[Q] cant reboot into CWM only 2e - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

hey guys,
so i flashed this file http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=804226 to downgrade from 3e to 2e after using the heimdall one click back to stock 2.1, but now i cant seem to get write permission when i connect my phone to usb, and after i rooted the device, installed rom manager, and tried to install CWM, it says its installed, but when i try to reboot into recovery, it still only goes back to 2e.. does anyone have any idea what to do..
thanks for your help

also i need to do this through heimdall, as odin does not seem to detect the phone anymore..

xninjax92 said:
also i need to do this through heimdall, as odin does not seem to detect the phone anymore..
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You probly need to reinstall closed-source and proprietary Odin drivers if you've got open-source Heimdall drivers on your computer
to install recovery, hit the reinstall pacakges button twice in recovery.

Thanks Adam.. You always seem to have all the right answers. As for the drivers then, are you saying I just need to re install the regular Samsung drivers for the phone to replace theheimdall one?

Yes, that is what he is saying. Those drivers conflict. But don't just reinstall the Samsung divers over the heimdall one, uninstall it first.

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Hey guys I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but I just really need some help...
I just recently flashed my galaxy to JP6 and installed voodoo and everything was running fine. I then wanted to root my phone and tried Chainfires solution from here on this forum. It bricked my phone and I had to flash back to JM8.
I am now running JM8 but when I go to flash JP6 it says fail and wont let me?
I also tried flashing JMP and my phone screen went green halfway through and stopped flashing.
Any ideas why I cant flash to froyo anymore?
Is it because I still have voodoo installed?
If so how do I delete it? I've tried following th instructions from curios google page but I couldn't figure it out.
The error in odin reads "Can't open the serial(COM) port"
Any info on this would be greately appreiciated!
Thanks
GalaxyDroid88 said:
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Hey guys I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this but I just really need some help...
I just recently flashed my galaxy to JP6 and installed voodoo and everything was running fine. I then wanted to root my phone and tried Chainfires solution from here on this forum. It bricked my phone and I had to flash back to JM8.
I am now running JM8 but when I go to flash JP6 it says fail and wont let me?
I also tried flashing JMP and my phone screen went green halfway through and stopped flashing.
Any ideas why I cant flash to froyo anymore?
Is it because I still have voodoo installed?
If so how do I delete it? I've tried following th instructions from curios google page but I couldn't figure it out.
The error in odin reads "Can't open the serial(COM) port"
Any info on this would be greately appreiciated!
Thanks
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Hey,
My guess is it's your recovery version. You need to boot to recovery mode and see whether the version is 2e or 3e. 3e won't allow you to flash unsigned updates.
Also, make sure you put a 'disable lagfix' folder inside your voodoo folder on the internal SD card. That may also be an issue.
Good luck!
I can currently only get onto download mode with my phone, I used to be able to get into recovery mode using the 3button technique but I no longer can.
I'm pretty sure it's voodoo that is causing me my problems, is there any way I can disable/un-install voodoo with only going into download mode?
GalaxyDroid88 said:
I can currently only get onto download mode with my phone, I used to be able to get into recovery mode using the 3button technique but I no longer can.
I'm pretty sure it's voodoo that is causing me my problems, is there any way I can disable/un-install voodoo with only going into download mode?
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Not that I know of mate, you need access to the drive so you can pop a folder named 'disable lagfix' insude your /voodoo folder. If you can get into download mode, you should be able to use Odin to reflash a ROM, I think you need to tick 're-partition' though. I've never flashed a SGS with Odin (yet haha), so would pay to do some more reading. I do know that it is the only way to restore your phone to absolute stock, which I think I would be doing. Then you can start again!
Good luck!

