Database Develop

[Q] ROM flash help. Soft bricked phone

Hi everyone,
A two-parter:
1. Is there any ROM in existence I can flash with Odin that WILL NOT erase my apps, contacts, pics, movies, etc? Phone's a Galaxy S i9000M rooted Eclair 2.1 with voodoo lag fix beta 4 soft bricked. Can't get passed Galaxy S screen.
2. If there isn't such a thing, what's a good ROM to flash with for Froyo? Does it come in a package (custom rom, lag fix, kernel, etc) and where can I get it from?
Thanks for your replies. Sorry for double posting or if this has been asked before. Been trying to make my phone work all day. This is all like rocket science to me
EDIT: Think I should have posted this under general Q&A. Apologies to the mod. Can it be moved there? Thanks!

You are posting in captivate thread

2.2 Captivate

So I just got an old Captivate, and it unfortunately has 2.2 installed. I think that with Super One Click I was able to root it, but I am not even entirely sure. I am able to go into recovery mode, but it is the 3e recovery. Is there a simple fix to get past this, or do I have to flash back to 2.1 somehow? And once I do have full access in recovery mode, am I supposed to install ClockworkMod as well? I just can't find any discussion of this for some reason in the forums... Thanks for any help!
Edit: This should probably be moved, I didn't realize I was still in Development forums

This goes in Q&A not Dev. This has been asked only 1000 times please use search function and read ALL the stickies for newbies. HERE is a list of guides that will aid you in everything Captivate related. The rom list on that first link isn't the most updated. THIS is a good guide to flash GB roms.

Thread moved
prbassplayer gave you all the info you should need.

[Q] How do you properly flash custom ROMs on Galaxy Note?

Ok my question seems trivial but I just need to know the proper way to flash roms on the Note. I am not new to flashing roms and coming from HTC phones it is very simple to me using AmonRa recovery. CWM is nothing new to me either.
My GNote is a XXKJ4. Can I flash a rom that is not a XXKJ4? Perhaps the XXLA6 or XXLA4?
I tried to flash Checkrom (LA6) from my external_sd location directly from CWM recovery and received a boot loop. I wipe the data, cache, dalvik cache and still get the boot loop. I made a CMW backup beforehand and was able to get back to normal for now. But I really want to try different ROMS.
Did I miss anything?
a little assistance please....
thanks.

Not to sound rude or anything but YouTube has all the answers.

The most important thing to do before flashing anything is to read and re-read the instructions provided by the dev.
There's no universal answer to your question, because different Roms have different flashing procedures. Criskelo, for instance, is a non-wipe one, Cassie's XtraLite has a 3-step rebooting protocol etc.
I cannot stress read and re-read bit enough. Each and every day here you'll see tons of retards who flash everything in sight without bothering to read the first (or 2nd) thread post where it is explained how it's done. Then there are cries for help, gripes, whines, women and song.
As for CheckROM, this is what they say about bootloops:
Q: After Installing your ROM I'm getting bootloops/boot issues?
A: Do the following steps:
Take out the battery
Put the battery back in
Get into Recovery
Wipe Everything
Flash my ROM <-----(meaning flash it one more time)
Done!
Hope this helps.

chasmodo said:
I cannot stress read and re-read bit enough. Each and every day here you'll see tons of retards who flash everything in sight without bothering to read the first (or 2nd) thread post where it is explained how it's done. Then there are cries for help, gripes, whines, women and song.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I could not agree more (and very eloquent!)
I read for days before going for root, and more days before going for the kernel. When doing that it worked well first time.
Next, ROMs ...

I also come from HTC and it seems strange when reading Samsung instructions with Otis and Kies and PDA. I assume essentially everything is the same as with HTC phones once you have a clockwork recovery you can flash and backup all you like.
I understand all information is already accessible through Google, but can someone explain the roles and importance of Otis and Kies.
As I see it Kies is like HTC sync, Otis is like fastboot or adb is this correct?

jambamkin said:
I also come from HTC and it seems strange when reading Samsung instructions with Otis and Kies and PDA. I assume essentially everything is the same as with HTC phones once you have a clockwork recovery you can flash and backup all you like.
I understand all information is already accessible through Google, but can someone explain the roles and importance of Otis and Kies.
As I see it Kies is like HTC sync, Otis is like fastboot or adb is this correct?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's what i get yeah..i only install Roms through either mobile odin pro or cwm. I have never installed odin or kies for my pc.
Sent from my GT-N7000

jambamkin said:
can someone explain the roles and importance of Otis and Kies.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
They are very important, they are the first thing one uninstalls from all Roms with Titanium Backup, Root Uninstaller or whatever.

