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[Q]Just got my Captivate, now what?

okay so I know this isn't exactly the best thread to post but I'm so overwelmed with info about this phone that I have no idea where to start! I figured I'd start by searching the market for Launcherpro but when I did that Launcherpro Plus won't show up. Can anybody PM on a good place to start or post in this thread? Thanks guys, also I'm thinking I may want to flash Cognition so what would I need to do in order to accomplish this? Thanks guys and sorry for the noob thread.

Start by making sure you can manually enter download mode with keys.
Turn your phone off.
Plug in USB.
Hold Vol Up and Down and Power all at once until the green battery disappears, then release power, but continue to hold Vol Up and Down. This should get you a yellow yield sign with an Android on it shoveling or something.
After that, just pull battery and power on like normal.
If that doesn't happen, then try again, or find better directions than mine until you are certain it won't work. This keeps you from bricking your phone any of the easy ways.

Okay so I can get into downloading mode with just the keys, is this good?

Very. It means that even if you totally screw your phone up so that it can't boot into the OS, you can just flash back to stock with ODIN and start over.
Next, if you are interested in trying ROMS out, you may want to check out Assonance: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9513065&postcount=1
The directions are thorough and links are provided for just about everything. Use at own risk, and all that stuff; but if you were afraid to take tech risks, you wouldn't be here.

Thanks Dungeon, I appreciate the help!
BTW guys does anybody know why I can't install the clockworkmod onto my phone via rom manager? I click on the option and it doesn't do anything... Thanks!

Noob4Life said:
Thanks Dungeon, I appreciate the help!
BTW guys does anybody know why I can't install the clockworkmod onto my phone via rom manager? I click on the option and it doesn't do anything... Thanks!
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Are you rooted ?

Noob4Life said:
Thanks Dungeon, I appreciate the help!
BTW guys does anybody know why I can't install the clockworkmod onto my phone via rom manager? I click on the option and it doesn't do anything... Thanks!
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ROM Manager is having trouble the last few days.
Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9876490&postcount=3
Copy that update.zip (the whole zip, don't extract it) to your sdcard, then get into recovery mode (hold Vol Up, Vol Dn, Power until you see the white ATT World Phone logo) then use Vol keys to move to "reinstall packages", click Power to go. It will do some stuff. Do it one more time, and you should boot into CWR with root so you can flash.

Hi Dungeon47,
I forgot the reason why we need to install clockworkmod.
Thanks,
Neil

It gives you the advanced options while in recovery - helps you to install that custom ROM, or delete your battery stats, dalvik cache and even perform a factory reset/data wipe using that tool.

avgjoegeek said:
It gives you the advanced options while in recovery - helps you to install that custom ROM, or delete your battery stats, dalvik cache and even perform a factory reset/data wipe using that tool.
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Awesome! Thanks!

[Q] Getting into recovery mode

Hi,
I was wanting to perform a nandroid backup of my phone so that i can upgrade to the latest baseband as I don't really want to wait for it to be released in the uk.
So I turned the phone off and then powered the phone back on. I have read through this forum and on google and found I need to press The power button and volume down until android appeared. So...
The first time I did this the first screen I got to was the updating screen. I let go before the screen appeared as my htc hero (phone before my O2X) booted straight into recovery mode after holding for a second or two. I had to pull the battery and let the phone reboot.
The second time I did it I got to a box with an arrow pointing out of with the android outside of it so I let go again. This time it has wiped the phone back to factory defaults.
Could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong please. Obviously the nandroid backup is useless now I have nothing to backup but I'd still like to know for the future.
I hope someone can point me in the right direction
Sedge

If entering recovery reset your phone you didn't install clockworkmod recovery. Install CWM from a thread in the O2X development forum or download ROM Manager from Market

Oooooo that makes me feel like a right n00b.... cheers for that. Do i need root access for cwm?
If i was to get rom manager does that do the same job as cwm to get into recovery mode??
thank you so much for your help!!
sedge
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Yes you need root, if you use the one from my thread, it gains a root shell to flash it, but doesn't perm root the phone.
Use SuperOneClick if you want proper root.

