[Q] going back to Stock from GB - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So i just want to be sure if I was reading the threads right, if we flash to GB we CANT flash back to stock eclair or can we?

rabbivj said:
So i just want to be sure if I was reading the threads right, if we flash to GB we CANT flash back to stock eclair or can we?
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it depends on the build number and history of the phone.
if you have successfully used odin oneclick jf6 or maybe ji6 froyo first try without needing a 3button fix or reflashing because of a soft brick you can use a oneclick odin to flash back to stock
if you needed 3 button fix you will need to use adb or a jig after odin oneclick to get download mode and flash the 3-button fix version.. do this only after using odin one click! 3button fix is only secondary bootloader! a mismatch will beak the phone!
if you have a 1010 build or greater there is a major risk because odin jf6 2.1 oneclick has a history of bricking these phones. some report success, some report that the phone goes into the phone+computer screen but is recoverable with a jig, some report that the phone is hard bricked.
i have a 1007 phone that never needed a 3-button fix. and on this phone i was able to use the gingerbread bootloaders on 2.1 and 2.2 roms without issue. unfortunately this was not the case for another member i talked to over pm who has a 1010 phone. his phone booted but the bootloaders did not give him 3 button capabilities on 2.1 untill after the phone was rooted and he used rom manager to tell the phone to reboot into recovery once. after that the combos worked. this was very odd, im not sure what to make of that, but trying to get the phone recovered ultimately ended in a bricked phone.
if you have a 1010 it might maybe be posible to use ji6 froyo (that old beta we all used for a while) odin oneclick but i am unsure if it flashes both bootloaders. if i get time tomorrow i might flash back to stock then to ji6 just out of curiousity to see if it has boot.bin. there is no way to break down the .exe and check that i know of.
that said icezar is/will be working on an odin package for odin 1.7 to flash a good combo of bootloaders that will give 3 button fix on any captivate.

Dani897 said:
it depends on the build number and history of the phone.
if you have successfully used odin oneclick jf6 or maybe ji6 froyo first try without needing a 3button fix or reflashing because of a soft brick you can use a oneclick odin to flash back to stock
if you needed 3 button fix you will need to use adb or a jig after odin oneclick to get download mode and flash the 3-button fix version.. do this only after using odin one click! 3button fix is only secondary bootloader! a mismatch will beak the phone!
if you have a 1010 build or greater there is a major risk because odin jf6 2.1 oneclick has a history of bricking these phones. some report success, some report that the phone goes into the phone+computer screen but is recoverable with a jig, some report that the phone is hard bricked.
if you have a 1010 it might maybe be posible to use ji6 froyo (that old beta we all used for a while) odin oneclick but i am unsure if it flashes both bootloaders. if i get time tomorrow i might flash back to stock then to ji6 just out of curiousity of if it has boot.bin. there is no way to break down the file and check that i know of.
that said icezar is/will be working on an odin package for odin 1.7 to flash a good combo of bootloaders that will give 3 button fix on any captivate.
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I have build 1006, i got my cappy the day it got released...and i have used odin 1click in the past.

you should be good to go.

How do you know what the build number is?

MaxRabbit said:
How do you know what the build number is?
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Under the battery.
have you ever used odin 1 click before? If so and didn't have a problem, no matter what build number, you won't all of a sudden have one with it.
I have 3 1010+ cappys and I'm lucky enough that ALL of them work fine with 1 click...

How much different is odin 1 click compared to odin3?
The only Odin I have ever used is the one that can be downloaded from the official serendipity page.
I've used many 2.2 roms and successfully flashed back to stock, will going to 2.3 be and back be that much different for me?
That is the only thing I'm skeptical about.

