ok is it possable to just flash ODEN to flash gingerbread and not flashing a rom
is there any reason that it wont work
What ??? Please re-phrase ur question in a more clear way. Thanks
But i will give it a try...
You can flash any of the "leaked" or official Gingerbread firmwares (that are pure "leaked" or official stock) through Odin. Just be sure to flash the GB Bootloaders through Odin first, if they are not included in the firmware that u choose to flash. .This may be the answer u r looking for from ur question above...
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Yes it does
The wife's cappy keeps freezing up and I don't want to flash. A rom just update to gingerbread to see if that fixes. It. And I might. Flash my infuse to gingerbread.
Is it freezing with a 1 click? Are you running Odin in admin. Are you connecting your phone to the rear usb port in the desktop?
No she running otb froyo with the go launcher and even running the regular launcher it locks. Up and she has to pull the battery to reset it
Factory froyo could use Ext4 format to help it out. Have you tried wiping the phone? How many apps/ widgets does she have open at once?
I was just in Froyo and my phone was beginning to lag and run kinda rough. I was weary of flashing because I dont know too much about it and I could afford losing the phone. However, I decided to factory reset (will lose info) and go for the One Click Odin to GB 2.3.5. I cant tell you how much I feel it improved my phone. It was very easy to do(Open Odin, Connect phone, click Start, Done!). Perhaps you can try factory resetting to see if your phone responds and if you feel like you want more, go for GB.
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Hello,
i've got a serious problem with my galaxy S.
Recently i updated my software of my SGS to 2.2.1 with kies. I was happy for a little while but then i saw darky's rom and i wanted also the Gingerbread look on my phone. I rooted my 2.2.1 using Odin and i installed Clockwork recovery Mod or something like it. After that i flashed Darky's rom on my phone.
It all worked perfectly. But then Yesterday suddenly when i tried to call home my phone wasnt working like it should. And it wouldnt call anybody.
So at home i searched up a stock firmware from samfirmware .com And i flashed it.
Now my phone is all **** because the software force closes and kies doenst work any more. I think i may should have first deinstalled Clockwork mod and unroot?
The only thing i want is to get back to 2.2 or 2.1 Im running vodafone and im from holland don't know if that makes a difference?
Anyways i really hope someone on this forum can help me please.
I just need the stock firmware and everything else like CWM and root of my phone although i cant see superusers anymore in my menu so i think its off?
first of all boot into recovery. do a factory reset/ wipe the cache and also try to format the internal sd card.
secondly boot into download mode and try to flash your stock rom again, do not use re-partition or pit unless you have 3 files (pda, modem, csc), if that completes, let me know what happens after the flash... or PM me if you want to.
Just to add, if you have these problems, you should flash with repartition to make sure that everything will be fixed, but as azzledazzle said, you need all the 3 files to do that.
you knw what a problem is i think ..that i'm not sure im using the right rom to flash with? could you maybe tell me what file i need to flash with? what is the stock for my phone and how can i see it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913 this has all the stock firmwares you need. im not sure which ones come in 3 files. ideally you will be wanting one that also has dbdata... if you cant find it i would suggest flashing darkyys new 9.2
you can flash that thru odin, you can use 512 pit even tho it only has 1 pda file. and it also contains dbdata which will restore the old one incase of corruption or deletion (happened to me yesterday)
when i try to format the sd it says .
E:can't mound /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(device or resource busy)
E:copy_dbdata_media: can't mount SDCARD:
do i need to do anything about this? is it bad?
i would try and flash a rom with dbdata if that doesnt work you could try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905975 or this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563298
if that doesnt work i think it may need to go back to samsung i suspect it could be a corrupt sd card... (but i may be wrong)
yes yes YESSS i think it worked really thanks man for the fast help etc. now it boots i flashed it and there are no weird apps or force closes...Only one question left if i want to just root 2.2.1 is there an easy app for it? or do u have a file to just root stock with odin?
airdude13 said:
Hello,
i've got a serious problem with my galaxy S.
Recently i updated my software of my SGS to 2.2.1 with kies. I was happy for a little while but then i saw darky's rom and i wanted also the Gingerbread look on my phone. I rooted my 2.2.1 using Odin and i installed Clockwork recovery Mod or something like it. After that i flashed Darky's rom on my phone.
