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[Updated 01/19/2011] [Tutorial] How To Flash Custom Themes on Stock Eclair 2.1 Rom...

Before u try this do nandroid backup, Im not Responsible for anything u do to your phone (ex: Brick,Force Close Etc.)
So You want to keep stock for mobile ap? Want to replace boring old stock theme?
Requirements: Rooted/Clockwork Installed, Files Below. (LauncherPro Or Other Custom Launcher) (Only Tested On Launcher Pro) (Do not use Touch Wiz!! Will only lead to random force closes!!)
Here is How:
Step 1: Nandroid Backup!!!!!
Step 2: Flash Noobnls Stock D118 Zip (Mirror: ) in clockwork. DO THIS STEP, (no matter what rom your on)THIS IS THE WHOLE REASON IT WORKS!!! (Also when downloading this make sure its 150MB)
Step 3: Reboot And make sure you lost root and whatever kernal u had.
Step 4: Then Flash A Custom Kernal (I use Noobnls Andromeda Kernal)
Step 5: Reboot Then Make Sure Your Kernal is Installed
Step 6: Install Launcher Pro & Make it The Default Home Screen. (Welcome To Try ADW, i havent Tested tho.)
Step 7: Flash The Theme of Your Choice (Ive Tested so far Emotionless Beast & Andromena Theme)
Step 8: Reboot To Test If You Get Force Closes. If Not Reboot 1 or 2 more times to see if you do on any other reboots. IF not Your Good To GO!!1
Step 9: Flash Mysteryemotionz mobile ap. (Can Be Found here On his thread under Downloads)
Step 10: Enjoy Stock Rom For Mobile Ap and a nice looking theme.
Step 11: If it doesnt work start the instructions over, until it does work!!
Special Thanks To:
Noobnl For His Custom Kernal & For His D118 Stock Update Zip
Mysteryemotionz Modified Mobile Ap File & Awesome Theme.
JR: For Getting the original One To Work on our Epics.
Let Me know your feedback: Ive Successfully Done This on 3 New Epics.

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Updated Instructions: I Have Successfully Done This on 3 Epics and counting...
With The Previous Instructions I found Out that u have to have a custom launcher installed and if you use touchwiz you will get random force closes.

Updated Instructions!! Added Step and bold red on step 2.

Updated With Proof of screenshots!!

I been working on trying all of this from my phone for the last 13 hours & still frustrated because I don't seewhat I'm doing wrong I downloaded clockworkmod v8 & the d18 roms I just don't see what I'm doing wrong when I turn it off & pess & hol all 3 buttons & go into the manual mode screen with the update.zip reboot, wipe out etc (I don't see nothing at all that says clockwork can somebody please patiently guide me through this cause I'm still trying to figure out how to make this a success thanks to all that help

Reeseybaby said:
I been working on trying all of this from my phone for the last 13 hours & still frustrated because I don't seewhat I'm doing wrong I downloaded clockworkmod v8 & the d18 roms I just don't see what I'm doing wrong when I turn it off & pess & hol all 3 buttons & go into the manual mode screen with the update.zip reboot, wipe out etc (I don't see nothing at all that says clockwork can somebody please patiently guide me through this cause I'm still trying to figure out how to make this a success thanks to all that help
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ill help you, what seems to be the problem? I need what errors u are receiving and what issues your having..

Let me 1st thank you for your time & effort your willing to endure to help me get this right. I ran into this forum 2 days ago & then i see that I needed to dl clockworkmod v8 which "keep note" I'm doing all of this from my Epic 4G my laptop is not currently in my position it won't be avaiable until next week. Anyway I download the sph-D700US18 on my Epic as well. I tried to run the setup.apk & mobilea.apk & it won't install that's when I found out I needed clockworkmod so I download clockworkmod v8 & turn the phone off & press & hold the vol-, power, & camera button when the factory settings appear for reboot, update.zip etc I don't see it & of course I get a erro message frm that I'm assuming because I don't see nothing with clockworkmod after I download & extract the contents from it on my phone. All I want is just the MobileAP so I can play my ps3 online since its immun to ad hoc mode & btw my kernal version is 2.6.29

