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I've been looking, but can't find the stock rom. Can anyone point me in the direction of the stock rom that I can flash from the memory card?
Easiest way to flash back to stock is using a one-click Odin. Here is the topic with instructions and such.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
mepis said:
I've been looking, but can't find the stock rom. Can anyone point me in the direction of the stock rom that I can flash from the memory card?
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Search,"captivate stock rom" rite there in the search bar at the top. Will take you rite where you need to go. Also this belongs in q&a
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This may work as a last resort. I'm trying to track down stock files to flash from the memory card. I work at an AT&T device support center. Having the stock files to flash would save a world of headache for a multitude of reasons.
I'm trying to avoid having to connect phones to a PC to flash. Doing this would mean I have to bring my laptop with me to work all the time. We don't have admin privileges to install anything at work, and I'm not looking to lose my job bypassing that.
I can also train my staff much easier to use the recovery or boot loader to flash from a memory card. I have them set doing hard resets that way as is. Flashing wouldn't be a far leap.
But yeah, we see plenty of phones that a simple flash would fix, as opposed to giving someone a refurb device. Also, I have to turn away rooted users. I could easily flash the phone before sending it out if I can track down the files for the phones we carry.
brd912 said:
Search,"captivate stock rom" rite there in the search bar at the top. Will take you rite where you need to go. Also this belongs in q&a
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA Premium App
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I appreciate the advice. When I tried searching I wasn't netting results for my specific needs. Just stock rom questions.
If you worked at AT&T and you used any of our software in your work they would fire you!
and train your staff to do so? you are asking for trouble.
and the only way to flash it from the SD card (internal only not external) you have to use a hacked ClockworkMod Recovery or hacked 3e recovery. MORE REASON TO GET FIRED.
Use your approved software only.
Samsungs official tools are ODIN one click for ATT stock eclair and ODIN3 flashing utility, which uses tars. BOTH run from PC only.
Maybe that is just a HTC feature then? I know with the inspire and Aria I can use a stock zip file and reflash the phone from the stock recovery menu. I could have sworn You can use an update.zip to do the same with the captivate as well.
And keeping software off the work PC is my primary goal. We have enough pull with our market manager we can use sd cards to reflash phones. Doing so from a PC is not doable. I'm also only looking for stock roms. Flashing stock roms would be acceptable.
At any rate, I'm not looking for a flame war either. My concern is being able to help the customers first. We subcontract for AT&T. My concern is not AT&T, but the customer themselves. Which is the reason I can bend a few rules here and there for certain things.
For instance I had a customer the other day that bought an inspire from a corp store. The camera app started freezing. The phone was still DOA. The corporate store was out of stock. In this case the customer's official options were to wait via mail, or exchange for a refurb through us. Thankfully I own an inspire and had my laptop with me at work that day (unrelated project). I keep the stock PD98IMG.zip on my laptop as a back up just to be safe. Reflashed his phone with stock image. Issues were resolved for the customer. Everyone was happy.
mepis said:
Maybe that is just a HTC feature then? I know with the inspire and Aria I can use a stock zip file and reflash the phone from the stock recovery menu. I could have sworn You can use an update.zip to do the same with the captivate as well.
And keeping software off the work PC is my primary goal. We have enough pull with our market manager we can use sd cards to reflash phones. Doing so from a PC is not doable. I'm also only looking for stock roms. Flashing stock roms would be acceptable.
At any rate, I'm not looking for a flame war either. My concern is being able to help the customers first. We subcontract for AT&T. My concern is not AT&T, but the customer themselves. Which is the reason I can bend a few rules here and there for certain things.
For instance I had a customer the other day that bought an inspire from a corp store. The camera app started freezing. The phone was still DOA. The corporate store was out of stock. In this case the customer's official options were to wait via mail, or exchange for a refurb through us. Thankfully I own an inspire and had my laptop with me at work that day (unrelated project). I keep the stock PD98IMG.zip on my laptop as a back up just to be safe. Reflashed his phone with stock image. Issues were resolved for the customer. Everyone was happy.