It all worked perfectly. But then Yesterday suddenly when i tried to call home my phone wasnt working like it should. And it wouldnt call anybody.
So at home i searched up a stock firmware from samfirmware .com And i flashed it.
Now my phone is all **** because the software force closes and kies doenst work any more. I think i may should have first deinstalled Clockwork mod and unroot?
The only thing i want is to get back to 2.2 or 2.1 Im running vodafone and im from holland don't know if that makes a difference?
Anyways i really hope someone on this forum can help me please.
I just need the stock firmware and everything else like CWM and root of my phone although i cant see superusers anymore in my menu so i think its off?
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It's funny.. I did the exact same thing yesterday, and the same result happened to me. Now I'm dealing with how to unbrick my phone.
easiest way is to flash speedmod kernel thru odin, that gives you root and lagfix (if desired) also some extra tweaks to speed up the phone.
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well maybe this can be some use to u it worked for me i guess only prob is i cannot connect to kies but that's just finding the right firmware
damn man it still is not the right firmware how can i see what firmware i need? the one i got now kies still says it cant update
damn man i still dont have the right firmware how can i see what firmware i need for my phone? its a dutch vodafone branded phone i want 2.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
select the firmware you want from there. dont listen to what kies tells you.
so I was trying to flash the new miui 1.7.8 on my captivate and one of the step is to flash back to orig.
using odin 1.7 when I flash the phone its gone.
1- No power
2- PC doesnt recog the phone at all
3- charger not charging
so basically the phone wont come or wont charge.
tried one button to boot up in recovery but no luck...any idea?
maxximboy1 said:
so I was trying to flash the new miui 1.7.8 on my captivate and one of the step is to flash back to orig.
using odin 1.7 when I flash the phone its gone.
1- No power
2- PC doesnt recog the phone at all
3- charger not charging
so basically the phone wont come or wont charge.
tried one button to boot up in recovery but no luck...any idea?
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What were you on before trying to flash? The newest Miui rom does not state nor is it required to flash back to stock using ODIN. What happened with ODIN when going back to stock? Did you not try using ODIN 1 click? Please give much clearer detail on your process if we want/try to help you.
i was on apex 8.x and thinking to go back to miui again. it said if you are on cm7 or miui then dont need to flash back to orig.
and since i was not, i use odin 1.7 and use cm7 initial kernel to flash my captivate. it flash successfully and when i tried to reboot phone there were no pwer and no charging.
thankx
maxximboy1 said:
i was on apex 8.x and thinking to go back to miui again. it said if you are on cm7 or miui then dont need to flash back to orig.
and since i was not, i use odin 1.7 and use cm7 initial kernel to flash my captivate. it flash successfully and when i tried to reboot phone there were no pwer and no charging.
thankx
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Is apex 8 on 2.3 bootloaders? If so that could have been part of the issue. Miui runs 2.2 boatloaders so if you didn't flash to 2.1 or 2.2 before going back it's possibly why your phone is currently dead. Doesn't mean it's bricked. Search in the general forum for adamoutletter or someone close to that for a thread on recovering from hard bricks.
Glitch kernel let me OC to 1.4!
What .tar did you use with odin to flash back to stock? (don't say the one with the 3 button fix)
if it's a Hard brick, only option is jtag. Mobiletechvideos.com offers that service for $50 u.s. His username on here is connexion2005.
Sounds like Stud hit the nail on the head. You're not screwed, just not a happy person.
"Is apex 8 on 2.3 bootloaders? If so that could have been part of the issue. Miui runs 2.2 boatloaders so if you didn't flash to 2.1 or 2.2 before going back it's possibly why your phone is currently dead. Doesn't mean it's bricked. Search in the general forum for adamoutletter or someone close to that for a thread on recovering from hard bricks.
Glitch kernel let me OC to 1.4!"
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tried but have no idea how to use usb or other way of jig....sorry not that technical
my phone is under warranty as of purchase date, what if i send to samsung will they know?
maxximboy1 said:
"Is apex 8 on 2.3 bootloaders? If so that could have been part of the issue. Miui runs 2.2 boatloaders so if you didn't flash to 2.1 or 2.2 before going back it's possibly why your phone is currently dead. Doesn't mean it's bricked. Search in the general forum for adamoutletter or someone close to that for a thread on recovering from hard bricks.
