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[Q] ROMs Not Flashing After Kernel Flash

Okay, so I have installed Speedrom kernel earlier, then tried to flash ICSSGS, and after it restarted the phone, it went to the Samsung Captivate logo. I reflashed Speedrom via Heimdall. Once it restarted I continued into reflashing ICSSGS from CWM. It continued installing, and I selected the options I wanted (I tried both kernels, to no avail). After it said it was done and restarted I was greeted by the Samsung Captivate logo. I have been stuck here ever since.
I was running I897UCKB2.
I can access download mode, recovery, I can flash new recoveries and new roms. However no roms actually flash. I have searched all over and can not seem to find anyone with exactly the same results. Maybe I am searching the wrong terms.
I have tried Kies, but can not get into the phone, so I can not use it. I have tried odin3 1.7, I have also tried several odin one click setups, all of which connect to the phone, and attempt to install, 2-3 hours later, or even 8 i come back to it still frozen. When I restart the phone I am stuck at the /!\ screen. using the UnBrickable mod, I can get it back into recovery, I can not get it to go any other way besides UnBrickable Mod.
I also can not access ADB or fastboot, it is always waiting on the device.
I am at a complete lost here. Tomorrow I plan on launching Ubuntu and seeing if I can fix the issue.
Does anyone know why the ROMs are ot flashing correctly?
edit: I should add that after attempting to install ICSSGS my phone is no longer recognized at i897 and incapable of installing CM9. After changing the build.prop I am still unable to get it to recognize. As of now attempting to install CM9 installs CWM 5.5 and reboots, and then never does anything.

Try using nexus drivers on ur pc.
Then if u can get into download mode, flash to stock of ur choice and then use TRusselo's Guide, that is stickied in the Q & A forum, to proceed further.
U can use the /!\ screen as a download screen.
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I woke up this morning with it still stuck at Firmware upgrade. My computer went to sleep during the night.. Thought I had turned it off. Luckily it looks like when I turned it on, Odin One-Click for 2.1 started up and started flashing it. Phone restarted and actually appears to be doing something.
So I guess Flash Odin Twice?

4-2ndtwin said:
Try using nexus drivers on ur pc.
Then if u can get into download mode, flash to stock of ur choice and then use TRusselo's Guide, that is stickied in the Q & A forum, to proceed further.
U can use the /!\ screen as a download screen.
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As for Trusselo's Guide, its the one I followed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266
Doesnt flash ROMs for me. I tried it again in Ubunutu. It is a no go. I am not as experienced as I'd like to be flashing, but its not a hard process, So I am very unsure as to whats going on that flashes are not working. Well ROM flashes at least, I now am running, Eclair 2.1-update1. I am going to try to flash a new bootloader, the e2 and see if I can maybe get around the issue I am having.

Not sure why things are not going good for u according to TRusselo's Guide...??
Be sure and read plenty before u flash. Know what u r doing and the risks. Newer Stickied Threads in the Captivate Forums r ur friend.

I tried flashing a few more times, and got nothing. I began to give up, but last second tried installing CM9 Nightly, it went through finally. Haven't done anything different. I checked the videos I recorded to see if I had did anything different. Only Difference is flashing the bootloader twice before running CWM to install CM9.
Glad that nightmare is over. Girlfriend should be very excited that it is working. Now if I only had a 100% Sense free and 100% working ICS for my Amaze.
Thanks for your help.

Glad u got it going. Thx for reporting back.
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[Q] Any way to get recovery mode to work? DL mode works, Recovery does not.