Cheers for that rusty. I might just perm root it tbh then i can also do a titanium backup and use that. When you say it needs root to flash, does Cwm flash something onto the phone to make the phone enter recovery? If it does, what does it flash?
Thanks again!!
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It flashes itself so you can boot into it.
You can use ROM Manger to boot into it, vol- & power, reboot apps from the Market etc

E file signature verification failed?

I am a noob an I am alittle confused with installing roms. I tried to install one and it went through everything and then it stopped and it said in yellow that the E file signature verification has failed now what does this mean. Please help.
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What was the exact name of the rom (or filename)... was it a stock rom (SBF/XML) or was it one of the custom roms?
Also was your phone rooted?

I was trying to install a couple but the one I really have been trying in the liberty 3 2.0.
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Are you using safestrap for your clockworkmodrecovery or are you using regular bootstrap?
And when you're in clockworkmod recovery what exact steps did you do to flash? You should wipe data & cache, then choose install zip from sdcard.
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I don't know how to use or get bootstrap and I don't know alot about safe strap yet. I tried different ways I tried using rom manager an downloading the rom from there then it will ask if I want to boot into recover I push ok and the phone just reboots. Nothing happens so I tried rom toolbox an did the same thing. So I tried to boot myself by pushing the power and x an I did as you said I wiped data a cache then I reset and restored my phone went back an installed zip from sd card then it starts to install then it says E file signature verification has failed.
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Ahhhh ok.
It sounds like you are trying to install zips via the stock recovery. That recovery will only install signed/official ones, not custom rom zips.
If you want to install custom roms, try this method (but I recommend browsing through the other threads. There is a lot of useful info out there). This is the safestrap method. Safestrap allows you to have your stock rom (that you are on now) in the "non-safe zone" and with safestrap you can enable the "safe zone" for installing your custom rom.
1) make sure your phone is rooted if it isn't already. There are threads about this... I used DoomLord's root (version 4) for my phone but read up.
2) install safestrap 1.08 (u can find it in the droid 3 development forum). It is an apk file.
3) when you run safestrap 1.08 from your app drawer, superuser will probably ask you if you want to allow it root access, say yes.
4) in the app, hit the first button. It will install safestrap so you can boot into safestrap recovery. When it says its done, restart phone.
5) upon restart, you will be greeted by the safestrap splashscreen. It gives u 10 seconds to hit Menu to take you into safestrap recovery. Otherwise it will just continue with booting.
6) so hit menu. Safestrap ecovery appears. It will indicate that safe mode is not enabled yet. You are in non-safe right now (your stock rom)
7) this step is optional but I'm sure everyone will recommend it (I do also). Navigate your selection with the down/up volume buttons and hit power when you get to "backup". This will back up your non-safe zone and dump it onto your sdcard (internal or external). You can restore it to your non-safe zone (only) if you happen to mess up your non-safe system. The backup will be stored in /safestrap/backup. of whatever card you select.
8) now that that's done, it will take you back to the main menu of safestrap recovery
9) Go to "safe boot menu" and hit Toggle safe zone. Don't do the quick toggle, just do the normal one (the first one)
10) when that is done, you will notice the colour of the text has changed. And at the top it will say safe zone enabled. You can now install your custom rom by going to "install zip from sdcard" from the main menu of safestrap*
*Note that when installing roms, make sure to choose Wipe Data first. It will wipe your data and cache. Then go into mounts and storage and choose "format /system" (thanks Endo). Some people also like to go into the advanced menu and wipe the dalvik cache as well (is this necessary? I do it every time because I had to back on my old htc... maybe someone can comment on this?) It doesn't seem to hurt anything when I do it, so...
So after your wipes, you can go to "install rom from sdcard" . Choose the .zip of the rom (of course) to begin install. When the rom has finished installing, you can go back to the main menu and choose reboot phone. You will be greeted by the safestrap splashscreen again. It will tell you that safe zone is enabled. Wait the 10 seconds to boot normally or you can hit the search button to go immediately.
On first boot of many roms, it may take a little longer than normal to start up. Be patient. If it never boots (and you are looking at the boot animation forever... say more than 5-10 minutes?) Then... somethings wrong, or you may have forgotten to do your wipe procedure, but go to that rom's thread and read all the posts to see if others experienced the same thing... someone could have posted a good suggestion or solution
