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[Q] Odin help

Hey guys... ok i have been looking and cant seem to find how to rectify this issue... i am really stuck and would appreciate any help possible..
Ok so i had stock 2.2 on my captivate, n tried to install a gingerbread rom using mobiletechvideos easy step guide using this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOyx5JQ_8_I
... in doing that the first step of installing the bootloaders through odin, i inserted the pda files but it freezes at setup connection... now i think its soft bricked as i can still put it in download mode.. the thing is i have tried one click odin to revert back to 2.1 or 2.2 but it stops at set pit file... and then do not turn off target... its been here for over 25 mins n nothing... i have kept trying a couple of times and sometimes it wud just say fail.. Guys again i am sorry if this in the wrong place or has been brought up before.. i tried looking and was not able to find anything..
Thanks

Well your first issue there he says flash to stock 2.1 jf6 you where on 2.2 Unless your phone is a newer build 2.1 is always better to flash then 2.2. What build is your phone?

Reboot your computer, swap usb ports to one that is in the back attached to the motherboard (if already back there swap to a different one in the back) or port #1 on a laptop. Right click odin and run as administrator.

Thanks for the responses..
Yeah i know it said do it on 2.1, i figured it cud have worked on 2.2 i guess i was wrong... n in terms of switching port, odin still recognizes the port as i get the yellow screen but it doesn't move from there...???

It doesn't matter what's on the phone 2.1, or 2.2. **** you can be in a custom rom (I made the jump from firefly). If you are using odin its the same, if it will write 2.1 over anything why wouldn't do it for 2.3.3? No Difference.. The only way 2.2 would matter is if you weren't using odin then you would have to get around 3e recovery. But download mode is underneath the firmware does not matter what is on it odin will overwrite it.
And odin can be super touchy with the usb ports. And although it sees it the flash fails if odin is on the rag and didn't take any midol.

studacris said:
It doesn't matter what's on the phone 2.1, or 2.2. **** you can be in a custom rom (I made the jump from firefly). If you are using odin its the same, if it will write 2.1 over anything why wouldn't do it for 2.3.3? No Difference.. The only way 2.2 would matter is if you weren't using odin then you would have to get around 3e recovery. But download mode is underneath the firmware does not matter what is on it odin will overwrite it.
And odin can be super touchy with the usb ports. And although it sees it the flash fails if odin is on the rag and didn't take any midol.
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again thanks for your help studacris... so basically if odin can read it but nothing happens i am screwed... i really need to know if there is absolutely anything else i can do to fix this as this is my only means of communication.. i am lost without my cappy...

Are you sure you are using a Motherboard usb port and that you are running on Admin? If odin is being stupid you can look in to Heimdall

prbassplayer said:
Are you sure you are using a Motherboard usb port and that you are running on Admin? If odin is being stupid you can look in to Heimdall
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yeah i am sure i am using it on the motherboard port and running it on admin.. It basically freezes on differnt areas and doesnt completely reflash to stock on odin3 one-click downloader...
So there is nothing else i cud do with odin rite??

rheanjd said:
yeah i am sure i am using it on the motherboard port and running it on admin.. It basically freezes on differnt areas and doesnt completely reflash to stock on odin3 one-click downloader...
So there is nothing else i cud do with odin rite??
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Try a different version of odin. If that dont work then use Heimdall

You can go to samfirmware.com-US SGS download wich ever version u want (id use JF6) download and decompress. Each .md5 file you need to decompress as well and get out the individual file in them. Here is a good how too with heimdall from mobiltechvideos. Hope this helps

prbassplayer said:
You can go to samfirmware.com-US SGS download wich ever version u want (id use JF6) download and decompress. Each .md5 file you need to decompress as well and get out the individual file in them. Here is a good how too with heimdall from mobiltechvideos. Hope this helps
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Thanks.. i was hoping odin wud have come through but i guess i will have to try heimdall...

