Hello, I am currently on Miui but I want to flash official Rogers 2.3.3 to get Rogers bootloaders, as i hate flashing AT&T stuff when I don't have an AT&T phone. What is the safest way to return to either 2.1 or 2.2? I have tried returning to stock from an i9000 based rom a long time ago, and ended up bricking so I'm very careful and kinda scared to do it again since I haven't flashed in a while lol I do have a jig now in case things get hairy, but I'd rather be safe then sorry. I do have Heimdall 1.3.0 and a Rogers 2.2 package with everything included, should i just use that?
Use the Rogers package and flash. You don't really have a choice since to go back from CM7 or MIUI you need to repartition your phone.
use the stock roms in my signature. herehttp://bit.ly/eqg4W2
because your are coming from miui / cm7 it is recomended to flash the att one click first then the rogers stock roms
i was on miui for 3 hours yesterday. i HATED it. buggy and iphone phanboy bs.
but i did a nandroid backup before flashing miui, that i restored after by flashing ATT one click, rogers 2.2, talon kernel, then my nandroid backup.
Last time I tried to get off the i9000 rom's I used the at&t one click, and it bricked my phone, it would show an at&t screen for a few seconds and then it would shut off and keep doing that, but I had no download mode or anything, the Heimdall package has the bootloaders and everything in it, isn't it safe just to use that?
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ive never used heimdall never needed to.
if you had no download mode last time then how is it working now?
it works. everyone has done it. i did it twice yesterday.
ATT one click, 2.2 rogers with odin, flash custom kernel with odin, boot into kernels built in CWM, flash new rom. done,.
Well i ended up making my own jig to get it into download mode and then tried to flash to stock, and my phone's screen turned green, and stayed like that for a while, so I unplugged, pulled the battery, tried it again and it was hardbricked, as in the jig didn't work and nothing else did either, so I sent it into rogers for repair. Plus my phone is a 1010 model, which is why it doesn't play well if the AT&T one click. I don't want to use that. Why must i use odin? does Heimdall not do the exact same thing?
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Hi, so last night i tried to put gingerbread and serendipity on my friends captivate thats unlocked to tmobile.
All the odin package to install the bootloader and gb went well but when i flashed the kernal it just messed the functionality of the phone up and i had to odin back to stock.
He is on eclair still. I was told that it should work with tmobile. I dont have to put serendipity on but as an end result he does want gb rooted. So...is there any tmobile happy roms available that will get my gb rooted?
thanks in advance
all great roms here are "t mobile happy". What exactly went wrong in the process?
Any rom will work, as long as the phone is unlocked. I assume you already know that the cappy will be missing one of the bands for Tmo.
ok, so all went smooth at first using odin to flash the bootloader and stock gingerbread. Next I went and used odin to flash the kernal and it installed properly and even showed up right in the settings as the right kernal.
After reboot these were the problems i encountered:
- home button didnt work at all
-when making a call and hitting send, the phone would turn off
-no data - no market or web connectivity
- other little things
the stock gingerbread was working fine after the first flash. can i flash any kernal to root or just retry the same one?
thanks
Sounds like you installed a i9000 rom. Double check your rom source.
on the splash screen it said i9000 but i thought it was just ported over or something. but i got it from the captivate page... uggh im lost if thats the case
does this fix still exist? Every link I look on has a dead file link.
AIO toolbox has it. But I would recommend just flashingg I897 Gingerbread bootloaders.
I concur with prbassplayer. I know it's not the link you're asking about, but frankly, there have been a lot of hard bricks on here as a result of trying to use that 3-button fix. If you're planning on staying in the custom rom world, you'll probably be best off to just flash over to a set of Gingerbread bootloaders (depending on the rom you're going for), and not looking back, as the GB bootloaders will fix the 3-button issue as part of their installation.
my story is flash stock 2.1 rogers i896, then miui latest. Use to have the 3 button until I pooched the rom and had to reflash 2.1 and back to miui
I897 GB loaders work with MIUI. I am using them now. Also gives you the flexibility to flash the other GB roms later.
