I've rooted and flashed a few Captivates over the past several months. I am aware there are newer ways of flashing back to stock. I want to flash one back to stock and then upgrade to Froyo 2.2, in preparation of selling it.
So what's the best, easiest way of doing this now?
Thanks, Tomween1
i really dont think this deserves being answered.
Depends on the build number
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Build # 1009 and lower, Odin one clink. 1010 and higher full odin.
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Trusselo said:
i really dont think this deserves being answered.
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I really don't think he deserves that kind of answer. Why don't you go look up the toolbox that Bay Wolf made. It is an extremely simple way to get back to stock. Good luck.
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Red_81 said:
I really don't think he deserves that kind of answer. Why don't you go look up the toolbox that Bay Wolf made. It is an extremely simple way to get back to stock. Good luck.
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Thanks That's what I did. AIO is great
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Hi guys.
I have my captivate running froyo. that's about all I know, though. I was hoping someone could tell me what rom I am running or distro I am running, because I am clueless. I have heard cognition is good, and if I can update to it without losing all my settings I will (assuming I dont have it now. I could, like i said, clueless.). Here is what my phone says in the about phone section:
Firmware version: 2.2
Model number SAMGSUNG-SGH-I897
Baseband version: I897UCJI6
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9 jetaek.lee(at)sep-11 #1 (sorry for wording it this way, i could not post the topic with the at symbol because it thought it was an outside link)
Build Number: FROYO.UCJI6
ok, that's everything I think. Now, if someone can help me root this version, that's just dandy. If not, I would be willing to update to one that has a viable root availible for it already. I had eclair rooted before updating to froyo, and I miss my wifi tethering and backups.
Thank you in advance to anyone who offers help, I greatly appreciate it.
Hey I'm sorry I can't really help you, but I'm running the eclair rooted and I've been trying to get wifi tethering working but it just force closes everytime. If you could let me know how you were able to do it or point me in the right direction I'd be forever grateful.
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You are on the original leak of froyo. I am not sure how to root it. If I were you I would back up all my apps using titanium backup, flash stock with odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Then look at flashing a 2.2 rom that us pre rooted
You can not flash a rom from the leaked version you are on
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Hey I'm sorry I can't really help you, but I'm running the eclair rooted and I've been trying to get wifi tethering working but it just force closes everytime. If you could let me know how you were able to do it or point me in the right direction I'd be forever grateful.
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Flash any froyo rom and you should have tethering enabled
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4got2g0 said:
Hey I'm sorry I can't really help you, but I'm running the eclair rooted and I've been trying to get wifi tethering working but it just force closes everytime. If you could let me know how you were able to do it or point me in the right direction I'd be forever grateful.
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Unfortunately i do not remember exactly where I got the app, but I do remember that I had to sideload it using an application for windows
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If I were you I would back up all my apps using titanium backup,
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correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought titanium required root?
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correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought titanium required root?
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hmmmm... So it does.
Here is a thread about rooting ji6
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797444&highlight=root+ji6
I have not done This
Here is another
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=797397&highlight=root+ji6
Hope this helps
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hmmmm... So it does.
Here is a thread about rooting ji6
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Fantastic! You sir/madam are my digital savior!
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Fantastic! You sir/madam are my digital savior!
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Sir, your welcome
The search option is useful, not being a jerk, it is worth learning how to use it
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Sir, your welcome
The search option is useful, not being a jerk, it is worth learning how to use it
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no offense taken, my reason for making a new thread was because I did not what version I was using, and therefore could not sort out what information was applicable. But, either way, thanks!
With a triumphant thrusting of both fists in to the air, losing my balance in my chair and falling to the ground upon seeing the little "superuser permissions" app after reboot, you have my eternal gratitude. Thank you so much!
Edit: oh crap... now my menu, home, back and search buttons do not work! any idea what I can do to fix this?
Not a problem. I am happy it worked out
edit. Try reboot. If that don't work an odin flash will do it but you will lose apps and settings
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Not a problem. I am happy it worked out
edit. Try reboot. If that don't work an odin flash will do it but you will lose apps and settings
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dernit. It did not work. well, at least i got it rooted, it's a good start. maybe i can figure it out
What did you do. it will suck but if you take your time you can get through. I would work toward getting titanium downloaded. You nasty have to reboot a couple of times.
I would get off of ever leaked froyo either way, if you are ever going to move to something else you will have to flash stock
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What did you do. it will suck but if you take your time you can get through. I would work toward getting titanium downloaded. You nasty have to reboot a couple of times.
I would get off of ever leaked froyo either way, if you are ever going to move to something else you will have to flash stock
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im thinking I'm just going to go back to eclair, and root. I could do everything i wanted to on that, except for having flashplayer. so yeah. I guess, since all my contacts are synced with my gmail account, it's no big deal. i can re-do my home page and reinstall my apps thanks to appbrain. I mean, after all, it's just a phone.