[Q] Captivate ODIN doesnt see Cappy, in DL mode too

In normal running mode ODIN sees the Cappy, but when I switch to download mode it doesn't see it any more. I am trying to put my phone back to factory default so I can install CM7 but running into all kinds of problems. I did get the base system reinstalled using a One Click JAR that I found here on XDA. The phone seems to be ok with that.
ADB doesnt think there are any devices attached either when I am in download mode.
I did also try the Heimdall install methods and used their drivers, but that doesnt work either
All I am trying to do so far is get CWM installed
Any ideas?
Did you ever use Heimdall?
MarkWorsnop said:
In normal running mode ODIN sees the Cappy, but when I switch to download mode it doesn't see it any more. I am trying to put my phone back to factory default so I can install CM7 but running into all kinds of problems. I did get the base system reinstalled using a One Click JAR that I found here on XDA. The phone seems to be ok with that.
ADB doesnt think there are any devices attached either when I am in download mode.
I did also try the Heimdall install methods and used their drivers, but that doesnt work either
All I am trying to do so far is get CWM installed
Any ideas?
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If you used a one-click jar file, I believe you used Heimdall, as Odin-based one-clicks would be .exe files. That being the case, if one of the one-click heimdalls worked, other ones should work as well.
If you don't mind me asking, which one-click did you use? What rom were you on when the other one worked, and what rom are you on now?
I installed this "SamsungCaptivate-SGHi897-UCKB2-Rooted-One-Click.jar" to get it to work in what I think is a factory default.
I am now trying to get the downloading to be recognized by Odin or Heimhall or anything/.
They all see the phone in normal mode but when in download they do not see it
Have you tried all of the USB ports on your computer? If you're on a desktop, make sure it's one of the ones in the back (directly attached to the motherboard). Also, if you haven't rebooted your computer, do that, and then see if the UCKB2 one-click sees your device.
You can also try the full heimdall package, as that has a tool that will quickly check to see if it sees a device in download mode.
ODIN doesnt see Cappy
Looks like the drivers from Heimhall mess up the ODIN drivers. I removed the drivers from System Drivers that the Heimhall installed and now the ODIN seems to see the device again.
Now I need to figure out what I need to put on the device to make it work
MarkWorsnop said:
I installed this "SamsungCaptivate-SGHi897-UCKB2-Rooted-One-Click.jar" to get it to work in what I think is a factory default.
I am now trying to get the downloading to be recognized by Odin or Heimhall or anything/.
They all see the phone in normal mode but when in download they do not see it
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einstall the Samsung drivers. The zadig driver you installed for Heimdall causes problems with dl mode if you then try to use Odin.
mrhaley30705 said:
einstall the Samsung drivers. The zadig driver you installed for Heimdall causes problems with dl mode if you then try to use Odin.
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I just figured this out. Now what CWM file does ODIN want? After all of this I am lost! I will start back at the first post on adding CWM I guess...!!
It's going to want a kernel with CWM baked into it, or you can flash the JF6-based one click file to get back to stock without the 3e recovery error. From there you can just root, then copy the rom you want to install to your internal SD card. Rename it "update.zip", and flash that.
If memory serves me correctly, that's the simplest way to flash from Eclair. You can also try to Odin in a CWM-friendly Froyo kernel, or copy the cwm file out of the AIO captivate toolbox (copy it out, don't directly use the tool).
To get cwm, use a kernel with cwm as jimtheiss said, in a tar format. Older Talon kernels were in tar, as was Speedmod, and I think xcal's reoriented kernel had a tar version.
Open Odin, use the pda slot for the kernel, uncheck reboot. Connect phone. When the yellow box lights up, hit start. When completed, pull the battery,reinsert battery, use button combo to get in recovery.
jmtheiss said:
It's going to want a kernel with CWM baked into it, or you can flash the JF6-based one click file to get back to stock without the 3e recovery error. From there you can just root, then copy the rom you want to install to your internal SD card. Rename it "update.zip", and flash that.
If memory serves me correctly, that's the simplest way to flash from Eclair. You can also try to Odin in a CWM-friendly Froyo kernel, or copy the cwm file out of the AIO captivate toolbox (copy it out, don't directly use the tool).
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I can't seem to find Eclair with CWM. I did find a I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 EXE with ODIN built into the EXE but whatever happens on that version ODIN didnt see the phone.
The ODIN 1.85 sees the phone, but I do not know what to download and what there downloaded file goes in ODIN.
I also ran the JAR file again and it did get back to 2.2 but then I dont seem to be able to get CWM working.
All I wanted to do it put CM7 on the phone. I guess I have to have Eclair or Froyo first to get the CM7? I think that is what I read. I havent tried it from GB
I would suggest following mrhaley's directions about flashing the kernel.
And here is the speedmod kernel.
MarkWorsnop said:
I can't seem to find Eclair with CWM. I did find a I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 EXE with ODIN built into the EXE but whatever happens on that version ODIN didnt see the phone.
The ODIN 1.85 sees the phone, but I do not know what to download and what there downloaded file goes in ODIN.
I also ran the JAR file again and it did get back to 2.2 but then I dont seem to be able to get CWM working.
All I wanted to do it put CM7 on the phone. I guess I have to have Eclair or Froyo first to get the CM7? I think that is what I read. I havent tried it from GB
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My 2 cents....if you have so much difficulty using Odin/Heimdall, I would highly recommend staying away from CM7 or MIUI until you are really comfortable flashing stuff without hiccups. CM7 and MIUI are quite different beasts, compare to the ROms ur flashing.
chappatti said:
My 2 cents....if you have so much difficulty using Odin/Heimdall, I would highly recommend staying away from CM7 or MIUI until you are really comfortable flashing stuff without hiccups. CM7 and MIUI are quite different beasts, compare to the ROms ur flashing.
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The only thing he needs to flash with Odin/Heimdall is the kernel to get cwm. Its the same for most other GB roms. After you get cwm, its just flashing from cwm, with an extra factory reset and ROM flash.

