cant put any other rom besides cm7/miui - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So It is all in the title. I am trying to flash bamboo and it wont flash, it just goes back to miui. I then try to flash it back to stock i think 2.3.3 or 2.3.5 or something and when I try to flash bamboo I goes into boot loop and I will try to re-flash and new copy of bamboo and still does the samething. when I try to flash back to miui or cm7 it works
So what am I doing wrong?

When u flash back to Stock (whatever) r u Re-partitioning with a .pit file ?? If not, then that is probably part of the problem. And the OP install says u must have Gingerbread Bootloaders.

Also, when you flashed to CM7/MIUI, did you flash from a Froyo/Eclair setup, or from a Gingerbread setup?
If you flashed from a Froyo/Eclair setup, flashing a GB stock (if it doesn't have bootloaders) could be part of of your problem. If you came from Gingerbread, you could try the Heimdall one-click in my signature.

odin
best to odin back to stock boss man ..... cyan. did this to one my first captivates .... just dl odin stock file ..... take out sim sd and battery ...
plug to pc .... hold both up and down vol .... then insert battery ...
now in dl mode start odin.. back in business ... check bl first to on odin packages

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Stuck on main screen after root, keeps rebooting.

I have been through a mess of attempts to root my phone and put it into 2e recovery so I could install custom mods, and ended up with nothing but an old version because I had to flash it on to be able to use it.
I'll try to explain the process.. first I had 2.2 firmware with JPC, was rooted already with superuser and then I tried to flash it into 2e recovery but when it finished the phone booted up, got in the main screen where you swipe the screen to unlock but got stuck there after a couple seconds, started vibrating randomly and shut down.
After that happened I flashed an original i9000 tar on it and it came back to life, unrooted and in JP6.
The first time I tried to flash it into 2e I forgot to run odin as an admin, so I thought that was my mistake so I went ahead and tried it again with a JP6 version and ran odin as admin, but the same exact thing happened... gets stuck in the same place so I flashed the original again.
I'm on a EU Galaxy S I9000 JP6 Froyo.
Anyone have an idea what I'm doing wrong?
SmokeyFish said:
I have been through a mess of attempts to root my phone and put it into 2e recovery so I could install custom mods, and ended up with nothing but an old version because I had to flash it on to be able to use it.
I'll try to explain the process.. first I had 2.2 firmware with JPC, was rooted already with superuser and then I tried to flash it into 2e recovery but when it finished the phone booted up, got in the main screen where you swipe the screen to unlock but got stuck there after a couple seconds, started vibrating randomly and shut down.
After that happened I flashed an original i9000 tar on it and it came back to life, unrooted and in JP6.
The first time I tried to flash it into 2e I forgot to run odin as an admin, so I thought that was my mistake so I went ahead and tried it again with a JP6 version and ran odin as admin, but the same exact thing happened... gets stuck in the same place so I flashed the original again.
I'm on a EU Galaxy S I9000 JP6 Froyo.
Anyone have an idea what I'm doing wrong?
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do you want to stay on 2.2.1 or want to switch to GB...
if you can still get into dowloadmode (vol down / home / power)
froyo XXJPU : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/Stock - stock modems/I9000XXJPU (2.2.1).exe
GB XWJVH : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/Stock - stock modems/GT_I9000_XWJVH_XXJVO_NEEJV3_Sbl.exe
flas with odin : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/flash en drivers/Odin_+_pit.exe
PIT512 file is included, both firmwares come with safe bootloaders.
flash files with repatition checked.
and if you need them samsung drivers for PC :
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/flash en drivers/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
for rooting your phone you can use
froyo : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/speedmod-kernel-k13e-500hz.tar
GB JVH :http://dl.dropbox.com/u/19506141/Gingerbread-GT-I9000-XWJVH-stock-kernel+hacks.tar
flash in PDA using odin.Do NOT check repartition....
Thanks for the reply..
I don't want to make any mistakes, as im quite new to this phone and hacking/updating/putting new **** on it, so can you be a little more clear on the steps to take? I'm obviously going to upgrade to GB...
I can get into download mode fine, do I flash the 512 PIT file and the PDA_XWJVH_Sbl.tar.md5 file together? also just to make absolutely sure because I heard the partition thing can brick my phone, should it be checked for this particular flash?
SmokeyFish said:
Thanks for the reply..
I don't want to make any mistakes, as im quite new to this phone and hacking/updating/putting new **** on it, so can you be a little more clear on the steps to take? I'm obviously going to upgrade to GB...
I can get into download mode fine, do I flash the 512 PIT file and the PDA_XWJVH_Sbl.tar.md5 file together? also just to make absolutely sure because I heard the partition thing can brick my phone, should it be checked for this particular flash?
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You should only use the repartition option when flashing a 3 file firmware. You can get them from samfirmware.com. The JVB firmware has all 3 files so I would download it.
Once downloaded open Odin and stick the files in the required fields. Insert your .pit file and select repart.
Once you have booted in to JVB you can then flash JVH using Odin in the PDA field with NO repartition.
Once booted into JVH I would use CF Root kernal to get root access
Go to insanity thread and check out the link to Ezbase rom, its a cinge! Noob too!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
slaphead20 said:
Go to insanity thread and check out the link to Ezbase rom, its a cinge! Noob too!
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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yes i second that,,got me ouy of trouble a few times