Reeseybaby said:
Let me 1st thank you for your time & effort your willing to endure to help me get this right. I ran into this forum 2 days ago & then i see that I needed to dl clockworkmod v8 which "keep note" I'm doing all of this from my Epic 4G my laptop is not currently in my position it won't be avaiable until next week. Anyway I download the sph-D700US18 on my Epic as well. I tried to run the setup.apk & mobilea.apk & it won't install that's when I found out I needed clockworkmod so I download clockworkmod v8 & turn the phone off & press & hold the vol-, power, & camera button when the factory settings appear for reboot, update.zip etc I don't see it & of course I get a erro message frm that I'm assuming because I don't see nothing with clockworkmod after I download & extract the contents from it on my phone. All I want is just the MobileAP so I can play my ps3 online since its immun to ad hoc mode & btw my kernal version is 2.6.29
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ok so a couple a questions i need answered b4 i can help you...
1. Is your phone rooted?
2.If so What current rom are your running? If not you may need to find a computer in order to root and get clockwork.. however i think z4root works from the market and you can flash clockwork with rom manager both free on the market. I havent used those methods to root, but i have used the one click root with clockwork and everything which is really easy if you have a computer and the samsung drivers.
3. If your already rooted then download rom manager and flash clockwork on your phone and it should come up to a green revovery with an android dude out of the box.
then let me know when you got all this done and ill continue to help you.

Thank I download clockwork manager from the market & my phone been rooted I believe with that one click root v2.5.5 with the 1st andriodtether that was on the market that only does ad hoc. Which is what I currently have so I don't believe I need rooting in this case. & the rom manager I installed I have click on flash clockworkmod recovery & it was successful I then cick on reboot to recovery. I have but it still fails what I get is this "FIND PACKAGE, OPN PACKAGE, VERIFYING PACKAGE, E:/ FAILED TO FIND WHOLE SIGNATURE, E:/ FAILED TO VERIFYING SIGNATURE, INSTALLATION ABORTED

Ok so try this: While the phone is off hold the power,camera.volume up and volume down and tell me if the green clockwork comes up?

Its still the samething I keep getting the samething I don't see nothing at all that's green I taken a picture of it but its blurry because the picture been taken with the Sprint/Boost Incognito. I'm looking for a image hosting site for mobile phones so I can show you it but its basically plan & its still failing not understanding why I wonder if that root is different but you said you use the one click root (which is the same route you had to use for the 1st wifi tether app which I have. Still not seeing what's wrong ugh
Also I don't know if this would help but aso it says "Andriod recovery <2e> samsung recovery update etc" for BML "the original screen of course"

Do anybody else have any suggestions on helpin me with this issue

Updated: Known Issues: MMS Breaks when doing this...

okkay so im completly new to this but anyways first of all my clockwork is blue and a little android guy in the back with an exclamation point.(i download clockwork thou the market app) i rooted my phone with 1 root click thing. im on eclair and kernal says 2.6.29 (im trying to do the stock phone with custom themes on your tutorial but i cant flash the first kernal. because it says signature failed and the says aborted. please help me and if you can send me an email so we can communicate faster

I just have one question, is there a way to restore my data and apps and keep the theme also?
I was able to keep them the first time I did this but I had problems with mobileAP.
I did do nandroid.