Oh, if you want to switch back to non-safe mode, restart phone, get into safestrap recovery, go into safe boot menu, and hit toggle. Then restart phone.
If something disastrous occurs, there are Unbrick and Fastboot threads in this forum where you can download a stock rom for your phone and flash to your phone via RSD Lite, which will pretty much restore your phone to stock. (No more safestrap, no more root). Read through those to get more info.
Hope this is helpful. Good luck!
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ryanw5489 said:
I don't know how to use or get bootstrap and I don't know alot about safe strap yet. I tried different ways I tried using rom manager an downloading the rom from there then it will ask if I want to boot into recover I push ok and the phone just reboots. Nothing happens so I tried rom toolbox an did the same thing. So I tried to boot myself by pushing the power and x an I did as you said I wiped data a cache then I reset and restored my phone went back an installed zip from sd card then it starts to install then it says E file signature verification has failed.
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I'm not really sure what you are doing but uninstall any recovery you may have installed and ditch rom manage(you can keep the toolbox) go to www.hash-of-codes.blogspot.com go to downloads and get safestrap. Install it, open it and click install recovery. Reboot your phone, you'll get a screen saying pish menu to enter recovery then once it enters go to safe mode menu(or whatever it exactly says) and enter safe mode. Once safemode is active(it says at the top of the screen)go to mounts and storage and format system then do a data/cache wipe, the install zip from sd
If you're doing what I think you're doing you are new to this and I would suggest reading as much as you can in this forum and by googling the various terms you find so you don't brick your phone
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So do you want me to uninstall clockwork recovery?
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ryanw5489 said:
So do you want me to uninstall clockwork recovery?
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Yes. Safestrap will install its own CWR
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So how do I go about uninstalling cmw.
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ryanw5489 said:
So how do I go about uninstalling cmw.
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Safestrap will clean that up. Just get rid of any bootstraps and rom manager
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So I have to get rid of rom manager because I paid for it an really don't feel like losing money on it. I don't think I have any bootstrap so I should be good there. I'm sorry that I don't know alot I'm really new an I don't have the most time to even do alot of research so thanks for helping me out greatly appreciated.
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ryanw5489 said:
So I have to get rid of rom manager because I paid for it an really don't feel like losing money on it. I don't think I have any bootstrap so I should be good there. I'm sorry that I don't know alot I'm really new an I don't have the most time to even do alot of research so thanks for helping me out greatly appreciated.
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If you have your heart set on rom manager, I believe it will work, but I've never used it so I can't help you there. I recommend safestrap because once you're in safemode its pretty hard to screw up your phone in any serious manner. In safemode you'll always be able to access recovery.
In a google search of your issue I found a recommendation of turning off signature verification. I know I've seen an option for this or something really damn similar in clockwork recovery. You can try that if you like but I don't know the effects of it. As always, I'm not responsible if you brick your device
That said, I would also suggest that you look into obtaining rsdlite and the appropriate fastboot package(you may know this as an sbf, although that term isn't totally correct)so if you do brick your device you know how to recover it. There's a sticky in the dev forum about it
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Thank you I understand I wouldn't ever blame anyone for my mistakes so your good. I was thinking about using safestrap anyways just haven't had time to research it much yet. Probably would be best since I don't know much about roms anyways. Now it's not that I have it set with rom manager just seemed easy to use and I like rom toolbox alittle more anyways. I also know that not all roms are comparable with the safestrap so that's another reason why I haven't used it yet.
Now on another topic. I have downloaded safestrap on my computer all I have to do is plug my phone to the computer an put it on mass storage and place it in the sd card or internal memory and unplug it an click on it on my phone.
I really need to start some research cause this stuff is pretty hard.
But thanks for your help again
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I have installed safestrap. Is there anywhere that's best to look up how to use it.
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i have installed safe strap i rebooted my phone and now it is stuck on boot screen now what did i do to my phone and what happen can it be fixed?