That is correct. It is just a phone. If you are at all unfamiliar with odin our ned help getting back to 2.1 on me
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before I start counting my chickens, let me wait for them to hatch. I've been following the directions for flashing back to 2.1, so i'll let you know how it goes.
Edit: It worked, now I just have to set up everything and re-install my apps. Thank you for your help, I'm just taking the "patience is a virtue" approach from now on haha. only thing I will really miss is the little arrow thing that makes it easier to pick a spot in a body of text. oh well
There is a basic no frills froyo rom in the developement section. I believe its ji6 optimized or something like that. It comes with 2e recovery and root access built in. Sorry I just log off my computer otherwise I would post you links. But backup with tibu. And take a look at that rom in the developement section. You will need rom manager from the market. But after downloading ji6 optimized,copy to your internal sd card. Then open rom manager and select install rom from zip. Select the froyo rom and follow instructions. You will then have a rooted froyo minus att bloat with flash.
I would give more detail but I have thumb cramps now lol. But tomorrow I can help if u need it.
I have been flashing ROM's for months but it has been forever since i used ODIN to go back to stock. I am wanting to try Cyanogenmod 7 but I want to work out how to go back. I have ODIN3 V1.0 and I know I am to choose repartition option. Since I havent done this in forever, I am not sure what to choose for PDA, Phone, CSC, PIT. Maybe I am using the wrong version. I am assuming I cant use the Odin one click downloader to go back to stock.
I knew all this at one point but it has literally been 4-5 months since I did it so if someone would clarify these points it would help. I REALLY hate to post this question but I simply do not remember.
Thanks.
Odin one click to stock should work if you are build 1009 and lower.
Only if you are trying to get rid of cm7
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I am build 1007. I have looked into this more and it states that I need to check repartition and you cant do that through the ODIN one click downloader that I can find.
I doubt I would got back to other ROM's but I want to have the option and frankly I should know how to do this anyway. Must be getting old or something, they say the memory is the first thing to go....or something like that....cant remember.
Odin one click repartitions
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Odin one click repartitions
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Duh! Thanks.
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Odin one click to stock should work if you are build 1009 and lower.
Only if you are trying to get rid of cm7
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Just for the record, Build 1008, at least in my case, took being one-clicked very poorly. I've used v3 ever since and had no trouble... at least with flashing back to stock. I do use the 1-click to master-clear, however.
The captivate is my back up phone and id like to jazz it up. Can anyone help me flash this rom? Thanks.
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Depends on wich Cognition you want if 4.x.x or 5.x Either way both have instructions on their Dev thread.
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Depends on wich Cognition you want if 4.x.x or 5.x Either way both have instructions on their Dev thread.
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Ill take the new version and i saw some stuff on the dev page but i dont really understand it. On my infuse all i do is download the zip, and install it thru cwm. Not sure if the cap is the same.
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nash2000 said:
Ill take the new version and i saw some stuff on the dev page but i dont really understand it. On my infuse all i do is download the zip, and install it thru cwm. Not sure if the cap is the same.
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Well for Cog 5 you will need to flash GB bootloaders. BUT the 3 steps on the OP will work. There some risk when flashing bootloaders, but read up on how to use ODIN and they key combinations, nothing to it =)
I dont know...i looked back on the dev page but i cant download anything since i dont have unknown sources. Ill dig around for a video or something.
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I watch a quick video, i think this is a little out of my leauge.
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I would suggest Flashing Cognition 4.5.3. Its a Froyo based rom but its alot easier to get running runs great easily OC/UV to 1.2ghz I've gotten my phone to 1.4ghz stable (that may vary on your phone)
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I would suggest Flashing Cognition 4.5.3. Its a Froyo based rom but its alot easier to get running runs great easily OC/UV to 1.2ghz I've gotten my phone to 1.4ghz stable (that may vary on your phone)
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Sounds good to me, what is the procedure?
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nash2000 said:
Sounds good to me, what is the procedure?
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If its stock, then its just getting CWM on that phone and flashing it. To get CWM theres a few ways to do that, simplest would be get a 1 click root from dev (AIO toolkit is very useful) and install Rom Manager from the market install CWM. Move the Cog zip file to your phones Internal SD reboot in recovery (Rom manager has the feature to do that) and flash from SD, look for the cog file.
I just saw this! Follow @P3Droid on twitter for any updates! My guess by Friday Clockwork will be up!
Good afternoon everyone. According to a reliable source we have just been informed that the Motorola Droid 3 now has a fully functioning recovery. This is great news for those that want to have the flexibility that CWR brings to the Android line of devices. Currently we don't have the specifics regarding the method of installation but according to P3 more information will follow soon..
I know there are a lot of excited D3 owners and Devs out there hearing this. I also hope this means we'll see the X2 and the Bionic to Follow. Let the Backups and Flashing begin.
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For real? That'd be epic and amazing!