Glitch kernel let me OC to 1.4!"
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tried but have no idea how to use usb or other way of jig....sorry not that technical
my phone is under warranty as of purchase date, what if i send to samsung will they know?
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I'm not sure if Sammy'll know or not. Others maybe be able to lend you some advice as far as that goes. In all honesty, I'd avoid troubles and shoot connexion2005 a PM. I'm pretty sure he'll be able to fix it regardless of what's wrong with it. If it indeed is that you flashed over 2.3 BL, I'd say it's your best bet.
I mean Samsung might warranty, but I'm not sure, so I'm not going to say that they will or won't.
thax sending him msg
Please help!!! I have searched and searched and searched the forums and have come across so many threads on how to add a custom rom to your Captivate.
To start, what I have been trying to do is add a custom rom after upgrading my phone from ver 2.2 to 2.3.3 GB. Some posts say you can just upgrade with the 2.3 on the phone, other posts say you need to take the phone back to the stock 2.1 rom. Then you find posts that say, make sure you have the stock bootloaders and kernals when you downgrade to the stock 2.1.
You can easily see how even a somewhat above novice can get confussed. To take my phone back to 2.1 I have followed posts that say use Odin 1.3. I have used odin before so no big deal. However in this case again you are getting different opionions and versions on this. Some have just the odin .exe and others have the .exe and the MD5 and .ini it the package. I am assuming that the one with just the .exe has everything built in as the size is quite big.
I have tried both ways and after I "Flash" it will not finish with the normal recovery mode and see the linux script. It will go to the ATT window and just keep rebooting over and over. I then will use my JIG and get back in download mode in order to reflash back to 2.3.3 just to get the phone to work again.
Can someone please give me a clue as to what I am doing wrong or direct me to the proper files and maybe some better step by step instructions.
Thanks in advance for the help.
What Rom is currently on you phone? Which Bootloaders do you have installed?
Sent from my blazing fast Captivate running Continuum GB ROM using Tapatalk Pro
Rhiannon224 said:
What Rom is currently on you phone? Which Bootloaders do you have installed?
Sent from my blazing fast Captivate running Continuum GB ROM using Tapatalk Pro
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Here is the info:
Firmware: 2.3.3
Baseband: I897UCKF1
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I897UCKF1-CL273832
Build: GIGERBREAD.UCKF1
^ From the looks of what u posted, it looks like u have the leaked i897uckf1 currently on ur phone. If that is the case, then u could Odin the Cognition Beta 2 Kernel and then flash the latest Cog Rom (having already copied it to ur internal sd).
Just flash the kernel through Odin then use button combo (volume +/- and power...release after u see the at&t screen) to get into CWM 4.0.0.5 and flash Cog 5 v 1.00 from there.
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Are you plugging into a usb port in the back of your pc? Also, there are several methods for flashing back to stock now, once you upgrade to GB bootloaders you don’t ever want to use the Odin with the button fix because it will only flash the secondary bootloader and the primary bootloader will remain GB and the result will be a hardbrick. Also, some of the newer builds came with Froyo installed and using the older 1 click Odin by DesignGears will put those devices in a bootloop. So it really is dependent on your device and your needs. I now use the method outlined in the Continuum 6.1 thread which will not touch the bootloaders and brings you safely back to 2.1 stock. I always clear user data and cache in recovery, flash back to stock using Cezar's method (not a 1 click) prior to flashing a new Rom. Most devs recommend flashing to stock first because there is less chance of corruption.
Sent from my blazing fast Captivate running Continuum GB ROM using Tapatalk Pro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOyx5JQ_8_I
MobileTechVideos video is how i flashed my first gingerbread ROM. Its easy, straight forward and he has all the links you will need under the video.
piece-a-cake
Gupone said:
Please help!!! I have searched and searched and searched the forums and have come across so many threads on how to add a custom rom to your Captivate.
To start, what I have been trying to do is add a custom rom after upgrading my phone from ver 2.2 to 2.3.3 GB. Some posts say you can just upgrade with the 2.3 on the phone, other posts say you need to take the phone back to the stock 2.1 rom. Then you find posts that say, make sure you have the stock bootloaders and kernals when you downgrade to the stock 2.1.
