Hey all, a friend just picked up a used Captivate. It had 2.1 on it when he got it so we got KIES and installed the Froyo update. He still isn't able to sideload however. I heard that AT&T pushed out an update to allow sideloading in May. We tried checking for firmware updates but nothing is showing up??? Is there a way to manually install this update on a non-rooted device? Why can't I find ANYTHING on the interwebs relating to this subject. Does everyone have root at this point or something????
Nevermind. Support chat on at&t was able to push the fix to the phone in seconds.
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Hey guys, so I have an unrooted & locked stock froyo N1 on FRF91. After I bought my phone, I manually updated to FRF85B, and then manually to FRF91 (too impatient to wait for froyo!). I tried searching the forums, but came up empty handed, so here are my questions!
I was just wondering if this would affect me receiving OTAs in the future and updating applications. For example, when the new Facebook and Twitter version came out I didn't get a notification and I couldn't update it through Marketplace, so I had to download them and install them through Marketplace to get the newest version. However, I can automatically update applications such as Google Maps and Google Voice. Does me manually upgrading have to do anything with this?
Also, I saw a new version named "FRF91-UP" floating around the forums, was this an OTA upgrade? I know it contains the new Gmail application as well as the new Facebook and Twitter app as well, and if it was a OTA upgrade, I never got it . Is there something I have to do to start getting these OTAs if it is an OTA? Or is this a leaked update?
Sorry for so many questions, I'm still learning how to use android to its full capacity ! And thanks in advance to whoever can help me out!!
From what i read, YES, your full stock, long as you got Stock recovery you will receive OTA's from whoever sends them, some Updates require to do a manual update.. i did the manual update too and all my apps get auto update, and i get notifications too, jus like everything else you can try do a recovery(stock) wipe/factory reset.. this might help in some way..
a buddy did this 2 days ago and he got some features that where there b4, he waited for the OTA's,then again i dont think he was really looking.. Lol
and i never heard of any FRF91-UP or seen anything around.. if anything i would have heard from my friend that has waited and all
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I just googled FRF91-UP this is for rooted phones.. if anything the pulled the update gmail and whatever else and ported it to whatever phone
Got the firmware today.. when it loaded it ran the entire progress bar and later said that it failed.. however in the settings it say jh7 and additional attempts to update says no updates available. Also.. after the update the superuser app is still installed and appears that root is still there. Any thoughts?
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trumsey2005 said:
Got the firmware today.. when it loaded it ran the entire progress bar and later said that it failed.. however in the settings it say jh7 and additional attempts to update says no updates available. Also.. after the update the superuser app is still installed and appears that root is still there. Any thoughts?
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I take it back.. after changing clock and checking again the update is available again...
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You have to unroot before you can do a ota upgrade. Rooting is suppose to block ota upgrades because a ota upgrade would remove superuser.
I read somewhere that people have had to flash back to complete original. I've rooted and removed AT&T crapware. Also, being new to the Android platform I need some guidance on how to go back to factory orig. I've heard of odin.. but base on my limited research I haven't seen if it is available to mac. I am familiar with Unix/Linux.. they are my primary OS'.. but messing with a phone OS is just a different animal altogether.
I had to redo the phone but the update never showed up.. So what I did was just flash the update from samfirmware and it is working even though I have to redo everything...
HTH,
Charlie
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You have to unroot before you can do a ota upgrade. Rooting is suppose to block ota upgrades because a ota upgrade would remove superuser.
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My phone is rooted and I updated without issue.
Well i just tred to update mine this morning, i finally got past the communication errors. The download went fine, but when it was installing it went from 0 to 50% percent in about a second and then said update failed and rebooted.
I'm on the stock JF6 rom, however i used odin to get there.
My Sim card and sd were left in, however my sd is blank
And i don't know what any other info i can post to be helpful
2.1 update
just did the update with one click root loaded.went though with no problems phone is faster with less lag.also i can still use as wi fi hot spot. new Quikoffice,Media hub,Mobile Video and you tube. well this may mean no 2.2?
I also did the ota update with root installed, allowed 3rd apps, with wireless tethering, and it went through fine for me but I still have poor gps, did not seem to do anything for the gps except removed the option to enter lbs test mode. Anyone know how to get to the lbs test mode after update?
Samsung Mini-Kies Updater
If anyone is having troubles with Mini Kies (I had the problem where the application crashed, using Win 7 x64), I'd recommend using the regular Samsung Kies application. I was unable to do the JH7 update even after restoring to complete stock with Odin (50% update failed error). This was easy, and now I am fully in JH7, and so far the GPS lock is much, much faster.