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stock zip files are usually updates , OTA type of thing .. maybe HTC has full wipe version available ...
Have you looked at Heimdall? It's supposed to be a cross platform tool. Google it and see what you get.
yeah i wasnt trying to flame but i was trying to make sure you understood what you were asking...
the only way i could see doing it, to get stock with no PC...
you need eclair with 2e recovery (doesnt need signed update.zip files)
rename any "Stock.zip" to update.zip and copy to sd root
boot into 2e recovery "install update"
if you arent eclair, you must root, fix the recovery with 3e fix in my sig, use hacked 3e to flash....
most stock roms are still UN rooted, so all will be good after flash.. (as far as rooting and 3e)
here is a Jh7 stock
http://www.ponack.net/designgears/JH7_OTA.zip
too bad you arent rogers, i have most of their stocks in zip and odin...
TRusselo said:
yeah i wasnt trying to flame but i was trying to make sure you understood what you were asking...
the only way i could see doing it, to get stock with no PC...
you need eclair with 2e recovery (doesnt need signed update.zip files)
rename any "Stock.zip" to update.zip and copy to sd root
boot into 2e recovery "install update"
if you arent eclair, you must root, fix the recovery with 3e fix in my sig, use hacked 3e to flash....
most stock roms are still UN rooted, so all will be good after flash.. (as far as rooting and 3e)
here is a Jh7 stock
http://www.ponack.net/designgears/JH7_OTA.zip
too bad you arent rogers, i have most of their stocks in zip and odin...
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Hey Tru, talking about that. Do you have a cwm flashabled rogers 2.1 and 2.2 ROM? (that would come with the original kernel and modem)
I don't need it atm but would be a nice backup and I don't really like Odin, for personnal reasons lol
So final answer is, yes or no, not possible to restore to stock (or near stock) with no PC?
Currently running 2.2.1 custom rom and the PC/Captivate no longer talk to each other. (not the cable, the pc, the usb port, rear port, etc...)
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Well, flashing the above ROM via CWM bricked the phone (more or less). Now only boots to the AT&T splash screen and just sits there.
Which is fine with me, I'm sending it in for repair anyway as the USB to PC doesn't work so good luck trying to recover this POS...5th Captivate for me.
reboot into recovery and clear data and cache.
then it will boot normally
My Captivate can charge but not connect to the PC via USB.
I can load and manage files on the device without issue over Wi-Fi.
If I try to use Rom Manager to Install ROM from SD Card I get "signature verification failed" and "can't open... bad" errors. I've tried several different stock ROM's and a custom one and have transferred the files several different ways to make sure there was no corruption involved.
In researching the errors it appears that I might be able to get past them by flashing a "2e" kernel over the current "3e" kernel. I was directed to this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
I see on that page that there is a USB-less procedure so I'm encouraged to move forward. The problem is that there are many, many different kernel images on that page and I'm not sure which to choose. I'm also getting a bit leery that I might brick the phone permanently considering I don't have USB.
If anyone could verify my troubleshooting direction and help with picking the correct kernel to flash I would greatly appreciate it. I've spent several hours on this and flashing ROM's is not my hobby so this techno quagmire is taking away from my regular activities. Thanks in advance for your help.
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My Captivate can charge but not connect to the PC via USB.
I can load and manage files on the device without issue over Wi-Fi.
If I try to use Rom Manager to Install ROM from SD Card I get "signature verification failed" and "can't open... bad" errors. I've tried several different stock ROM's and a custom one and have transferred the files several different ways to make sure there was no corruption involved.
In researching the errors it appears that I might be able to get past them by flashing a "2e" kernel over the current "3e" kernel. I was directed to this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
I see on that page that there is a USB-less procedure so I'm encouraged to move forward. The problem is that there are many, many different kernel images on that page and I'm not sure which to choose. I'm also getting a bit leery that I might brick the phone permanently considering I don't have USB.
If anyone could verify my troubleshooting direction and help with picking the correct kernel to flash I would greatly appreciate it. I've spent several hours on this and flashing ROM's is not my hobby so this techno quagmire is taking away from my regular activities. Thanks in advance for your help.