Tried going from 2.2 Andrometa3 to ICS ROM 4.0.3. Houston we have a problem.

I used AdamOutler 's guide to root and put a custom ROM on Captivate 2.2 found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012769
And everything went swiftly. AT THIS POINT, I MADE A NANDROID BACKUP
I then wanted to step up to an Ice Cream Sandwich ROM, which was the main purpose of my rooting in the first place. So, I downloaded the ROM found in this forum, as it is the most popular amongst the forums, so to seem. I found it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363760
Well I downloaded the ROM straight from my phone on the browser, then put it on the Root of my internal memory.
I booted into recovery, Factory Reset/Wipe Cache Partition/Wipe Dalvik Cache.
Went to install .zip from SD card, then clicked on install the ICS ROM.
Began to seem as if it was updating, then the phone shut off, started bootlooping.
No big deal I thought, just boot into recovery, right? I booted into recovery. It went from the Red CWM that i had seen before, to a Blue one.
I selected my nandroid backup, and it gave me all sorts of errors.
Got to the point where CWM was acting as if it could even find where it was supposed to work from?
Now I have the Phone>!<Computer on the black screen when I try to turn on.
Anyone else ever had this problem, or could someone tell me what went wrong? Not in a huge rush as this is just my development phone, but do I need to go ahead and use the Odin3 One Click to do a full complete restore or is there any way of saving what I had?
Thanks guys, God Bless.

LOL OOPS thought i was in the dev section.... ignore..help below.

xCaptivateRx said:
I used AdamOutler 's guide to root and put a custom ROM on Captivate 2.2 found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012769
And everything went swiftly. AT THIS POINT, I MADE A NANDROID BACKUP
I then wanted to step up to an Ice Cream Sandwich ROM, which was the main purpose of my rooting in the first place. So, I downloaded the ROM found in this forum, as it is the most popular amongst the forums, so to seem. I found it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363760
Well I downloaded the ROM straight from my phone on the browser, then put it on the Root of my internal memory.
I booted into recovery, Factory Reset/Wipe Cache Partition/Wipe Dalvik Cache.
Went to install .zip from SD card, then clicked on install the ICS ROM.
Began to seem as if it was updating, then the phone shut off, started bootlooping.
No big deal I thought, just boot into recovery, right? I booted into recovery. It went from the Red CWM that i had seen before, to a Blue one.
I selected my nandroid backup, and it gave me all sorts of errors.
Got to the point where CWM was acting as if it could even find where it was supposed to work from?
Now I have the Phone>!<Computer on the black screen when I try to turn on.
Anyone else ever had this problem, or could someone tell me what went wrong? Not in a huge rush as this is just my development phone, but do I need to go ahead and use the Odin3 One Click to do a full complete restore or is there any way of saving what I had?
Thanks guys, God Bless.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Different kernels have different colour recoveries. kernels change with rom.
Different CWM version recoveries are incompatible.
Almost anyone that has flashed a samsung galaxy phone has seen that screen, and it is correctly written " Phone /!\ PC " (you can choose to underline the /!\ if you want to be fancy). it is called the "soft brick screen" hint hint.. go search.
yes
yes. restore with same kernel you used to back it up.

TRusselo said:
Different kernels have different colour recoveries. kernels change with rom.
Different CWM version recoveries are incompatible.
Almost anyone that has flashed a samsung galaxy phone has seen that screen, and it is correctly written " Phone /!\ PC " (you can choose to underline the /!\ if you want to be fancy). it is called the "soft brick screen" hint hint.. go search.
yes
yes. restore with same kernel you used to back it up.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Very good responce...however after odin3 one clicking back to stock 2.1 eclair, I lost my clockwork mod folder that was on the internal SD, of course. Rookie mistake, I should've definately copied it on to the external SD card. Thanks for informing me of proper terminology. Also, after downloading rom manager and flashing, booting recovery, I can only access cwm through the rom manager, the three button fix doesn't work.
Why was this moved? I posted in general..

because you have a question/problem
rom manager is only used with 2.1 (for captivate). doesnt work on 2.2 or 2.3.X or 4.0.X
in all newer versions of android we "bake" cwm into the custom kernels we package into the custom roms. so there is no stock recovery and you dont need the update.zip.
dunno why you would flash all the way back to 2.1... EWWW.
in the dev section there is a sticky called odin master collection. use a newer stock rom. the master collection also has stocks versions, pre-packcaged with a custom cwm kernel so you can skip a step of getting it after going back to stock.