You can easily see how even a somewhat above novice can get confussed. To take my phone back to 2.1 I have followed posts that say use Odin 1.3. I have used odin before so no big deal. However in this case again you are getting different opionions and versions on this. Some have just the odin .exe and others have the .exe and the MD5 and .ini it the package. I am assuming that the one with just the .exe has everything built in as the size is quite big.
I have tried both ways and after I "Flash" it will not finish with the normal recovery mode and see the linux script. It will go to the ATT window and just keep rebooting over and over. I then will use my JIG and get back in download mode in order to reflash back to 2.3.3 just to get the phone to work again.
Can someone please give me a clue as to what I am doing wrong or direct me to the proper files and maybe some better step by step instructions.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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Listen, I'm new at this and learned watchin mobiletech videos from youtube. At first I found it hard but now is pretty easy (in my opinion). The first thin I do is back up apps with titanium and paste to my laptop (for me is faster to install them back), go back to stock 2.2, master reset using dialer (no odin), root, reboot, install rom on sd card, using odin i install bootloaders (I9000), flash talon kernel (odin), flash rom (CWM) and reboot. That's how I do it. Now, I could b wrong but doing it that way, in that pattern works for me. Like I said, I'm new at this but trust me....I've done it several times and it works for me. Keep reading and then decide how you want to do it. Good luck..."HONESTLY"!!!
It all depends on where you are now and where you want to go.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App
I'm new to all of this and have done a good amount of research but seems like the information never ends and there are a few ways to load a custom rom.
Method one
BACK UP!!!
Flash to stock (FTS)
Wait for your phone to reboot and then re-enable debugging
Hook phone back up to pc and Master Clear (MC) using Odin
Load Clockwork update.zip (DOWNLOAD)
Load FireFly_X-X.zip to phone memory
Remove sim and external SD, and unplug USB
Boot into recovery and reinstall packages (You may have to reinstall packages twice to get to Clockwork recovery)
Once in Clockwork recovery (Green Text), select install zip from SDcard
Next select choose zip from sdcard
Scroll down to FireFly_X-X.zip and select the file
This will run the script and install the ROM to your phone
After this is done, select go back and then select reboot phone
This may take a while, so leave your phone and go grab a snack!
Method 2
Load ROM file onto phone
Boot into recovery
Select ROM and flash it
Reboot, wait and enjoy
Wash, rinse, repeat!
What are the differences? Which one is better?
Seems like the first video is very simple and straight forward?
Am I missing something here? I'm already rooted and used titanium backup.
I'm on 2.2 Froyo and wanting to flash to Firefly 3.0
Thanks!
Ok I decided to root my phone. Now all hell has broken loose.
I had a working xxjvr working on my phone. All was well. So I decided to root the phone as per all the hype.
Following instructions to the letter, I proceeded. It failed. Some error message. I restarted the whole procedure and same thing. Now I get a little PC connection icon.
Toiok out battery. Managed to get into download mode, I think that is a good thing at least, and Reflashed the phone. Now it gets stuck at firmware update start. boot.bin and just hangs. No progress. Ive retried this 3x.
HELP I hope its not bricked now all cause of a damn root attempt.
I can get into download mode but NOT recovery mode. I thought I could at least clear the cache but attempting recovery mode and the yellow exclamation connction to pc just flashes back.
As long as you can go to the download mode, you have no brick. Just flash the stock JVQ (not the KIES variant) with PIT + repartition.
Edit: Can't find the thread, but the link was
http://www.multiupload.com/20DJFPXKL3
Edit2: A good, non-overloaded root kernel for JVQ is here (and on the next page for JVR also):
http://www.handy-faq.de/forum/samsu...36-kernel_ohne_schickschnack.html#post1580443
(Post #19) I use it with no issues and misbehaviour so far. After download, just rename the file from .tar.zip to .tar and flash it with odin.
I personally use JVQ + this kernel + JVR modem, cause GPS fix is much better with the JVR modem.
Ok Finally after 8 attempts it went through. One of the attempts was a locked green screen. Ugh.
Now im freaked about rooting the phone despite all the hype and i wanted to apply the lagfix.
So now the one that worked is xxjvr. Perhaps I should just leave it. Any otherway to fix the lag other than rooting the phone? Im very apprehensive of rooting now.
You may find your Bootloader is messed up i have had this on loads of Gingerbread phones.