Odin 1 click contains both bootloaders and stock eclair rom/kernel/modem. It has a start button, and a master clear button and that's it.
That will replace the gingerbread bootloaders
it can be found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Odin 3 has more options and can be used to flash all kinds of stuff. Idk what firmware package you are using with odin 3 but if the .tar contains BOTH boot.bin AND sbl.bin it will flash both bootloaders as well and your good to go, if it doesn't have EITHER, then the gb bootloaders you are on are backward compatible and your good to go.
If it only contains ONE of the 2 it will brick your phone. No question about it.
here is a package for odin 3 that contains NO bootloaders http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995143

my fone has 1010 under the battery, ive used odin one click several times never had a problem with it. but i really want to try gingerbread. now im not sure if it will brick or not. can someone explain what is the 3 button combo, my fone has always had it. did some fones not have the ability to go into recovery or download mode?

I said already, if you have used one click before your fine, you would know the first time if there was a problem with the build number and one click. I've been to gb back to eclair just to test. All 3 1010+ phones are good.

ok thx studacris, just want to be as sure as possible before i give it a try, cant afford to replace fone if i jack it all up. but, i am pretty sure i can handle this with all the flashing and reflashing and stock and cwm and back that ive done on this and an old xperia x10. however have only used oneclick and not odin 1.7 so this will be a leaning experience for me. will post my results later thx.

