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Hello folks,
Well I recently made the switch from iPhone OS to Android , picked up a used Nexus One in pretty good shape, no scratches, like new and what not, the phone is amazing BUT I am having a hard time understanding some stuff (I thought I was getting a stock N1, and it seems it has been loaded w/ custom ROM and is rooted and unlocked. -which not bad in my opinion, but...
I still have some questions, I am trying to update to Froyo 2.2, and im not sure if I will ever get OTA since the phone has been messed around with and if i manually update to 2.2 it will cause trouble.
1) When I boot the phone it shows the "lock" to be opened, so I am assuming it is oem unlocked, the phone has working WiFi tethering (just like in 2.2)
2) also in the menu of the phone there is an app "superuser permission" which thats why assume the phone is also rooted
And finally In the "About phone" I get the following:
firmware 2.1-update1
baseband
32.36.00.28h_4.06.00.12_7
kernel
2.6.34-cyanogenmod
mod version
cyanogenmod-5.0.8-n1-test3
build
epe54b
I have reset the phone to factory settings, but the same info comes up everytime. the phone runs flawless, no lags, overall i love the phone.
And finally if anybody knows please feel free to share, I am trying to open port 80 on the N1 while it is running Wifi tethering and the only way i have found to do this is if the N1 is rooted, correct me if im wrong... i have a rovio that is refusing to connect to the N1s network...
Any positive input will be highly appreciated! thanks!
Your not very confused!
Your phone is unlocked and has root. its running cyanogenmod-5.0.8-n1-test3.
You can install a custom froyo rom without too much of a problem from recovery. Remember to nandroid-backup everything from recovery first.
Get into recovery by holding down the volume down button as you press the power button to power on the phone.
Heres an example of tethering via usb/forwarded port
http://blog.tangorangers.com/2009/02/tetherbot_android_and_slackware_how_to/
you can install 2.2 with no problem but you have to manually do it. you might get a notification for ota's but you won't be able to install them. just install it manually.
Man you guys are awesome! thanks for clearing this up for me.
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Man you guys are awesome! thanks for clearing this up for me.
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Yeah man, you're money. For a used phone it is set up in possibly the best way possible for someone new to android and ready for you to throw the new CM6 ROM on there. You even have the proper radio already. You're good to go.
You can install Froyo in various ways. If you want total stock you can follow the instructions on this link and let OTA froyo install itself. If you need root you can download that from HERE
This method requires SDK installed with Fastboot on your computer with mandatory USB Drivers.
Or you can go the very easy way and use ROMs that is allready cooked, ready to flash in recovery right over your old ROM, like the link that is in my signature. It works great for me and is pretty much stock with root and a couple of extras you can delete via ADB if you don't need them..
Just download the Rom, drop it on the root of your SD Card and flash away in Recovery. all done!
What you are running is a test version of Cyanogen which is not the stable version. So it seems the previous owner didn't bother flashing it.
Okay so first off let me just say im a total noob at this(as my name implies). My captivate is the first smart phone ive ever had and im just trying to get ahold of all this stuff, so please bear with me here.
Since ive gotten the captivate ive:
Rooted it(not even really sure how)
root explorer app
busy box installer(not really sure what it does)
Titanium backup
Astro file manager
Task Manager
I also had one-click lag fix but i deleted it
I did the app unlock with root explorer and SQlite to remove the annoying att apps
So all this is good and well but now that Im trying to update the phone, it wont update...
It downloads the update, then restarts to the white update screen with a blue bar, then never updates and just restarts. It says unable to update.
And when I try to resume the update it just says "no firmware"
I have no idea whats going on!!!
Also, when deleting un-used apps, I also deleted some files by accident that I thought were useless... they said they took up no memory so i deleted them n realized that was prob a bad idea! Not sure if that may be a cause...
I know that im probly just doing something stupid but then again, i have no idea what im doing!
Please help me out!!!
Thanks
If your phone is still JF6 and your in the US then you can download Mini Kies from Samsung Download Center (which seems to be not loading at the moment Oct 14 12:15pm)
Soon as you start tweaking your device - it will end up fubaring the ATT update. It isn't your fault - its the way AT&T/Samsung setup the update process.
But on the plus side it means it didn't brick your phone.
If your looking just for a stock build of the latest and greatest OTA update with all the bloat - I'd suggest you look for the Odin 1 Click that designgears has posted in the Dev forum here. As long as you have A) DISABLED ANY LAGFIXES! and B) can get into Download mode - its a snap and completely safe.
You will have a completely stock phone and have to restart from scratch - but sometimes thats a good thing
Thanks guys!