Which boot screen? What does it look like? Is it the safestrap boot screen (that says you can hit Menu to get into recovery?)
I replied to this thread with instructions on how to use it. Were they not useful? Did you get stuck somewhere?

LaZiODROID said:
Which boot screen? What does it look like? Is it the safestrap boot screen (that says you can hit Menu to get into recovery?)
I replied to this thread with instructions on how to use it. Were they not useful? Did you get stuck somewhere?
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I don't know how I missed your huge write up. More detailed than mine.
I figured the same, stock recovery. I'm not sure what steps he's taken before he wrote this thread.
OP if its the boot animation, on first boot it takes a long time. 5 minutes normally but give it 10 to be sure. If its the splash screen you may have issues. Is the safestrap splash coming up, where it says press menu
You may have to use rsdlite or the fast unbrick to restore your phone to stock. If you can write us EVERYTHING you've done in as much detail as possible, and exactly what is happenig now we can come up with a solution.
I think often all the various terms can be confusing to newcomers. I have a feeling perhaps that you still have a bootstrap installed and safestrap.
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ok well first i went to hash of codes and downloaded the safestrap. Then i put the download on my sd card and i went into my files and pushed sd memory. then i went and found the apk and downloaded the safestrap. it installed fine then i pushed install recovery.then after all that i rebooted my phone and now it is stuck on the BIG RED Motorola symbol that says DUAL CORE TECHNOLGY. I even took out battery and tried that did not work. i also tried pushing power and x and restoring phone. still nothing. i must of missed something i just cant figure what that would be! Please help!

ryanw5489 said:
ok well first i went to hash of codes and downloaded the safestrap. Then i put the download on my sd card and i went into my files and pushed sd memory. then i went and found the apk and downloaded the safestrap. it installed fine then i pushed install recovery.then after all that i rebooted my phone and now it is stuck on the BIG RED Motorola symbol that says DUAL CORE TECHNOLGY. I even took out battery and tried that did not work. i also tried pushing power and x and restoring phone. still nothing. i must of missed something i just cant figure what that would be! Please help!
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No I meant with rom manager and rfom toolox. All the steps you took prior to posting on this thnread
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Recovery hotkey

Hi, dont call me a lazy person for not searching, because i did and didnt find, but can anybody tell me a hotkey combination to enter recovery, the latest-non touch version? I have currently no ROM installed i wanted to install a nightly upgrade but after a wipe an error occured and the phone rebooted into bootlooping. Thanks in advance.

Robertodipuccio said:
Hi, dont call me a lazy person for not searching, because i did and didnt find, but can anybody tell me a hotkey combination to enter recovery, the latest-non touch version? I have currently no ROM installed i wanted to install a nightly upgrade but after a wipe an error occured and the phone rebooted into bootlooping. Thanks in advance.
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So you had cm10 installed? If yes push power + volume down and hold it. Otherwise use smartflash to unbrick. Only kernel 3.0.8 includes this reboot to recovery option. Older ones dont have it...
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thats the problem i had CM10 installed but does it have anybody to do with it since i wiped my phone? im trying the power+volume down method but doesnt seem to work...downloading smartflash
just for sure do I press them simultaneously or one by one?
thanks for the quick answer by the way :good:

Plug in your charger and when you come to the charging screen hold vol- and power. (or maby on lg logo works to)
If you can't come to the charging screen use smartflashtool.

ok i seem to have a problem here. i use smartflashtool and everything works ok i enter recovery and install supeuser but my phone keeps looping, any idea?

