The dangers of flashing non captivate ROMs - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys, I have a question for you wise devs, it comes with a bit of a background story. Basically favorite ROM dropped support for my phone, now they only support the i9000, I have an i897. I am going to try to port. I want to be ready for a worst case scenario: say I screwed up the port, framework is incompatible, what would happen? Are the two phones similar enough that I could still get to download mode, or is a hard brick certain?
Fyi: I am using a guide from a trusted source i found here on xda, I can post link if you want thanks greatly appreciated
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If u port something. Please port 4.1 jelly bean b5 gnex stock rom of elitemovil

Well if you didn't port it properly you might get some apps that will Force Close and that also your soft keys might not work properly etc....
Also there is not risk of getting hard brick.
P.S.: If you're porting a ROM, please port it for your self only!

Nick0703 said:
Well if you didn't port it properly you might get some apps that will Force Close and that also your soft keys might not work properly etc....
Also there is not risk of getting hard brick.
P.S.: If you're porting a ROM, please port it for your self only!
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Great thanks! Yeah no way am I putting anybody's phone at risk haha, I just want to get to know the porting process and the folks at darkyrom are completely ok with me trying and so I'm gonna give it a shot, again thank you! Question though: if I get good enough at it and can provide updates and support and the devs at darkyrom are ok with it, how do I go about making the port public? Are there people's permissions I need? Thanks again=)
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xK1LLSW1TCHx127 said:
Great thanks! Yeah no way am I putting anybody's phone at risk haha, I just want to get to know the porting process and the folks at darkyrom are completely ok with me trying and so I'm gonna give it a shot, again thank you! Question though: if I get good enough at it and can provide updates and support and the devs at darkyrom are ok with it, how do I go about making the port public? Are there people's permissions I need? Thanks again=)
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Well just need permissions of the original dev and give them credits etc....
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I9000 Roms
Rigth now im using Andys MIUI 2.7.20 for I9000 from miuiandroid and everything works after flashing semaphore kernel for captivate,
I didnt modified or port the rom only flash it... I dont know if this method works on other ICS Roms
Sorry for bad English

jounatam said:
Rigth now im using Andys MIUI 2.7.20 for I9000 from miuiandroid and everything works after flashing semaphore kernel for captivate,
I didnt modified or port the rom only flash it... I dont know if this method works on other ICS Roms
Sorry for bad English
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Hey thanks for the info that's good to hear=) well I'm gonna give it a shot I'll report how it goes asap=) thanks this thread was really helpful