Ok guys i have downloaded heimdall and right now trying to install the jf6 2.1 rom... the thing is i am on load package and tyring to put the firmware package... this might be a stupid question but i am inserting the zipped file but it keeps saying - Tar header contained an invalid file size... Do i need to extract the files and then do this..???

rheanjd said:
Ok guys i have downloaded heimdall and right now trying to install the jf6 2.1 rom... the thing is i am on load package and tyring to put the firmware package... this might be a stupid question but i am inserting the zipped file but it keeps saying - Tar header contained an invalid file size... Do i need to extract the files and then do this..???
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Wich Heimdall you using? I suggest 1.1.1 in wich you choose each file u want to flash individually.

i had downlaoded 1.3.0 will try this thanks..

ok so i have inserted factory fs, kernel,param,cache,database data,modem and clicked start, it took two seconds and then stated failed to retrieve config descriptor...??
also i haven't added anything in the pit or primary and secondary and recovery files

rheanjd said:
ok so i have inserted factory fs, kernel,param,cache,database data,modem and clicked start, it took two seconds and then stated failed to retrieve config descriptor...??
also i haven't added anything in the pit or primary and secondary and recovery files
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Im not sure about your error but the Jf6 from samfirmware has FactoryFS, Param.lfs, Cache, Database Data, Modem and Recovery(Zimage). Maybe you put a file in the wrong place?

Thanks but istn't the zimage supposed to be for the kernel... i haven't inserted anything into the recovery field...
i am rite now left clueless

No your right. Its the kernel I had a brain fart. Well I honestly Do not know whats wrong, Im assuming you ran Heimdall as Admin... Well **** man any way you have access to another machine? Im out of ideas maybe someone else can help. =/

Hey thanks i really appreciate the help ...
guys if anyone else can help me out it would be really appreciated... the phone is all i got and i really need it to work today... i am just restarting my computer and will try again hopefully it will work otherwise i am out of options...

Ok restarted and giving the same issue...
"Failed to retrieve config descriptor"
what the hell is that???

Cannot install custom kernels

Whenever I tried to install CF - Root (For JVT Firmware) or Speedmod through Odin, it installs but quickly says fail which then leads to the
Phone.....!.... Computer image. For me to fix the issue, I have to re-flash the ROM.
Is there anyway to install Kernels without having Odin to say fail?
I heard on one website that they say it may be Bootloaders that are causing the issues.

u have a bad connection to pc. maybe cable or phone plug

pch.radu said:
u have a bad connection to pc. maybe cable or phone plug
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I agree on that since I try the connections on my computer and Odin doesn't pick up on COM 1 untill I plug one in a specific USB port it works....
Funny thing is, the connections I haven't had a problem for flashing either JVT through One Click Hemindall or manually on Odin but for Kernel, it always fails.

try that... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899.
You can put kernel on sdcard and flash it this way.

spamtrash said:
try that... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899.
You can put kernel on sdcard and flash it this way.
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My phone isn't rooted. Tried to install CF - Root before but it failed.

Market, pro version, contains root...
Sent from tam-tam drum

Another question,
Could this be a simpler way to flash the root files or Kernel in?
Go to my Android 3e Recovery and flash them via SD card?
Or is CWM really neeeded to do this?

Again, mentioned by me soft contains CWM ...
Sent from tam-tam drum

spamtrash said:
Again, mentioned by me soft contains CWM ...
Sent from tam-tam drum
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Sorry, couldn't understand what you were saying in the last post.
By software you mean CF-Root or the custom kernels?
Sorry for being a noob here....
But those softwares can't be installed VIA Odin, because it pops up FAIL.

[Q] Can't seem to get any ROMS to work (reboot problem)

Okay I posted this thread because I didn't want to hijack someone elses anymore than I did.
I recently got a Samsung GT-I9000, I believe it's the international though I can't be 100% sure. I tried doing a few simple ROMS like CM7-9, Devil, Dmore, etc but nothing seems to work. I can use Odin and Heimdall just fine, but I can't seem to use adb to actually get into my device. I can get into download mode and CWM Recovery, but I can't seem to get any flashes to go through, any help?

I've managed to get it past the GT-I9000 stage and it goes into an android breaking out of concrete bootimage, but then it just loops. Also The GT-I9000 picture is perfect, but the bootimage color is all skewed, does this mean anything?