Hello guys. I have installed several ROMs in my Captivate (Seren 6.4, Seren 7, Apex, Pinnacle, Fasty II, Fusion VI, currently on Fusion VII KI2). I ALWAYS go back to JH2 then JH7 using Odin3, because my phone is Build #1105, and OdinOneCLick does not support my build. I know it sounds cumbersome, but I can flash from a custom ROM to another one in approximately 10 minutes doing the process stated above, so it's not a big deal. I have also ALWAYS followed this process, regardless of the instruction for installation of any ROM, and have never had a problem
Here's the thing. I know that Odin installs boot loaders, and that every time I go back to Eclair, I am removing GB boot loaders and installing Eclair loaders. That increases the chance of me bricking my phone. I already have GB boot loaders, so before I install my next custom ROM (Fusion IX), is there an alternative for me regarding going back to stock?
I think only the one click contains boots, but you could just Flash a stock gingerbread...
Although flashing to stock before every flash is completely not needed. At this point Odin is for initially getting the gingerbread boots and then as a fix to recovery from a broken os. Every time is just overkill.
As studacris mention Its not needed. Most of the time you can just wipe and it works just fine. BUT there are some times where a wipe gives you a funky flash, in wich case any leaked "stock" with out bootloaders should work just fine. Also there are some times where Dev's ask for it in wich case you already know.
thanks for the replies fellas!
The only exception to that us if you are on an aosp (MIUI/cm7) type ROM. You have to flash a stock package to repartition the file system. But, if you need that, there is a kf1 stock in my sig that works well.
I don't flash back to stock unless needed. I went from Apex to Fusion by just flashing the new BL, then rom.
I keep the rom in my internal prior to flashing in case I'm stuck in a boot loop (as I was when flashing a new bootloader) .
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The only exception to that us if you are on an aosp (MIUI/cm7) type ROM. You have to flash a stock package to repartition the file system. But, if you need that, there is a kf1 stock in my sig that works well.
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So we can just use KF1 or any stock GB one click (I always use KH3 one click)?
Also I am on CM7.1 now, if I have to go to Att GB bootloader, Can I used one clicks without BL?
If you are using kh3, you should have GB already (unless you use the no bootloader package). It doesn't really matter which GB bootloaders you have, as long as you have them when you flash one of the GB stock roms. The only thing that matters when going from aosp to Samsung roms is that you have to repartition the file system, converting back to rfs from ext4/yaffs2. It's really what you prefer. I use the kf1 no boot package because it's what I have (since I created it). I didn't feel like dl'ing a new package.
If you are on an aosp ROM with eclair/froyo bootloaders, I would recommend kb2.
Whether you use GB or froyo, it is necessary to use Odin or Heimdall on Linux to repartition (if i'm wrong about the Linux part,Adam can correct me). Simply trying to flash in cwm will not currently accomplish this.
Hey folks, I'm a casual flasher and have done most of the pre-requisite background readings. Went from 2.1 -> 2.2 Cognition and then -> 2.3 Serendipity so I can scrape by normally.
Everything was good on 2.3.5 with the GB bootloaders but then I tried to update to ICSSGS 4 but it didn't go well. Got stuck at the boot screen (probably I should have reset to factory settings)..I thought I would try to re-flash Serendipity using Odin but it didn't work.
Ok this is bad..so I tried to restore to all the way back to stock using Odin 1 Click for Rogers. ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979133 ). This successfully got me back to 2.1 and I seem to have retained the GB bootloaders as I still have the i1900 boot screen first. Attempts to re-flash back to 2.3.5 through Odin have resulted in errors, and soft-bricked (pc-!-phone screen). However, I have been able to get back into download mode to restore to 2.1.
So now I need to get back but I'm having issues...
1) can't seem to manually get into recovery mode anymore using 3 button.
2) Wasn't able to unroot using one click unroot...gave me an error type 7 whatever that means.
3) Trying to flash kernels through odin seems to have failed the 2 times I tried it. I'm kind of scared to test my luck to try it again without a jig.
4) So what's the best way to get a kernel with CWM so I can try to get back to 2.3.5 at least?
5) Should I try this new-fangled heimdall instead?
Any assistance is appreciated... I'm afraid of screwing this up even more..
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Hey folks, I'm a casual flasher and have done most of the pre-requisite background readings. Went from 2.1 -> 2.2 Cognition and then -> 2.3 Serendipity so I can scrape by normally.
Everything was good on 2.3.5 with the GB bootloaders but then I tried to update to ICSSGS 4 but it didn't go well. Got stuck at the boot screen (probably I should have reset to factory settings)..I thought I would try to re-flash Serendipity using Odin but it didn't work.