To Fix you need a Three file flash to Froyo with repartion ticked JPO Or JPU will do then Flash JPY then Flash 2.3.4 JVQ again this puts the Gingerbread bootloader back on
I flash JPY then let Kies do the rest Yes i no!!!! Kies But i no then i have a stock Bootloader on.
Flashing Froyo removes the bootloader and puts the old froyo bootloader back on also removes root as well
Make sure the first Gingerbread Rom is stock not a Light version
Then your ready to start all over again
Oh and Buy a Jig from ebay safer to have one then not
Yes, flashing JVR reportedly may run into this. Read this here and in the other forum. Never had this with JVQ or any other firmware. I went back to JVQ.
And even if you see this little PC connection icon, nothing is lost. This normally appears, when ODIN initiated flashing, but did not finish.
Edit: just read this after i posted:
then Flash 2.3.3 JVQ again
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This is confusing:
JVO is 2.3.3
JVQ is 2.3.4
just to make this clear
EditEdit: OK, you edited your post... now it says
then Flash 2.3.3 JVO again
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SnoopyDog said:
Yes, flashing JVR reportedly may run into this. Read this here and in the other forum. Never had this with JVQ or any other firmware. I went back to JVQ.
And even if you see this little PC connection icon, nothing is lost. This normally appears, when ODIN initiated flashing, but did not finish.
Edit: just read this after i posted:
This is confusing:
JVO is 2.3.3
JVQ is 2.3.4
just to make this clear
EditEdit: OK, you edited your post... now it says
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Fixed sorry for confusion to much Beer last night
Hehe, no problem
Sounds like you are all suggesting i go and flash back to JVQ. Can a flash be done at same time while rooting the phone in the process?
Otherwise Ill jusst keep it simple.
Right now everything is working JVR but there is noticeable lag whereas before lag wouldnt occur until months of usage.
Albeit the Quadrant standard benchmark yields me 1381 which isnt bad for a stock rom.
Hightower68 said:
Sounds like you are all suggesting i go and flash back to JVQ. Can a flash be done at same time while rooting the phone in the process?
Otherwise Ill jusst keep it simple.
Right now everything is working JVR but there is noticeable lag whereas before lag wouldnt occur until months of usage.
Albeit the Quadrant standard benchmark yields me 1381 which isnt bad for a stock rom.
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I would first take it to stock first you can flash Darkeys resurrection edition After JVO That Routs for you Puts CWM on as well I put this on if a customer wants his phone setting up for a custom rom Its painless through odin
Its just the Gingerbread bootloader its a pain
And its a Case of Rolling it back to go forward again make sure you charge your battery up to 100% to avoid and battery glitches later
Hi, i'm new to all of this flashing stuff. I'm running CM7 on my captivate and i was just wondering if GB for it came out for it, would i have to flash back to stock before i can update or can i just update out of CM7? While i was trying to flash this CM7 i had problems and had to keep on flashing back to the stock rom(2.1) and when i ever i tried to do a upgrade on kies the phone wouldn't sync because it would just keep crashing.
CM7 is GB. The only ROM you could flash would be MIUI without going back to stock.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
Like said you can only flash MIUI. Everything else needs to flash back to a stock because you need to repartition your phone. Gingerbread has not been released officially for I897 but it has for I896. Though none official there are a ton of Gingerbread leaks on the dev section.
prbassplayer said:
Like said you can only flash MIUI. Everything else needs to flash back to a stock because you need to repartition your phone. Gingerbread has not been released officially for I897 but it has for I896. Though none official there are a ton of Gingerbread leaks on the dev section.
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But when i flash back to stock(2.1) it won't let me sync with samsung kies. on the phone it just keeps opening and closing USB MTP or something
Why do you want to sync on 2.1? If you are going to flash a GB rom.
prbassplayer said:
Why do you want to sync on 2.1? If you are going to flash a GB rom.
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I'm already flashed on CM7. But I'm just wondering when the official At&t GB update comes out for the Captivate, i wanna know how i would update to it. Wanna just try it out. And whenever i did the one click restore and go back to 2.1 it would never let me sync with kies.
RLeWorm said:
I'm already flashed on CM7. But I'm just wondering when the official At&t GB update comes out for the Captivate, i wanna know how i would update to it. Wanna just try it out. And whenever i did the one click restore and go back to 2.1 it would never let me sync with kies.