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Help on analyzing brick

Hey guys I hard bricked my captivate and need help evaluating what I did wrong so I can prevent it from happening in the future. I just received the device in the mail (it was a replacement device) and tried to use odin one click JF6 to flash it to eclair. I've done this process 100's of time with my previous captivate but with my new one I saw that it was hanging at sbl.bin and my device turned off. I unplugged the usb, did a battery pull, and used my jig and the phone went into download. PHEW... Thinking that my JF6 odin was corrupt or something I decided to use Odin One click JI6 and the odin hung again but this time I wasn't so lucky. The phone wasn't showing any thing and the jig was infective. The phone hard bricked. My question is how did I brick it and why did it hang when I tried odin one click,. (Odin one click has always worked flawlessly for me in the past). Also are froyo and eclair bootloaders the same? If were to flash JF6 2.1 eclair using odin3 over Rogers Froyo should that work?l (BTW my device is 10.11 build)
edit: I understand that odin one click always has a risk involved because your flashing boot loaders but I just want to distinguish whether it was just an unlucky odin flash or something to do with the build number. Thanks
thats a good question. As far as I know Froyo and Eclair have the same bootloaders, but as far as the Odin problem- im sorry I have no idea.
A lot of people on here have bricked their captivates by using OneClick Odin. What happened was that your replacement captivate came with stock froyo which does not work with OneClickOdin. You were on the right track by going to stock JF6. Not sure why it failed for you but if you would have tried it again I'm betting money it would have successfully flashed. Sorry to hear about your troubles.
duuhdave said:
A lot of people on here have bricked their captivates by using OneClick Odin. What happened was that your replacement captivate came with stock froyo which does not work with OneClickOdin. You were on the right track by going to stock JF6. Not sure why it failed for you but if you would have tried it again I'm betting money it would have successfully flashed. Sorry to hear about your troubles.
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Lol.. now I'm even more confused. You start out by saying the reason it wont work is because his phone came with stock froyo...then you finish by saying your on the right track, it should have worked. ..wtf??
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Coreym said:
Lol.. now I'm even more confused. You start out by saying the reason it wont work is because his phone came with stock froyo...then you finish by saying your on the right track, it should have worked. ..wtf??
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Yes search for other threads about oneclick NOT being cooperative with newer model captivate sthat came with stock froyo. I said he was on the right track because the correct method to go back to stock is JF6. Which can be found in Icezar1's continuum thread which requires odin 1.3, the pda file, etc. If he would have simply tried the JF6 process again it would have completed rather than using 1 click odin and messing up everything. Read the second post of this thread where ZELENDEL says that newer captivates with froyo don't work with oneclick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093926
duuhdave said:
Yes search for other threads about oneclick NOT being cooperative with newer model captivate sthat came with stock froyo. I said he was on the right track because the correct method to go back to stock is JF6. Which can be found in Icezar1's continuum thread which requires odin 1.3, the pda file, etc. If he would have simply tried the JF6 process again it would have completed rather than using 1 click odin and messing up everything. Read the second post of this thread where ZELENDEL says that newer captivates with froyo don't work with oneclick
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093926
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First of all JF6 is NOT a "method" of going back to stock. JF6 is stock firmware. And I could be wrong but I thought icezars program gave you
Stock firmware 'JI6'? I'm not next to my computer so I do t really know off the top of my head.
*EDIT* Your right, icezars1 program is JF6 firmware. However it is only given as an alternative. Even states in his OP the only reason why Odin3 Oneclickdownload would not work would be because of an unreliable USB driver. So this is indeed a safer way to get back to stock JF6. Odin3 one click should work too. It's unfortunate that it doesn't "always" work.
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Coreym said:
First of all JF6 is NOT a "method" of going back to stock. JF6 is stock firmware. And I could be wrong but I thought icezars program gave you
Stock firmware 'JI6'? I'm not next to my computer so I do t really know off the top of my head.
*EDIT* Your right, icezars1 program is JF6 firmware. However it is only given as an alternative. Even states in his OP the only reason why Odin3 Oneclickdownload would not work would be because of an unreliable USB driver. So this is indeed a safer way to get back to stock JF6. Odin3 one click should work too. It's unfortunate that it doesn't "always" work.
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I'm sure you understood what I meant when I said JF6. It is certainly a rom and the process mentioned in Icezar's thread is one of the preferred methods of downgrading a newer model captivate that is on stock froyo. Let's hope that we have answered and clarified all questions for the OP.
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I'm sure you understood what I meant when I said JF6. It is certainly a rom and the process mentioned in Icezar's thread is one of the preferred methods of downgrading a newer model captivate that is on stock froyo. Let's hope that we have answered and clarified all questions for the OP.
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i actually didn't understand what you meant. You make 2 refrencses to using JF6 as a method. First you said the correct method to go back to stock is "JF6", then you said the JF6 process. Again...both refrences to a single JF6 method, when that is not the case. Both methods used to get back to JF6 stock firmware use Odin. One is a one click program, the other a manual flash using .tar.md5 file.
Duuhdave, if im on stock froyo (im in canada btw, so rogers) and use cezars method of flashing stock firmware through full blown odin, should I be flashing jf6(i897 2.1) or rogers 2.1? I ask this because ussualy they want you to on jf6 before flashing.
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As far as flashing to stock with Odin 1click from stock Froyo, it has worked fine for me MANY times. Bricking using the odin 1click may be related to build number. I went from a 1007 (with stock 2.1) to a warranty repacement 1008 with froyo stock. I flashed 2.1 without a problem, and have several other times.
Using Odin 3 one-click, and icezar1's stock rom will both take you to I-897 AT&T stock JF6. If you want to return to Rogers stock 2.1 without flashing bootloaders, use TRusselo's Rogers Captivate Stock ROMS no ATT logo!.
Thanks for the help!
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its the build number that caused it
More than likely it was something about the phone having stock froyo with the 3e recovery. I have never had the issue with any of my 2 captivates 1007's and wife's 1010 build but they came with stock eclair. I know many people have had issues due to the stock froyo with 3e recovery as why there is a modded 3e recovery how to somewhere on this forum. Since he laready had froyo boot loaders it has nothing to do with that, and either was a fubar flash due to 3e recovery, bad USB cable, etc that messed things up.
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[Q] what is going on with my captivate?

