sorry i need help - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

im sorry for asking this question. just got the captivate two days ago i rooted it last night and download rom manager thats all i did now i want to install froyo 2.2
i cant get my phone to go in to flash mode
i download the zip file for 2.2 its on my sd card
any help for link to a write up i have been searching for the past hour

jamrck said:
im sorry for asking this question. just got the captivate two days ago i rooted it last night and download rom manager thats all i did now i want to install froyo 2.2
i cant get my phone to go in to flash mode
i download the zip file for 2.2 its on my sd card
any help for link to a write up i have been searching for the past hour
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what exactly do you need help with??
Have you successfully booted into clockwork recovery menu?

These posts ( questions ) go in the question subforum.
Start reading from the very first post in the Froyo it's real post in this subforum, I guarantee it's in that thread ( and not to far from the beginning ) if you read a little extra to find it, so be it, you might actually learn somethin.

I will just list the steps to you.
1. lauch rom manager and click flash clockwork recovery
make sure to choose the Captivate Version
2. Choose boot into recovery menu. It will ask you if you are sure you want to boot. Just click yes/ok
3. You will boot into the stock recovery menu. From there choose reinstall packages.
You should now be in the clockwork recovery menu. (the text is in green)
4. Once in the clockwork recovery menu go to install from zip (something like that) and choose the Cognition 2.2 update.
5. You should be done and ready to boot into cognition 2.2
Good luck and if you have any more questions come back to this thread and I will try to help you out bro.

abezapata said:
what exactly do you need help with??
Have you successfully booted into clockwork recovery menu?
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i need to get froyo on my phone i wen i hold the down and up volume then plugin the phone is jus charges and dnt go in download mode

Ok but I want froyo 2.2
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Cognition 2.2 is froyo

abezapata said:
I will just list the steps to you.
1. lauch rom manager and click flash clockwork recovery
make sure to choose the Captivate Version
2. Choose boot into recovery menu. It will ask you if you are sure you want to boot. Just click yes/ok
3. You will boot into the stock recovery menu. From there choose reinstall packages.
You should now be in the clockwork recovery menu. (the text is in green)
4. Once in the clockwork recovery menu go to install from zip (something like that) and choose the Cognition 2.2 update.
5. You should be done and ready to boot into cognition 2.2
Good luck and if you have any more questions come back to this thread and I will try to help you out bro.
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tried it jus like u said and it still didnt work i download cognintion 2.2 and drag it to my sd card and the phone says no file found

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ClockworkMod recovery question

Sorry if this question has been asked , I searched around for abit but could not find the answer.
I'm going to flash Spike Speedy Edition using Clockworkmod. I used Clockworkmod to create a back up of my Eclair 2.1 and moved that file to my pc. My question is if I wanted to revert back could I just put the recovery files back on my SD card and use Clockworkmod recovery and have my phone back to stock that way or would the only way would be to use Odin?
Samdroid_G_S said:
Sorry if this question has been asked , I searched around for abit but could not find the answer.
I'm going to flash Spike Speedy Edition using Clockworkmod. I used Clockworkmod to create a back up of my Eclair 2.1 and moved that file to my pc. My question is if I wanted to revert back could I just put the recovery files back on my SD card and use Clockworkmod recovery and have my phone back to stock that way or would the only way would be to use Odin?
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This is a good question and id like to know as well. Also... Can anyone tell me if clockwork recovery replaces the stock recovery and what the pros an cons are?
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If you have recovery 2e (hold power+home+volume up) and launch it from there as a update.zip file then no it will not replace it. You may have to run the update.zip twice to get it to run though (I did). Careful when your browsing the menus as well as the home key is not used to select items in the menu, the back key is used to select items.
Edit....
Forgot to mention that's only if your running a stock rom. Spike's rom for example I believe gets rid of 2e all together and just uses Clockworkmod. Some versions of Froyo use recovery 3e as well and from what I understand you would need to downgrade it to 2e in order to get clockworkmod working again.
Still curious on my original question ...
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Samdroid_G_S said:
Sorry if this question has been asked , I searched around for abit but could not find the answer.
I'm going to flash Spike Speedy Edition using Clockworkmod. I used Clockworkmod to create a back up of my Eclair 2.1 and moved that file to my pc. My question is if I wanted to revert back could I just put the recovery files back on my SD card and use Clockworkmod recovery and have my phone back to stock that way or would the only way would be to use Odin?
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Yes. You can, just put the backup the cwm folder. But let me remind you cwm won't restore your 2.1 ROM. In case that is what you want to do you'll have to use ODIN go to 2.1 then apply CWM and then restore from the backup you created earlier.
Well that's sorta a bummer, was hoping it could since It was used to flash the new rom.
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[Q] How to get back recover 2e