fnp90 said:
I just have one question, is there a way to restore my data and apps and keep the theme also?
I was able to keep them the first time I did this but I had problems with mobileAP.
I did do nandroid.
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Restore data only in clockwork and this wont delete ur data
Sent from my awesome epic 4g

nitekillerz said:
okkay so im completly new to this but anyways first of all my clockwork is blue and a little android guy in the back with an exclamation point.(i download clockwork thou the market app) i rooted my phone with 1 root click thing. im on eclair and kernal says 2.6.29 (im trying to do the stock phone with custom themes on your tutorial but i cant flash the first kernal. because it says signature failed and the says aborted. please help me and if you can send me an email so we can communicate faster
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This is the same exact problem im experiencing with the installation aborted while your on the screen with the andriod & the exclamation point

i found out what the exact problem was. I can boot into clockmod recovery now the problem is I needed to get to a computer go into the one click root folder & run the command that is called "run" in that folder & follow the instructions now I can go into this clockwork recovery what is the next step to just installing only the Mobile
never mind i did it on my own my Mobile AP is working on my phone THHHAAANKKKK YYOOUUUU guys so much. I'll donate to the developer for making this possible.

Updated!!!
Found out that there are no bugs/issues with doing this.
It was my mistake i deleted sprint app updater which wouldnt let me update my prl and profile and then after i put this back on i was able to update prl and profile and mms got fixed permantly no more mms not sending or downloading YAY!!!

Hey david I wanna ask will mobile AP work if you try to install it on Epic 4G andriod 2.2 I want to update it to 2.2 so bad but dont want to lose this app thats why im still on 2.1

[ROM][GUIDE] 3.1 TouchWiz UX for 10.1 WiFi [UPDATE: New WiFi Base Rom]

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For the Galaxy Tab 10.1 WiFi Edition​
Warning: I am not responsibile for any damage you may do! Use at your own risk!
Warning 2: Backup to your PC all files you want to keep unless you know what you're doing!
What you will need:
Update.zip Method:
Clockwork Recovery (See here or here)
Update.zip (Thanks pershoot! ) Mirror
Instructions:
Clockwork Recovery Method:
Code:
[LIST=1]
[*]Copy pershot's update .zip to your sdcard
[*]Power off your device
[*]Turn on your device by holding the power button and the volume down key at the same time
[*]Select the recovery option by using Volume Down to switch option and Volume Up to select
[*]Do a full wipe
[*]Choose a zip to flash from sdcard
[*]Once installed reboot system
[*]Wait 5 - 10 minutes for it to boot (be patient)
[*]Done! :D
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Change Log:
Code:
[B]14th July:[/B]
New WiFi base (No more sim card issues)
Removed Odin method
[B]Initial Release:[/B]
3G Rom for WiFi Tab (Issues with sim card)
To Get Root:
Download and install this .zip in Clockwork mod
Current Issues:
... None so far!
TouchWiz Video:
http://youtu.be/hlLP3RXkmUQ
Screenshots:

Where did you get it???
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App

It's been posted in the general section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15510585&postcount=18

I want this bad!!
Lovellkid

Cant wait...

Doesn't anybody know how to convert this image file into an update.zip that we could flash via ClockWorkMod? Doesn't any dev want to be the unforgattable hero posting the first instructions for TouchWiz on our beloved Galaxy Tab 10.1?

you can restore the img file from backup/restore > advanced option of clockwork recovery! but first copy the img into clockworkmod >backup folder in sd card.

No, it says "MD5 mismatch"...

OK, had a spare I/O tab lying around that I use for development and writing apps, so thought I'd try it....This is with Odin3 v1.3...obviously I have a tab that is not full of personal stuff so I just blasted it....If you want to do it on your one and only then for Pete's sake make sure you back up all data and apps before if you feel it's neccessary
Unzipped the file from the download link.
Select the downloaded .tar in PDA in Odin, connect tab and click start...don't hold your breath, you'll probably be dead before it's finished
When the Odin upload has finished the tab boots straight into recovery mode...I had a few warnings regarding efs and sd extension etc. but as this is a wifi only tab and does not have a removable sd card think that is probably normal.
In recovery the installation program automatically formatted the cache...
As I was strting from scratch I did a factory reset just for good measure.
After many years of mac, pc, prologue and now trying app development work I am a firm believer in "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing properly"....loading upgrade upon upgrade on existing systems eventualy brings said system to it's knees, so better to start afresh.
Hit reboot from recovery and the usual fresh install scenario started with the pulsating Samsung logo as the dalvik was I suppose re-written
Then went to normal initial setup screen which for some reason started in Italian - I know I eat a lot of pasta and pizza and drink chianti from time to time but that's just ridiculous!!
Initial reaction to visual interface was "Wow!" Now I am a bit of a purist and Vanilla lover but I am not blinkered (never joined any of the blind rhetoric "mac is best", "pc is best" blah blah clubs being a scientist by origin) and I have to say in my opinion the visual interface is far better than vanilla honeycomb
Will run some standard tests and put up screenshots in an hour or so...gotta eat some pasta and drink a couple of bottles of chianti first...