HELP! Possible Hard Brick

I have a i9000 phone here that i decided to flash a new kernal to. I flashed speedmod to it. It was originally completely stock 2.2 except that it had root. Anyways i flashed new kernel in odin. The kernel flashed and the it looked to be right, except it wont power on. the only thing i can do is get into download mode. any ideas.
find stock ROM and flash it with odin! its not bricked. connect it to odin and flash whole ROM the same way as u did with kernel.
use the search option to find the stock flashable with odin mate.
GL
Try and flash again friend. Im sure it will work out
If that doesn't work then download the file again and flash the phone
Good Luck
P.S. PM me if u can't get it

GB bootloaders with root

What Odin/One click package should i download to get root with GB bootloaders with CWM and flash zip file roms only? So i can flash roms like Fasty III and others? Which one is suggested for great battery life? Experts please
First off you don't need root to flash a rom. as for bootloaders use either a leak 2.3.5 i897 rom with bootloader or just the bootloader package. They are stickied in Dev section.
Can you please send me a link im new at all this but im learning i have Odin 3 v 1.81 and Odin v 1.81 ATT GB bootloaders extracted. I just want to be able to use download mode jig and plug in USB and go.
I have UCK H3 one click is that good enough to get started? Could i flash a rom in rom manager like fasty III im looking for fast and grt battery life.
KH3 1 click should be good. Don't use Rom Manager. Here you can find everything you will need. Just flash KH3 or any other GB leak, let it boot up normally, flash (with ODIN or SGS kernel flasher(app)) the boog's kernel that has CWM, let it boot up normally. Boot up in recovery and flash the rom.
Yea ive seen this which one should i pick and with or w/o bootloaders. 2.3 or 2.4.5 not sure? Just want the best one for speed and battery life and i like launcher pro.
I don't use launcher pro so can't say. But IMO KH3 or KJ3 would be my best (I still use KH3 modem). You need bootloaders so you can flash one with bootloaders.
prbassplayer said:
KH3 1 click should be good. Don't use Rom Manager. Here you can find everything you will need. Just flash KH3 or any other GB leak, let it boot up normally, flash (with ODIN or SGS kernel flasher(app)) the boog's kernel that has CWM, let it boot up normally. Boot up in recovery and flash the rom.
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SGS kernel flasher requires root. Which rooting involves a kernel swap with Odin anyway, so for this purpose its pretty useless.
I just flashed UCK H3 and while in process i checked flash bootloaders now im soft bricked. Will the download mode jig help? I have one i dont know what to do. It doesnt work. What can i do am i screwed? I have the soft brick symbols on my phone now.
Reboot pc, swap usb Ports (make sure its one on the back of the PC), right click Odin and ruin as admin, put .tar in pda slot, Pull battery, replace, use jig, ignore screen that appears, connect to PC if Odin recognizes it hit start.
Grt thanks ok i got the fish now what do i reboot or what and add kernel next? I still have Odin opened and USB plugged in
Disconnect, close Odin. Pull battery, replace, use jig, flash boog's kernel the same edu you flashed the fugu kernel.
Im getting a screen that looks like a TV screen all lines what the heck is that? Its boots to ATT logo then TV screen all colors and lines. I did the kernel it passed but not sure whats going on now. It keeps rebooting ATT screen and TV looking screen
... That sounds like you didn't flash correct bootloaders. Correct me if Im wrong. On a side note ya Studa I had a brain fart on SGS kernel flasher.
I can still get in download mod with jig. Cant i try a diffrent package in Odin?
Did you use KH3 with bootloaders?
Not sure what to do im trying the AIO toolbar and im enabled for root phone but seems like nothing is happeneing im still in download mode
that is froyo boots on a gingerbread ROM.
op flash this package
That will flash the gingerbread bootloaders which will get rid of those lines and make it possible to boot into recovery.
DO NOT USE AIO TOOLBOX AFTER THIS PACKAGE IT WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE. might as well just delete that for safe measure.
Ok i was in recovery in rebooted phone now im at ATT screen logo no lines now. What do i do now is there a rom to flash or am i even rooted? Can i go into download mode and flash a kernel
Im staying at recovery till i hear back from someone lol. Where do i go from here?