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...
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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 ...
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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.

bootloop

Hello everyone.
I am new to xda. Verry happy to found you all.
Sorry for device, is not i9000 (is i9001), can't find Q&A on i9001
The story: i tried to root my i9001, because my 2.3.6 lags and freeze (all go personalization)
I installed ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.1.3 but home button is navigating up, and phone is restarting in recovery mode, can't do anything.
I tried woth Odin, AriesVE.ops + Boot_loader.tar, but Odin Multi Downloader v4.43 doesen't recognize my phone (desinstaled kies, reinstaled samsung drivers 3 times, restarted pc).
Now i can't do anything in recovery menu, and only odin that recognize phone is Odin3 v1.85, not any tar place.. only a pit place, i loaded "u1_02_20110310_emmc_EXT4" that comes with odin. Than I load boot_loader, go start and is stuck at SetupConnection until phone restarting.
If anyone can help me with my problem i would be very grateful
ok, new drivers solved the problem, odin recognize phone now, hope i will root it
Odin is a bit dangerous you *risk* bricking your phone, not likely but still, I like to play it safe. Always.
The safest way to root the phone is probably checking the wiki [link] or SuperOneClick [link]
As for the I9001 and the I9000 mixed: link post 7 and 8
You dont need odin to root. Even with stockrom and recovery you can root. If you want to root it see my tut about flashing back to stock and then post 2. Futhermore, odin is not as risky as KIES..
mrjraider said:
You dont need odin to root. Even with stockrom and recovery you can root. If you want to root it see my tut about flashing back to stock and then post 2. Futhermore, odin is not as risky as KIES..
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Aah, yes. The feared KIES... I only installed it for the drivers, then disabled it and removed all shortcuts. I completely forgot about that. Thanks.
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Hi,
to root your I9001 you just to put this file http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=713519&d=1315472889 to your internal SD-card. Then you can use even use the stock recovery (CWM Recovery of cours too) to root your phone.
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[Q]Bootloop & No recovery Mode