Yea, im pretty happy I didnt brick it!!!
Ok, so the phone isnt running badly or anything. It occasionally lags but thats about it. So I dont think I need to flash it back to stock. I just wanted the update for it(mainly to hopefully help the gps which is worse everyday).
I guess its good to know tho.
So what exactly is the kies?
I found it on the samsung site but im not really sure what it is. Driver?
Thanks again!
Kies is Samsumg's attempt at interfacing software (and poorly done if you ask me). If you're in the US, then you have to download the full Kies package as if you live in a different country. It's kind like iTunes but not excataly.
Mini Kies showed up for updating to the newer JH7 firmware. OTA updates were bricking too many phones. I'm hopefull that when the official Froyo drops, this will be the preferred method for updating.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
As the title says, this is what I'm trying (have been trying....) to do.
I got my Captivate for Christmas 2010, I can't remember what exact version it was running, all I know is that for a fact it was Eclair.
I wish I knew what stock I had on my phone and all that jazz, but the one thing I never read before flashing or rooting my phone was that I should root and make a Nand Backup before hand. Oh well right?
Anyways, basically here is what I've done to my phone:
I flashed ODIN-1-Click for the leaked Froyo JI6 - I897UCJI6-OCD-REV02-Low-designgears_1
had absolutely no problems, everything worked like a charm.
Next, I used SuperOneClickv1.5.5-ShortFuse and I chose "Root" and "Enable Side-Loading"
again, no problems.
From there, I proceeded to do the following:
-Install of TiBu, AdFree, Terminal, Root Explorer, SGS Tools, and Busybox
-TiBu Used to "Freeze" most bloatware on phone
-Terminal given #su root command and approved
-AdFree added, packages installed
-Within Terminal, added exception to WordsWithFriends to allow ads
-SGS Tools used to replace default Camera App to allow power button for capture
-Root Explorer used to replace TW_Touch tone to modified 5% audio level version...I'm sorry, but at the lowest System Volume this is just way too loud.
-Installed Go Launcher EX and made my phone look awesome
-TiBu used to Freeze TW Launcher
I don't think there is anything else I've done with my phone that is really worth mentioning. No Lag-Fix unless it was included in my JI6, but I do know that I have free Wifi Tethering.
Now, for those still following, after all this, obviously the Official Official (Not-Leaked) Froyo came out, not a big deal, because I probably would've gone crazy just using Eclair for 2 months (I kinda flashed my phone on the 3rd day of owning it after coming from basically a RAZR V3).
Soooo, in my attempts, to get the official version of Froyo (flame on me, I don't care), I have "Bricked" my phone twice on separate occasions trying to go clean.
By bricked I mean AT&T Boot Loop of Doom w/o the ability to use any of the keys. So hey wouldn't you know it, but I have a USB Jig now.
1) WTF do people mean when they say to Flash back to Stock? There are like 20 different things available, which one is stock? and what would mine have been new out of box at Christmas 2010?
The thing that Bricked me twice was JF6 which I though was stock, guess not, I'm not sure... I have no idea why it won't work for me or if I'm doing something wrong, or I got an incomplete download of it, it's title is: I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0. On the other hand, I have managed to get JH2 to work (idk wtf JH2 is, I don't hear it often, but it got my phone to turn on), Kies actually managed to recognize my phone, however I could not update it in Kies and if I remember correctly, Mini-Kies wouldnt recognize the phone.
And also JI6 also allowed me to recover from Brick-mode, which I Flashed to Originally, and obviously it wont show up in any Kies in any way/shape/form...
Anyways, if anyone can provide any info, help, or advice, I would really, really, REALLY, appreciate it.
What am I doing wrong?
Help?.......
Now aside from that, I know there is a pre-release version of KB1 running around, but has anyone managed to get a version of the Official February 24th KB1 out to the masses for download that doesn't involve Kies?
Sorry to bump this, but I'm still looking for any possible advice anyone might have. I've tried using the search feature but to no avail. I've found "similar" things to mine, however no one seems to either have the same problem I have or be in the same situation.
I apologize for it being such a long read, but I just wanted to thoroughly describe my situation in the chance that it would be able to further increase the capability of someone helping me.
Here you go, these are the two files that people mean when they say go to "stock".
2.1 is the "Official Stock" for 2.1 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SBSMALFJ
2.2 is the "Official Leak Stock" for 2.2 - http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QL6NX702
As far as I know, there isn't a Odin One-Click for the "Official" Official 2.2 yet.