stinky73,
Same result on a Retail Tab 10.1 with a LOCKED bootloader, seeing that it works for me, it should be safe for everyone who wants to try without worrying about a brick.
NOTE: You have to do a factory reset, I got a bootloop but the problem was fixed by the reset

stinky73 said:
OK, had a spare I/O tab lying around that I use for development and writing apps, so thought I'd try it....This is with Odin3 v1.3...obviously I have a tab that is not full of personal stuff so I just blasted it....If you want to do it on your one and only then for Pete's sake make sure you back up all data and apps before if you feel it's neccessary
Unzipped the file from the download link.
Select the downloaded .tar in PDA in Odin, connect tab and click start...don't hold your breath, you'll probably be dead before it's finished
When the Odin upload has finished the tab boots straight into recovery mode...I had a few warnings regarding efs and sd extension etc. but as this is a wifi only tab and does not have a removable sd card think that is probably normal.
In recovery the installation program automatically formatted the cache...
As I was strting from scratch I did a factory reset just for good measure.
After many years of mac, pc, prologue and now trying app development work I am a firm believer in "If a job's worth doing, it's worth doing properly"....loading upgrade upon upgrade on existing systems eventualy brings said system to it's knees, so better to start afresh.
Hit reboot from recovery and the usual fresh install scenario started with the pulsating Samsung logo as the dalvik was I suppose re-written
Then went to normal initial setup screen which for some reason started in Italian - I know I eat a lot of pasta and pizza and drink chianti from time to time but that's just ridiculous!!
Initial reaction to visual interface was "Wow!" Now I am a bit of a purist and Vanilla lover but I am not blinkered (never joined any of the blind rhetoric "mac is best", "pc is best" blah blah clubs being a scientist by origin) and I have to say in my opinion the visual interface is far better than vanilla honeycomb
Will run some standard tests and put up screenshots in an hour or so...gotta eat some pasta and drink a couple of bottles of chianti first...
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Awesome, can you try and flash the pershoot / bonsai overclock-able kernels and see if they work? Thanks for the info!

Touchwiz UX
I have an unrooted device and followed stinky73's instructions and was able to install touchwiz UX on my device

The only issue i have seen so far is that the samsung app store says it needs a sim card to be able to run.

I'm gonna try rooting it now.
Update:
Can't get into Recovery Mode

lordwinkevin said:
I have an unrooted device and followed stinky73's instructions and was able to install touchwiz UX on my device
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So you went straight from a stock tab, flashed this with Odin and now have tochwiz working properly?
I have a Droid Charge, so I'm familiar with Odin, but how do you enter download mode on the tab?
Thanks

apascual89 said:
So you went straight from a stock tab, flashed this with Odin and now have tochwiz working properly?
I have a Droid Charge, so I'm familiar with Odin, but how do you enter download mode on the tab?
Thanks
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Hold down power + Vol Up until you see the 2 options for 'Recover' and 'Download'.
Use 'Vol Up' to select an option
Use 'Vol Down' to enable it
This no longer is available after I flashed the Touchwiz Tar file via ODIN though so if anyone has found a button combo for recovery for it, please let me know.
Thanks.

phonepersonality said:
Hold down power + Vol Up until you see the 2 options for 'Recover' and 'Download'.
Use 'Vol Up' to select an option
Use 'Vol Down' to enable it
This no longer is available after I flashed the Touchwiz Tar file via ODIN though so if anyone has found a button combo for recovery for it, please let me know.
Thanks.
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It still works, but the problem is that you have like half a second to release the buttons before the tab reboots again. I am able to get successfully into recovery if i act quick.
In other news! The root from recovery was successful, This version is rootable by simply flashing the root zip file from the stock recovery.