Hello everyone ! I have a samsung galaxy s3 mini i8190
I flash CM , but i didn't like it so i tried to install with odin the original firmware.
Problem: Bootloop (logo Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini reboot infinite loop)
I can't enter in Recovery Mode, only i can enter in Download Mode
I use ODIN to try to install CWM , but still don't work..
And i have another problem. When I click start (in odin) it stops at SetupConnection, but if I disconnect & reconnect (usb) it starts flashing.
Please, help me.
Try to flash stock recovery instead of CWM.
tys0n said:
Try to flash stock recovery instead of CWM.
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"I use ODIN to try to install CWM , but still don't work.."
I said this in the thread. If i'm wrong, please correct me.
Your kernel is f****ed up. You need to find any rooted stock kernel, flash it with Odin and then flash CWM. You don't need whole ROM, only kernel. Happened to me a lot while I was still on SGS1.
As for connection problem, perhaps clearing all drivers from your win and reinstall them could help.
Vladdyak47 said:
"I use ODIN to try to install CWM , but still don't work.."
I said this in the thread. If i'm wrong, please correct me.
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Yes you did, but I asked you to try with STOCK RECOVERY instead.
It's not always a part of the official firmware package.
stenc55 said:
Your kernel is f****ed up. You need to find any rooted stock kernel, flash it with Odin and then flash CWM. You don't need whole ROM, only kernel. Happened to me a lot while I was still on SGS1.
As for connection problem, perhaps clearing all drivers from your win and reinstall them could help.
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Can you help me with the link? Flash with PDA, right? (select PDA files, connect the device and click start)
Which one is good? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187295
P.S. : I resolved the problem with connection
P.S.2: In Download Mode i have "CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (3 counts) :|
P.S.3: When i try to flash a original firmware, after device restart it's an android charging something
EDIT: Now i have a new problem: FIRMWARE UPDRAGE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE. PLEASE SELECT RECOVERY MODE IN KIES & TRY AGAIN
Vladdyak47 said:
Can you help me with the link? Flash with PDA, right? (select PDA files, connect the device and click start)
Which one is good? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187295
P.S. : I resolved the problem with connection
P.S.2: In Download Mode i have "CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD: YES (3 counts) :|
P.S.3: When i try to flash a original firmware, after device restart it's an android charging something
EDIT: Now i have a new problem: FIRMWARE UPDRAGE ENCOUNTERED AN ISSUE. PLEASE SELECT RECOVERY MODE IN KIES & TRY AGAIN
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Download service firmware and solve all your problems
Then just flash whatever rom you'd like.
Thanks a lot tys0n ! My Phone works now!
Mine has the same problem! I flashed kernels and params as well!
stenc55 said:
Your kernel is f****ed up. You need to find any rooted stock kernel, flash it with Odin and then flash CWM. You don't need whole ROM, only kernel. Happened to me a lot while I was still on SGS1.
As for connection problem, perhaps clearing all drivers from your win and reinstall them could help.
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Solved !!! Thank you very very much, for all of u.. Worked ... Finally i can enter recovery mode and turn on my s3 mini.. . thanks XDA n really sorry for my english
stenc55 said:
Your kernel is f****ed up. You need to find any rooted stock kernel, flash it with Odin and then flash CWM. You don't need whole ROM, only kernel. Happened to me a lot while I was still on SGS1.
As for connection problem, perhaps clearing all drivers from your win and reinstall them could help.
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What if my device cant be recognised by my pc. Ive tried every pc/laptop I own with different OS. So basically I have a bootloop stuck phone with no recovery mode available and it doesnt connect to the pc. Is there any way to fix that? Or is the phone completely bricked and I cant do anything about it.
PS: I have tried installing latest samsung drivers on my pc but it still cant recognise the phone.
Have had this phone for 6 years and it was ****ing amazing. I missed this little guy and want to fix him just as a "souvenir" since it was my first ever smartphone.

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