If updates are free if you're with AT&T... How about just going to 2.1, then upgrading it by connecting to AT&T that way? Just an idea
Sounds like the build of your phone is 1010 or higher so odin jf6 likely won't work, but you found that out .
You can try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
You are already through half the steps, just flash jh7ota
Or you could modify your recovery and install clockwork and flash cognition 4.1.1 which its more our less stock kbi that is already rooted and debloated
Not sure of a cmw flashable kb1
CM7
Excellent! I totally forgot about that, thanks mcord11758!
Ok, somethin i learned when using kies to upgrade to 2.2. 1) USB debugging has to be on. 2) Make sure to UNroot your phone before trying to upgrade with kies 3) I also had the boot loop. Restarted in recovery mode and cleared all user data. That fixed it.
Also, think about upgrading to superoneclick 1.7
BTW, if you want CWM to work, you should shell root before regular root (reboot after shell root) and dont forget to enable nonmarket apps
GOOD LUCK!
@venomio: I already have those two files, but thanks for confirming that no one has released an official KB1 2.2. I'm glad to know I just haven't failed despite looking thoroughly.
@mcord11758: I actually hadn't thought about that. I thought that I'd be set with JH2 in terms of being allowed by Kies to update.....yeah no I was wrong obviously. I just figured the additional steps involved with the JH7ota would make Kies hate me more. But yeah, I think this may be my solution- although if for whatever reason it didn't work it'd just be really annoying. I've already had to revert to JI6 twice now hoping for the Kies update.
Out of curiousity, why in the world does JH2 work on my phone?
And what exactly does it mean to have a 1010 Captivate?
Still @mcord11758: Now I do have clockwork recovery installed (still on JI6 as I'm typing this), however for whatever reason, I can't seem to see any of the bonus features that it should provide in the recovery screen. I think I've read that this is a typical problem and I need to get 3e_Recovery or something, but I wasn't really sure how it worked or how to apply it. And the hold up I have on Cognition is the fact that I don't know how easy it is to revert everything back to default (like lag fix and stuff). Any info on these topics would be appreciated
@mrhaley30705: Yeah, I'm updated to SuperOneClick 1.7 now. 1.5 Just happened to be what I used originally, and for whatever reason wouldn't work any longer after further trying to flash things in these recent turn of events. Long story short, after a lot of pain trying to re-root, I realized 1.7 was out, got it, and it worked.
I will say that I have avoided the Shell Root as I don't fully understand how it works and I've gotten by using just the "Root". Isn't Shell Root un-reversable? I'm just worried about that since I'm attempting to get a Kies Update.
@Everyone/All: I really appreciate all the feedback big time. This has been a pretty stressful, long process even though at times it has felt fun and rewarding.
I think I'm going to do what mcord11758 said when I'm not at my girlfriends place. For whatever reason, if I need my Jig, I don't want her to see cuz she'll know I'm messing with my phone again. (She gets upset at me when I get upset at the phone). I'll leave you with a fun image that I saw from someone's sig once.
Btw, anyone who posted above this will have received thanks.
I hope that's not totally lame of me.
Update: It worked!!!!
I Officially have the Official final release of KB1 Froyo 2.2
I used the following as suggested:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10056254&postcount=36
Afterwords I followed:
http://ars.samsung.com/customer/usa...ID=2&PROD_SUB_ID=557&PROD_ID=558&AT_ID=368733
And I was able to get Kies Mini to recognize the phone (unlike with JI6) and allow me to select Phone Upgrade (Unlike with JH2).
One big thing I've seen, is that my phone is missing the GMS Updates, I do not have google's GenieWidget (News and Weather).
I don't know if anyone else is having this problem, and I don't know if there is any fixes. I do remember though, that while I had JI6 installed, apk's of the GenieWidget I found around the web would not work.
I know it's probably lame, but I was actually hoping to get this, as I was trying to get it in JI6 as well.
Pic attached of my desktop showing Kies working.
Good stuff, great that you managed to get it going!
Hey guys. Forgive my lack of knowledge with the Captivate please, as I don't own one. I'm coming from the Evo 3D forums. My friend has a Cappy, and is having issues connecting to the pc via USB. I've searched a bit for some info, and all I came up with that was relevant was this :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808580. His problem started with extreme battery drain, lagginess, and freezing up. He decided he wanted to flash back to stock, and at that time discovered that his PC no longer recognizes the device. He gets an error complaining of unrecognized device. Apparently you need to run Odin in order to flash back to stock, from what I understand. Since his computer won't detect the phone, he can't use Odin. The phone does charge via USB and A/C. Also, he said that when he shuts the phone down, it won't reboot unless he does a battery pull, or reboots it from recovery.