I have retail version with unlocked bootloader from BB and installed customized recovery (clockworkmod) then connected to my pc with odin3 running. You have to have the custom recovery and i had it when i rooted and unrooted my device.
PS
This version is i think for the 3g model because it has extra settings that is unusable like tethering. The overall experience is very nice and has some very nice functionalities. The UI is very intuitive and has some very poweful apps preinstalled. I am looking forward to the official touchwiz ui and one of the added functionalities i love is the ablity to change the display modes or screen color calibration rendering more natural colors for my photography portfolio. The picture editor is very robust and hopefully the stylus in the works will work like the htc flyer stylus for use their own memo pad.
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You just have to install the customized recovery by following the instructions of how to root the device. Just follow until you are able to install the custom recovery then use odin to get touchwiz ux
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I just tried pershoots kernal, and please note that it does not work, and flashing the tool pack does not fix it. The only way i could find to fix it was to install the tar file from odin again.

[Q] Is this bricked for good?

This should be quick.
So I was using the Captivate AIO, but I flashed some drivers from the "Flashing ROMs on the Captivate" thread instead of the AIO. This is on Windows XP 32-bit.
Before I flashed the stock ROM the phone was already having a voice telling me things that I couldn't understand when I tried starting normally. I think data partition was corrupt or something.
I thought something was wrong because I had to use Vol - to get into download mode, so I flashed 3 button fix version. First time failed for some reason, so I unplug and restart again. Second time fails at SetupConnection, so I try the third time, which seems to work. Download goes through, Success! is shown in the box where there was the indicator of what was being flashed. The phone seems to shut down or restart once finished.
Now, for some reason the phone now refuses to start up or anything. Putting in the battery and trying the power button gives me nothing. Holding Vol+ and Vol- with USB plugged in and then putting in battery is nothing. No bootloop, no indication of anything, just black screen.
Is this permabricked?

Yes, you are hard bricked. You had the I9000 gingerbread bootloaders, hence the different button combos, you flash the 3 button fix which is just a froyo sbl.bin (secondary bootloader) but you still have a gingerbread boot.bin(primitive bootloader) so the pbl can't transition into the sbl because they are incompatible.
You can get jtag from mobiletechvideos.com for $50
Or find a user named adam outler I believe he offers jtagging for $30 (here is his user profile just shoot him a pm: http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=3682533 )
Or you could try your hands st a warranty replacement....but that would require a little loose morals and a story (lie) about what happened.

I'll take the JTAG as a 50 dollar lesson learned.
Do you know where these guys are located (physically)? I see there's a paypal but I don't see any way to really send it out to them.

You could always use adam outlers help....!
He has unbricked many captivates and is really good,my suggestion would be just pm him once before you decide doing anything....!

Hunt3r.j2 said:
I'll take the JTAG as a 50 dollar lesson learned.
Do you know where these guys are located (physically)? I see there's a paypal but I don't see any way to really send it out to them.
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Josh from mobile tech lives in texas. Austin I believe.
Adam outler lives in louisiana.

Already ordered the JTAG service from their website, the Captivate is definitely a far cry from what's a relatively easy flashing process for the Desire HD.
Just to be sure, the process goes by Odin3 1 click flashback to stock, then root, then custom ROM, then..?