SGT_Watkins said:
Okay I posted this thread because I didn't want to hijack someone elses anymore than I did.
I recently got a Samsung GT-I9000, I believe it's the international though I can't be 100% sure. I tried doing a few simple ROMS like CM7-9, Devil, Dmore, etc but nothing seems to work. I can use Odin and Heimdall just fine, but I can't seem to use adb to actually get into my device. I can get into download mode and CWM Recovery, but I can't seem to get any flashes to go through, any help?
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I am not sure what you are doing wrong. You need to install the correct kernal first and then the ROM. You may want to watch YouTube video of GT-I9000 rooting and flashing the ROM step by step video.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

SGT_Watkins said:
I've managed to get it past the GT-I9000 stage and it goes into an android breaking out of concrete bootimage, but then it just loops. Also The GT-I9000 picture is perfect, but the bootimage color is all skewed, does this mean anything?
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This seems to be a wrong kernal. Or try to take out the battery for a minute or so, then put it back and turn on the phone, this should help. If not check the kernal requirements and re install the ROM.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

Well I've installed ROMS and Kernals a million times on my Captivate, but I can't seem to get it to work on the I9000.

SGT_Watkins said:
Well I've installed ROMS and Kernals a million times on my Captivate, but I can't seem to get it to work on the I9000.
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This happened toe on my captivate few times and that turned out the wrong kernal.
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Okay, well I'm re-downloading an official Kernal so let's see how this goes, wish me luck!

SGT_Watkins said:
Okay, well I'm re-downloading an official Kernal so let's see how this goes, wish me luck!
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Good Luck brother. I am sure this will work, keep your fingers crossed.
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I just flashed a good stock kernal, and it's rebooted. It has the normal Galaxy S Bootimage and it's playing the music (first sound I've had from it) but never makes it past that, it waits there for about a minute and then reboots. I can get into the recovery (Android system recovery <3e>) but it's not CWM. When in recovery it says
-- Appling Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Can't access to '/system/csc/VIA/system/'.
Successfully applied multi-CSC.

SGT_Watkins said:
I just flashed a good stock kernal, and it's rebooted. It has the normal Galaxy S Bootimage and it's playing the music (first sound I've had from it) but never makes it past that, it waits there for about a minute and then reboots. I can get into the recovery (Android system recovery <3e>) but it's not CWM. When in recovery it says
-- Appling Multi-CSC...
Installing Multi-CSC
Can't access to '/system/csc/VIA/system/'.
Successfully applied multi-CSC.
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I will look something for you with CWM and ROM.
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Go to "ramad" thread and a rom from there and flash it with Odin (in PDA only)
that will restore your Phone or download "darky 10.1 resurrection rom" also flashed with Odin.
If u don't know how to flash with Odin then search Google writing "flash with Odin" there are utube video guides

zodiaxe66 said:
Go to "ramad" thread and a rom from there and flash it with Odin (in PDA only)
that will restore your Phone or download "darky 10.1 resurrection rom" also flashed with Odin.
If u don't know how to flash with Odin then search Google writing "flash with Odin" there are utube video guides
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Ramad's thread is where I got the ROM + Kernal + Pit. I tried searching for darky's rom, I can find the rom but no kernal. Any luck? All of the links are outdated
After I do the ROM from Ramad's I get the below, it reboots twice then I get the error about the CSC, then it reboots with the galaxy s boot with sound, stays there for a few then just reboots constantly, playing the boot with sound.
-- Installing package...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
Bar goes a quarter of the way, phone reboots

Go to darkyrom.com and find this rom darky rom extreme 12.2 this link is up and working.it's jvq rom but that doesn't matter as long as the phone boots up.after that u can flash any rom from the phone cwm.
If this doesn't fix it,then try with pit.file and tick re-partition.
Get the pit-file from "ramad"

Are u trying to flash from 3'recovery on your phone?? This can not be done
U need to flash using ODIN,it's a samsung flashing tool.
Before u can flash from your phone,u need cwm recovery.
Go to cf-root kernel and find a kernel that matches your firmware and flash it with ODIN,then u have custom recovery.
First time flashing with odin, google "flash with odin" there is video guides,easy to follow

I can get CWM on my phone, and I've flashed using ODIN but still no luck getting it not to constantly loop

was your firmware originally froyo or eclair...if so you may need to do a bootloader upgrade...been racking my brains all day thinking what the problem might be....heres a link to a very simple way to upgrade bootloader courtesy of nitr8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089989

slaphead20 said:
was your firmware originally froyo or eclair...if so you may need to do a bootloader upgrade...been racking my brains all day thinking what the problem might be....heres a link to a very simple way to upgrade bootloader courtesy of nitr8
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089989
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I was given the phone with it already looping, so how can I figure that out?