I have searched for the last 24 hours on this site for any mention of this problem and found nothing. I apologize if it has been covered elsewhere and would appreciate a link if I should be there instead of here. I am new to this forum.
I have an AT&T Captivate that I bought used for my wife. It was rooted and running some version of non-official Gingerbread when I got it (so it had been messed around with).
I have never been able to get into RECOVERY mode having tried every conceivable button and timing sequence at least 1 million times (3-button neutered?). I also have Android SDK installed on my PC and can send the "adb reboot recovery" command but it locks up at the AT&T screen and won't go any further so the PC is talking to the phone but the phone refuses to obey. Yes I have tried different USB ports and cables, un/reinstalling drivers, etc. The weird thing is that I can get into DL mode easily with the batt out, vol+/-,USB cable trick.
I originally took the phone all the way back to a stock Froyo ROM via Odin which appeared to work fine (but still no recovery mode) and then flashed to GB 2.3.5 with Kernel 2.6.35.7-I897UCKK4-CL614489 via "kh3_heimdall_cwm-One-Click_GB_2_3_5.jar"
Phone works OK now but I still can't get into RECOVERY mode. Unless I am mistaken, there are no ROMS available later than GB that can be flashed via Odin- all of the later ROMs need to be installed from recovery mode. The point of all this is that I want to try upgrading to ICS or JB but can't figure out how to do it without a way to get into recovery mode.
So the question is: How can I get recovery mode to work?
And: How can I update the ROM with no way to get into Recovery mode? Is it even possible?
Returning the phone is obviously out of the question as it is "obsolete" and I am not the original owner.
Thank you for any helpful insights.

captivated hippo said:
I have searched for the last 24 hours on this site for any mention of this problem and found nothing. I apologize if it has been covered elsewhere and would appreciate a link if I should be there instead of here. I am new to this forum.
I have an AT&T Captivate that I bought used for my wife. It was rooted and running some version of non-official Gingerbread when I got it (so it had been messed around with).
I have never been able to get into RECOVERY mode having tried every conceivable button and timing sequence at least 1 million times (3-button neutered?). I also have Android SDK installed on my PC and can send the "adb reboot recovery" command but it locks up at the AT&T screen and won't go any further so the PC is talking to the phone but the phone refuses to obey. Yes I have tried different USB ports and cables, un/reinstalling drivers, etc. The weird thing is that I can get into DL mode easily with the batt out, vol+/-,USB cable trick.
I originally took the phone all the way back to a stock Froyo ROM via Odin which appeared to work fine (but still no recovery mode) and then flashed to GB 2.3.5 with Kernel 2.6.35.7-I897UCKK4-CL614489 via "kh3_heimdall_cwm-One-Click_GB_2_3_5.jar"
Phone works OK now but I still can't get into RECOVERY mode. Unless I am mistaken, there are no ROMS available later than GB that can be flashed via Odin- all of the later ROMs need to be installed from recovery mode. The point of all this is that I want to try upgrading to ICS or JB but can't figure out how to do it without a way to get into recovery mode.
So the question is: How can I get recovery mode to work?
And: How can I update the ROM with no way to get into Recovery mode? Is it even possible?
Returning the phone is obviously out of the question as it is "obsolete" and I am not the original owner.
Thank you for any helpful insights.
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Since you have no problems getting into download mode I suggest you start by going to this link... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 Go to the third post and download the Odin one click of KK4 with bootloaders.
After you do the one-click back to stock go to this link... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294477&highlight=corn+kernel and get the odin flashable version of 7.06 or 7.0A and if you don't already have Odin you'll of course need that too. Get yourself back into download mode and flash that kernel and it should give you back your recovery via the 3 button combo.

Worked! (eventually...sort of...)
m1batt1 said:
Since you have no problems getting into download mode I suggest you start by going to this link... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843 Go to the third post and download the Odin one click of KK4 with bootloaders.
After you do the one-click back to stock go to this link... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294477&highlight=corn+kernel and get the odin flashable version of 7.06 or 7.0A and if you don't already have Odin you'll of course need that too. Get yourself back into download mode and flash that kernel and it should give you back your recovery via the 3 button combo.
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m1batt1,
Thank you sooo much! It ALMOST worked!
- DL'ed Odin 1-click KK4 w/BL's as suggested, ran it, it failed and semi-bricked my phone... (phone--/!\---comp). Doh!
-Figured you were on the right track so DL'ed "I897UCKK4 Odin One Click - Stock, CONTAINS Bootloaders, Re-partition, Full Wipe" from 4-2ndtwin's post further down the same thread.
-after much anxiety and messing about to get it to connect, it successfully flashed!
-For the FIRST TIME EVER, I can get into recovery mode!
-followed up with corn kernel 7.06 as suggested with no problems
-now that the phone works as advertised, time for JB!
The funny thing is, I went back to stock ROMs several times and recovery never worked until now... go figure...