Hunt3r.j2 said:
Already ordered the JTAG service from their website, the Captivate is definitely a far cry from what's a relatively easy flashing process for the Desire HD.
Just to be sure, the process goes by Odin3 1 click flashback to stock, then root, then custom ROM, then..?
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no.
flashing back to stock is not required to flash a rom
rooting is not required to flash a rom
if you are on stock 2.2 with 3e recovery, then just odin a custom kernel that has CWM built in, flash your rom
if you are on 2.1 with 2e recovery, just drop the update.zip that rom manager makes onto your sdcard, reboot to recovery, reinstall packages twice, then you will be in CWM. flash your rom

Pirateghost said:
no.
flashing back to stock is not required to flash a rom
rooting is not required to flash a rom
if you are on stock 2.2 with 3e recovery, then just odin a custom kernel that has CWM built in, flash your rom
if you are on 2.1 with 2e recovery, just drop the update.zip that rom manager makes onto your sdcard, reboot to recovery, reinstall packages twice, then you will be in CWM. flash your rom
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Gah, the guides on the dev section all seem to really stress the need to go back to stock before flashing.
Is it possible/okay to just do a full wipe in CWR, then flash the ROM in recovery if it allows for it, or is this more nuanced than I think it is?

Most roms actually have a wipe script in then so all you really need is to just flash it...but if you want to make extra sure its a clean flash then yes full wipe in recovery then flash.
Unless it is a gingerbread rom and you have eclair/froyo bootloaders. Then you would need to flash those with odin/heimdall and then the rom in recovery. But if you already have ginger boots then the above still applies.

Hunt3r.j2 said:
Gah, the guides on the dev section all seem to really stress the need to go back to stock before flashing.
Is it possible/okay to just do a full wipe in CWR, then flash the ROM in recovery if it allows for it, or is this more nuanced than I think it is?
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Flashing back to stock is optional,you should be able to flash any rom via the cwm,follow these steps:
In the cwm menu
1.wipe data
2.wipe cache
3.go to advanced cwm features and wipe dalvik cache
4.then install zip from sd card
5.choose zip from sd card
6.install it and reboot....!
will work for all android versions,but make sure you dont mess up the bootloaders
take a look here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=691639&d=1313574476
edit:lol,studacris posted the reply to yourr question while i was typing this...!

Lol I do that all the time.
us in team phoenix call that ninja-ing.

Well, at least now I know what to do next time when it comes back.

Better yet what NOT to do.
Do not flash the 3 button fix if you have gingerbread bootloaders.

Anymore "DON'T DO THIS EVER" words of wisdom?

Hunt3r.j2 said:
I'll take the JTAG as a 50 dollar lesson learned.
Do you know where these guys are located (physically)? I see there's a paypal but I don't see any way to really send it out to them.
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I charge $30 per unit. I use a different method. I apply a header to the device which is plug-n-play from then on. It's a piece which Samsung left off the board to save $1.75 per unit. http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Panasonic/AXT612124/?qs=2rFUEsTwVNwSdqVM5XnLHw==
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Using a header makes it very quick to solder.

Need help stuck in 2e recovery

I got my phone rooted and then i proceeded to install rom manger to install CWM recovery. After that i rebooted the phone and ended up taking me to the original 2e recovery. Now I am basically stuck here, even after taking the battery out. I searched for a day and cant seem to find a solution.
Can anyone help please?

If you do a battery pull, there's really no way it will boot back into recovery—I'm sure it always boots into the OS by default.
Uhm, yeah.. I really don't know what to tell you.
Maybe leave the battery out for a bit?

haha i've tried that. its been a day. when i pull the battery it boots right back to 2e recovery. and it basically shows "reboot system now" "apply sd card.update.zip" "wipe data" blah blah blah it will let me highlight them but not select them because i dont have a okay key.
So i've been searching and i'm basically trying to flash back to stock firmware via odin. Will reply with an update and see what happens.

good news i got it to work. =D can close this thread.