Wow that's humongous!
does that mean people who update the leaked OTA on to their phone could potentially flash back to original stock?
Yummy.
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If this is for real, it is a fantastic notice!
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does that mean people who update the leaked OTA on to their phone could potentially flash back to original stock?
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Why would you want to downgrade
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`Ghost` said:
does that mean people who update the leaked OTA on to their phone could potentially flash back to original stock?
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Yes but more importantly the magic unicorn is hear to pour rainbows, and new seasons of Firefly. Our possibilities are now endless!
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Yes but more importantly the magic unicorn is hear to pour rainbows, and new seasons of Firefly. Our possibilities are now endless!
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cant tell if youre being serious or sarcastic. As im still farily new here. but um..are you serious though? that we would be able to go back to pure stock non ota?
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Why would you want to downgrade
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I actually dont like some things the OTA has done and would rather have a bit of a blue tint than some other stuff.
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I actually dont like some things the OTA has done and would rather have a bit of a blue tint than some other stuff.
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Roms will be based off of .890
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Roms will be based off of .890
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Not really caring about roms. My main concern, right now, is if someone backs a backup of the bone stock pre OTA phone, with clockwork recovery, will i be able to install it on to my phone?
I think the best part of this so far is that nandroid is working (ie: backups can be made & flashed w/o the hassles of using RSDLite and waiting for SBFs). Great news! One step closer to Cyanogen.
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Not really caring about roms. My main concern, right now, is if someone backs a backup of the bone stock pre OTA phone, with clockwork recovery, will i be able to install it on to my phone?
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I believe its possible, but not practicle or easy. You have to change a bunch of stuff to the backup and then I'm pretty sure you have issues with the esn and stuff, but I could be wrong. I remember it being discussed once, but that was many months ago.
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Great news! One step closer to Cyanogen.
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Hopefully..
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well im not a wiz at this but i figured if i created a backup of my phone bone stock, if i upgraded i could recover and/or flash back. thought it worked like that
Bootloader
Still have efuse bootloader folks
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Still have efuse bootloader folks
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There are still ways to get CM7 running on the Blur kernel. And overclock it with modular overclocking.
I hope to see this phone at 1.5 ghz someday. But what I really want is a stock themed debloated rom. Recovery means we're about have roms, so I can't wait!
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cant tell if youre being serious or sarcastic. As im still farily new here. but um..are you serious though? that we would be able to go back to pure stock non ota?
I actually dont like some things the OTA has done and would rather have a bit of a blue tint than some other stuff.
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Basically what it means is that you can install any rom made for the droid 3. Different "cooks/chefs" (people who cook or make roms) will make roms ranging from stock 2.3.4 (sans blur) to modified "improved" 2.3.4 stock droid rom to new versions that have leaked like the upcoming Ice-cream os and maybe even Jelly Bean.
Truly unicorns here. I remember when I had the D1 the battery life was barely better than what we have now. Liquid cooked up a rom that gave me a 2 day battery life with heavy use.
Not to mention hotstpotting and other cool things. I doubt getting past or fooling the Efuse is too difficult after the unlocked bootloader.
Look at how far development has come on the Milestone despite its locked bootloader; granted, it's been almost 2 years since that phone came out but it certainly is possible to squeeze way more performance out of these bad boys than is possible with their stock representation!
Can't wait to see what happens in the next few months!
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No. Rules#1 of Nandroid is no sharing Nandroids.
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I am rooted and trying to install a custom recovery. I have Rom manager but it will not allow.me.to choice the captivate as my phone. It gives ne the i9000 or the epic or the nexus s. I did try the i9000 but it did.not work. Here is what i have tried.
1. ensure that my phone info.shows the i897 - yes
2. try down loading from cwm website. - when.installing still shows not signed.
3. Google for an answer - no luck
Please help
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U should have looked a few threads down at a thread started 2 days ago... Here ya go... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33400589
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clockwork mod
Did you figure your problem out yet? You have to flash a kernel w/cwm; Other than that, in my opinion clockwork mod is racist towards i897 (captivate) If your still struggling; let me know and I'll walk you through from start to finish! I'm newbie so I know how things may get frustrating at times. Oh and don't worry about me being a newbie; I learn quickly!
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Did you figure your problem out yet? You have to flash a kernel w/cwm; Other than that, in my opinion clockwork mod is racist towards i897 (captivate) If your still struggling; let me know and I'll walk you through from start to finish! I'm newbie so I know how things may get frustrating at times. Oh and don't worry about me being a newbie; I learn quickly!
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Yes I finally got it but it was a pain. I did what the link told me to and bricked my phone. Then I had to use Odin to bring it back to stock and my phone would not update from elcair. I then went to Samsung's website and downloaded the updates and tried to follow what the link above said and it worked. I am now on JB with no issues.
I bought this phone from craigslist and I think I bricked it because the phone was running eclair and I was trying to go straight to ICS.
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