ok so im a nood
i am on recover 3e and from what ive read i cant install any custom roms or lagfixes or pretty much anything unless im in recover 2e...my phone was rooted...
how do i get back to recovery 2e...
yes i have searched the forums...and few resolutions here makes no sense to me...
can someone please help?
If you have i9000 or i9000m install hardcore kernel k12h with odin it will bring it back directly to cmw recovery
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need to flash a kernel with custom recovery or a modded 3e/replaced 2e recovery.... only way.
its hard job.do not experiment with phone,only experiment when you have knowledge or time..............
if you want 2e recovery then you log on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108 ,and find appropriate version for your existing firmware,and download as pda file with help of ordin,you will get back to 2e recovery. ...........
still you can not flash cooked rom because you need cwm,and that hard job too,log on http://www.multiupload.com/5CUIK88JM0 and download file
-put it on your phone-if you cant conect your phone then go to setting ,wireless and network then usb settings and the click on mass storage ,then your phone copnncet with pc like normal usb,and you are able to store that updatefile
-then swich off your phone then press vol up+power+midel big button
-when you are there presss on update zip
-then your cwm is active
-download rom manager from anroide market and install rom manager
-then one option download rom from sd,,,,,,,,,,,put rom what ever you want on sd and select that rom so here we go you are able to dounload cook rom....................
sorry for my english but if you need further help i am happy to assist you ,just pm me
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hburn said:
If you have i9000 or i9000m install hardcore kernel k12h with odin it will bring it back directly to cmw recovery
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i did what he said, and it has been fixed...literally took me another 10 minutes and i have darky's rom on this...
the speed is amazing...
i just had to fix the APN but everything is in order now
thank you