Basically what I'm wondering, is there a way to flash back to stock without using Odin? With my Evo, you have two options of flashing back to stock. One, is using the RUU executable file from Windows, and letting that flash the phone back to stock. The other is to put a file called PC36IMG.zip on the sd card (of course the file would be pre packaged with the same images as the RUU would use) and boot to the bootloader. At that point, the bootloader would detect the file and ask to update. Then it'd flash back to stock using the bootloader, thus eliminating any need for a computer. Is there anything like that with the Sammy's? Thanks in advance for any input.
Btw, he has tried re-installing the drivers already, and is going to pick up a new usb cable on his way home. He hasn't tried the new cable yet. I know cables fail, but I'm skeptical due to the other issues he's having with the phone. It all started at the same time. I'm not sure which rom he was using at the time, I'm waiting for him to reply to me with that info. I know a month or so ago he was on some version of Cognition, but am not sure if he still was.
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At that point, the bootloader would detect the file and ask to update. Then it'd flash back to stock using the bootloader, thus eliminating any need for a computer. Is there anything like that with the Sammy's? Thanks in advance for any input.
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No the captivate dosen't have something like that (at the time maybe one day), their is heimdall which is an open source alternative to odin.
Why are you posting for your friend? if he's running on a custom ROM shouldn't he have an account?
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Hey guys. Forgive my lack of knowledge with the Captivate please, as I don't own one. I'm coming from the Evo 3D forums. My friend has a Cappy, and is having issues connecting to the pc via USB. I've searched a bit for some info, and all I came up with that was relevant was this :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808580. His problem started with extreme battery drain, lagginess, and freezing up. He decided he wanted to flash back to stock, and at that time discovered that his PC no longer recognizes the device. He gets an error complaining of unrecognized device. Apparently you need to run Odin in order to flash back to stock, from what I understand. Since his computer won't detect the phone, he can't use Odin. The phone does charge via USB and A/C. Also, he said that when he shuts the phone down, it won't reboot unless he does a battery pull, or reboots it from recovery.
Basically what I'm wondering, is there a way to flash back to stock without using Odin? With my Evo, you have two options of flashing back to stock. One, is using the RUU executable file from Windows, and letting that flash the phone back to stock. The other is to put a file called PC36IMG.zip on the sd card (of course the file would be pre packaged with the same images as the RUU would use) and boot to the bootloader. At that point, the bootloader would detect the file and ask to update. Then it'd flash back to stock using the bootloader, thus eliminating any need for a computer. Is there anything like that with the Sammy's? Thanks in advance for any input.
Btw, he has tried re-installing the drivers already, and is going to pick up a new usb cable on his way home. He hasn't tried the new cable yet. I know cables fail, but I'm skeptical due to the other issues he's having with the phone. It all started at the same time. I'm not sure which rom he was using at the time, I'm waiting for him to reply to me with that info. I know a month or so ago he was on some version of Cognition, but am not sure if he still was.
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There is a JH7 and a KB1 cwm flashable around here somewhere. Use the search button, it is your friend. and it has a better memory than I do.
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No the captivate dosen't have something like that (at the time maybe one day), their is heimdall which is an open source alternative to odin.
Why are you posting for your friend? if he's running on a custom ROM shouldn't he have an account?
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Thanks, I didn't think so. And yea, he has an account but is a lurker, and was at work, so I posted for him.
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There is a JH7 and a KB1 cwm flashable around here somewhere. Use the search button, it is your friend. and it has a better memory than I do.
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Thanks. I'll check it out. And yea, I know all about the search button (I did actually use it, just didn't have time to learn all the Sammy stuff). It's just that I don't have a Sammy, and everything here is wildly different than HTC. I didn't have the time to learn everything I'd need to in order to understand all the different terminology. I'll search for a JH7 and KB1 (although I don't even know what they are, haha) Sorry again for posting in your forum without having much knowledge on the Sammy stuff, and thanks for taking the time to reply.
It is my phone!!
The whole reason behind this is that I have till the end of August till the warranty expires. Running Serendipity VII. The phone will only boot with battery install, or power and volume up into recovery then reboot. So I want to go back to stock except PC won't see the phone. New cable, different PC deleted and re-install drivers. Still get usb device not recognized. With phone powered off plug in charger and nothing happens. Used to get image of battery. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks. I'll check it out. And yea, I know all about the search button (I did actually use it, just didn't have time to learn all the Sammy stuff). It's just that I don't have a Sammy, and everything here is wildly different than HTC. I didn't have the time to learn everything I'd need to in order to understand all the different terminology. I'll search for a JH7 and KB1 (although I don't even know what they are, haha) Sorry again for posting in your forum without having much knowledge on the Sammy stuff, and thanks for taking the time to reply.[/QUOTE]
Don't apologize for asking a question, that's why there is a q&a section. Search is a lot easier if you know what it is your searching for.