^
...then it had to be that KK4 one click in that 3rd post that fixed the prob.
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I'm glad it got you back up and running! Now get your JB flash on! There are plenty to choose from for our "ancient" captivates.
One word of advice though. Coming from the point you're at now any JB ROM you flash will likely knock you into a boot loop on the first flashing attempt. Nothing is wrong just three button into recovery and flash again.
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And back up the efs folder, just in case.
It contains the vital IMEI info. :thumbup:
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Thanks a million guys! Slim bean 2.9 up and running!
It Works!
Got to Slim Bean 2.9 through Cyanogen 9.1 and installed the Slim_GApps.
4-2ndtwin: Thanks for the suggestion to back up the efs folder. I hadn't done that before and now I am feeling VERY lucky that my phone still works at all! It lowered my stress level appreciably plus it was good practice using SDK.
m1batt1: Thanks for the heads up on the double flashing of JB ROM! It saved considerable unnecessary panic (although it was still somewhat unnerving)!
Consider both your thank you buttons righteously whacked! :good:

[Q] Phone stuck on ics animation screen

About a few months ago i rooted my captivate and installed the cyanogen mod and ics with cwm recovery... at first everything was fine my phone was moving a lot faster and i liked the new look and feel to it. But recently all hell broke loose unfortunately... probably for two weeks i kept recieving a notification saying " low on space" so i started to uninstall some apps and rebooted my phone and it went away but it came back like days later. So today i did the same thing but went into my file management and deleted some useless files that i didnt really need (such as pictures and etc). Then i rebooted my phone once again and this time it got stuck on the ics animation screen where it shows those colorful tiles all over the screen but it won't boot at all i took the battery out and everything but nothing. I thought draining my battery would work but it didnt. So ultimately my question is is it possible to flash back to the stock and restart the whole process? Or do i just do a factory reset on my phone? Confused and angry cause ive had problems with this phone before i rooted it PLEASE HELP!!!

Lance59 said:
About a few months ago i rooted my captivate and installed the cyanogen mod and ics with cwm recovery... at first everything was fine my phone was moving a lot faster and i liked the new look and feel to it. But recently all hell broke loose unfortunately... probably for two weeks i kept recieving a notification saying " low on space" so i started to uninstall some apps and rebooted my phone and it went away but it came back like days later. So today i did the same thing but went into my file management and deleted some useless files that i didnt really need (such as pictures and etc). Then i rebooted my phone once again and this time it got stuck on the ics animation screen where it shows those colorful tiles all over the screen but it won't boot at all i took the battery out and everything but nothing. I thought draining my battery would work but it didnt. So ultimately my question is is it possible to flash back to the stock and restart the whole process? Or do i just do a factory reset on my phone? Confused and angry cause ive had problems with this phone before i rooted it PLEASE HELP!!!
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If you can get in download mode, you could flash back to stock KK4.
From there, if you wanted you could get the Corn kernel and flash it through Odin 1.85 and finally flash the ROM you want to use (ICS/ or JB)

Do you have the links for them??

Here is Stock KK4 with or without bootloaders...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370912
Here is KK4 Corn Kernel...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18233847&postcount=1
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whats the one with bootloaders??

In order to run a GB firmware/rom, u need the i897 gb bootloaders. They are backwards compatible and once u flash them there is no need to flash bootloaders again. If u need to flash back to stock again, use the kk4 without bootloaders.
Be sure to use a reliable micro usb/usb cable, have a constant power source, etc., because u don't want to lose connection while flashin the bootloaders...that's where the potential for a hard brick is (bad bootloader flash...mix matched bootloaders...).
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Ok so basically flash back to stock without bootloaders then after that flash the ics again? i believe i flashed bootloaders the first time

And do i do a factory reset before i start?