SGT_Watkins said:
I was given the phone with it already looping, so how can I figure that out?
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now he tells us!!! well a bootloader upgrade wont harm, but for gods sake make sure kies aint going to fire up half way through...and dont jog or disturb the phone during the flash cos if you mess up a bootloader flash its toast time!

Any good links for bootloaders? Lol, I can't seem to find any non-outdated ones.

SGT_Watkins said:
Any good links for bootloaders? Lol, I can't seem to find any non-outdated ones.
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i posted you a link a couple of posts back! here!!!!! http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1089989

[SOLVED] Repairing bad flash i9000

[SOLVED] Read on to find out how.
For this to work you must be able to access "Download mode" and make sure that your phone is recognized by the computer.
Here's what happened:
Phone was running CM7.2 and Glitch 13.1 and I wanted Slim ICS 4.2 so what I did was: wipe user data, cache and devik cache then installed Slim ICS 4.2 through CWM and it worked.
But when the phone was trying to do the initial install after it had rebooted from flashing Slim in recovery it just restarts and loops, always about to do the initial install.
Got fed up with this and sort of rage flashed back to stock loosely following THESE instructions, but I didn't follow the instructions like I should have. What I did instead was flash my stock JVC gingerbread firmware (Orange of the UK branded) TAR file as PDA with the 20100512 PIT file in Odin3 1.87. And yes I did check "Repartition" in Odin, because the instructions I had for Hemidall said to have repartition "CHECKED".
This is the result, from 3e recovery.
--Installing package...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-P1000" ||
getprop("re.build.product") == "GT-P1000" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-i9000" ||
getprop("re.build.product") == "GT-i9000"
E:Error in /cache/recovery/sec_csc.zip (Status 7)
Installation aborted.
So then some poo came out... but I thought if I followed the instructions EXACTLY as they were writtin these problems would all go away and I can go back to not crapping myself
I followed the instructions perfectly and I still get the same screen as written above, in 3e recovery.
So now too scared to touch the phone without some brief guidance, can someone please please help as I'd really like to be able to start testing and benchmarking ICS roms.
Thank you again XDA

You can try flashing with my recovery kit, worth trying, just download it, unzip and read the .txt first, pictorial instructions included
http://db.tt/MOGZx01S
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

Thank you slaphead20
My only question is: What have I done, and why will ezbase recovery kit for gb fix it?
Before trying ezbase (which is downloading now and will take 22 minutes) should I try flashing to stock like I normally would with Odin where by I just flash the one TAR file in PDA? But if you don't think it will help then I wont touch it until recovery kit gets here :/

Odin can't see the phone, but Hemidall works perfectly... do I have to somehow revert the drivers in Device Manager for Odin to see my phone again?
As you know Hemidall comes with that "Zadig" drivers thing and it was after using this that Odin stopped seeing my phone

mod2max said:
Odin can't see the phone, but Hemidall works perfectly... do I have to somehow revert the drivers in Device Manager for Odin to see my phone again?
As you know Hemidall comes with that "Zadig" drivers thing and it was after using this that Odin stopped seeing my phone
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You may need to reinstall driver s,, not sure as I don't use heimdall, the kit I sent you is an Odin based kit, will give you a stripped down gb Rom called ezbase, there is a pit file included, and also a cf root kernel, so you should be able to use heimdall
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slaphead20 said:
You may need to reinstall driver s,, not sure as I don't use heimdall, the kit I sent you is an Odin based kit, will give you a stripped down gb Rom called ezbase, there is a pit file included, and also a cf root kernel, so you should be able to use heimdall
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Well it's 2:00AM Sunday morning here in the UK, got home a few moments ago and had a brainwave "Why not use a virtual machine to install the phone's drivers and test Odin" so I did and it works fine I will flash the recovery kit in the morning (even though it is morning... ) and let you know how it goes.

Thought I'd reinstall the drviers on my PC since it worked on the virtual machine, got Odin back
However, I set up the flash as described in EZOdin and it got to HERE and then it got stuck... been stuck for about 20 minutes now.
In the white "Connection" status box in Odin it says "Set Partition"
Phone is still plugged in, haven't seen any progress bars on the phone or any change in Odin, is it safe to remove the phone (Hemidall would say "Hemidall crashed" but is safe to remove the phone)?
UPDATE
Ok so got the phone removed, safely I think...
It's gone a bit funny like it did when Hemidall crashed... so no boot logo or kernel splash etc, just a white picture of a phone and dotted line connection to a pc. But I fixed that by flashing again with exact set up from the instructions for Hemidall, it got logos back and recovery etc.
But can still access download mode and and Odin sees the phone, hope is not lost
Is it worth trying to flash the files in normal Odin3? I have version 1.87. It might be a one off crash (like Hemidall's was) but I crap my self when stuff like this happens and would rather it didn't do it again