Jh7 and kb1 are firmware. Jh7 is the ota update that followed the release of jf6 (what a lot of captivates were shipped with) and is android 2.1. Kb1 is the 2.2 version that people upgraded to with kies mini(kies mini is the samsung online upgrade program).
Hey folks. I'm bailing on Gingerbread because it was causing me too many problems. I'm trying to get back on Firefly 3.0 and I'm stuck at getting the phone rooted.
Whenever I try to copy the Root.zip from the AIO folder over to the phone's root folder, I get an error about the parameter being incorrect. I'm not sure what to do at this point.
Use Fugu root? Easier.... Also depending on what Gingerbread you are on there are kernels that have the root scrip baked in them.
^ you misread he's not on gingerbread, he wants to flash firefly.
You don't need root to flash a ROM. Odin a kernel that has cwm baked in. boot into recovery and flash the ROM.
Thought he was on GB trying to get on... you know what ya I missread. @OP do what Studa said xD. Wonder why people think they need root to flash roms..... I blame Rom Manager.
I know I don't need to root the phone, but in order to get certain things done on the phone, it's necessary.
I'm actually at a wall right now. I used SamsungCaptivate-SGHi897-UCKB2-Rooted-One-Click which successfully booted my phone to ATT 2.2 firmware, but I can't get any Odin to pick up on it now. I've tried five different Odins.
At this point, I think once I get the phone up and running on Firefly, I'll be walking away from flashing until I get another phone. Then I can use this for testing, etc.
On a side note, before I started this project yesterday, my modem was messed up. Now it would seem I have a successful connection to wifi, which I couldn't get.
As great as that is, I still can't get Odin to pick up my phone. Any thoughts?
Was that kb2 package heimdall?
If so you have to uninstall the heimdall driver and reinstall the Samsung driver.
Either way I would reinstall the Samsung drivers but it is a must if you used heimdall add the drivers conflict.
Alright. That's done, but I'm on I896UXJL1-stock now, and I'm pretty sure in doing that through Odin 1.85 I unrooted the phone. Correct me if I'm wrong. That's why I used the ATT stuff, because it auto-rooted the phone.
So it would seem I have some issues to work through. I can either root my phone and be stuck with ATT firmware that I don't want, or I can unroot the phone and use Rogers stock and hope for the best with Firefly.
This is by far the most confusing computer-related issue I've ever worked with. There's too many options to play with and they all work differently.
Why would you be stuck on at&t firmware? Why do you need to root before flashing firefly? Why don't you root Rogers stock?
you're confusing everyone involved lol
Okay, so maybe I'm a little in the dark on the rooting issue. Basically, I'm going back to Firefly because I thought it was amazing. Fast, responsive, and no issues I can think of on my phone.
I'm rooting the phone because it's my understanding that in order to spoof my location in order to get certain apps (Google Music), I'd need to be rooted.
I'm having a hell of a time trying to get this done, and my biggest problem, to reiterate, is that I have about fifteen different Roms, all either ATT or Rogers, three different Pit files, and so, so many Odin programs.
I'm now on 2.1 with that Toronto stock firmware, in order to work around the 3e error in recovery mode when trying to put on Clockwork. Unfortunately, now I'm getting some other error in regards to the Update.Zip file, Status 7.
I apologize for confusing people, but I promise I've read as much as I can about the tools I'm using, but I'm running in circles, flashing back and forth trying to find solutions.
you do not need to root before flashing the rom. it will be rooted after and then you can do what you need to do to get your apps working if you need to (firefly contains canadian locale cause its based off of rogers froyo firmware) changing stuff before you flash so apps can work is a waste of time as the flash will overwrite the firmware you just tweaked.
now, since your on eclair i'm attaching an update.zip that contains cwm, put it in the root folder of your sdcard boot into recovery select reinstall packages twice and it should boot into cwm where you can then flash firefly.
You're a frickin' genius, Studa. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I've got Firefly on thanks to that Update file, and I'm getting the ball rolling on everything else. If I wasn't so broke, I'd donate, but I hope my thanks is good enough. I really appreciate the help. It cut through twelve hours of stupid.