[Q] Need help with ROM Manager

Ok so I'm new to flashing a ROM, and Im having a little problem with ROM Manager. Ive been trying to make a backup of my current ROM prior to flashing to a new ROM. However when I choose the option to backup current ROM it shows me the name of the backup and then reboots my device (Samsung Captivate) into recovery mode. Not really sure what it wants me to do there so I choose to reboot the device, I then check to see if it made the backup and nothing??? Im not sure what it is that Im doing wrong but Im sure I must be missing a step. The phone is rooted, running 2.2 other than that nothing else has been moded. If any of you can help me I would appreciate it, I just dont want to move forward with flashing a ROM before Ive backed up the current ROM. I have made a backup of all apps and data using Titanium.
Xanaki said:
Ok so I'm new to flashing a ROM, and Im having a little problem with ROM Manager. Ive been trying to make a backup of my current ROM prior to flashing to a new ROM. However when I choose the option to backup current ROM it shows me the name of the backup and then reboots my device (Samsung Captivate) into recovery mode. Not really sure what it wants me to do there so I choose to reboot the device, I then check to see if it made the backup and nothing??? Im not sure what it is that Im doing wrong but Im sure I must be missing a step. The phone is rooted, running 2.2 other than that nothing else has been moded. If any of you can help me I would appreciate it, I just dont want to move forward with flashing a ROM before Ive backed up the current ROM. I have made a backup of all apps and data using Titanium.
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When it goes into recovery, is it the ClockWorkMod recovery menu? Green text? If it isn't getting there you need to install it from ROM manager first or just install it off an update.zip file that is floating around XDA and other sites. Once that is setup, you can run the backup through ROM Manager. It should boot into a recovery mode and then start doing a lot of writing of files to your new backup directory.
Post back if you are still having problems.
I did select the option for flashing ClockWorkMod recovery and chose the Captivate as my device. It did say that it sucessfully downloaded the file and Im assuming that it meant it installed it. And to answer your question I think I can safely say that no its not clockwork recovery when it reboots as it does say at the top of the screen "Android Recovery" so Im pretty sure that ClockWork is not installed. But I will look for that update.zip file and try to install it that way...
Xanaki said:
I did select the option for flashing ClockWorkMod recovery and chose the Captivate as my device. It did say that it sucessfully downloaded the file and Im assuming that it meant it installed it. And to answer your question I think I can safely say that no its not clockwork recovery when it reboots as it does say at the top of the screen "Android Recovery" so Im pretty sure that ClockWork is not installed. But I will look for that update.zip file and try to install it that way...
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I'm sorry, you are looking for recovery-update.zip. I would try to run the ROM Manager install again and see what happens. I haven't had to play with the Android Recovery in quite some time but if the recovery-update.zip file is in the root of your sd card, you should be able to install it through the Android recovery. I'll keep looking. If I can find the file on my phone, i'll post it. Good luck.
If this is your first time booting into CWM recovery it will go to the base recovery first. Then you need to "reinstall packages". That will replace the recovery file with the CWM recovery file and return to the main menu. Then choose reintall packages one more time and it should bring you to CWM recovery instead of the base one. From then on it should bring you directly to the CWM recovery.
As for the backup it's done from CWM recovery. So once you get thru the steps above you will see backup and restore options on the recovery menu and you can go thru that process.
There may be some help in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734163
First try to flash it again through ROM Manager.
mxracer101 said:
If this is your first time booting into CWM recovery it will go to the base recovery first. Then you need to "reinstall packages". That will replace the recovery file with the CWM recovery file and return to the main menu. Then choose reintall packages one more time and it should bring you to CWM recovery instead of the base one. From then on it should bring you directly to the CWM recovery.
As for the backup it's done from CWM recovery. So once you get thru the steps above you will see backup and restore options on the recovery menu and you can go thru that process.
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DUH...I thought there was another step. Thanks mxracer. Give that a go and see if you get what you are looking for.
Thanks!! Trying that now
Ok still having a problem, I followed the instructions just as posted but this is what I get:
-- Install from sdcard --
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Ok so what do I do? Im thinking I need to find that recovery-update.zip you were talking about?
Xanaki said:
Ok still having a problem, I followed the instructions just as posted but this is what I get:
-- Install from sdcard --
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Ok so what do I do? Im thinking I need to find that recovery-update.zip you were talking about?
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That update.zip should have been placed there by ROM Manager. Possibly try uninstalling & reinstalling ROM manager. Else, that update.zip should be somewhere. I'd grab the one off my phone but I'm not entirely sure which one it is. My ROM already had CWM with it. I'll try to look for a correct update.zip but I'm at work so I'm not going through XDA all day.
trekie86 said:
That update.zip should have been placed there by ROM Manager. Possibly try uninstalling & reinstalling ROM manager. Else, that update.zip should be somewhere. I'd grab the one off my phone but I'm not entirely sure which one it is. My ROM already had CWM with it. I'll try to look for a correct update.zip but I'm at work so I'm not going through XDA all day.
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you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery
trekie86 said:
DUH...I thought there was another step. Thanks mxracer. Give that a go and see if you get what you are looking for.
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Pirateghost said:
you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery
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Not sure what it is that you're saying I need to do, what is 3e recovery?
Xanaki said:
Not sure what it is that you're saying I need to do, what is 3e recovery?
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this will explain and provide a fix for you....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
Pirateghost said:
you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery
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You're right, I did miss that. Haven't had to do anything with 3e recovery before. Xanaki, are you on Rogers with their official 2.2 or the leaked AT&T 2.2?
Pirateghost said:
you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery
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I missed it too. The above post regarding 3e recovery is what you need to do, one of the phones I have I need to do the same process after flashing back to stock. Sorry for the confusion.
Been having a similar issue when it takes you to stock recovery, I hold down both volume buttons and power until I see AT&T let go of power it usually takes me to clockwork recovery menu, I then select whatever I want to do backup, recover, or install from sd.
I don't know why it started doing that but that's what I found works. Hope it helps.
trekie86 said:
You're right, I did miss that. Haven't had to do anything with 3e recovery before. Xanaki, are you on Rogers with their official 2.2 or the leaked AT&T 2.2?
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Im on the leaked AT&T version of 2.2 not Rogers. I haven't had the chance yet to try the recovery method mentioned but I plan on doing so today, I will update as to if this works or not. Also I did read somewhere that flashing a new Kernal might resolve this issue, I do have SGS Kernal Flasher but I dont have another Kernal to flash to...