so i have a captivate that ive had for a little while now. and of course ive flashed a few different gingerbread roms like usual.
anyways i wanted to try a froyo from so i used the odin 1 click stock tool to flash back to jf6,
that worked, but for some reason it wont allow me to master clear.
also my phone keeps switching between showing service, and a blue circle with a cross out sign....
(no internet access)
if i flash a rom over it, it starts acting like normal again
any idea whats wrong or whati can do?
thanks!
USB Debugging is need to do master clear. Did you turn on debugging?
speedy_11 said:
USB Debugging is need to do master clear. Did you turn on debugging?
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yeah it was enabled.
The_Zodiac said:
so i have a captivate that ive had for a little while now. and of course ive flashed a few different gingerbread roms like usual.
anyways i wanted to try a froyo from so i used the odin 1 click stock tool to flash back to jf6,
that worked, but for some reason it wont allow me to master clear.
also my phone keeps switching between showing service, and a blue circle with a cross out sign....
(no internet access)
if i flash a rom over it, it starts acting like normal again
any idea whats wrong or whati can do?
thanks!
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This happened on one of my old cappies that i got replaced. It was a 1008 build. It's an error in the efs folder. Did you make a backup of your efs folder before you started flashing?
If you didn't here's a method that worked for me that might get you back to normal. What i did was use Kies mini to upgrade to stock 2.2 then make sure the botton combos were working (vol up+dwn/plug usb to get to download mode, and vol up+vol dwn + power to get to recovery.) If those are working, now flash back to stock using Odin 1 click.
This wokred for me. hope it helps.
If you have your original efs folder, use Root Explorer to place the original folder ni place of the current one while on stock 2.1, then reboot to see if it worked.
What Gingerbread Roms did you "play" around with, I'm guessing you used the I9000 bootloaders also?
jack man said:
This happened on one of my old cappies that i got replaced. It was a 1008 build. It's an error in the efs folder. Did you make a backup of your efs folder before you started flashing?
If you didn't here's a method that worked for me that might get you back to normal. What i did was use Kies mini to upgrade to stock 2.2 then make sure the botton combos were working (vol up+dwn/plug usb to get to download mode, and vol up+vol dwn + power to get to recovery.) If those are working, now flash back to stock using Odin 1 click.
This wokred for me. hope it helps.
If you have your original efs folder, use Root Explorer to place the original folder ni place of the current one while on stock 2.1, then reboot to see if it worked.
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im not sure what build because its a replacement from att and they didnt put the build number on the sticker.
i did backup the efs folder so i can try that.
melbourne408 said:
What Gingerbread Roms did you "play" around with, I'm guessing you used the I9000 bootloaders also?
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a few apex, dvlevs, obsession. and yes i loaded gb bootloaders.
does jf6 flash you back to eclair bootloaders?
The_Zodiac said:
im not sure what build because its a replacement from att and they didnt put the build number on the sticker.
i did backup the efs folder so i can try that.
a few apex, dvlevs, obsession. and yes i loaded gb bootloaders.
does jf6 flash you back to eclair bootloaders?
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Your going to want to flash back to eclair (imho) or froyo if you'd rather, but it will have to be done through odin without a 1 click method. If you know what I'm talking about all good. If not lemme know and I'll help ya to the links, cleaning the kitchen atm but its all good
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^^^^Wtf are you talking about? Odin one click to jf6 (eclair) includes both bootloaders... Thus replacing the I9k ones...
Op if everything works after you rom it and you have no plans to go to stock does it matter?
It could just be how the phone acts with the jf6 modem as its a signal problem...
And what exactly are you doing when trying to master clear and what happens?
studacris said:
^^^^Wtf are you talking about? Odin one click to jf6 (eclair) includes both bootloaders... Thus replacing the I9k ones...
Op if everything works after you rom it and you have no plans to go to stock does it matter?
It could just be how the phone acts with the jf6 modem as its a signal problem...
And what exactly are you doing when trying to master clear and what happens?
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my concern if my phone stops working for whatever reason and i sen it in under warranty it will have to be stock att froyo.
(i get to that by flashing stock eclair then by using mini kies)
The_Zodiac said:
my concern if my phone stops working for whatever reason and i sen it in under warranty it will have to be stock att froyo.
(i get to that by flashing stock eclair then by using mini kies)
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Couple things for the Master Clear
1. Make sure to shut down Odin then restart it without the phone connected
2. If that doesn't work restart your PC
3. If all else fails, root, install ROM Manager, get into CWM and do a factory reset
Like Studacris said, Odin to JF6 flashes the proper bootloaders, so you dont need to worry there. I've done it TONS of times
Edit** Are you using this Odin?
http://www.mediafire.com/?0w2y31maz8mdom4 If not, I would HIGHLY recommend using it
studacris said:
^^^^Wtf are you talking about? Odin one click to jf6 (eclair) includes both bootloaders... Thus replacing the I9k ones...
Op if everything works after you rom it and you have no plans to go to stock does it matter?
It could just be how the phone acts with the jf6 modem as its a signal problem...
And what exactly are you doing when trying to master clear and what happens?
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Dam, bad correlation on my part. Didn't want anything going wrong with bootloaders, my self learned fault on being incoherent and half asleep, just didn't want any brick brick brickety brick bricks-as my dad laughs to me all the time. Thanks for the correction.
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I'll try to follow up on what Studa was going for.
The_Zodiac said:
my concern if my phone stops working for whatever reason and i sen it in under warranty it will have to be stock att froyo.
(i get to that by flashing stock eclair then by using mini kies)
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Ok, but that would be a good thing, you can just use the signal problem as an added reason for sending it in. If you can flash stock and it boots, all is well. Anything else just goes in your favor of why you deserve a new one.
Plus, if the phone stops working to the point it does not boot they will have no real way of telling what was running before, nor will they waste the time to find out. It will get tossed into the re-write pile, and go thru the paces for becoming a referb.
You do realize that the phone has to be regularly on to do a master clear and not be in download mode right?
dsilvan55 said:
You do realize that the phone has to be regularly on to do a master clear and not be in download mode right?
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yes i do...
Reflash the stock jf6 with no sim card
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[Q] Is it safe to flash my new captivate to JF6? batch 1105