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Since you have 3e recovery errors, I assume you are on stock 2.2 KB1. The link you gave is for I-9000 devices, not for the captivate. The Captivate can use I-9000 kernels only if they are reoriented for the I-897. Do NOT use those kernels. You can use SGS kernel flasher, which you can download from the market, to flash a KB1 kernel with 2e recovery. I'm pretty sure you should be able to see that in the market from a stock phone. Look in the Captivate Android Development forum for a KB1 kernel, such as the one by Supercurio, get the .tar version of it, and use sgs kernel flasher. Study the relevant threads until you are confident you understand what you are doing. But this is definitely a viable path for you.
The kernel flash was successful. Unfortunately it made no difference and I'm getting the same error(s).
Any ideas? If someone has an idea of how to brick without physically damaging the phone that would suffice as I just need to keep AT&T from knowing about the custom ROM when I take it in to get replaced. Thanks again.
skyhook8 said:
The kernel flash was successful. Unfortunately it made no difference and I'm getting the same error(s).
Any ideas? If someone has an idea of how to brick without physically damaging the phone that would suffice as I just need to keep AT&T from knowing about the custom ROM when I take it in to get replaced. Thanks again.
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Have you tried the 3 button combo into cwm and flash rom/kernel from there?
If you really want to brick, install gb bootloaders via sgs kernel flasher, and then flash a froyo rom with a bootloader in it. Insta hard brick. I would NOT do that however.
Try a factory reset, and use cwm instead of rom manager. Im sure you are recoverable..
I've tried CWM all along to load the ROM's but get the same errors.
I did a hard reset and that put the phone into a loop at the "Serendipity" splash screen. Then I did another hard reset from CWM. Still looping. Then I did a restore from CWM. Still looping.
Ideas?
I was finally able to restore an older ROM backup from CWM.
I still need to get the phone to stock...
If you are getting USB device not recognized, try a different USB port, on the back of the computer. Or try a different Computer.
I know its possible to escape the stock experience without USB, but I thought the only way to restore to full stock was via Odin and a computer.
Sent from my Captivate running Continuum 5.5
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.
speedy_11 said:
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.
mrhaley30705 said:
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).
Hi, everybody. I have a big problem with my Captivate I897. I bought it on ebay and it appears to be bricked. Just AT&T logo loop.
I have tried a lot of stuf - flashing with odin one click, installing different roms with odin, removing all data in recovery mode. Nothing helps.
Messages that have experienced:
After flashing to stock with odin-one-click: Data wipe failed
After installing custom rom (I897UCJI6-OCD-REV02-Low-designgears_1_.exe): Can't mount SDCARD: copy default media content failed
Removing data in recovery mode completes without errors but nothing changes.
This phone is locked to AT&T, maybe this is the trouble.
I can go to Download mode and recovery mode.
Maybe something wrong with internal sd card. Maybe i can do some hard format or something like that.
Could anybody help?
Thanks
Guys, anybody? i'll appreciate any hints. Please.
I would suggest trying to flash to stock with a non-One-Click Odin version. It's possible that the One-click version doesn't have the right instruction set to get around whatever is causing the issue on the phone (or maybe it just doesn't like the phone).
You could also try this Heimdall-based One-Click to get back to stock. It's possible that ODIN might be incompatible with your current setup.
If that still doesn't work, and you're not averse to trying your hand at soldering, you could give the Unbrickable Mod a try and see if you can go from there.
If you have any questions along the way, just post back here.
I would try flashing I897UCJF6_final_OCD_REV0.zip . That one works great for me every time and it is a one click. You'll find it in DG's stock rom thread in the development section.
I've helped a few people out with their Cappy's and I've noticed that some of the newer ones (model number 1010 and above) don't take too kindly to stock 2.1. You might want to check that. It's written behind the battery.
Have you tried i897UCKB1 (2.2) or maybe even i897UCKH3 (2.3.4)?
Thank all of you for advice. I will try out all that you advised me to.
I found model number it is 1007.
Cheers.
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.