I've flashed i9000 roms on my captive, I've soft bricked a couple times but overall most have worked
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Awesome!
Will try!
Downloading.
Thanks
Edit: oops
Btw, can we expect better battery than the other gb roms?
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does it got that rainbow bug???????
Some What You Just Have To Try, Your Experiance Will Be Diffrent Than Mine...
It Should Be Its The Newest Modem...
neobuddy89 said:
does it got that rainbow bug???????
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Yeah 2 Sec...
hayn_pryde46 said:
Yeah 2 Sec...
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I dont want to sound discouraging, but why does CM7 and MIUI Gingerbread ROM dont have any rainbow? cant we use CM7 Kernel(Kang's version)
coz Kernel is reason to rainbow I think.
Thank you VERY MUCH for your Efforts..
keep it up!!
neobuddy89 said:
I dont want to sound discouraging, but why does CM7 and MIUI Gingerbread ROM dont have any rainbow? cant we use CM7 Kernel(Kang's version)
coz Kernel is reason to rainbow I think.
Thank you VERY MUCH for your Efforts..
keep it up!!
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Its Based On Edts Rainbow Roms, No Bootloader... Thats Why Its Not The Kernel
So what's the deal with this Toggle Headset thing?
neobuddy89 said:
I dont want to sound discouraging, but why does CM7 and MIUI Gingerbread ROM dont have any rainbow? cant we use CM7 Kernel(Kang's version)
coz Kernel is reason to rainbow I think.
Thank you VERY MUCH for your Efforts..
keep it up!!
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1.It's because we don't have Gingerbread bootloaders.
2. CM7 kernels don't work
I'm confused why people are reposting the EDT ROM with basically nothing changed. Users can uninstall and install app themselves. Same goes for Kernels and Modems. None of the original bugs are solved really so I'm confused why this is the second such ROM out today.
I understand it's a great learning experience but from a user standpoint it does not contribute much. I would love when the dev uses the things he/she learned from this to make something.
PS: hayn_pryde46, this is not directed at you nor is this negative. I am very glad you decided to get into the dev game and hope you will become good at it. I'm just unsure your learning experience should be posted as a complete ROM.
why did you port this if it has like NO difference between mine? i mean seriously dude not cool.
Thank you for the previous two posts. I recently got a thread closed because I stated that the dev section is getting polluted with too many roms, which are all the same with minor changes. Im glad im not the only one
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ALL he did was download my rom, and re-upload it with some more apps and a different modem/kernel. NOTHING MORE.
Yeah sorry most 98% files are new from xwjvb I just used the rom as base deleted all the files but their init.d tweaks added new build.prop and modem and kernel got mtp sync to work and maybe debugging and original music player remember reboot problems with whitehawks rom, in which he changed it to miui apk
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I'm confused why people are reposting the EDT ROM with basically nothing changed. Users can uninstall and install app themselves. Same goes for Kernels and Modems. None of the original bugs are solved really so I'm confused why this is the second such ROM out today.
I understand it's a great learning experience but from a user standpoint it does not contribute much. I would love when the dev uses the things he/she learned from this to make something.
PS: hayn_pryde46, this is not directed at you nor is this negative. I am very glad you decided to get into the dev game and hope you will become good at it. I'm just unsure your learning experience should be posted as a complete ROM.
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Literally just came to post the exact thing. It seems to be a trend lately, to the point that it's getting ridiculous. The bugs that exist are pretty big, so how about we either work on those, or sit back and wait for other, more advanced devs to fix them before we start "porting" and call it our work.
I assume you don't have the ability to fix the existing bugs, so that alone should stop you when you go to open a thread for a new ROM that you know you don't have the ability to improve yourself.
I mean, then what? Someone is going to work really hard and eventually fix something, you're going to copy/paste it and call it an update? Just relax on these "ports" for now, they're not needed at this stage of 2.3.3 for the Vibrant.
so you DIDN'T tweak it as it says in your post. You give me NO credit even though you downloaded my rom (which has at least some BIG differences to whitehawks) and just replaced the files that determine the build number added a different kernel/modem and pass it off as your COMPLETE own work. Mine at least fixes some bugs his old rom had (battery drainage, made 3D gaming less sucky). Like cmon dude.
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[Q] just to know

why
Baldoz rom legend v6 was deleted?
just to know cuz i flashed it and it is from the best roms i used
salah_heart said:
why
Baldoz rom legend v6 was deleted?
just to know cuz i flashed it and it is from the best roms i used
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Interesting. More information please? Perhaps the developer was doing something contrary to xda rules? Not sure you will get a straight answer on this one though as I would have expected them to lock and rename the thread if they felt the need to justify or explain the cause. By deleting it though, well I get from that anyway, that they would be happy to never speak of it again.
B-)
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so what was wrong with that ROM.for me it's the best.just camera sometimes freezes(if i trie to take a picture with power button)
Lucabaldo where are U ??!!
I dnt know why everyone just asking about Baldoz i try this my self its too laggy and even flash OC kernel it is not working good....there is ton of beautiful and fast rom which are enery efficent why noy try something else
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[Q] help please, new on samsung

Hey guys
so im interested in rooting my phone and installing cw, so i could try some custom roms, the thing is that im new on samsung and it seems to be a little bit complicated... at least for the first time...
back before i had htc desire,,, couldnt be easier using some good tutorials...
so anyway i downloaded the odin program and harkwish custom rom... but my phone has to be rooted and has cwm installed...
could anyone help or lead me to some good tutorials...
thanku in advance
salahzantout said:
Hey guys
so im interested in rooting my phone and installing cw, so i could try some custom roms, the thing is that im new on samsung and it seems to be a little bit complicated... at least for the first time...
back before i had htc desire,,, couldnt be easier using some good tutorials...
so anyway i downloaded the odin program and harkwish custom rom... but my phone has to be rooted and has cwm installed...
could anyone help or lead me to some good tutorials...
thanku in advance
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check this mate. hope u gonna find wht u r looking for http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
When i rooted i searched on google after cf-root i9000 and the last 3chars of my baseband version, after that i simply found the right tutorial and kept my head cold(well i tried) and flashed. Worked lika charm and my new baby was born that day
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yea thanks
i have done it
searched for some good tutorials with youtube vidz
flashed miui latest
pretty good
Great, congratulation!
I am a big fan of MIUI,
After miui/cm7 i cant rly live without the shortcuts to the settings in the notification window.
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pzayx said:
Great, congratulation!
I am a big fan of MIUI,
After miui/cm7 i cant rly live without the shortcuts to the settings in the notification window.
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Options! That's why I love Android. Stock what now?
hehe, yeah!
This is why i will never own a iphone