I have flashed my phone in the past, but now I read something about some people not being able to go back to JF6. I plan on installing Apex, and i dont want to mess this phone up.
If i do try with one click flash back to jf6, am i risking bricking my phone? (I have a jig btw, but i know these phones can actually hard brick to where the jig wont help)
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I have flashed my phone in the past, but now I read something about some people not being able to go back to JF6. I plan on installing Apex, and i dont want to mess this phone up.
If i do try with one click flash back to jf6, am i risking bricking my phone? (I have a jig btw, but i know these phones can actually hard brick to where the jig wont help)
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Newer Captivate do not like to go back to JF6. Try this link it will allow you to flash froyo instead.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191094
tried that method, ended up not completely wiping my phone for some reason, and the second i turn the phone i got fc's to the point where the phone was unusable.
I used one click odin to get to jf6 and it seemed to work.
When you say these phones dont like it, does that mean that a flash back to jf6 using this method that seemingly went well might actually be messed up?
Try this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1266172
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Try this out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1266172
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Whats better to flash back to UCKB2 or jf6?
And whats the difference between those programs. Im most comfortable with odin one click, but is there something wrong with using that? Could that be causing my problems?
Phones that came with Froyo usually bootloop when flashing eclair. Both heimdall packages provided should work. There is a KB1 package for ODIN somewhere as well.
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Phones that came with Froyo usually bootloop when flashing eclair. Both heimdall packages provided should work. There is a KB1 package for ODIN somewhere as well.
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is there any advantage to flashing kb1 over jf6? I mean, flashing to jf6 seems to work everytime....
If it's worked before it'll continue to work... If your phone was going to bootloop from jf6 it would have done it already.
^This +10char
Have you tried downloading the jf6 firmware from Samfirmware? Its a full Odin version, but I don't think it has bootloaders (which is perfect for flashing stock before a ROM).