Do we know why this happened in the first place? Incompatible kernel? Is there a guide somewhere for moving from GB to ICS?
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App

I thought you had to have GB bootloaders before you flashed any ICS roms ? I know I've read that ,then again I've read 10,000 threats and sometimes it becomes mind numbing.

Do you not have to flash back to 2.1 after having these problems? Right now my phone is at the soft brick screen, no button combo working. Not recognized by the computer either. I'm heading out to radio shack and make a USB jig in a bit. I'd love to just flash straight up to a gingerbread ROM if I can possibly get this thing in download mode. Anybody help a brotha out!
Edit: the sim is not activated, I just run it off Wi-Fi because big red is my carrier. This is my development phone. So I can't just KIES update to whatever the newest is.
Sent from my DROID X2 using XDA App

Any firmware should work, no need to go all the way to eclair...just flash gingerbread.

Don't think its been mentioned yet but when going from 2.2 to ICS, you have to flash the rom twice to get out of the bootloops. Sounds like you were at that point but when you flashed your nandroid instead of the ICS rom again, your phone must not have liked it.

aww.W.T.F? said:
I thought you had to have GB bootloaders before you flashed any ICS roms ? I know I've read that ,then again I've read 10,000 threats and sometimes it becomes mind numbing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not all ICS ROM's require GB bootloaders. I ran THS, and am now on vibranturk's AOKP and I came straight from 2.1

I think the issue was you're supposed to flash them twice. Well that fixed it for me. I dkbhave the gingerbread boot loaders now though
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

I went from bone stock Froyo 2.2 straight to THS ICS with no problems whatsoever. So some ICS Roms doesn't need GB bootloaders.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium

I'm on the same situation as the original poster: I'm on andromeda3 and now I want to upgrade to ICS. Right now my captivate has cwm 2.5.1.2 can I flash any ICS mod from there or do I need to do something else?

See this.... TRusselo's "Guide..." that is a Stickied Thread in the Q & A Forum.
I believe u will need the Gingerbread Bootloaders...
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using xda premium

Need help rooting Samsung Captivate i897-SuperOneClick is gone?

Hello XDA, I am a technologically illiterate (in software) person. I am new to the forums, and have searched this issue to the best of my ability. I have an unlocked i897 Captivate gathering dust and I want to root it so I can install a custom ROM on it. Most people say SuperOneClick, but it doesn't seem to exist. I read some related posts on the forum but they all seem to point towards something else like "to do this, go to www.xyz.com or see post #12 for this, I can't be bothered to write it here" which is even more confusing and I end up having to open more tabs than I can keep track of. Now I wasn't lazy and just asked this question without trying anything. First I tried SuperOneClick and tried to download it at shortfuse.org, but the file hosting server for the 2.3.3 version said the file did not exist, and the 2.2 version download page did not even open. It seems the SuperOneClick thing was shut down in May, as I can see no further updates past May 2013. Then I gave up, wiped the phone, and tried this method of installing a ROM on the i897 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364 to restore the phone to 2.1 stock (currently on 2.3.5) with Odin, but to no avail. I entered recovery mode with power+volume and connected the phone to the PC, but the phone did not register on Odin, as it was supposed to. I installed the USB drivers. I could not find a simple, concise guide to rooting/flashing a specific type of phone (the i897) for noobs like me, and almost every guide says "refer to X" which then would say "refer to Y", etc, etc, etc. Please, I just want a simple explanation like talking to a 10 year old. I want to install a Clockworkmod 4.x which is stable.
Also when I press power+volume down, up the phone boots into a state with options in blue text, 'Reboot', 'Apply update from sdcard', 'wipe user data, and 'wipe cache partition'. Is this download mode?
I will update this post if I have forgotten anything.
Thank you for reading all this and understanding that I am a serious software noob-please tell me what I did wrong or if I broke any forum rules. I also have a HTC Legend that I may want to flash.

U don't need to have Root to flash custom Roms. Just follow the flashing Guide by TRusselo that is in the Q & A forum. It is a stickied thread.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using Tapatalk