Robertodipuccio said:
ok i seem to have a problem here. i use smartflashtool and everything works ok i enter recovery and install supeuser but my phone keeps looping, any idea?
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Make all wipes (data, cache & dalwik), wipe system as well, install a rom, wipe data, cache & dalwik again and try to boot again
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Stuck in Twrp

Hi, I added a new theme for the latest Nova Twrp. When I rebooted into recovery the theme was too big for the screen so some buttons are "missing".
This means I cant reboot into sysytem or power off. I take the battery out and it just boots into recovery.
Could anyone help please. Thank you.

Is twrp too big to install cm rom again or how about downlod the original twrp from PC or laptop get SD card into pc if any of then you can not do download cm but not the twrp , get the odin one and put phone into download mode by holding volune button down whilst holding the power and front panel button down . put cm file into Odin and it will reinstall cm and twrp . hope it helps . reply for any more help
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clag40 said:
Hi, I added a new theme for the latest Nova Twrp. When I rebooted into recovery the theme was too big for the screen so some buttons are "missing".
This means I cant reboot into sysytem or power off. I take the battery out and it just boots into recovery.
Could anyone help please. Thank you.
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Long press on the power button will get you out of recovery and restart your phone. With your phone on, connect to PC and delete the theme folder for twrp that you created (you would of created one to be able to theme it). Unplug, power into recovery, no theme!!
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Thanks for the replies. Ive tried long press on power. It doesnt work. I dont have access to a pc until tomorow(Im using my chromebook at the moment) Deleting the themes folder was going to be the first thing I was going to do. Can I access the files on the phone from pc when the phone is off or in download mode? If not I will flash recovery with odin. Thanks for the help once again.

No you can't. What you could do is download cwm (Odin) to your external SD card put it back in your phone install (assuming the install button is accessible from twrp..) Cwm n bobs your uncle
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I cant do ANYTHING in recovery. I think I will flash twrp with odin. If it still doesn't work ill flash cwm touch.

clag40 said:
I cant do ANYTHING in recovery. I think I will flash twrp with odin. If it still doesn't work ill flash cwm touch.
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If you flash twrp it won't work as the theme folder will still be there! Best go for cwm
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Yeah I was wondering about that. I'll try cwm. All I need is the stupid thing to boot normally, then I can use root explorer to delete the damn theme folder. Thanks for the help

Your welcome :thumbup:
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One more question guys. I assume when I flash cwm it will be the default recovery? Also after flashing with odin will the phone boot normally and not into recovery. If it boots normally then I could just flash twrp and then delete the theme folder. I hope im making sense.
Cheers

Flash cwm, the phone should boot normally that is assuming you already have a rom installed? If so boot up then delete the theme folder then you can then flash twrp.
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Yeah I have a rom installed. That advice sounds good. Ill let you know how I got on.
Thanks again

clag40 said:
Hi, I added a new theme for the latest Nova Twrp. When I rebooted into recovery the theme was too big for the screen so some buttons are "missing".
This means I cant reboot into sysytem or power off. I take the battery out and it just boots into recovery.
Could anyone help please. Thank you.
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if you know how to adb then:
adb reboot :good:
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You could use the button combo to boot to Download mode. Once in download mode just hold power button to power off. Then it should boot normally.

Yh would be good to let us know , glad we could help
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It worked. I flashed cwm, rebooted, deleted theme folder then flashed twrp.
Thanks guys

clag40 said:
It worked. I flashed cwm, rebooted, deleted theme folder then flashed twrp.
Thanks guys
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Your very welcome :thumbup:
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