mod2max said:
is it safe to remove the phone (Hemidall would say "Hemidall crashed" but is safe to remove the phone)?
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Its stalled, Its Failed, but you have no option but to disconnect, which means you will be in upgrade mode or BSOD mode after you pull the plug. meaning you have to Flash again using Pit first but before that you need to remove battery, reinsert, best to remove external SD card and Sim card too.
restart odin and plug in usb cable, it might detect straight away for you to flash again

xsenman said:
Its stalled, Its Failed, but you have no option but to disconnect, which means you will be in upgrade mode or BSOD mode after you pull the plug. meaning you have to Flash again using Pit first but before that you need to remove battery, reinsert, best to remove external SD card and Sim card too.
restart odin and plug in usb cable, it might detect straight away for you to flash again
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Ahhh that must be what it is, upgrade mode :/
Well I got the phone out and download mode still works and Odin can still see the phone, so I'm pretty safe atm (I think.....) battery has already been removed etc.
But while download mode and Odin work I'm not doing more to the phone now, if I carry on I will actually have heart failure. So I will pick this up again later on this afternoon.

xsenman said:
Its stalled, Its Failed, but you have no option but to disconnect, which means you will be in upgrade mode or BSOD mode after you pull the plug. meaning you have to Flash again using Pit first but before that you need to remove battery, reinsert, best to remove external SD card and Sim card too.
restart odin and plug in usb cable, it might detect straight away for you to flash again
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Could you please explain what you mean by "using Pit first"? I thought pit files go in it's space in Odin at the same time as flashing everything else (when you use Pits of course).
My current plan is, install the usb drivers on a machine that has never been touched by me, Odin or anything else. So maybe this will determine whether it is EZOdin playing up on the latest version of Windows 7... if it's not either of those then I guess that means I am no longer able to flash PIT files and am screwed.
But I will find out, fingered crossed!
Slaphead20, I've taken the PDA, PHONE and CSC files you gave me and would like to flash them in Odin3. I've stripped the files of their ".md5" extensions and now they are just ".tar" but I was wondering if this would have any bad effects while flashing? Does Odin3 take ".md5" files like EZOdin does? Is it safer to leave the files in their ".md5" format?

How it was solved:
I took the "ezbase recovery kit" that was kindly made available to me from Slaphead20 and unpacked the "PDA", "PHONE" and "CSC" .md5 files, I first removed the ".md5" extensions from the end of each file name and then used WinRAR to unload the contents of each ".tar" folder into a normal uncompressed folder for use with Hemidall.
**I did find that while unpacking these files there was two "cache.rfs" files, they are both the same but we just use one when using Hemidall.**
The reason I used Hemidall instead of EZOdin (which is supplied with the recovery kit) or Odin3 is because firstly when I tried to use the recovery kit in EZOdin, it crashed and I had to unplug the phone unwillingly (that caused "Upgrade mode"). And the reason for not using Odin3 was fear of the same.
The process:
**Make sure your handset has plenty of juice cause the last thing you want is a bad flash and then not being able to charge the batter without an external charger.**
Firstly, get your phone into "Download Mode" with the USB cable unplugged from the computer
Set up Hemidall like so...
**Make sure "Repartition" is checked and "No Reboot" is unchecked for this bit!**
Partition ID______Partitions (Files)
____0___________IBL+PBL = boot.bin
____3___________SBL = Sbl.bin
____6___________KERNEL = zImage
____11__________MODEM = modem.bin
____21__________PARAM = param.lfs
____22__________FACTORYFS = factoryfs.rfs
____23__________DBDATAFS = dbdata.rfs
____24__________CACHE = cache.rfs
After the flash is complete the phone will reboot, the first ever boot of the OS is a long one so just be patent and it will eventually (fingers crossed) load.
Q: What is it doesn't load?
A: Flash the above again until it does, or your doing something wrong -_-"
Once the phone has loaded, shut it down and then go back into "Download Mode" with the USB cable unplugged. Now, with Hemidall select the same pit file as before but make sure that "Repartition" and "No Reboot" are both unchecked, then click "Add" and select "Kernel" for the "Partition Name", browse to the "zImage" file in the "CF -Root for EZbase" folder (or similar). Plug the USB cable into the phone, click "Start" and wait for the phone to reboot, then you will have Root (+ SU) and CWM.
**If any flash you make with Hemidall stalls (fails) after you click "Start" and you have to unplug the phone it will now be stuck in "Upgrade Mode" but get into "Download Mode" and follow this guide from the start.**
Thank you Slaphead20 for this one