[Q] General Bootloader and Kernel Questions

Hello all,
I have a few general questions that I would really like some help with:
1.) I understand some bootloaders are not compatible with some ROMs. How do you know which bootloader you are running? How do you change your bootloader, must you use ODIN?
2.) How does the kernel come into all this, are some kernels not compatible with certain ROMs and bootloaders? When you flash a new ROM, does it sometimes come with a new kernel?
The main reason I am curious about this, is because I wish to flash the new Cyanogenmod 7.1 and want to be sure I am successful and do not brick my captivate. I am currently running Serendipity VII Build 2 and want to be as safe as possible when flashing Cyanogenmod 7.1.
Would the safest way be to flash to stock first using the following Odin one click method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Then from there, follow the instructions normally?
All help is greatly appreciated.
There are basically 2 types of bootloaders, Eclair/froyo and Gingerbread bootloaders. GB bootloaders are compatible with preatty much everything (not counting cm7 or MIUI).
Kernels are specific with a type of rom, example Boogs KH3 kernel worked with any rom that was based on KH3 (2.3.4). Some are tweaked specifically for a rom.
On CM7 and MIUI from what I can make out you can run it on either eclair/froyo bootloaders or GB bootloaders but some kernels are specific for bootloaders.
If you are on Serendipity then I am sure you used ODIN to flash i9000 boatloader (BL).
As the above person said there are eclair/froyo BL and GB BL....in GB BL we have captivate BLs and i9000 BLs. earlier GB roms used i9000 BL...then Samsung leaked captivate specific roms...so we have captivate BLs now..
All the one click Odins are used to flash captivate specific BL...
To go to CM7, many people flash it over GB bootloader and have no problem....but the safest way is to odin back to eclair/froyo stock...then go from there.....
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If you are on Serendipity then I am sure you used ODIN to flash i9000 boatloader (BL).
As the above person said there are eclair/froyo BL and GB BL....in GB BL we have captivate BLs and i9000 BLs. earlier GB roms used i9000 BL...then Samsung leaked captivate specific roms...so we have captivate BLs now..
All the one click Odins are used to flash captivate specific BL...
To go to CM7, many people flash it over GB bootloader and have no problem....but the safest way is to odin back to eclair/froyo stock...then go from there.....
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Thank you for the help guys, I really appreciate it.
I will be flashing back to stock using the following method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Then I will simply flash CM&.1 on top of that.
I will report back to let everyone know how it goes.
did your phone come with froyo on it/what is the build number of your phone? its a 4 digit number on a sticker under the battery, for example mine is 1010, meaning oct. 2010. many phones built later than this, and/or came from the factory tend to bootloop from jf6 (the firmware containedin that one click) and have also been known to lose button combos for recovery/download mode which would need both if you were bootlooping and for cm7.
if you have a later build phone it would be better to flash a leaked gingerbread firmware with bootloaders included and then flash a custom kernel with cwm included so that you can then flash cm7 from there.
studacris said:
did your phone come with froyo on it/what is the build number of your phone? its a 4 digit number on a sticker under the battery, for example mine is 1010, meaning oct. 2010. many phones built later than this, and/or came from the factory tend to bootloop from jf6 (the firmware containedin that one click) and have also been known to lose button combos for recovery/download mode which would need both if you were bootlooping and for cm7.
if you have a later build phone it would be better to flash a leaked gingerbread firmware with bootloaders included and then flash a custom kernel with cwm included so that you can then flash cm7 from there.
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I purchased my phone at the end of August in 2010. The only 4 digit number I can see reads " 0168", it is the largest number located behind where the battery is held. And yes, I have lost my three button combo for recovery/download mode. It stopped working, and I bet it was because I used that one click method you mentioned.
Do you recommend I flash this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129821
It says Cyanogen Mod users stay away, why is that?
or one from the official list, and if so, which one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
Also, I am a bit unclear. After I flash one of the stock ROMs with the bootloaders, how can I then flash a kernel with CWM. Can I do it through ODIN?
And just out of curiosity, why can you not use these stock ROMs for everyday use? It seems we always flash other ROMs on top of these?
I know I asked a lot, I would appreciate the help!
rcllcr said:
I purchased my phone at the end of August in 2010. The only 4 digit number I can see reads " 0168", it is the largest number located behind where the battery is held. And yes, I have lost my three button combo for recovery/download mode. It stopped working, and I bet it was because I used that one click method you mentioned.