[Solved] Recovery 5.0.2.6 samurai..........

Ive got a stock 2.2? froyo captivate and did the new [Guide] How To flash Captivate ROMs from Stock by TRusselo and when i go into recovery i cant access external sd. I put the latest nightly and gapps on the root of sd card and for some reason I cant see it? I did a clean wipe and everything. Is there something wrong that I'm doing. I've mounted everything and still nothing.
Read the instructions again INTERNAL SD not EXTERNAL and you can access it, browse sdcard to /external_sd folder, it takes you to your external sd.
you mounted what? why? dont.
BUT YOU CANT FLASH FROM EXTERNAL SD!!!!
thats why the instructions say INTERAL SD
So instead of downloading through the browser.....I'd like to move the new nightly and gapps on internal memory with a pc transfer....where would i put it in? so that CWM can see it? Thxs man. I appreciate it. noober here. htc aria was a breeze to root and flash custom roms, I'm not use to this puppy.
ANYWHERE internal sd in the root, or any folder (except external_sd)
what browser are you using? the stock brower downloads to sdcard/downloads not sdcard/external_sd/*whatever*
if you downloaded with stock browser it should be there... not in root. unless you moved it after.
Thanks so much..... I found the files I needed but when I try to flash nightly it gives me this craziness....what's going on! Thxs for the help though.
edit: Did a factory one click by odin.
seems like an error with the zip file. try a nightly from a day or two before.
The build prop doesn't match the built asserts in the Zip, they have to match for it to flash... what ROM are you currently on?
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that would make scene by the error. hmm he said he went to stock odin one click...
which odin one click?
Maybe he just did that...
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So I did the one click to revert back to stock. Then I did a one click root and now have SU. 10 hours later and a freakin home made jig that I've made i'm still on 2.1 with root. Please for the love of God I'd like to install current nightly of cm7 and CWM. There are soooooo many ways I've read to install. Now from you pro's can you hook me up with some links or direction to get this going. I've literally killed my Saturday reading my a$$ off. Thanks guys for replying to my lame noobness.
tommyguns818 said:
So I did the one click to revert back to stock. Then I did a one click root and now have SU. 10 hours later and a freakin home made jig that I've made i'm still on 2.1 with root. Please for the love of God I'd like to install current nightly of cm7 and CWM. There are soooooo many ways I've read to install. Now from you pro's can you hook me up with some links or direction to get this going. I've literally killed my Saturday reading my a$$ off. Thanks guys for replying to my lame noobness.
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Just clear ROM managers data and then flash the original Captivate CWM not MTD and the reboot into recovery... reinstall packages 2 times, and flash in CWM
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Thanks for the fast reply. I bought ROM manager premium and will try it out. Install twice I guess to be on the safe side right? Thanks again. My wife hates my life right now being i've spent all day doing this. So i'm down to try anything on her cappy at this point.
Not "to be on the safe side"...the first time you choose reinstall packages in stock recovery it'll boot back into stock recovery, then reinstall packages again and it'll boot into cwm.
yeah thats a must do.
So i've cleared cache and selecting captivate recovery galaxy s 2.5.1.x booted into recovery ROM manger and did reinstall twice and got this.......I don't understand why i'm getting this.
Edit: I got it to work! I kept trying to go through the recovery from ROM manager after installing and it hung up a couple times. Then when selecting install packages with which I did it twice...it was in cwm 2.5.1.7. Installed nightly after full wipe a couple times and it boot looped. Then if I remember correctly I pulled battery booting into recovery, the 3 button way. it booted into Cwm 5.x.x.x. What the heck!!! That was a fun ride, why did it do this? Anyways, glad to join your guys community. you guys are awesome. Thanks buttons hit. changing first post and thread to.....solved.
When you flashed the nightly it contained a kernel with cwm 5 baked into it.
from what i have heard sometimes the cm install needs to be done twice.. too. i dunno dont mess with cm7
Sorry
Hello Guys, Just Found this thread after messing up with my Galaxy S Captivate :| I Unintentionally copied my rom in EXTERNAL SD card and Proceeded further but when I got in Download mode I can't Locate my Rom Zip and I tried Everything as mentioned such as wipe & etc... but Now My Phone is Stuck on Samsung Screen and Can't go through that screen! Is there anyway I can move back to stock rom and then update with new Hellybean!
thanks in Advance!
ShahX said:
Hello Guys, Just Found this thread after messing up with my Galaxy S Captivate :| I Unintentionally copied my rom in EXTERNAL SD card and Proceeded further but when I got in Download mode I can't Locate my Rom Zip and I tried Everything as mentioned such as wipe & etc... but Now My Phone is Stuck on Samsung Screen and Can't go through that screen! Is there anyway I can move back to stock rom and then update with new Hellybean!
thanks in Advance!
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Go in the Dev section (stickies) and get Odin KK4 without bootloaders. Flash it in download mode.
From there, Get Corn kernel, which you'll flash with Odin 1.85 and finally, you can get back to your ROM.
BWolf56 said:
Go in the Dev section (stickies) and get Odin KK4 without bootloaders. Flash it in download mode.
From there, Get Corn kernel, which you'll flash with Odin 1.85 and finally, you can get back to your ROM.
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Thankyou Soo Much For your Reply Bro, But Can you please guide me in detail like what Exactly Should I do with My Phone, I can Use my phone its wont let me boot into menu I just stuck on Samsung logo, and As TRusselo Guided in his tutorial I have to put any ROM.Zip into INTERNAL SDCARD (Phone Memory) and I can't do that until my phone boot's up properly! right? so Can you please help me out like what Should I do to get it working and THEN trying again to Update it with Hellybean
Once Again thankyou for your kind Reply!