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You might be able to update straight from CM7 and do just fine. However, I would advise and I think others would too, to flash back to stock using odin one click. Have all of your stuff backed up externally, run a master clear, and then attempt the update. This is a surefire way to have nothing go wrong as you are coming from factory software.
Reboot your PC and try Kies again. And I think its Kies Mini that does the update not the full Kies program. But its not a special process. They walk you through it and if you can flash a custom rom you will have no problem with the kies mini process.
att gingerbread isnt officially out and YEAH right they would ever give a date....
also dont use keis for anything keis sucks!. use xda site. read xda site. read new user guide (below). read STICKES (explained in guide).
flash back to 2.1 ( or any stock with .pit file or "one-click odin" stock flash)
odin flash (NOT one click) gingerbread bootloaders (find in dev section of captivate)
odin flash (NOT one click) a kernel with cwm built in
cwm flash ANY captivate rom from dev section
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capocaccia said:
You might be able to update straight from CM7 and do just fine. However, I would advise and I think others would too, to flash back to stock using odin one click. Have all of your stuff backed up externally, run a master clear, and then attempt the update. This is a surefire way to have nothing go wrong as you are coming from factory software.
Reboot your PC and try Kies again. And I think its Kies Mini that does the update not the full Kies program. But its not a special process. They walk you through it and if you can flash a custom rom you will have no problem with the kies mini process.
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cm7 uses a different partitioning table. STOCK IS A MUST to go backagain KIES IS ****
there are odin one- clicks for 2.1 2.2 and kf1 2.3.3 leak
DONT USE KEIS NO REASON TO IT SUCKS BALLS
This guy seems a little new to the scene so I wasnt going to throw him into the Odin stuff just yet. Its good to know about and while kies isnt the best it is the factory software and is easy for new people to use.
Doesn't matter if he is new. He decided to use CM7 and/or MIUI you NEED to repartition your phone. Kies is just a different UI ODIN with alot of extra checks that are useless. If he wants to move back to I897 roms or to I9000 ports he has no choice on the matter. But like everything else always a good idea t have a Jig just in case and try to use packages that DO NOT include bootloaders when ever possible (not sure if you need to flash bootloaders if you partition)
TRusselo said:
att gingerbread isnt officially out and YEAH right they would ever give a date....
also dont use keis for anything keis sucks!. use xda site. read xda site. read new user guide (below). read STICKES (explained in guide).
flash back to 2.1 ( or any stock with .pit file or "one-click odin" stock flash)
odin flash (NOT one click) gingerbread bootloaders (find in dev section of captivate)
odin flash (NOT one click) a kernel with cwm built in
cwm flash ANY captivate rom from dev section
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cm7 uses a different partitioning table. STOCK IS A MUST to go backagain KIES IS ****
there are odin one- clicks for 2.1 2.2 and kf1 2.3.3 leak
DONT USE KEIS NO REASON TO IT SUCKS BALLS
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+1 Kies is beyond **** !!
I can imagine how many people get stuck with that complete "no use" piece of sftware. It is so useless, it just unnecessarily occupies internet space !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
prbassplayer said:
Doesn't matter if he is new. He decided to use CM7 and/or MIUI you NEED to repartition your phone. Kies is just a different UI ODIN with alot of extra checks that are useless. If he wants to move back to I897 roms or to I9000 ports he has no choice on the matter. But like everything else always a good idea t have a Jig just in case and try to use packages that DO NOT include bootloaders when ever possible (not sure if you need to flash bootloaders if you partition)
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You should not need to flash bootloaders if the only thing you are doing is going from CM7 to stock based GB ROM. And I believe GB bootloaders are backwards compatible to 2.2.
OP, since you are on CM7, you WILL need to flash back to stock in order to get back to Samsung ROMs, as the phone must be repartitioned.
astroZ0MB1E said:
You should not need to flash bootloaders if the only thing you are doing is going from CM7 to stock based GB ROM. And I believe GB bootloaders are backwards compatible to 2.2.
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OP didn't indicate whether he has installed i9k GB at any point; to be 100% correct:
If OP flashed CM7 straight from Eclair/Froyo, he will need to flash GB bootloaders for a Galaxy S device.
IF OP has previously flashed i9k or i897 leaked GB, then he does not need to flash new bootloaders ever again.