If u have never flashed the i897 gb bootloaders then u will need them. Those kk4 one clicks will do a full wipe...so back up ur apps and whatever else u want.
Odin or Heimdall Stock KK4. Odin KK4 Corn Kernel. It includes cwm. From there u can flash ur dev rom of choice...same as what BWolf56 had suggested.
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ok i gotcha but the weird thing is right now it wont let me go into download mode im holding both the volume buttons but it only takes me to cwm recovery mode :/

Download is with phone powered off, hold volume down and up and plug in micro usb, having already opened Odin or Heimdall and with the usb end of the cable already plugged into pc.
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Im just laughing at myself right now cause i went into recovery mode and reinstalled the ics zip and it came back again lmao it booted up it didnt say cyanogen mod on it just google guess i gotta reinstall that too

[Q] HELP!! Some Serious Captivate Issues!! PLZ Read

So basically I have a Samsung Galaxy S Captivate (i896) and it was running 2.1, so I decided to try and upgrade to the newest stock available for the captivate (which is 2.3.5). I had to use heimdall because I bought the phone used and it was rooted and possibly running a custom ROM so kies is not an option. When I put the phone in download mode the computer wouldn't recognize it (I'm on a Mac). I did alot of reading online and I couldn't find a solution. So I decided to flash a new ROM hoping that this would solve the problem.
So I flashed a random ICS ROM. But with this ROM I couldn't even access download mode. I tried a 3 button fix, I tried to use terminal to boot into download mode, and I tried to use ADB from my computer; nothing worked. So I figured I would flash another ROM (this time I used Hellybean) but when I tried to install it, a bunch of code ran on the screen and it said "installation aborted". Before attempting to flash this ROM I completely wiped the phone (i formatted the system from the mounts menu in CWM) and now the phone is showing the at&t logo, then going to black, then some code runs on the screen, then it goes black and starts the whole thing again.
I cant get to recovery or download mode.
Is it bricked? How do I fix this?
I don't know what I did wrong! any help would be appreciated.
P.s. I would really like to avoid building a jig because I feel like Im not too good at that kind of stuff....but if that's what it comes to...
Thanx in advance

All the information you need is already available:
Putting the Phone into Download Mode
How To flash ANY Captivate ROM from Stock

Val D. said:
All the information you need is already available:
Putting the Phone into Download Mode
How To flash ANY Captivate ROM from Stock
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I've tried all of those methods except for using a jig. Is it possible that while flashing a ROM my phone somehow lost download mode?
Also if all of those combos didn't work is it likely that a jig will work?

Looks like you started reading after you messed up the phone. Update instructions say clearly that you need GB bootloaders before you proceed to ICS or JB. You provide no information what exactly ROM you started from, what GB ROM you attempted to flash (with or without bootloaders), what exactly ICS you flashed after, what "some code" runs on the screen now, etc. It's a lot of guessing here. If bootloaders are messed up, than you won't be able to fix your phone at home. I have never seen a problem you describe, so wait for someone with more experience to stop by.

I got it going! All it needed was a jig and then I was able to flash stock GB with bootloaders.
Thanks for the help.

Good news! :good:

I have a Cappy and gingerbread boot loaders come in three flavours i897, i896 and i9000 and they're backwards compatible with froyo and éclair roms. Don't mix froyo and gb boot loaders though you will hard brick your device. I have i896(Canadian) boot loaders and when I flash kk4 [email protected] Odin gingerbread my "i896" boot screen is garbled image of pixels until I flash the proper param.lfs file to match. Hope this helps. BTW I have a jig as well and for all galaxy devices it's a must.
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[Q] HELP!! Captivate Stuck on AT&T Boot Screen After ClockWorkMod Install