Do you recommend I flash this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1129821
It says Cyanogen Mod users stay away, why is that?
or one from the official list, and if so, which one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
Also, I am a bit unclear. After I flash one of the stock ROMs with the bootloaders, how can I then flash a kernel with CWM. Can I do it through ODIN?
And just out of curiosity, why can you not use these stock ROMs for everyday use? It seems we always flash other ROMs on top of these?
I know I asked a lot, I would appreciate the help!
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You can use the bootloaders in the first link. At the time of that thread's opening, cm7 didn't support GB bootloaders. But, if your not sure how your phone will work with a1 click, I would recommend using the ones linked in my sig.
As for how to flash those roms, there are directions in the first post of their respective for flashing.
You can use a stock ROM everyday, most just prefer not to.
mrhaley30705 said:
You can use the bootloaders in the first link. At the time of that thread's opening, cm7 didn't support GB bootloaders. But, if your not sure how your phone will work with a1 click, I would recommend using the ones linked in my sig.
As for how to flash those roms, there are directions in the first post of their respective for flashing.
You can use a stock ROM everyday, most just prefer not to.
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Which kernel would you recommend I flash before I flash CM7.1?
rcllcr said:
Which kernel would you recommend I flash before I flash CM7.1?
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No one said you cannot use stock leaked rom as dialy driver, i actually used KH3 for some times and it was very good.
You should flash the kernel according to the rom you have flashed. For example, For KH3, there is a Boog's KH3 kernel with CWM. For all leaked stock rom, there is one click Odins and compatible kernels with CWM injected.
To go to CM7.1, u shud be on stock (Eclair/Froyo or GB) and should have CWM....
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....Also, I am a bit unclear. After I flash one of the stock ROMs with the bootloaders, how can I then flash a kernel with CWM. Can I do it through ODIN?....
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I need help too please. I have a Cappy that was originally on eclair 2.1 rooted. froyo 2.2 Kies mini update and rooted but didn't like it's battery use and slow action. I reflashed an Odin 1 click stock 2.1 back, rooted and then did a Gingerbread 2.3.5 I897UCKJ3_withBL_ Odin 1 click flash and am liking that quite a bit more. The only trouble I am having is rooting 2.3.5. I want to do the fugu kernal swap method with Odin3 zimage-root.tar then flash boog_KJ3_kernel3.tar. I can get into DL mode and hit the start button ok.
Here is the question I have. Where in Odin3 v1.83 do you load the kernal path? PIT,BOOTLOADER, PDA, PHONE or CSC. I can't seem to find a comprehensive Odin3 tutorial on my own and I don't want to flash the kernels to the wrong place. I don't think the first 3 options are right based on their names or info I have found. Can't use CWM till I get rooted so Odin or possibly Hiemdall are my only choices. I have Odin3.
HELP and TYIA
Bud
Kernels go in pda
When flashing a single file, unless its a modem or csc file, it will usually go into the pda slot. Modems go into the phone slot. Csc file is a no brainer. I've never saw anything that uses the bootloader slot on a captivate. Pit slot must have a pit file AND repartition must be checked. If you are flashing a kernel to get cwm just to flash a custom ROM, kernel goes into pda slot. If you want to user Odin to flash a modem, it goes into the phone slot. All files flashed in Odin must be a tar or tar.md5 file. Don't change the name of a tar.md5, it can cause a md5 check sum error.
There you go, cliff notes for Odin.
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If I missed something or messed up something, please correct me.
Found Odin3 Answers. Yeah!!!
Studacris,
Thanks for that. Didn't see it before I found the below.
Sorry for the Noob impatience but there is a lot of info that won't show in a search right away. Anyway there is a cool little short video by 4-2ndtwin here on xda with a link here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17788928&postcount=6 The system won't let me post outside links yet.
viny2cool
Hope this helps you.
Bud
I Flashed and unbricked and reflashed and restored so many roms now, i have no idea what bootloader I am on. Is there any way for me to tell either through ADB or on the phone directly?
Pechkin000 said:
I Flashed and unbricked and reflashed and restored so many roms now, i have no idea what bootloader I am on. Is there any way for me to tell either through ADB or on the phone directly?
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When ur phone boots up and u see the i9000 bootsplash, then u have i9000 Gingerbread bootloaders (we didn't have eclair/froyo i9000 Bls). Also, button combo to get into recovery or download mode is different with the i9000 gb bootloaders.
And if u try and flash an i897 gingerbread rom (and don't see the i9000) but u have a "pixelated" screen, then u have i897 eclair/froyo bootloaders. If ur flash to a gingerbread rom is successful and u see the i897 (att world phone) bootsplash, then u have i897 Gingerbread bootloaders.
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Gingerbread it is then, THANKS 4-2ndtwin