Glad to hear it!
For future reference, selecting the option should be the home button or the power button (I can never remember all these things ).

ok sorry to reply again but basically i'm stuck again..when i go into recovery mode.. i cannot select an option.. home or power button doesnt seem to work. and basically to get out of recovery i would have to pull the battery.
To fix this .. would i need to do the 3 button fix? if so i've been looking for one and cant seem to find the right one because the ones i tried seem to don't work
do you think you can help a solution? thanks

profresh said:
ok sorry to reply again but basically i'm stuck again..when i go into recovery mode.. i cannot select an option.. home or power button doesnt seem to work. and basically to get out of recovery i would have to pull the battery.
To fix this .. would i need to do the 3 button fix? if so i've been looking for one and cant seem to find the right one because the ones i tried seem to don't work
do you think you can help a solution? thanks
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No need to apologize, we're here to help.
The volume buttons should control scrolling up or down, and home/power (can't remember, it seems to be different with various recoveries) should be to select the option.
So you don't have access to the 3-button recovery/download mode? I would suggest getting that working, and then flashing a better firmware with Odin. But do not start flashing stuff until you have download mode working, otherwise you risk bricking your phone. If download mode works, you can fix most issues you'll come across by simply flashing a stable firmware (or re-flashing the same firmware, if you caused it to malfunction, bootloop, etc).
Are you running stock firmware right now?

If you can't do anything flash a rom via odin and install cf-root kernel. This is a stock kernel with Superuser and CWM3 in this kernel. Make sure you can enter download mode with 3-button combo. Voldown+home+power.
If you don't have 3-button combo. It may disabled in your kernel. You can flash a kernel via odin what enables 3button combo but at your own risk. It may brick your phone. You can easily get download mode without 3 button combo with an Micro USB jig. This is a little stuff with a 301KOhms ressistor what shorts pin 4 and 5. You can make at home very easy or buy one from ebay.

thanks for the replies!! and sorry for my late reply.
so heres my deal. i can get into download mode and i flashed cf-root kernel via odin. so like you said its a stock kernel with superuser and root. and i dont think it comes with cwm because when i go to recovery its 2e recovery and from there i cannot even use the ok key or it doesn't let me so i have to pull my battery.
So i proceed to download rom manager and flash cwm recovery from there, then when i try to go to recovery again, i'm stuck there. i cannot even boot up to my rom and whatever i do i'll end up in 2e recovery until i pull my battery.
it's an on going cycle of doing this over and over because i cannot use to ok key in recovery.
this sucks because i've rooted other phones like nexus one, g2x and g2 and the samsung galaxy seems the hardest ...

profresh said:
thanks for the replies!! and sorry for my late reply.
so heres my deal. i can get into download mode and i flashed cf-root kernel via odin. so like you said its a stock kernel with superuser and root. and i dont think it comes with cwm because when i go to recovery its 2e recovery and from there i cannot even use the ok key or it doesn't let me so i have to pull my battery.
So i proceed to download rom manager and flash cwm recovery from there, then when i try to go to recovery again, i'm stuck there. i cannot even boot up to my rom and whatever i do i'll end up in 2e recovery until i pull my battery.
it's an on going cycle of doing this over and over because i cannot use to ok key in recovery.
this sucks because i've rooted other phones like nexus one, g2x and g2 and the samsung galaxy seems the hardest ...
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It shouldn't be hard, it should be be simple.
Since you flashed the kernel that has CWM, are you sure you don't hace CWM? You should. Something is obviously wrong here. Youtube some videos to confirm which recovery you have.

Put your device in download mode and use this:
http://files.teamkomin.com/i9000SGS/i9000-XXJVT-One-Click.jar
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didnt work.. it just boots me to recovery 3e and i cannot get out of it unless i pull the battery. i thought this would work and looked very promising.. i dont know what could the problem be.
edit #2
i had to flash back to stock via odin....
one question i have is that.. how come when i flash cwm recovery via rom manager, it doesn't have cwm? it just says at 2e or 3e recovery?