[Q] Captivate stuck in download mode

Hi everyone,
I was on stock Gingerbread UCKE3.
I tried installing Speedmod kernel so that I could flash Cyanogenmod 9 using this method, however it didn't work and the phone was softbricked. Which was still alright, because I could still unbrick it every time with One-Click Unbrick.
So I decided to flash back to stock JF6 with Odin one-click, and it was stuck at sbl.bin for an hour. So I unplugged the phone, and it wouldn't power on anymore.
Almost every, if not all, unbricking threads I've read in this forum suggested flashing back to stock ROM using the very same Odin one-click that messed up my phone.
Right now I still can get into download mode, but I'm not sure whether I should flash it back using that Odin one-click.
Any idea? I really don't want to hardbrick my phone.
edit: I understand that the bootloaders are now messed up (primary = Gingerbread, secondary = Eclair). Would it be a good idea to flash back to stock Gingerbread UCKE3 (or even UCKF1)?
U were really really close to being hard bricked. The jf6 boot.bin had already flashed and apparently, thankfully for u, the sbl.bin had finished flashing even though it showed to be stuck there. Whew !!
If ur bootloaders were mix matched... GB / Eclair, u would be hard bricked. If u can still get in download mode then u r not hard bricked.
If it was my phone then i would use Odin or Heimdall Stock GB 2.3.5 i897ucKK4 One Click or the i897ucKK4 Full Firmware (whichever works best for the phone--some models don't like the one clicks) and flash it to Stock GB i897ucKK4 with Bootloaders. And then after that u don't need to flash a stock package with bootloaders again. And if u ever want to go back to Stock again, just go back to Stock KK4 with NO bootloaders.
Be sure u have a reliable micro usb/usb cable, constant power source to ur pc, use a usb port in the back of the pc, not u hub. And take a look at jmtheiss' stickied thread in the General forum ---Captivate Connection Issues and Download Mode Help.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
4-2ndtwin said:
U were really really close to being hard bricked. The jf6 boot.bin had already flashed and apparently, thankfully for u, the sbl.bin had finished flashing even though it showed to be stuck there. Whew !!
If ur bootloaders were mix matched... GB / Eclair, u would be hard bricked. If u can still get in download mode then u r not hard bricked.
If it was my phone then i would use Odin or Heimdall Stock GB 2.3.5 i897ucKK4 One Click or the i897ucKK4 Full Firmware (whichever works best for the phone--some models don't like the one clicks) and flash it to Stock GB i897ucKK4 with Bootloaders. And then after that u don't need to flash a stock package with bootloaders again. And if u ever want to go back to Stock again, just go back to Stock KK4 with NO bootloaders.
Be sure u have a reliable micro usb/usb cable, constant power source to ur pc, use a usb port in the back of the pc, not u hub. And take a look at jmtheiss' stickied thread in the General forum ---Captivate Connection Issues and Download Mode Help.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
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Hi 4-2ndtwin, thanks for replying. I had actually hardbricked my phone before your reply, so I sent it for jtag, and it's now back on Gingerbread UCKE3.
My main concern now is to root it and to upgrade it to Cyanogenmod 9. I can't seem to find any root method that doesn't mention upgrading to UCKF1 first. I had tried zroot and this anyway but they didn't work.
I'd be willing to upgrade to UCKK4 if it means I can root it later, though I'm unsure whether I should install bootloaders or not this time, because I'm coming from UCKE3. After all, mixed up bootloaders were what bricked my phone, and I really can't afford to hardbrick it again.
See TRusselo's Guide that is a stickied thread in this Q & A forum.
There is no need to get Root in order to flash a custom Rom. That guide will help u get to CM9.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

