internet access and my phone doesn't recognize the computer as connected (doesn't show up on the access control page). Any help?

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I'm in the same boat. Installed different versions of the Wireless Tether for Root. Though my computer can connect, there's no internet access and my phone doesn't recognize the computer as connected (doesn't show up on the access control page). Any help?
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Your best bet would be to install a different ROM and kernel and use the built in tether. Works fine on the few different ROMs I've used.

I just read a post from another Vivid thread that Wifi tethering does not work on a Stock Rom even if you are rooted. Wonder why that is?

strose09 said:
I just read a post from another Vivid thread that Wifi tethering does not work on a Stock Rom even if you are rooted. Wonder why that is?
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It's because the phone is still "stock". The ability to use tethering is something that is built into other ROMs. At least for the built in app, that is. Never tried any of the 3rd party apps.

[Q] How to get USB Tethering?

Hey all,
Recently rooted my HTC One (M8) and I'm looking to get USB tethering working. What is the most efficient way to do this? I keep seeing a lot of threads for Wi-Fi tethering but nothing about USB tethering.
I have the TWRP recovery.
S-ON. Not going to jump on the Sunshine bandwagon unless I have to.
Would flashing ClockWorkMod recovery do the trick? If I recall USB tethering is built into that...
-Also when people mention '1.5x+ base' what are they talking about? Base... of...?

fuzzy002 said:
Hey all,
Recently rooted my HTC One (M8) and I'm looking to get USB tethering working. What is the most efficient way to do this? I keep seeing a lot of threads for Wi-Fi tethering but nothing about USB tethering.
I have the TWRP recovery.
S-ON. Not going to jump on the Sunshine bandwagon unless I have to.
Would flashing ClockWorkMod recovery do the trick? If I recall USB tethering is built into that...
-Also when people mention '1.5x+ base' what are they talking about? Base... of...?
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I have this stock in my ROM:
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Not sure why you don't have it . . .

Captain_Throwback said:
I have this stock in my ROM:
Not sure why you don't have it . . .
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I have that too, but it requires a Sprint subscription. Is there a way to circumvent that? Much like how others are doing with the Wi-Fi tether?

fuzzy002 said:
I have that too, but it requires a Sprint subscription. Is there a way to circumvent that? Much like how others are doing with the Wi-Fi tether?
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I wouldn't know. I have a paid tethering plan.

try the hotspot hack, here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2712222 it deals with wireless but he subscription circumventing should work across all 3 kinds of tethering if not try a custom rom, i use the gpe port and its flawless exept maybe for miracast which i havent re-tested

newbie needs step by step on rooting samsung sm g900A 5.1.1 please

New to this and just would love some help on rooting my phone.

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There is no root method for the GS5 on Lollipop.

so does that mean we can't go to an earlier version and root that?

sullytrny said:
so does that mean we can't go to an earlier version and root that?
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Unfortunately, no. This phone was only rootable on KitKat.

johnkirchner said:
Unfortunately, no. This phone was only rootable on KitKat.
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Thanks, and that's ok but not the best of corse, what I have been able to do because the most important thing for me was/is a GPS app I use and it/was a root only app for storage to the sdext for offline maps. I get a popup now that directs me to another window that has a "hint" to select "0000-xxxx" on the next page, then I can select the sdext for storage and the app uses it (very happy) and it seems to happen for other file transfer tasks. I do not know if the app made this possible or if its just native as this was the first app I installed but it's there in any event. so now when my game files get to big for some other task I wish to do I just move the app data file to the sdext and do whatever and move it back when done. Again not the best but livable as I really like the 5.1.1/OJ3 ROM that's on my G870A, good battery live with quick operation after installing the Pro version of Samsung Package Disabler . I really like this phone! And let's hope this new exploit they found for the Verizon phones turns into something!
I also contacted at&t and stressed how important rooting can be (as for me it's a safety issue as there's bad service in the rural area I'm in) and suggested they might even allow it for an extra fee/no or paid support for doing it. I'm not holding my breath.
Thanks again, now I going to put my KFHD back to 8.1.4 and see if I can get OTG to work as this 870 is all I need for gaming now that I got glasses, I'm an old fart (chronologically)
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