Porting Droid Inc2 Roms to IncS - cm10 jellybean! :D

hey guys,
i was wondering if anyone could help.
the droid incredible 2 got a cm10 build of jellybean and everything works except camcorder.
here is the official thread here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779986
Mate that poll is like the ones we see on TV!!
Totally one sided, no way is anyone gonna say they don't want Jellybean or anything new for tat matter for our phones
Ill try porting this!
EDIT: Grrr Seems like I need to install Ubuntu or Linux, sorry cant do that.
OK, I'll stick it through the kitchen and see what happens. I'm no dev though so I can't guarantee the results or fix anything if it doesn't work... I'm actually a bit scared to even apply the results in case it bricks it but what the hell!
Cooked it and it didn't work. All I did was put it through the porting tools in the Kitchen though so someone better than me might have more luck doing it manually perhaps. Anyway, end of the road for my meagre abilities...
dannyfranks76 said:
Cooked it and it didn't work. All I did was put it through the porting tools in the Kitchen though so someone better than me might have more luck doing it manually perhaps. Anyway, end of the road for my meagre abilities...
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thanks for trying mate
Hey I have hit the same issues trying to port jelly bean from the HTC one x
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i think we should count on kaijura he is the king of our aokp rom!!
kensheen said:
i think we should count on kaijura he is the king of our aokp rom!!
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U took my words , was thinking that 2 long
Kaijura in silence, maybe some cool surprise waiting 4 us?
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I hope a Jelly Bean Rom comes soon for us.. Anyone porting this??
Rah0ol said:
I hope a Jelly Bean Rom comes soon for us.. Anyone porting this??
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I think that cm9 ics ll be first but however
5!
babicz99 said:
I think that cm9 ics ll be first but however
5!
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Sense... you make none.
Sent fro... wait, I didn't send this.
anyone having any luck with this?
HAve you tried with This method???
Sadly I'm not going to re-install ubuntu since it cannot control my fans and my monitor, that kinda piss me off...
( and on my laptop ubuntu starts 3 time out of 10 )...
BTW it could be used CM7's git or kajura's git from icecold...
http://github.com/CyanogenMod/android_device_htc_vivo
https://github.com/IceColdSandwich

Jellybean OS?

So I was wondering how I can get the Jellybean OS to run on my Captivate?
Links or guides or anything would help.
thanks~
JB ROMs
Hi,
in the Development forum you can already find 2 ROMs that are based on JB, namely Slim Bean and Unofficial Cyanogenmod 10. First failed to install for me (rebootet while flashing) [EDIT: I was in fact doing it wrong, works for me now, thanks to b-eock], second had data issues, which can supposedly solved by turning Flight Mode on and off.
CM10V7: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1783064
Slim Bean: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1795770
Guides are linked in the posts.
You have to flash it twice -_- dont make him think something is wrong with the rom... It has to do with the new kernel and partition layout.
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You have to flash it twice -_- dont make him think something is wrong with the rom... It has to do with the new kernel and partition layout.
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Well, at least that fails for me, unfortunately I can't yet post in the developer board.
However CM10V7 is kind of working for me. To get mobile data connection I had to turn on Flight Mode and Turn it off again. Unfortunately Wechat (formerly Weixin) stopped working, don't know who is to blame in that matter.
derukun said:
So I was wondering how I can get the Jellybean OS to run on my Captivate?
Links or guides or anything would help.
thanks~
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Ask and you shall receive. Here's my write up and supplement to the instructions on the ROMs' forums.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800169
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29430481&postcount=5
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You have to flash it twice -_- dont make him think something is wrong with the rom... It has to do with the new kernel and partition layout.
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Also remember to do a wipe the first time you flash and the second time if it reboots during the initial flash. I made that mistake and had major issues. On the first boot everything that tried to load force closed. It was a simple fix though just went in wiped and re-flashed.
that reminds me, is there necessarily a huge benefit to upgrading OS?
or if not jellybean if someone can also point me towards an OS that runs better than gingerbread o:
I haven't tried anything but Slim Bean as far as jelly bean ROMs go but if you are looking for a good stable build I would stay away from jelly bean for the time being. I say that because its a new OS and hasn't had all the bugs worked out yet at least as far as I've read.
There are several ICS ROMs out there that are available. If you look through the development forums you'll find more than you can read through. The few that I've tried have all been better than gingerbread.
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I highly recommend miui v4 . Its pics based and beautiful
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With the EU bug lurking around in the ICS roms, I'd steer clear of ICS on your Cappy until a fix is found, otherwise you risk a potentially permanent nerf of your phone's internal memory. Just sayin'

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