Disclaimer: I have searched up and down these threads and have not found an answer.
Question: I have tried updating via "software update" on the phone, but continually receive no update "available". I have tried requesting the update in both rooted and an unrooted state, with no success. I'm currently running I897UCJH3 stock rom, so I'm at a lost on what to do. Can anyone shed some light on this issue? Although I lock on GPS without hesitation, I'm still interested in the update due to the media scanning fix. I'm also concerned that when froyo comes out OTA, that I will continue to experience the same issue.
I also am now getting no update as available as well, so it is not just you. I was able to see that there was an update but it would fail and since I was out of town I did not want to try to use heroic measures to try and get it.
Try Mini Kies
http://www.all-samsungphones.com/samsung-captivate-i897-kies-ver-10082-8-1-software-download.html/
This is still an official avenue to update, you just don't have to wait for it to come over the air
Thanks for the responses guys, but unfortunately Kies mini says that my device is unregistered. I tried registering on Samsung's web-page, but still no success. I have wiped my phone and started from complete scratch so I'm at a loss. The only this in that is not stock is the Clockworkmod /rom manager...
If you have clockworkmod installed. You can flash the update with that. Check this thread here
Is this what you are looking for? Make sure any lagfix's are disabled.
Thanks Billa, it worked like a charm. I purchased this from someone else, so I was unsure if lagfix was installed(unsure how to check). I took a gamble and it worked! Kies Mini now recognizes my update fine.
Thanks again!
I was hoping someone out there would be able to help me. I have been trying to find the related threads to aid my quest in updating my Motorola Razr I to Jelly Bean to no avail. The firmware is an orange gb one. I tried to install one I downloaded in a different thread. One that set my version to 81.5.31002.xt890.orange.en.gb but that didn't help.
The issue is I get the update in about phone > system updates. It downloads but fails to install. The update lists itself as the system version without the orange part in the firmware name. I spoke to Motorola who just said send it back in but I dont really want to spend 10 days or more without my handset especially now that I have tried to put a updated rom on it. I wondered if anyone had an update.zip or something I could run from recovery that would install the latest version. Or someone who could help / point me in the right direction of how to install an unbranded rom so I could try the update from that?
I love this phone but this kind of stuff is a real pain!
Thanks in advance
Adam
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I was hoping someone out there would be able to help me. I have been trying to find the related threads to aid my quest in updating my Motorola Razr I to Jelly Bean to no avail. The firmware is an orange gb one. I tried to install one I downloaded in a different thread. One that set my version to 81.5.31002.xt890.orange.en.gb but that didn't help.
The issue is I get the update in about phone > system updates. It downloads but fails to install. The update lists itself as the system version without the orange part in the firmware name. I spoke to Motorola who just said send it back in but I dont really want to spend 10 days or more without my handset especially now that I have tried to put a updated rom on it. I wondered if anyone had an update.zip or something I could run from recovery that would install the latest version. Or someone who could help / point me in the right direction of how to install an unbranded rom so I could try the update from that?
I love this phone but this kind of stuff is a real pain!
Thanks in advance
Adam
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Ok so I have now updated it to the retail version. My banking app doesn't install now but all in all its nice and quick again. Only issue is now I still cant update it. I was hoping for an update zip. if anyone has one. I tried doing the root thing but I am having issues I am going to try again. I will keep you all posted incase this helps anyone
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Ok so I have now updated it to the retail version. My banking app doesn't install now but all in all its nice and quick again. Only issue is now I still cant update it. I was hoping for an update zip. if anyone has one. I tried doing the root thing but I am having issues I am going to try again. I will keep you all posted incase this helps anyone
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Fixed the issue myself. Needed to unlock the bootloader and root the phone to get it installed. I am hoping I can now close the bootloader or at least unroot the device! if you need help give me a shout and I can talk you through it.
Hello Everyone,
I've been poking around on the forums and can't seem to find out how to disable the OTA updates on my AT&T N900. I rooted my device yesterday and received the OTA update today. I accidentally accepted accepted and lost root. Can anyone point me in the right direction to stop this notification?
Thank you in advance!
The only reason I'm rooting is to fix the GPS issue. If there's another solution I wouldn't mind hearing that as well.
The best way to stop automatic OTA updates is to use Titanium Backup to freeze AT&T Software Update.