Ok this is bad..so I tried to restore to all the way back to stock using Odin 1 Click for Rogers. ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979133 ). This successfully got me back to 2.1 and I seem to have retained the GB bootloaders as I still have the i1900 boot screen first. Attempts to re-flash back to 2.3.5 through Odin have resulted in errors, and soft-bricked (pc-!-phone screen). However, I have been able to get back into download mode to restore to 2.1.
So now I need to get back but I'm having issues...
1) can't seem to manually get into recovery mode anymore using 3 button.
2) Wasn't able to unroot using one click unroot...gave me an error type 7 whatever that means.
3) Trying to flash kernels through odin seems to have failed the 2 times I tried it. I'm kind of scared to test my luck to try it again without a jig.
4) So what's the best way to get a kernel with CWM so I can try to get back to 2.3.5 at least?
5) Should I try this new-fangled heimdall instead?
Any assistance is appreciated... I'm afraid of screwing this up even more..
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1) well if you have i9000 bootloaders recovery is 2 button combo. not 3
2) error 7 or whatever that means... search cwm error 7 and find out... and its not error 7, it is STATUS 7. when you get an error, write down the error and type it into google. phone/pc/life...
2b) that is the oldest way to root captivate. search/download " superOneClick Root " nuff said.
3 /4 ) best ONLY way to get a cwm kernel without having Cwm is odin or heimdall, you cant brick flashing kernel, jig not needed. make sure you are using a newer version of odin 1.5 or newer please...
5) not going to hurt trying, but quite different from odin.
Thanks for the quick replies and addressing my various points! Big fan of your one click to stock.
Perhaps a stupid question, but are there disadvantages to using one click odin rom flashing setups such as: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1285616 (stock 2.3.5)? Is this safe for me to use from 2.1 (with GB bootloaders)?
Just seems a lot easier than manually choosing files for pda spots etc.
that is the same thing as my one-click-to stock "odin one clicks" but that is ATT and mine is rogers.
however the ATT version is better and higher android version, so i used it myself. but stock roms suck. take some time read up, (read flashing link in my sig) find a nice cool custom rom.
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that is the same thing as my one-click-to stock "odin one clicks" but that is ATT and mine is rogers.
however the ATT version is better and higher android version, so i used it myself. but stock roms suck. take some time read up, (read flashing link in my sig) find a nice cool custom rom.
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True, I agree that custom roms are better than stock..I'd just like to get a better proper 'base' to flash my next rom than from 2.1 without cwm and root. I'll check out your guide.
I'm not quite sure if people still visit these threads, but I'll give it a shot. My friend gave me his old captivate i897 because he got a new phone. He is on AT&T, while I am on T-mobile. So I looked up how to unlock this phone, and it said that I needed to root. I looked up how to do this in the seemingly thousands of different ways. It was running gingerbread, and the only working program I could find to do this was gingerbreak. I ran it, and it seemed like it was going to work. I then ran the unlocking software, and it would not let me do so because of a supposed bad root. Following this, I researched some more, and found that other unlocks work on froyo. I then tried to revert the phone to froyo using odin. This worked, except the phone then believed that it was a i9000 instead of a 897. I realize that I must have used the wrong program. The phone itself worked fine, but it registered as a 9000. For some reason, I then continued my quest to unlock/ re root. I ended up trying to use heimdall one-click. It could not find my device. I then turned to a stock flash thing. I tried cognition 5, which involved frugu or something. Anyway, the phone has the noise/lines running across when i turn it on. It will enter download mode. Have I bricked it? If not, is there anything that I can do?
Not bricked. Is the first screen the white at&t world phone one or the black one that says gt-i9000? If the latter, hold volume down only and plug in USB to get download mode.
Also, the garbled screen is from trying to use a gingerbread kernel with old bootloaders.
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Get into download mode and use one of these GB 2.3.5 i897ucKK4 one clicks with bootloaders...here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370912.
Then use the regular Odin to flash the KK4 Corn Kernel v7.0A to get a compatible kernel with CWM Recovery included. And as a bonus, within that recovery u can get Root...here is the kernel thread...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18233847
Afterwards proceed how u wish as far as flashing other Roms.
(Another Root method here...[Utility] KK4 Easy Root)
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