[Q] Cannot boot to CWR

OK, so I'm using ICS beta 4 for the Streak, and on ROM manager it says I have CWM 3.0.2. But when I try to boot into it, I either get stock recovery or fast boot. When I click on Software upgrade via update.pkg on SD card, on the stock recovery my screen turns blank and I have to hard reset.
Can someone help me get Clockwork Recovery please? Thanks!
PS. I used NVflash to flash ICS, don't know if that helps, but Im trying to provide sufficient information.
ICS B4 comes rooted with SuperUser7 and CWM 4.0.1.4 installed. Don't think that your supposed to use a ROM manager with it. Not sure how you have another CWM version unless you installed it yourself.
Reflash again and don't use the ROM manager app.
OK, well if it came with it, why can I not boot to it. I downloaded ROM manager but never used it. Never installed and other version of CWM, and if I did install another version, wouldn't I be able to see it? I can not boot to CWM.
Thanks for your suggestion, but reflashing is last option. Does anyone else think they know what's going on?
DO NOT USE ROM MANAGER!
First off, CWR isn't working very well right now, I have a new recovery image I've created that adds some functionality to recovery but its still a work in progress.
To get into recovery mode:
1) Power off device
2) Press Power and Volume+, hold
3) You will come into the Dell recovery menu
4) Use Volume (-) to get to "Install Package" and press Power to select
5) You are now in CWR
When I tried that it lagged a second and then booted normally. I'll post a video in a bit.
Oxymorphiend said:
When I tried that it lagged a second and then booted normally. I'll post a video in a bit.
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Did you use ROM MANAGER and flash a recovery? If you did, recovery is hosed and you will have to fastboot flash the recovery from the B4 directory.
I did use rom manager. And where would I find it in the directory?
Oxymorphiend said:
I did use rom manager. And where would I find it in the directory?
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Look in your ICS B4 download, you'll see "recovery.img" file.
Thank you both. I finally signed up when I had my first problem, and you guys hooked me up with speedy replies. Much appreciated.

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