hi, thx for such an informative insight here...
there should be a sticky thread for such kind of issues and which would get everyone going in quick !
not sure if mods are listening to this
anyways thanks again
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app

Just as a heads up, all credits to
Nitr8 for the ez components
Chainfire for cf kernel
Samsung for pit file
Link to recovery kit, unzip and read.txt
http://db.tt/MOGZx01S
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium

dude, ive had similar problems, due to this thread i was able to fix, and get my phone running. now ive got one small problem left. cwm wont flash. im stuck on 3e recovery, when i try to flash update.zip, it fails, and obviously i cant update to different rom with that. any hints on how to get cwm on it? and how do u generally get cwm when using that recovery pack?

banana_plug said:
dude, ive had similar problems, due to this thread i was able to fix, and get my phone running. now ive got one small problem left. cwm wont flash. im stuck on 3e recovery, when i try to flash update.zip, it fails, and obviously i cant update to different rom with that. any hints on how to get cwm on it? and how do u generally get cwm when using that recovery pack?
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flash the cf kernel as pda in Odin, no repartition....for crying out loud there's a pictorial guide with screen shots of Odin loaded up....:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
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slaphead20 said:
flash the cf kernel as pda in Odin, no repartition....for crying out loud there's a pictorial guide with screen shots of Odin loaded up....:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
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now guess what? i did flashed CF kernel. guess does it load CWM afterwards? no. 3e recovery loads up instead. it actually failed for the first time (when flashing in ezodin as pda) the second time it was flashed right. but no CWM. was following tutorial step by step. im sure i was doing exactly whats stated in it. any ideas my dear ?

banana_plug said:
now guess what? i did flashed CF kernel. guess does it load CWM afterwards? no. 3e recovery loads up instead. it actually failed for the first time (when flashing in ezodin as pda) the second time it was flashed right. but no CWM. was following tutorial step by step. im sure i was doing exactly whats stated in it. any ideas my dear ?
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did you flash as a separate step from the ez base flash?
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slaphead20 said:
did you flash as a separate step from the ez base flash?
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dude, youre absolutely right. as a separate step. been through google for hours, untill now its unsolved for me. 3e recovery stays in.

banana_plug said:
dude, youre absolutely right. as a separate step. been through google for hours, untill now its unsolved for me. 3e recovery stays in.
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try a new download of the kit, no one, and I mean no one, has ever had that before
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try a new download of the kit, no one, and I mean no one, has ever had that before
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yes. you probably understand why im actually posting here. i nearly never post, not because im a techie, im a total noob, its just that im good at research, and i dont like to bother others. but at this point im pretty tired. will go thru the procedure again (third time) and see what happens. ****ing 3e recovery!
p.s correct me, replacing the kernel with CFROOT one from the pack, should automatically flash CWM? if thats the case, i might go and find another kernel with such capabilities, am i on a right path? p.s when i get rich, ill donate to you a beer ;D

CANNOT ROOT samsung captivate 2.3.5

Hello friends,
I have been a silent follower of this forum for more than 5 years and I never needed to post anything because I was able to find everything and I am very thankful to all the developers out there.
But today I couldn't get something done with my phone. I had samsung captivate (at&t) which for some reason couldn't start up so at&t had to exchange it for me ( that was few months back). For past few weeks I have been trying to root this new phone ( also samsung captivate), but I cannot get it to root. I searched all over the place and tried to root the device for nearly 5-7 times using odin, but no luck.
Today I used the easy root by red_81 (corn kernel 7.0a). Again it was an unsuccessful attempt. The installation freezes at the zImage step during the kernel installation.
Help with this will be really appreciated.
MY PHONE INFO:-
Model number- SAMSUNG - SGH - I897
Firmware version - 2.3.5
Baseband version - I897UCKK4
Kernel version - 2.6.35.7-I897UCKK4-CL614489
Build number - GINGERBREAD.UCKK4
Also I read it in some post that there is some info under the battery it says 10.07. I don't know if that is helpful but I just mentioned it so.
I will be waiting for the reply. Thanks in advance.