[Q] Phone problems

I am running stock gingerbread 2.3.5 on the Corn kernel 7.06. I have been rooted with out problems since October of last year and Thursday night it started turning on and off on its own. Friday afternoon it stopped doing that long enough for me to see what was going on with my phone and it had done a factory reset and I had lost root then it frozed and then started turning on and off again later that night I was able to regain root. That is the back story my question now is if I flashed it back to stock and then reset it would that fix it?
Oh and the battery was fully charged when it first started this whole thing. And how do I completely wipe everything off the phone and just have a blank slate?
Here is Stock I897UCKK4 Android 2.3.5 One Clicks *Heimdall and Odin*. Use one without the bootloaders, since u already have them because u have been running GB 2.3.5 firmware. These one clicks are full wipes. They will wipe data, dbdata and cache. They will not wipe anything saved on the phones internal sd (sometimes referred to as "usb storage"). You can do that through the settings of the phone if u want. Afterwards u can use Odin to flash the KK4 Corn Kernel of ur choice.
Not sure what caused ur problems. A guess would be a rogue app...just a thought though. U would know better, depending on the last things u were doin on ur phone.
4-2ndtwin said:
Here is Stock I897UCKK4 Android 2.3.5 One Clicks *Heimdall and Odin*. Use one without the bootloaders, since u already have them because u have been running GB 2.3.5 firmware. These one clicks are full wipes. They will wipe data, dbdata and cache. They will not wipe anything saved on the phones internal sd (sometimes referred to as "usb storage"). You can do that through the settings of the phone if u want. Afterwards u can use Odin to flash the KK4 Corn Kernel of ur choice.
Not sure what caused ur problems. A guess would be a rogue app...just a thought though. U would know better, depending on the last things u were doin on ur phone.
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The Corn kernel has a modified CWM recovery that had tweak options in it that I was going thru them to see which ones gave my phone better performance and I think it might have been that. I also had changed to ext4 will I need to change back to efs(?) Before I go back to stock? Also if I go to a JB or ICS ROM I need to get a compatible kernel correct?
No need to change from ext4 back to rfs. Just use the Stock KK4 one click, then Odin the KK4 Corn Kernel, then flash ur rom of choice. U will have to flash the jellybean or ics rom twice because of the different partitions that jb and ics have compared to stock (MTD vs BML). Then flash the appropriate gapps. Reboot. Be sure to follow the install instructions of the jb or ics rom u r gonna flash.
Note that if u want to return to a GB based firmware or GB Rom you will have to use either Odin or Heimdall to return to GB, then proceed from there. Because of the different partitions from JB/ICS and Stock GB, you cannot simply flash back to a gb rom from a jb or ics rom.
4-2ndtwin said:
No need to change from ext4 back to rfs. Just use the Stock KK4 one click, then Odin the KK4 Corn Kernel, then flash ur rom of choice. U will have to flash the jellybean or ics rom twice because of the different partitions that jb and ics have compared to stock (MTD vs BML). Then flash the appropriate gapps. Reboot. Be sure to follow the install instructions of the jb or ics rom u r gonna flash.
Note that if u want to return to a GB based firmware or GB Rom you will have to use either Odin or Heimdall to return to GB, then proceed from there. Because of the different partitions from JB/ICS and Stock GB, you cannot simply flash back to a gb rom from a jb or ics rom.
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OK thank you for your help

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