help with flashing back to stock!

hey guys have the rogers captivate 896. I have a jig for download mode. Ok so I was on miui gingerbread. I wanted to try with weUI ics. So I followed their procedure correctly. Install completed but like another user I got it hanging at the MI boot screen. So having to flash to stock before I felt comfortable. So I've always used odin 1.32. I set the pit file that came with it and downloaded the rogers. 2.2 stock files. I get in d/l mode, run odin does some things, and it gets halfway through the factoryrs file and fails. I'm freaking lost here. Any ideas on how to get this back to stock?
If its the same files you used before I'm willing to bet its a funky usb cable. But before you go buy another (unless you have a spare) Try rebooting machine running as admin re-downloading the firmware. Also probably not the issue Odin 1.35 is kinda older version, but thats just my personal thing.
on both of those and still no factoryrs pass. switched new usb cable, switched all ports. so if the ics files installed, would I be able to go back to 2.2 stock rom? can anyone walk me through this as I think I'm doing this write. I even tried clicking reset bootloaders and that didn't work. So here's what I'm doing.
have jig, go into d/l mode
start odin 1.82. check repart, and leave the other two checked. load 512 pit, phone tar file and start.
this seems insanely easy. did this before but even after 10 attempts it fails. could ics be messing this up?
Don't check repartition and try it.
shouldn't you always repartition it though?
going to try flashing from a different pc. so i'm able to get in d/l mode which I know is good. I don't know what took on my phone, I'm thinkin ics installed, so can anyone point out the proper procedure to go back to 2.2 on a rogers captivate? is it merely odin, 2.2 stock, check repartition, set pit and tar, then flash?
Search for a member that goes by trusselo he has done some good stuff for the Rogers captivate
Here is his xda page. look in his signature
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=3531712
hey I tried 3 different cords, 2 computers and multiple usb slots. All fail on factoryrs.rfs. So even in unchecking re-partition this tanks. I have a jig so getting into d/l mode is easy, I just can't get this darn thing back to stock. so i'm guessing (big guess here) I have ics files on my phone, how would I get back to 2.2. Be gentle I'm still slightly new at this!
xtracrispy69 said:
shouldn't you always repartition it though?
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I've used Odin to get out of ICS and I never checked repartition or use pit file. But I use I897's firmware. Never used i896.
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prbassplayer said:
I've used Odin to get out of ICS and I never checked repartition or use pit file. But I use I897's firmware. Never used i896.
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what did you flash? I tried flash 2.1 and 2.2 both fail factoryrs.rfs. even tried odin 1.81. so it has to be something with the 2.2 and 2.1 rom. Just want to get this darn thing back to stock. any ideas?
Any GB firmware I had laying around. KH4, KJ3, KF1. I don't usually use GB anymore but I've needed to go back a few times to try things out.
see most posts i've read say you must repartition with 2.2 and below and can't use a pit file with 2.3. I'm wondering what'll happen if I just flash a gb 2.3.
xtracrispy69 said:
see most posts i've read say you must repartition with 2.2 and below and can't use a pit file with 2.3. I'm wondering what'll happen if I just flash a gb 2.3.
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Go for it 10char
xtracrispy69 said:
hey guys have the rogers captivate 896. I have a jig for download mode. Ok so I was on miui gingerbread. I wanted to try with weUI ics. So I followed their procedure correctly. Install completed but like another user I got it hanging at the MI boot screen. So having to flash to stock before I felt comfortable. So I've always used odin 1.32. I set the pit file that came with it and downloaded the rogers. 2.2 stock files. I get in d/l mode, run odin does some things, and it gets halfway through the factoryrs file and fails. I'm freaking lost here. Any ideas on how to get this back to stock?
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Are you using 2.1 and 2.2 packages that have bootloaders on them?

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