Help with clockworkmod error(not bricked)

Im coming from a rooted evo to the captivate,
I finally rooted the captivate, but the problem is I cant flash anything , I boot into recovery but I immediatly get an error.
I tried searching but ppl with the same error are bricked.so I cant go from there.
I followed instructions on how to flash cmw by placing the file on my sdcard/system/bin and thats when I get the error.
I tried doing the update.zip but I get a signature error.
Any1 can help? Thanks
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Ps im on stock rom 2.2. Used superoneclick to root
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using Tapatalk 2

oscar996 said:
Im coming from a rooted evo to the captivate,
I finally rooted the captivate, but the problem is I cant flash anything , I boot into recovery but I immediatly get an error.
I tried searching but ppl with the same error are bricked.so I cant go from there.
I followed instructions on how to flash cmw by placing the file on my sdcard/system/bin and thats when I get the error.
I tried doing the update.zip but I get a signature error.
Any1 can help? Thanks
Ps im on stock rom 2.2. Used superoneclick to root
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using Tapatalk 2
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try other cwm...

What ROM you have on this Captivate?

oscar996 said:
Im coming from a rooted evo to the captivate,
I finally rooted the captivate, but the problem is I cant flash anything , I boot into recovery but I immediatly get an error.
I tried searching but ppl with the same error are bricked.so I cant go from there.
I followed instructions on how to flash cmw by placing the file on my sdcard/system/bin and thats when I get the error.
I tried doing the update.zip but I get a signature error.
Any1 can help? Thanks
Ps im on stock rom 2.2. Used superoneclick to root
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using Tapatalk 2
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Easiest way would be to flash speedmod kernel with Odin 1.87 (or 1.85). It comes with a custom recovery.
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app

Messed up 3 button recovery/download and CWM
Hi I received a Samsung Captivate as a backup option oh 4 months back or so. I use an sgh-i717 and have absolutely zero experience with the captivate. The other day though my Note starting having charging issues so I decided I better set up the Captivate in case the need actually comes for it. Well it already had CWM Recovery and a custom rom, I believe Continuum. Well I wanted to change the ROM but the information I was reading wasn't working and in my frustration I must've messed something up, but I do have step by step log that I wrote during whole process. I've already been reading a bit here but hoping someone can help speed me to info I need since I'm so utterly clueless to this phone.
Ok my current state is this. When booting the phone it displays AT&T screen then a screen that has the word Talon on it and there it remains. The USB apparently stopped working right before it was given to me although unsure to cause. Now the Download/Recovery 3 button combo did work but somehow I broke that and so now I cant really do anything without some help.
Ok here is log of what I did.
1. Boot into CWM
2. wipe data/factory reset
3. Cache wipe
4. Format SD Card
5. Format Cache
6. Format Data
7. Format System
8. Wipe Dalvik Cache
9. Power Off

insanethomas5 said:
Hi I received a Samsung Captivate as a backup option oh 4 months back or so. I use an sgh-i717 and have absolutely zero experience with the captivate. The other day though my Note starting having charging issues so I decided I better set up the Captivate in case the need actually comes for it. Well it already had CWM Recovery and a custom rom, I believe Continuum. Well I wanted to change the ROM but the information I was reading wasn't working and in my frustration I must've messed something up, but I do have step by step log that I wrote during whole process. I've already been reading a bit here but hoping someone can help speed me to info I need since I'm so utterly clueless to this phone.
Ok my current state is this. When booting the phone it displays AT&T screen then a screen that has the word Talon on it and there it remains. The USB apparently stopped working right before it was given to me although unsure to cause. Now the Download/Recovery 3 button combo did work but somehow I broke that and so now I cant really do anything without some help.
Ok here is log of what I did.
1. Boot into CWM
2. wipe data/factory reset
3. Cache wipe
4. Format SD Card
5. Format Cache
6. Format Data
7. Format System
8. Wipe Dalvik Cache
9. Power Off
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Well basically you erased everything on your phone without flashing another ROM, hence why it won't fully boot up.
If your usb port isn't working, you'll have to use an external sd and put a ROM + kernel on it (that are 2.2). I suggest Firefly and Speedmod. From there, you'll have to boot in recovery and flash both (ROM first).
Without a working usb, you can't use Odin to flash the stock image on your phone so hope that you can get in recovery!