wimobile246 said:
Hello friends,
I have been a silent follower of this forum for more than 5 years and I never needed to post anything because I was able to find everything and I am very thankful to all the developers out there.
But today I couldn't get something done with my phone. I had samsung captivate (at&t) which for some reason couldn't start up so at&t had to exchange it for me ( that was few months back). For past few weeks I have been trying to root this new phone ( also samsung captivate), but I cannot get it to root. I searched all over the place and tried to root the device for nearly 5-7 times using odin, but no luck.
Today I used the easy root by red_81 (corn kernel 7.0a). Again it was an unsuccessful attempt. The installation freezes at the zImage step during the kernel installation.
Help with this will be really appreciated.
MY PHONE INFO:-
Model number- SAMSUNG - SGH - I897
Firmware version - 2.3.5
Baseband version - I897UCKK4
Kernel version - 2.6.35.7-I897UCKK4-CL614489
Build number - GINGERBREAD.UCKK4
Also I read it in some post that there is some info under the battery it says 10.07. I don't know if that is helpful but I just mentioned it so.
I will be waiting for the reply. Thanks in advance.
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A quick forum search and you would've found your answer, but here's the method I repeatedly used. Start at step #5 http://www.android.net/forum/samsun...ead-build-kk4-2-3-5-rooting-instructions.html

Hey, thanks for the reply but I have tried that before and same thing it stops at zimage and nothing happened. However, I will give it a try again when I get home.
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Have you tried the fugu method? I had the same system and fugu worked like a charmnfoeme.
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I will search for it but if you have the link can you let me know please. And thanks for reply in the thread
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Have u tried different usb/micro usb cables and or different usb ports.
U could also just flash KK4 Corn Kernel (i recommend versions 6.03 or 7.0A) through Odin or Heimdall, because u can get Root through the CWM Recovery that is included with these kernels.
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4-2ndtwin said:
Have u tried different usb/micro usb cables and or different usb ports.
U could also just flash KK4 Corn Kernel (i recommend versions 6.03 or 7.0A) through Odin or Heimdall, because u can get Root through the CWM Recovery that is included with these kernels.
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I haven't tried different usb/micro usb cable but ya I have tried different usb ports.
I tried to flash the Corn Kernel 7.0A through Odin but It stops at Zimage step. So that didn't help either. But thanks for the idea.

treygrizzard26 said:
A quick forum search and you would've found your answer, but here's the method I repeatedly used. Start at step #5
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Hey treygrizzard, I tried the option 1 from the link you provided but it didn't work (again it freezes at zImage) and I also tried option 2.
surprising think happened with option 2 I downloaded cornkernel 7.0A (odin flashable) and it finished all the steps but when I went into the recovery mode it didn't have "root" option, and the kernal version didn't change in my phone ("about phone" option). I don't know what should I do?

Did u look under the "advanced" tab while in the cwm recovery of corn kernel v7.0A ? The option for Root should be under that.
The name of the kernel may not be changed under About phone because it might not have been built in by the Dev, but it has been in some of the newer versions.
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4-2ndtwin said:
Did u look under the "advanced" tab while in the cwm recovery of corn kernel v7.0A ? The option for Root should be under that.
The name of the kernel may not be changed under About phone because it might not have been built in by the Dev, but it has been in some of the newer versions.
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Actually when I went into the recovery mode it is still "android recovery 3e" and not CWM. I will try to flash it again today and see if that will change to CWM. Should I try corn kernel v7.06? of should I stick with v7.0A when I try it again?
Again thanks everyone for help.

Stay with 6.03 or 7.0A
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Stay with 6.03 or 7.0A
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Ok I will try to flash it with 7.0A again and see if it helps. Thanks

4-2ndtwin said:
Stay with 6.03 or 7.0A
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Ok so I tried to flash it again first with 7.0a and 6.03 but no luck. Odin says "PASS! (0:3)" but when I go into recovery mode it shows "android recovery 3e"
Here is the log from odin for 6.03 (its the same for 7.0a as well) [update - I attached the picture of odin after it flashed the phone]:
<ID:0/005> Initialzation..
<ID:0/005> Get PIT for mapping..
<ID:0/005> Firmware update start..
<ID:0/005> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/005> RES OK !!
<ID:0/005> Completed..
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
<ID:0/005> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
Just so you know before put the zImage file in PDA I had to add ".tar" at the end for the odin PDA to see the file (so from zImage I had to change it to zImage.tar). I don't know if that has to do anything me not getting it to work.
Thanks

Here flash this one View attachment CornKernel_UCKK4_v70A.tar.
It won't work the way u did it. I attached the .tar version from the Corn Kernel thread. It should work.
U can't just rename the zImage. It has to be repackaged, so to speak, through an Archiver.... Winzip, 7zip, IZarc, etc.