[Solved!]
Hey everyone!
I followed the Cyanogenmod guide from cm's website on how to install cm 10 on rooted att captivate from android 2.2 froyo.
I followed the guide exactly up to installing cwm recovery via heimdall on a windows 7 (heimdall wouldn't work on an xp I have so I switched to my 7) and everything worked as it said it would, however after finishing and getting the blue bar on the download mode screen, I held the vol up/down and pwr keys per the guide and the phone went to the att logo screen that it shows when you first turn it on and it just flashes that screen.
I can get into download mode still but it won't go into the options screen to hard reset or use cwm recovery.
I rooted it using the superoneclick method and I backedup with titanium.
I haven't been able to find anyone on xda or any other site with the same problem as me (everyone with a similar problem had a different version of android or something so I was afraid to try the solutions given for them.)
Please Help!! Thank you so much in advance!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Follow this guide after putting your phone into download mode.
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chdiryoung said:
Hey everyone!
I followed the Cyanogenmod guide from cm's website on how to install cm 10 on rooted att captivate from android 2.2 froyo.
I followed the guide exactly up to installing cwm recovery via heimdall on a windows 7 (heimdall wouldn't work on an xp I have so I switched to my 7) and everything worked as it said it would, however after finishing and getting the blue bar on the download mode screen, I held the vol up/down and pwr keys per the guide and the phone went to the att logo screen that it shows when you first turn it on and it just flashes that screen.
I can get into download mode still but it won't go into the options screen to hard reset or use cwm recovery.
I rooted it using the superoneclick method and I backedup with titanium.
I haven't been able to find anyone on xda or any other site with the same problem as me (everyone with a similar problem had a different version of android or something so I was afraid to try the solutions given for them.)
Please Help!! Thank you so much in advance!!
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See this Captivate - PC Connection Issues, Download Mode and Recovery Mode Help thread on more info on how to get the phone to boot into Recovery...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33227541&postcount=1
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Thanks, I tried getting into recovery mode using the guide on that thread but no luck. I haven't gotten to try the first guide suggested yet so when I have time I'll try that. Thankfully I can get into download mode fine.
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Here is the last Stock Firmware released, i897ucKK4 Gingerbread 2.3.5, if ya wanna flash it instead.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3 ...Since ya can get in Download mode.
Flashin to KK4 with the Bootloaders included (if u don't already have them) has solved the button combo problems for others who were not able to get into recovery, etc.
Heed all warnings about flashin bootloaders. It only takes a few seconds to flash the boot.bin and sbl.bin, but ya don't wanna interupt the flash durin that process, i.e. loose power, accidently disconnect micro usb/usb cable, etc.
Once ya have the gb boots, there is no need to flash bootloaders again.
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Thanks so much, I'm gonna try that on Monday first chance I get!
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4-2ndtwin said:
Here is the last Stock Firmware released, i897ucKK4 Gingerbread 2.3.5, if ya wanna flash it instead.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18370912&postcount=3 ...Since ya can get in Download mode.
Flashin to KK4 with the Bootloaders included (if u don't already have them) has solved the button combo problems for others who were not able to get into recovery, etc.
Heed all warnings about flashin bootloaders. It only takes a few seconds to flash the boot.bin and sbl.bin, but ya don't wanna interupt the flash durin that process, i.e. loose power, accidently disconnect micro usb/usb cable, etc.
Once ya have the gb boots, there is no need to flash bootloaders again.
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How long should/could it take Odin to detect/recognize my captivate? I couldn't wait to try the KK4 flash, but I've waited for about 10 minutes and it's not showing anything in Odin.:\

It should only take a few seconds.
See that Captivate - PC Connection Issues...thread i linked u to in my reply a few posts up.
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Well I've been up all night lol but I got everything to work!! I guess it all just clicked with me and I understood and found all the answers in threads. THANK YOU SO MUCH!! Your link and Odin one click worked perfect. I think I had a problem with the drivers, that's why it wouldn't detect it. I read in another thread it could be that and I tried reinstalling the Samsung drivers but no luck. So I just switched to my windows xp where I'd never used heimdall drivers(I was on my windows 7) and did it on there, worked perfectly! I then went on to reinstall cwm and then cm 10.1.2 and I love it! Now I'm waiting for the Google play store .zip to download so I can flash it onto my i897! THANKS AGAIN!!! :thumbup:
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