4-2ndtwin said:
Here flash this one View attachment 1293182.
It won't work the way u did it. I attached the .tar version from the Corn Kernel thread. It should work.
U can't just rename the zImage. It has to be repackaged, so to speak, through an Archiver.... Winzip, 7zip, IZarc, etc.
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I tried it with your .tar file and same thing happens. It stops at the zImage step and than nothing happens. I waited 15 mins but nothing happened. I have attached the image of odin during the flash when it stop. Everytime I try to install the kernel it stops at zImage step, and than it soft bricks my phone and than I have to use the heimdall one click unbrick to make it work. I don't know what to do now. Please help.
Thanks for all the help so far.

The problem has got to be something with the micro usb/usb cable, usb port...or something in relation to these. U need to get a different cable and try. Also be sure on ur pc that u r using a usb port that is in the back of the desktop. Don't use a usb hub. Check the micro usb port on the phone to make sure it is clean of dirt, etc.
Also u could try a different pc. And u could look into using Heimdall instead of Odin, if all else fails.
Keep us posted. Thx.
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4-2ndtwin said:
The problem has got to be something with the micro usb/usb cable, usb port...or something in relation to these. U need to get a different cable and try. Also be sure on ur pc that u r using a usb port that is in the back of the desktop. Don't use a usb hub. Check the micro usb port on the phone to make sure it is clean of dirt, etc.
Also u could try a different pc. And u could look into using Heimdall instead of Odin, if all else fails.
Keep us posted. Thx.
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Ok so far I tired flashing the same .tar file you attached in previous post using heimdall (followed instructions from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Captivate:_Full_Update_Guide).
It didn't help either, it showed an ERROR and than session was ended.
I also tried using different port on my laptop.
My next try is to use desktop computer with the back usb port. I don't have an extra micro USB cable so I have buy another one, so till then I will try to use my desktop computer and see if that helps.
I will keep you posted. Thanks for all the help so far.

at the risk of repeating some of the instructions from other threads . .
have you tried removing the battery and sim card, then without battery or sim in phone, going into download mode with vol up-down keys held while connecting usb?
that was the only way I could get my cappy to flash properly with the design gears kernal rooting method from stock gb kk4. then I flashed corn successfully, when already rooted.
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laughingT said:
at the risk of repeating some of the instructions from other threads . .
have you tried removing the battery and sim card, then without battery or sim in phone, going into download mode with vol up-down keys held while connecting usb?
that was the only way I could get my cappy to flash properly with the design gears kernal rooting method from stock gb kk4. then I flashed corn successfully, when already rooted.
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First of all thanks for your advice and I tired the way you said but it didn't help. I took out my battery and sim from the phone and try to go into the download mode with vol-up down keys held and connected my usb cord but nothing happened. It seems like it doesn't work without the battery inserted. So now I am trying to use my friend's computer to see if its my laptop. I really appreciate your advice "laughingT".

4-2ndtwin said:
The problem has got to be something with the micro usb/usb cable, usb port...or something in relation to these. U need to get a different cable and try. Also be sure on ur pc that u r using a usb port that is in the back of the desktop. Don't use a usb hub. Check the micro usb port on the phone to make sure it is clean of dirt, etc.
Also u could try a different pc. And u could look into using Heimdall instead of Odin, if all else fails.
Keep us posted. Thx.
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OK so now my phone is successfully rooted. Thanks to everyone who put in their advice, especially 4.2ndtwin. I really appreciate your help and answering all the questions.
So basically I think my laptop USB ports doesn't allow me to root, I used my friend's laptop and it work very well and my phone is now rooted using corn kernel. My next step is to install serendipty rom. How is that rom for captivate? any advice on good roms out there that I should try it on my phone. I will also search around the forum to see other people's responses and my choices.